Norths Bears

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Norths Bears
Leagues NBL1 East
Founded1991
HistoryNorths Bears
1991–present
ArenaNorth Sydney Indoor Sports Centre
Location Crows Nest, New South Wales
Team colorsRed and white
CEOBret Mactavish
PresidentVik Kortian
Vice-president(s)Craig Kesby
Championships3 (2012, 2014, 2017) (M)
3 (2018, 2020, 2023) (W)
Website nsba.com.au

Norths Bears is a NBL1 East club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 East. The club is a division of Northern Suburbs Basketball Association (NSBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in North Sydney. The Bears play their home games at North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre.

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Club history

Northern Suburbs Basketball Association (NSBA) was founded in the early 1980s. [1] The association's representative teams, the Norths Bears, competed in the New South Wales Premier Division, which began in 1991. [2] The women's team were runners-up in 2000, [2] and with the rebrand to Waratah League in 2001, [3] the team went on to claim three straight runners-up finishes with Waratah League grand final appearances in 2001 and 2002. [2] The men's team also had back-to-back grand final appearances in 2001 and 2002 under coach Rob Beveridge. [4]

In 2012, the men's team won their first Waratah League championship. [2] They went on to claim titles in 2014 [5] and 2017. [6] The women's team finished runners-up in 2017. [6] In 2018, the men's team finished runners-up while the women's team claimed their first championship. [7] The women's team won their second championship in 2020. [8]

The Waratah League rebranded to NBL1 East in 2022, [3] with the Bears women going on to win the 2023 NBL1 East championship. [9] [10] The team went on to reach the championship game of the 2023 NBL1 National Finals, where they lost to the Bendigo Braves. [11]

Norths Bears 2023 NBL1 National runners-up Norths Bears 2023 NBL1 National runners-up.jpg
Norths Bears 2023 NBL1 National runners-up

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "History". Waratah Basketball League. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 Badkin, Liam (2 November 2021). "NBL1 East Team Introduction – Norths Bears". central.rookieme.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bevo to lead Pigs". NBL.com.au. 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bears Take Out Men's Waratah Title". Norths Basketball Association. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
  6. 1 2 "2017 Molten Waratah League Champions". bnsw.com.au. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "2018 Spalding Waratah Senior League Finals Weekend Score Recap". bnsw.com.au. 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Australian Lower Divisions (2020)". australiabasket.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Norths Bears crowned NBL1 East women's champions". NBL1.com.au. 12 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "NBL1 East Recap | Women's Grand Final 2023". NBL1.com.au. 12 August 2023. Archived from the original on 13 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "NBL1 National Finals Recap | Women's Championship Game 2023". NBL1.com.au. 20 August 2023. Archived from the original on 20 August 2023.
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