The Bendigo Spirit were formed in 2007 and started playing out of Bendigo Stadium, the first side based in regional Victoria. Coached by Bernie Harrower, the team was led by his daughter, Australian Opal and captain, Kristi Harrower. The Spirit have won the WNBL Championship twice (2013 & 2014) led by the likes of Harrower, Gabrielle Richards, Kelly Wilson as well as imports Chelsea Aubry and the now naturalised, Kelsey Griffin.
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Bendigo Spirit is one of three Victorian basketball teams in the Australian Women s National Basketball League 1 The team based in the regional city of Bendigo Victoria joined the competition from the 2007 08 season Bendigo SpiritLeaguesWNBLFounded2007HistoryBendigo Spirit2007 presentArenaRed Energy Arena BendigoCapacity4 000 LocationBendigo VictoriaTeam colorsDodger blue yellowMain sponsorTACHead coachKennedy KereamaOwnershipSports Entertainment NetworkChampionships2 2013 2014 Contents 1 History 2 Season by season records 3 Players 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Former players 4 Coaches and staff 4 1 Head coaches 5 Ownership 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Bendigo Spirit were formed in 2007 and started playing out of Bendigo Stadium the first side based in regional Victoria Coached by Bernie Harrower the team was led by his daughter Australian Opal and captain Kristi Harrower The Spirit have won the WNBL Championship twice 2013 amp 2014 led by the likes of Harrower Gabrielle Richards Kelly Wilson as well as imports Chelsea Aubry and the now naturalised Kelsey Griffin Season by season records editSeason Standings Regular season Finals Head coach W L PCT Bendigo Spirit 2007 08 7th 10 14 41 6 Did not qualify Bernie Harrower 2008 09 5th 14 8 63 6 Lost Elimination Final Adelaide 73 81 Bernie Harrower 2009 10 5th 13 9 59 1 Lost Elimination Final Townsville 73 84 Bernie Harrower 2010 11 3rd 15 7 68 2 Won Semi Final Logan 74 53 Lost Preliminary Final Canberra 78 83 Bernie Harrower 2011 12 6th 12 10 54 5 Did not qualify Bernie Harrower 2012 13 1st 21 3 87 5 Won Semi Final Dandenong 78 71 Won Grand Final Townsville 71 57 Bernie Harrower 2013 14 1st 22 2 91 6 Won Semi Final Dandenong 71 62 Won Grand Final Townsville 94 83 Bernie Harrower 2014 15 2nd 15 7 68 2 Lost Semi Final Townsville 63 82 Won Preliminary Final Sydney 85 77 Lost Grand Final Townsville 65 75 Bernie Harrower 2015 16 6th 12 12 50 0 Did not qualify Simon Pritchard 2016 17 6th 13 11 54 1 Did not qualify Simon Pritchard 2017 18 8th 4 17 19 1 Did not qualify Simon Pritchard 2018 19 7th 7 14 33 3 Did not qualify Simon Pritchard 2019 20 7th 5 16 23 8 Did not qualify Tracy York 2020 8th 0 13 0 0 Did not qualify Tracy York 2021 22 5th 7 9 43 7 Did not qualify Tracy York 2022 23 5th 11 10 52 3 Did not qualify Tracy York 2023 24 6th 11 10 52 3 Did not qualify Kennedy Kereama Regular season 192 172 53 0 2 Minor Premierships Finals 6 5 54 5 2 WNBL Championships Source Bendigo Spirit Archived 22 August 2019 at the Wayback MachinePlayers editCurrent roster edit 2022 23 Bendigo Spirit roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht G 13 nbsp Wehrung Abby 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in G 4 nbsp Wilson Alex 1 75 m 5 ft 9 in F 9 nbsp Froling Alicia 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in G 6 nbsp McLean Cassidy 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in G 22 nbsp Wilson Kelly 1 70 m 5 ft 7 in F 25 nbsp McKay Megan 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in F 16 nbsp Dunlop Piper 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in F 8 nbsp Locandro Sophia 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in G 24 nbsp Levey Tessa 1 72 m 5 ft 8 in nbsp Condron Erin D 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in nbsp Simpson Micah D 1 75 m 5 ft 9 in nbsp Anaviev Dyani D 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in nbsp Bandilovska Aneta D nbsp Porter Ruby D 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in Head coach Kennedy Kereama Assistant coach es John White Deanna Smith Zoe Carr Legend C Team captain DP Development player I Import player nbsp Injured Roster Updated 27 January 2023 Former players edit nbsp Kathleen MacLeod 2007 08 nbsp Jenna O Hea 2007 08 nbsp Kristi Harrower 2008 2015 nbsp Chelsea Aubry 2009 2015 nbsp Heather Oliver 2010 2018 nbsp nbsp Kelsey Griffin 2012 2018 nbsp Sara Blicavs 2013 2015 nbsp Belinda Snell 2014 2016 nbsp Betnijah Laney 2017 18 nbsp Jennie Rintala nbsp Carley Ernst nbsp Chevannah Paalvast nbsp Alicia Froling nbsp Amelia TodhunterCoaches and staff editHead coaches edit Bendigo Spirit head coaches Name Start End Seasons Regular season Finals W L PCT G W L PCT G Bernie Harrower 2007 2015 8 121 61 66 4 182 6 5 54 5 11 Simon Pritchard 2015 2018 4 36 54 40 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 Tracy York 2019 2022 3 5 16 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kennedy Kereama 2022 1 7 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0Ownership editIn April 2022 the team s WNBL license was purchased from Bendigo Stadium Limited BSL by Sports Entertainment Network SEN 2 3 References edit WNBL Media Guide 2016 17 PDF wnbl com au Archived from the original PDF on 28 November 2016 Retrieved 19 February 2017 BENDIGO SPIRIT FUTURE LOCKED IN FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS SEN TO ACQUIRE LICENCE wnbl basketball bendigo 12 April 2022 Retrieved 12 April 2022 SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK GROW BASKETBALL PRESENCE WITH WNBL BENDIGO SPIRIT ACQUISITION sen com au 12 April 2022 Retrieved 12 April 2022 External links editOfficial WNBL Team Site Bendigo Spirit official website nbsp This article about a basketball team in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bendigo Spirit amp oldid 1217676257, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
