Perth Redbacks

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

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 90s 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 men's championship on 3 occasions, 1989, 1990 and 1997 while the women have captured the championship twice, 1989 and 2000. In 2007 the Redbacks had a disappointing season with the men's team finishing with a record 5 wins and 19 losses in 12th place, and the women, despite having a winning season, finishing in 9th place just outside of the playoffs. (The 2007 men's SBL consisted of 13 teams while the women's WSBL had 12 teams)

External links

* [http://www.basketballwa.asn.au/ Basketball Western Australia website]
* [http://forum.sblonline.net/ SBL Forum]
* [http://www.perth.basketball.net.au/fs_home.asp/ Perth Redbacks Official Website]