NW Tasmania Thunder

The North-West Tasmania Thunder are a men's basketball team from Ulverstone, Tasmania that plays in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). Established in 1986,^[1] the club found success for the first time in 1996, winning the CBA's south division title before going on to win the national title behind the play of forward Dave Biwer, the MVP of the title match.^[2]

In 1999, the club became known as the Brewers, having previously been known as the Originals.^[3] They changed names again in 2003, becoming the Thunder. The following year, they won their second south division title and made it through to the National Final, where they lost to the Cairns Marlins.^[4]

Current roster

NW Tasmania Thunder roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 1.5 !G 6 AUS ! Bragg, Mason (C) 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 7 AUS ! Zerna, Matt 7000170000000000000♠1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.5 !G 8 AUS ! Barker, Lachlan 7000179000000000000♠1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.5 !G/F 9 AUS ! Chilcott, Joe 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 3.5 !F 12 AUS ! Simpson, Brad 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 3.5 !F 22 USA ! Jackson, Garrett (I) 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 3.5 !F AUS ! Atem, Atem 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 3.5 !F USA ! Johnson, Gary (I) 7000198000000000000♠1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Head coach Phil Thomas Assistant coach(es) Matthew Bennell John Damon Ben Keeley Team manager John Lowrie Legend (C) Team captain (IN) Inactive (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 29 January 2016

References

External links

• Official website
• Team profile at Australiabasket.com
• The demise of Tasmanian basketball