Perth Redbacks

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Perth Redbacks

Established	1964
Team Colours	Home Red and Black Away White and Red
Home Venue	Belmont Oasis Center
Major Sponsor	Southside Mitsubishi
Championships	Men 1989, 1990, 1997 Woman 1989, 2000
Coach	Men David Harris Woman Narelle Henry
Website	http://www.perth.basketball.net.au/

The Perth Redbacks are a basketball club from Perth, Western Australia competing in the Semi-professional State Basketball League (Western Australia) (SBL), the Womans State Basketball League (WSBL) and in the Junior Western Australian Basketball League(WABL). As of 2008 the clubs main sponsor is Southside Mitsubishi and the club is know as the Southside Mitsubishi Perth Redbacks

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1964 as Part of the Perth Basketball Association(PBA). The club currently competes in the 14 team SBL and the 13 team WSBL, and has been very successful, especially during the late 1980s and 90's due to the presence of big name players such as former Australian national basketball team captain and Perth Wildcats player Andrew Vlahov , and former Chicago Bulls Center Luc Longley. The club has captured the Mens championship on 3 occasions, 1989, 1990 and 1997 while the woman have captured the championship 2 times, 1989 and 2000. In 2007 the Redbacks had a disappointing season with the mens team finishing with a record 5W 19L in 12th place, and the woman, despite having a winning season, finishing in 9th place just outside of the playoffs. (The 2007 Mens SBL consisted of 13 teams while the Womans WSBL had 12 teams)