Club history
In 1983, Newcastle Basketball began fielding a men's team in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). [2] The Newcastle Hunters were SEABL South champions [3] [4] and ABA National champions in 1986. They were ABA runners-up in 1987. [5]
In 1990, Newcastle Basketball entered a team in the inaugural SEABL women's competition. [2] The women's team was originally known as the Newcastle Scorpions. [6] Both the men's team and women's team left the SEABL following the 1998 season. [2]
In 2000, the Hunters men won the Basketball NSW Premier League. [7] The following year, the Premier Division was renamed the Waratah League, with the league joining the Australian Basketball Association (ABA). [8] The Hunters men were Waratah League runners-up in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2011. [8]
In 2016, the Hunters women were crowned Waratah League champions for the first time. [9] In 2018, the men won their first championship since 2000. [10] In 2019, the women won their second championship in four seasons. [11] The 2021 women's championship was shared by the Hunters and the Sutherland Sharks after the season was cut short in August due to lockdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [12]
In late 2021, following the club's admission to the new NBL1 East competition replacing the Waratah League, [13] Newcastle Basketball surveyed the local community to gauge support for a potential rebranding of the club. The club was subsequently renamed the Newcastle Falcons (after the defunct national league NBL franchise of the same name) after 51% of the survey's respondents voted for the change of name. [14] [15]
In 2024, the Falcons women reached the NBL1 East Grand Final, where they defeated the Sutherland Sharks 85–78 to win the NBL1 East championship [16] [17] led by league MVP Nicole Munger. [18]
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