Ringwood Hawks

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Ringwood Hawks
Ringwood Hawks logo.png
Leagues NBL1 South
Founded1990
HistoryRingwood Hawks
1990–present
ArenaThe Rings
Location Ringwood, Victoria
Team colorsGreen, black and white
Head coachM: Damien Smith
W: Jeremy O'Toole
Championships5 (1999, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) (M)
2 (2015, 2022) (W)
Website ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au

Ringwood Hawks is a NBL1 South club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Ringwood Basketball Association (RBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the Ringwood region. The Hawks play their home games at The Rings.

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Club history

Ringwood Basketball Association (RBA) was founded in 1990, with a men's team debuting in the Country Victorian Invitation Basketball League (CVIBL) in 1990 followed by a women's team in 1991. [1] In 1999, the men's team won the VBL Division One championship. [1] In 2012, the men's team won their first Big V championship. This was followed by titles in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. [1] The women's team also won a Big V championship in 2015. [1]

In 2019, the Hawks joined the NBL1 for its inaugural season. [2] [3] The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] In the 2022 NBL1 season, the Hawks women won the NBL1 South championship [5] and reached the grand final of the NBL1 National Finals. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Senior Teams History". ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Ward, Roy (31 October 2018). "Basketball Victoria announces new elite league to replace SEABL". SMH.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "NBL1 to Showcase Next Level of Australia's Basketball Talent". NBL.com.au. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  4. ↑ Arsenis, Damian (20 March 2020). "2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw". pickandroll.com.au. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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