The Adelaide Lightning were formed in 1993 and started playing out of the Clipsal Powerhouse. Since the early 2000s the team has tended to alternate between their current home at the Adelaide Arena (formerly the Powerhouse) and the Wayville Sports Centre located within the Adelaide Showgrounds.
As of the 2013–14 WNBL season, the Lightning and Adelaide's men's NBL team the Adelaide 36ers entered into a merger which saw the two teams share the same management team. This also saw the Lightning move their home games exclusively played at the Adelaide Arena where they would play a number of double headers with the 36ers, ensuring larger home attendances for the Lightning and raising the profile of the team. The return to the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena gives the Lightning easily the largest current venue in the WNBL (the Arena seats some 2,800 more than the AIS Arena in Canberra, while most other WNBL venues can seat around 2,000 – 2,500).
On 5 March 2019, Mr Bruce Spangler, Chairman of Arena Stadium Management announced that he and another business person had negotiated with the WNBL to take over the licence from Adelaide Basketball who were going to hand in the WNBL Club licence at the end of the 2018–19 season. A new sustainable model has now been released for the public to be involved in.
In September 2023, the Lightning and Rachael Sporn agreed to un-retired her number 14 jersey, which was originally retired in 2007.[2]
^(PDF). wnbl.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^Minh (11 September 2023). "RACHAEL SPORN'S NO. 14 JERSEY RETURNS WITH ISOBEL BORLASE". wnbl.basketball/adelaide. from the original on 8 January 2024.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Adelaide Lightning news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2024 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Adelaide Lightning is an Australian professional women s basketball team competing in the Women s National Basketball League WNBL 1 The club is based in the city of Adelaide South Australia The club was formed in 1993 and they play in the 8 000 seat Titanium Security Arena Adelaide LightningLeaguesWNBLFounded1993HistoryAdelaide Lightning1993 2005 amp 2006 Present Adelaide Fellas2005 2006ArenaTitanium Security Arena Findon South Australia AustraliaCapacity7 800Team colors Dark blue Red YellowHead coachNat HurstChampionships5 1994 1995 1996 1998 2008 WebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 2 Season by season records 3 Statistics 4 Players 4 1 Current roster 5 Honour roll 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Adelaide Lightning were formed in 1993 and started playing out of the Clipsal Powerhouse Since the early 2000s the team has tended to alternate between their current home at the Adelaide Arena formerly the Powerhouse and the Wayville Sports Centre located within the Adelaide Showgrounds The Lightning have won the WNBL Championship five times 1994 1995 1996 1998 and 2008 The club s captain during its glory years of the 1990s was three time Olympian twice WNBL MVP and club games record holder 304 Rachael Sporn Sporn is also the only Lightning player to have her number 14 retired by the club Other Opals to have played with the Lightning include Jenny Whittle Carla Boyd Jo Hill Kristi Harrower Erin Phillips Jae Kingi Cross Marina Moffa Tracey Beatty and Suzy Batkovic Brown As of the 2013 14 WNBL season the Lightning and Adelaide s men s NBL team the Adelaide 36ers entered into a merger