National Gay Basketball Association

The National Gay Basketball Association also known with its acronym NGBA is a GLBT sports organization which exists to promote gay and lesbian (through its National Lesbian Basketball Association subsidiary) participation in basketball. NGBA is an international, inclusive, integrated, gay, lesbian, and gay-friendly association that unites athletes and culture through basketball.

Founded in 2003 by Mark Chambers^[1], who also co-founded the Lambda Basketball League, to help LGBT players create city leagues, travel teams, and to allow individual players the ability to find a place or team to participate in LGBT basketball events that are held around the world.

The organizational board, consisting of Mark Chambers, Ted Cappas,^[2] Jeff Hermann^[3] and Rob Smithermann,^[4] help NGBA incorporated in May 2005.

The National Gay Basketball Association played a key role in the success of the 2006 Chicago Gay Games basketball event by introducing four new categories in men and women's brackets, A division, B division, C division, 35 and older, and 50 and older 3 on 3 half court, Basketball hosting the most teams in the history of the Gay Basketball.

The first official NGBA event was hosted by Salt Lake City in October 2006.^[5]

Member clubs

• Boston Gay Basketball League [6]
  • Boston Fritz
  • Boston Revolution

• Chicago Windy City Hoops [7]
  • Soho
  • Chicago Cougars
  • Chicago Spin
  • ChiBoyz
  • Chicago 2

• Lambda Basketball League (Los Angeles) [8]
  • Los Angeles Quake 1989-1992
  • Los Angeles Motion 1990-1993
  • Long Beach Rebels 1991-present
  • Los Angeles Heat 1994-2002
  • Lambda Basketball League Ballers 2004- 2006
  • Los Angeles Dream 2009-present [9]
  • Long Beach Nightmare 2009- present
  • Los Angeles Freeze 2002-2006
  • Los Angeles Metrostars 2009-present
  • Hollywood Blindside 2010-present
  • Lambda Basketball Sharks 2001-2002
  • Lambda Basketball Slashers 2006- 2007

• London Cruisers [10]
  • Crusiers

• Jet City Hoops [11] (Seattle)
  • Host Jet City Hoops Classic 2011 [12]
  • Seattle Surge 2010
  • Green Menace 2011

• San Francisco Gay Basketball Association [13]
  • San Francisco Pacers
  • San Francisco Eagles
  • San Francisco Shock
  • San Francisco Rockdogs

• Sydney Spectres [14]
  • Spectres

• Indiana Gay Basketball League

• New York City Gay Basketball League [15]

• San Diego Hoops [16]
  • San Diego Shooters

• Sacramento Hoops

• Washington DC Sentinels [17]
  • Sentinels A
  • Sentinels Old School

• Portland Oregon [18]
  • PDX Fusion 2011
  • PDX Ballers 2010

Tournament Host

[Chicago Windy City Hoops Classic]

• • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004

Name Change [Coady RoundBall Classic]

• • 2005
  • 2006 merge with Gay Games 6
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011

[San Diego]

• • Hill Crest Classic 1991
  • Hill Crest Classic 1992
  • Hill Crest Classic 2002
  • Hill crest Classic 2003
  • Hill crest Classic 2004
  • Hill crest Classic 2005
  • Hill crest Classic 2006
  • Hill crest Classic 2007

[Long Beach / Los Angeles]

• • Los Angeles Classic 1992
  • West Coast Classic I 2004
  • West Coast Classic II 2006
  • West COast Classic III 2008

[Las Vegas]

• • Sin City Shootout Las Vegas 2011

[Seattle]

• • Emerald City Hoops Classic 1995
  • Jet City Hoops Classic 2011

[Atlanta Armory Classic]

• • 1997
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002

[Boston Tea Party Classic]

• • 1997
  • 1998
  • 2000
  • 2009

[San Francisco Golden Gayte Classic]

• • 1996
  • 2000 Golden Gayte Classic

[Sacramento Sac-Town Shootout]

• • 2006

[Salt Lake City]

• • 2006

[Memphis River City Hoops]

• • 2007

[Washington D.C. Capitol Classic] [19]

• • 2008
  • 2010

Gay Games Basketball Events

[1982 San Francisco Challenge '82] [1986 San Francisco Triumph '86]

• • • Gold-San Diego
    • Silver- San Francisco
    • Bronze- Los Angeles

[1990 Vancouver Celebration '90]

• • • Gold-San Francisco Pacers
    • Silver- Long Beach Lancers ( aka REBELS)
    • Bronze- Boston and San Diego

[1994 New York Unity '94]

• • • Gold- Long Beach Rebels
    • Silver- San Francisco Pacers
    • Bronze- Washington DC

[1998 Amsterdam Friendship '98]

• • • Gold- San Francisco Rockdogs
    • Silver- Long Beach Rebels
    • Bronze- Above the pacific Rim (ATP)

[2002 Sydney Under New Skies '02]

• • • Gold-LA Heat
    • Silver- Long Beach Rebels
    • Bronze- United American Ballers

[2006 Chicago]

• • A division
    • Gold- SF Rockdogs
    • Silver- NY Warriors
    • Bronze- LA Freeze
  • B Division
    • Gold-LA Ballers
    • Silver- Indiana Showtime
    • Bronze-
  • C Division
    • Gold
    • Silver
    • Bronze
  • Master 35 plus
    • Gold- London Cruisers
    • Silver- Los Angeles Old Dogs
    • Bronze-

Women Need to be added.

[2010 Cologne]

• • Men's Open
    • Gold- San Francisco Rockdogs
    • Silver- Long Beach Rebels
    • Bronze- Washington DC sentinels
  • Men's Rec
    • Gold- Seattle
    • Silver- San Francisco SOS
    • Bronze- LA Dream
  • Men's Masters
    • Gold- London Cruisers
    • Silver-
    • Bronze-

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]
3. ^ [3]
4. ^ [4]
5. ^ [5]

External links

• National Gay Basketball Association
  • National Lesbian Basketball Association