Norths Bears

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Norths Bears
NORTHS BEARS NBL1 LOGO.png
Leagues NBL1 East
Founded1991
HistoryNorths Bears
1991–present
ArenaNorth Sydney Indoor Sports Centre
Location Crows Nest, New South Wales
Team colorsRed and white
CEOEric Stephens
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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