The Melbourne Boomers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Boomers compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at Parkville Stadium. For sponsorship reasons, they are known as the Deakin Melbourne Boomers.
The Boomers' first coach was Trevor Cook and the initial team included Michele Timms and Samantha Thornton who both would go on to represent Australia with distinction in future years. The club first qualified for the finals in 1989 under the guidance of coach Paul Deacon and, after progressing to the same stage the following year, missed the playoffs until 1996 when, in coach Lori Chizik's first season, Bulleen finished third in the regular season before bowing out in the semi-finals. Chizik led the Boomers to the preliminary final in 1999/00, the club's best ever result. Cheryl Chambers took over in 2001/02 and steered the club to two finals appearances, including the 2004/05 preliminary final.
In the mid-2000s the likes of Katrina Hibbert and Hollie Grima formed the backbone of the Boomers. Hibbert won back-to-back league MVP awards in 2004/05 and 2005/06 while Grima was crowned league MVP in 2006/07.
Liz Cambage, Rachel Jarry and Jenna O'Hea helped the Boomers win the WNBL championship in 2010/11.
In 2013, the Boomers changed their name from "Bulleen" to "Melbourne" to target a wider area of population and boost crowd numbers.[2] The team also changed its colours from blue and gold to purple and gold, and moved their home games to the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna.[3]
In 2016, a new ownership group took over the license to run the Boomers.[2]
In March 2024, Geelong United Basketball and a consortium of local private investors from Geelong expressed interest in acquiring the Boomers' licence after the Boomers' longtime ownership group looked to transfer its licence.[6][7]
^Randall, Michael; Clark, Jay (10 March 2024). "Geelong group makes play for Melbourne Boomers' WNBL licence". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^Cameron, Ben; Randall, Michael (21 March 2024). "The Geelong United Basketball Association and a consortium of investors plan to enter teams in elite women's competitions". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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Bulleen Boomers redirects here For the Big V club see Bulleen Boomers Big V 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 Melbourne Boomers news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Melbourne Boomers are an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne Victoria The Boomers compete in the Women s National Basketball League WNBL and play their home games at Parkville Stadium For sponsorship reasons they are known as the Deakin Melbourne Boomers Melbourne BoomersLeaguesWNBLFounded1984HistoryBulleen Boomers1984 2013Melbourne Boomers2013 presentArenaParkville StadiumCapacity3 500LocationMelbourne VictoriaTeam colorsPurple and goldMain sponsorDeakin University AustraliaHead coachChris LucasTeam captainTBCChampionships2 2011 2022 Websitewnbl basketball melbourne Contents 1 History 2 Season by season records 3 Players 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Former coaches 3 3 Former players 4 References 5 External linksHistory editBulleen Templestowe Basketball Club BTBC was established in 1969 1 In 1984 BTBC secured a licence to join the Women s National Basketball League WNBL 1 marking the debut of the Bulleen Boomers 2 The Boomers first coach was Trevor Cook and the initial team included Michele Timms and Samantha Thornton who both would go on to represent Australia with distinction in future years The club first qualified for the finals in 1989 under the guidance of coach Paul Deacon and after progressing to the same stage the following year missed the playoffs until 1996 when in coach Lori Chizik s first season Bulleen finished third in the regular season before bowing out in the semi finals Chizik led the Boomers to the preliminary final in 1999 00 the club s best ever result Cheryl Chambers took over in 2001 02 and steered the club to two finals appearances including the 2004 05 preliminary final In the mid 2000s the likes of Katrina Hibbert and Hollie Grima formed the backbone of the Boomers Hibbert won back to back league MVP awards in 2004 05 and 2005 06 while Grima was crowned league MVP in 2006 07 Liz Cambage Rachel Jarry and Jenna O Hea helped the Boomers win the WNBL championship in 2010 11 In 2013 the Boomers changed their name from Bulleen to Melbourne to target a wider area of population and boost crowd numbers 2 The team also changed its colours from blue and gold to purple and gold and moved their home games to the State Basketball Centre in Wantirna 3 In 2016 a new ownership group took over the license to run the Boomers 2 In the 2021 22 season the Boomers won their second WNBL championship under coach Guy Molloy 4 5 In March 2024 Geelong United Basketball and a consortium of local private investors from Geelong expressed interest in acquiring the Boomers licence after the Boomers longtime ownership group looked to transfer its licence 6 7 Season by season records editSeason Standings Regular season Finals Head coachW L PCTBulleen Boomers1984 