Ringwood Hawks

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Ringwood Hawks
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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) that year followed by a women's team in 1991. [1] In 1999, the men's team won the VBL Division One championship. [1]

The Hawks were inaugural members of the Big V Championship Men's division in 2000, with the women's team joining Big V Championship Women in 2003. [2] In 2009 and 2010, the men's team finished as Big V runners-up. [3] [4] [5] In 2012, the men's team won their first Big V championship. [1] After a runner-up finish in 2013, [6] the men went on to win titles in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018. [1] For the women, they played in four straight grand final series between 2013 and 2016, [7] [8] [9] [10] winning their maiden Big V championship in 2015. [1]

In 2019, the Hawks joined the NBL1 for its inaugural season. [11] [12] The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] In the 2022 NBL1 season, the Hawks women won the NBL1 South championship [14] and reached the grand final of the NBL1 National Finals. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Senior Teams History". ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "League History 2000 - 2010". BigV.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "SCM: Tigers too much artillery for Hawks". BigV.com.au. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "2009 Championship Men Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "2010 Championship Men Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "2013 Championship Men Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "2013 Championship Women Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "2014 Championship Women Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "2015 Championship Women Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "2016 Championship Women Results". Big V. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024.
  11. ↑ Ward, Roy (31 October 2018). "Basketball Victoria announces new elite league to replace SEABL". SMH.com.au. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
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  13. ↑ 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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