which saw the two teams share the same management team This also saw the Lightning move their home games exclusively played at the Adelaide Arena where they would play a number of double headers with the 36ers ensuring larger home attendances for the Lightning and raising the profile of the team The return to the 8 000 seat Adelaide Arena gives the Lightning easily the largest current venue in the WNBL the Arena seats some 2 800 more than the AIS Arena in Canberra while most other WNBL venues can seat around 2 000 2 500 On 5 March 2019 Mr Bruce Spangler Chairman of Arena Stadium Management announced that he and another business person had negotiated with the WNBL to take over the licence from Adelaide Basketball who were going to hand in the WNBL Club licence at the end of the 2018 19 season A new sustainable model has now been released for the public to be involved in In September 2023 the Lightning and Rachael Sporn agreed to un retired her number 14 jersey which was originally retired in 2007 2 Season by season records editSeason Standings Regular season Finals Head coach W L PCT Adelaide Lightning 1993 2nd 16 2 88 8 Lost Semi Final Sydney 59 64 Lost Preliminary Final Perth 66 68 Jan Stirling 1994 1st 16 2 88 8 Won Semi Final Melbourne 84 82 Won Grand Final Melbourne 84 77 Jan Stirling 1995 1st 16 2 88 8 Won Semi Final Sydney 73 63 Won Grand Final Melbourne 50 43 Jan Stirling 1996 2nd 16 2 88 8 Lost Semi Final Sydney 54 57 Won Preliminary Final Perth 87 55 Won Grand Final Sydney 80 65 Jan Stirling 1997 2nd 14 4 77 7 Won Semi Final Sydney 58 54 Lost Grand Final Sydney 56 61 Jan Stirling 1998 2st 9 3 75 0 Lost Semi Final Sydney 42 61 Won Preliminary Final AIS 81 54 Won Grand Final Sydney 67 57 Jan Stirling 1998 99 3rd 12 9 57 1 Won Semi Final Melbourne 63 54 Lost Preliminary Final Perth 46 67 Jan Stirling 1999 00 2nd 13 8 61 9 Won Semi Final Canberra 91 84 Lost Grand Final Canberra 50 67 Jan Stirling 2000 01 3rd 15 6 71 4 Lost Semi Final Dandenong 71 83 Jan Stirling 2001 02 1st 17 4 80 9 Lost Semi Final Canberra 62 66 Lost Preliminary Final Sydney 64 66 Jan Stirling 2002 03 4th 12 9 57 1 Lost Semi Final Sydney 70 72 Jan Stirling 2003 04 3rd 13 8 61 9 Won Semi Final Canberra 72 63 Lost Preliminary Final Sydney 61 65 Jan Stirling 2004 05 4th 13 8 61 9 Lost Semi Final Sydney 93 94 Chris Lucas Adelaide Fellas 2005 06 2nd 14 7 66 6 Lost Semi Final Dandenong 70 75 Lost Preliminary Final Canberra 81 83 Chris Lucas Adelaide Lightning 2006 07 3rd 15 6 71 4 Won Semi Final Dandenong 66 61 Lost Preliminary Final Canberra 74 82 Chris Lucas 2007 08 1st 21 3 87 5 Lost Semi Final Sydney 71 90 Won Preliminary Final Dandenong 74 64 Won Grand Final Sydney 92 82 Vicki Valk 2008 09 4th 15 7 68 1 Won Elimination Final Bendigo 81 73 Lost Semi Final Townsville 78 91 Vicki Valk 2009 10 6th 13 9 59 0 Did not qualify Vicki Valk 2010 11 9th 3 19 13 6 Did not qualify Stephen Breheny 2011 12 1st 18 4 81 8 Lost Semi Final Bulleen 70 73 Lost Preliminary Final Dandenong 78 91 Peter Buckle 2012 13 3rd 18 6 75 0 Lost Semi Final Townsville 53 60 Peter Buckle 2013 14 5th 12 12 50 0 Did not qualify Peter Buckle Richard Dickel 2014 15 7th 7 15 31 8 Did not qualify Jeremi Moule 2015 16 7th 10 14 41 6 Did not qualify Tracy York 2016 17 8th 3 21 12 5 Did not qualify Chris Lucas 2017 18 5th 11 10 52 3 Did not qualify Chris Lucas 2018 19 3rd 13 8 61 9 Won Semi Final Melbourne 2 0 Lost Grand Final Canberra 1 2 Chris Lucas 2019 20 4th 12 9 57 1 Lost Semi Final Southside 0 2 Chris Lucas 2020 6th 