Bankstown Bruins

Bankstown Bruins
Leagues	Waratah League
Founded	1979
History	NBL: Bankstown Bruins 1979–1985 West Sydney Westars 1986–1987 Waratah League: Bankstown Bruins 1991–present
Arena	Bankstown Basketball Stadium
Arena Capacity	2,500
Location	Bankstown, New South Wales
Team colors	Navy blue & white
General manager	Alex Bacic
Championships	4 (1993, 1996, 1997, 2016) (M) 10 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2015) (W)
Website	BankstownBasketball.com.au

Bankstown Bruins is a member club of the Waratah League based in Bankstown, New South Wales. The club fields both a men's and women's team. The club is a division of Bankstown Basketball Association (BBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the region. The Bruins play their home games at Bankstown Basketball Stadium.

Club history

Background

In 1979, a Bankstown Bruins men's team entered the National Basketball League (NBL) for the league's inaugural season. In 1983, Robbie Cadee was named the recipient of the NBL Coach of the Year Award after helping the Bruins improve from a 2–24 record in 1982 to a 12–10 record in 1983. After seven disappointing seasons as the Bruins, the team was renamed the West Sydney Westars for the 1986 NBL season. That year, the Westars finished in fifth place with a 15–12 record. Following the 1987 season, the Westars merged with the Sydney Supersonics to become the Sydney Kings.^[1]

Waratah League

In 1991, a reinvigorated Bankstown Bruins club joined the Waratah League (then known as the NSW Premier Division) for the league's inaugural season, with a team entered into both the men's and women's competition. In 1993, the men won their first title, before winning two more in 1996 and 1997. The women on the other hand put together a championship three-peat between 1997 and 1999.^[2]

With the NSW premier basketball league entering the Australian Basketball Association in 2001, the league became known as the Waratah League. Success continued for the club throughout the 2000s and 2010s, with the women winning seven championships between 2003 and 2015,^[2] while the men collected their fourth title in 2016.^[3]

References

External links

BBA's official website

Waratah League
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Defunct National Basketball League teams

Canterbury-Bankstown Council
Suburbs and localities within Canterbury-Bankstown Council	Ashbury Bankstown Bass Hill Belfield Belmore Birrong Campsie Canterbury Chester Hill Chullora Clemton Park Condell Park East Hills Earlwood Georges Hall Greenacre Hurlstone Park Kingsgrove Lakemba Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Narwee Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Riverwood Roselands Sefton Villawood Wiley Park Yagoona
History	118th General Hospital (United States Army) Bankstown Bunker HMS Nabberley Milperra massacre No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF Sydney gang rapes
Education	Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls High School Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Canterbury Boys High School Georges River Grammar School LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney
Public transport bus service	Highway Tours McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company South Western Coach Lines Transdev NSW
Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Belmore station Birrong station Campsie station Canterbury station Chester Hill station East Hills station Hurlstone Park station Lakemba station Leightonfield station Padstow station Panania station Punchbowl station Revesby station Sefton station Villawood station Wiley Park station Yagoona station
Sports facilities and public parks	Bankstown Oval Belmore Oval Canterbury Park Racecourse Cooks River Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Mirambeena Regional Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex
Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital Canterbury Hospital Villawood Immigration Detention Centre
Sports teams	Bankstown Berries Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City Bulls Bankstown City Lions Bankstown District Cricket Club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos
Notable residents past and present	Bryan Brown John Burgess Paulini Curuenavuli Tyler De Nawi Alex Dimitriades Anh Do Casey Donovan Taj El-Din Hilaly Brett Emerton Mamdouh Habib John Howard Hard-Ons Brett Holman Paul Keating Terry Lamb Ken Moroney Kevin Moss Rebecca Rippon Geoff Robinson Akmal Saleh Bilal Skaf Vince Sorrenti Ian Thorpe Mark Waugh Steve Waugh
State and Federal electorates	Division of Banks Division of Barton Division of Blaxland Division of Watson Electoral district of Bankstown Electoral district of Canterbury Electoral district of Lakemba
Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Canterbury-Bankstown Lakemba Mosque Roselands Shopping Centre
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