Knox Basketball Inc

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1 History
2 Achievements
3 Representative teams
4 Elite players
5 Domestic teams
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Logo of Knox Basketball Inc

Logo of the Knox Ford Raiders

Knox Basketball was established in the early 1970’s to provide youth from the City of Knox with a sporting and social infrastructure to develop and promote personal, team and social skills in a sporting environment. Founded by Alf Stevens, Alice Jago and Heather Kemp it began as an after school competition at the Mossfield Avenue Facility, Ferntree Gully in 1974. In 1980 its headquarters moved to the 3 court facility in Park Crescent at Boronia which was expanded to six courts in 1989.

[edit] Achievements

Regarded as one of the foremost sporting associations in the country, at the end of 2006, Knox Basketball ran competitions containing more than 1,000 teams with around 8,000 participants on a weekly basis.

In August 2007, Knox Basketball Inc was awarded the Basketball Australia "2007 Best Large Association Award", the highest recognition a basketball association can receive in Australia.

2007

   * Under 14.1 Boys win National Championships
   * Under 14.1 Boys win State VJBL Championships
   * Under 12.1 Boys Runner-up in State VJBL Championships
   * Under 14.1 Boys and Girls qualify for National Championships
   * Big V Youth League Women Runner-up
   * Basketball Australia Large Association of the Year Award
   * Basketball Victoria Awards
         o Best Referees Program Award
         o Association of the Year
         o Laurie Joyce awarded Jack Carter Memorial Administrator of the Year Award

2006

   * SEABL Men were South Conference Champions
   * Big V Youth League Women were runner-up
   * Big V Youth League Men were runner-up
   * Under 14 Junior Raider Girls qualified for the National Championships
   * Named the SEABL Club of the Year
     We received four major awards from Basketball Victoria
         o Association of the Year Best Referees Program
         o Best Regional Media Coverage for “The Basketball Hour” Laurie Joyce awarded Jack Carter Memorial Administrator of the Year Award

2005

   * Selection of Sean Carroll and Natasha Main in the Under 20 State sides.
   * Our SEABL Women were runner-up in that competition and also in the national titles.
   * Basketball Victoria Largest Association
   * Basketball Victoria Best Referees Program
   * Big V Youth League Women runner-up
   * Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League women runner-up
   * Individual awards to Senior Knox Raiders –
         o Brad Robbins – SEABL South Men Youth Player of the Year
         o Hollie Grima – SEABL Women All Star 5

2004

   * State Selections
         o Sean Carroll Under 18
         o Luke Solomon Under 18
         o Ben Healey Under 16
         o Josh Ashman Under 16
         o Tania Steed Under 16 Emergency
         o Ally Healey Victorian State Schools Team
   * SEABL Men South Conference Runner-up
   * Senior Raiders Individual Awards
         o Glenn Siegle - SEABL South Men All Star 5
         o Nerida Gray - SEABL Women All Star 5
         o Brad Robbins - SEABL South Men Youth Player of the Year
         o Paul Borg - VBL Coach of the Year
         o Robyn Ladd - 250 SEABL Games
         o Chelsea Laing - 250 SEABL Games
   * SEABL Women's Administration of the Year

[edit] Representative teams

The representative arm of the Association is the Knox Raiders with 38 junior teams competing in the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL), a men and women's team in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), men and women's team in the (Big V), and a team in the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL).

[edit] Elite players

A number of elite players got their start playing in Knox junior domestic clubs and Knox Raiders; for example:

David Stiff (Melbourne Tigers, NBL)
Tom Greer (Melbourne Tigers, NBL)
Brad Sheridan (Sydney Kings, Townsville Crocodiles, NBL)
Jo Myers (Bulleen Melbourne Boomers, WNBL)
Natasha Main (Dandenong Rangers, WNBL)
Jess Eason (Big V, Metro State University, Texas)
Megan Sinclair (Big V, Metro State University, Texas)
Shelly Chaplin (WNWBL, University of Illinois)
Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy (WNWBL, University of Illinois)

Opals players Hollie Grima and Emma Randall are also members of the Knox Raiders SEABL Women's team.

[edit] Domestic teams

Knox Basketball is home to a thriving junior domestic competition, with seventeen clubs fielding boys and girls teams from Under 8s to Under 23s. Junior games are played on Saturdays and Sundays at a number of venues throughout the City of Knox and surrounding areas.

These clubs are:

Knox Basketball also hosts a large senior domestic competition which runs throughout the week. This includes men's, women's, veterans and wheelchair comps. The senior domestic comps are primarily made up of independent teams, although a number of club-based teams also compete.