5 8 38 5 Did not qualify Guy Molloy 2021 22 4th 10 7 58 8 Lost Semi Final Melbourne Boomers 0 2 Guy Molloy 2022 23 7th 5 16 23 8 Did not qualify Natalie Hurst 2023 24 7th 8 13 38 0 Did not qualify Natalie Hurst Regular season 376 229 62 2 5 Minor Premierships Finals 19 25 43 2 5 WNBL Championships Source Adelaide Lightning Archived 22 August 2019 at the Wayback MachineStatistics editAdelaide Lightning statistics 2010s Season PPG RPG APG SPG BPG 2010 11 A Marino 15 2 D Walker 6 5 A Marino 4 2 D Walker 1 9 D Walker 1 9 2011 12 S Batkovic 24 6 S Batkovic 10 2 A Marino 3 5 S Batkovic 2 6 S Batkovic 1 6 2012 13 S Batkovic 21 0 S Batkovic 9 7 J Screen 4 3 S Batkovic 1 5 S Batkovic 2 6 2013 14 L Hodges 17 8 L Hodges 7 7 A Marino 3 4 J Foley 1 0 C Shegog 1 1 2014 15 L Hodges 16 5 J Screen 6 9 J Screen 3 7 J Foley 1 3 K Scheer 0 7 2015 16 L Mitchell 16 8 M Ruef 9 9 L Mitchell 4 5 L Mitchell 2 1 K Standish 0 8 2016 17 L Hodges 17 5 L Hodges 7 1 S Logic 5 4 S Logic 1 8 C Planeta 1 5 2017 18 A Bishop 15 7 A Bishop 9 2 N Seekamp 5 0 N Novosel 2 4 R Hamblin 1 0 2018 19 N Coffey 17 5 K Alexander 8 9 N Seekamp 6 0 N Seekamp 2 2 N Coffey 1 3 Players editCurrent roster edit 2023 24 Adelaide Lightning roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht G 3 nbsp Basham Brooke 1 72 m 5 ft 8 in G 4 nbsp Tonks Elizabeth 1 75 m 5 ft 9 in G 6 nbsp Thompson Sharna DP 1 72 m 5 ft 8 in G F 7 nbsp Talbot Stephanie C 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in G 9 nbsp Simons Jess DP 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in F 11 nbsp Mole Taylor 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in F 12 nbsp Coleman Molly DP 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in G 13 nbsp Willoughby Jocelyn I 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in G 14 nbsp Borlase Isobel 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in F C 20 nbsp Batish Ella 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in F 21 nbsp Turner Brianna I 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in G 24 nbsp Stasinowsky Bianca DP 1 79 m 5 ft 10 in G 33 nbsp Mansfield Lauren 1 70 m 5 ft 7 in F 34 nbsp Bourne Isabelle 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in G F 41 nbsp Brazel Tayla 1 82 m 6 ft 0 in Head coach nbsp Natalie Hurst Assistant coach es nbsp Mel Downer Legend C Team captain DP Development player I Import player nbsp Injured Roster Updated 28 January 2024Honour roll editWNBL Championships 5 1994 1995 1996 1998 2007 08 WNBL Finals Appearances 19 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998 99 1999 2000 2000 01 2001 02 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2011 12 2012 13 WNBL Grand Final appearances 7 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2007 08 WNBL Most Valuable Players Rachael Sporn 1996 1997 Suzy Batkovic 2012 2013 WNBL Grand Final MVPs Rachael Sporn 1994 1995 Michelle Brogan 1996 Jo Hill 1998 Renae Camino 2008 WNBL Coach of the Year Jan Stirling 1993 Peter Buckle 2012 WNBL Rookie of the Year Kamala Lamshed 2002 References edit WNBL Media Guide 2016 17 PDF wnbl com au Archived from the original PDF on 28 November 2016 Retrieved 18 February 2017 Minh 11 September 2023 RACHAEL SPORN S NO 14 JERSEY RETURNS WITH ISOBEL BORLASE wnbl basketball adelaide Archived from the original on 8 January 2024 External links editOfficial team website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Adelaide Lightning amp oldid 1215275281, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