9th 5 13 27 7 Did Not Quality Trevor Cook1985 10th 3 15 16 6 Did Not Quality Trevor Cook1986 12th 5 19 20 8 Did Not Quality Trevor Cook1987 11th 3 17 15 0 Did Not Quality Trevor Cook1988 10th 5 17 22 7 Did Not Quality Trevor Cook1989 4th 16 8 66 6 Loss Semi Final Nunawading Spectres 68 69 Paul Deacon1990 3rd 17 7 70 8 Loss Semi Final Nunawading Spectres 69 89 Lori Chizik1991 6th 11 11 50 0 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1992 6th 10 10 50 0 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1993 7th 7 11 38 8 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1994 8th 5 13 27 7 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1995 7th 6 12 33 3 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1996 3rd 14 4 77 7 Loss Semi Final Perth 58 75 Lori Chizik1997 9th 5 13 27 7 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1998 7th 3 9 25 0 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1998 99 5th 11 10 52 3 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik1999 00 3rd 11 10 52 3 Won Semi Final Perth 61 60 Loss Premliminary Final Canberra 66 80 Lori Chizik2000 01 6th 7 14 33 3 Did Not Quality Lori Chizik2001 02 6th 6 15 28 5 Did Not Quality Cheryl Chambers2002 03 6th 6 15 28 5 Did Not Quality Cheryl Chambers2003 04 6th 7 9 43 7 Did Not Quality Cheryl Chambers2004 05 2nd 16 5 76 1 Loss Semi Final Dandenong 59 63 Loss Premliminary Final Sydney 71 79 Cheryl Chambers2005 06 4th 13 8 61 9 Loss Semi Final Canberra 62 67 Cheryl Chambers2006 07 5th 12 9 57 1 Did Not Quality Cheryl Chambers2007 08 5th 11 13 45 8 Did Not Quality Cheryl Chambers2008 09 2nd 17 5 77 2 Loss Semi Final Canberra 52 60 Win Preliminary Final Townsville 79 68 Loss Grand Final Canberra 58 61 Cheryl Chambers2009 10 1st 21 1 95 4 Won Semi Final Sydney 72 55 Loss Grand Final Canberra 70 75 Tom Maher2010 11 1st 19 3 86 3 Won Semi Final Canberra 71 67 Won Grand Final Canberra 103 78 Tom Maher2011 12 2nd 15 7 68 1 Won Semi Final Adelaide 73 70 Loss Grand Final Dandenong 70 94 Tom Maher2012 13 5th 10 14 41 6 Did Not Quality Tom MaherMelbourne Boomers2013 14 4th 14 10 58 3 Loss Semi Final Townsville 73 78 Guy Molloy2014 15 6th 11 11 50 0 Did Not Quality Guy Molloy2015 16 8th 8 16 33 3 Did Not Quality Guy Molloy2016 17 7th 5 19 20 8 Did Not Quality Guy Molloy2017 18 4th 12 9 57 1 Won Semi Final Perth 2 0 Loss Grand Final Townsville 1 2 Guy Molloy2018 19 2nd 15 6 71 4 Loss Semi Final Adelaide 0 2 Guy Molloy2019 20 3rd 15 6 71 4 Loss Semi Final Canberra 1 2 Guy Molloy2020 4th 9 4 69 2 Won Semi Final Canberra 78 68 Loss Preliminary Final Townsville 62 65 Guy Molloy2021 22 1st 12 5 70 5 Won Semi Final Adelaide 2 0 Won Grand Final Perth 2 1 Guy Molloy2022 23 3rd 15 6 71 4 Loss Semi Final Southside 1 2 Chris Lucas2023 24 3rd 12 9 57 1 Loss Semi Final Southside 1 2 Chris LucasRegular season 425 415 50 5 3 Minor PremiershipsFinals 11 19 36 6 2 WNBL ChampionshipsPlayers editCurrent roster edit 2023 24 Melbourne Boomers rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Nat Name Ht G 0 nbsp Canada Jordin I 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in G 2 nbsp Burrows Paige DP 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in G 3 nbsp Wallace Kristy 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in G 4 nbsp Calleia Sherrie 1 72 m 5 ft 8 in G 5 nbsp Graham Grace DP 1 80 m 5 ft 11 in F 6 nbsp Simmons Taylah 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in F 7 nbsp Hillmon Naz I 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in C 10 nbsp Mckay MeganG 11 nbsp Reed Tera 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in F 12 nbsp Davidson Penina 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in G 14 nbsp Conti Monique 1 55 m 5 ft 1 in F 21 nbsp Froling Keey 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in G 22 nbsp Rocci Aime 1 76 m 5 ft 9 in G 24 nbsp Carmody Lily DP 1 76 m 5 ft 9 in G 42 nbsp Rotunno Lily DP 1 70 m 5 ft 7 in F 46 nbsp Blicavs Sara nbsp 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in Head coach nbsp Chris LucasAssistant coach es nbsp Larissa Anderson nbsp Kristi Harrower 8 Legend C Team captain DP Development player I Import player nbsp Injured Roster Updated 2 March 2024Former coaches edit nbsp Cheryl Chambers nbsp Guy Molloy nbsp Paul FlynnFormer players edit nbsp Lindsay Allen nbsp Rebecca Allen nbsp Stella Beck nbsp Liz Cambage nbsp Carley Ernst nbsp Michele Timms nbsp Allison Tranquilli nbsp Debbie Slimmon nbsp Samantha Thornton nbsp Katrina Hibbert nbsp Sharin Milner nbsp Desiree Glaubitz nbsp Hollie Grima nbsp Rachel Jarry nbsp Alice Kunek nbsp Jenna O Hea nbsp Ashleigh Karaitiana nbsp Antonia Farnworth nbsp Madeleine Garrick nbsp Kalani Purcell nbsp Izzy Wright nbsp Ezi MagbegorReferences edit a b Club History BulleenBoomers com au Retrieved 16 March 2024 a b c About Us wnbl basketball melbourne Retrieved 16 March 2024 Ward Roy 7 October 2013 Boomers rebound in second quarter to shoot down Flames smh com au Retrieved 9 March 2024 Boomers look forward to celebrating championship season Strong steady hand to lead WNBL Champions Randall Michael Clark Jay 10 March 2024 Geelong group makes play for Melbourne Boomers WNBL licence Geelong Advertiser Archived from the original on 25 March 2024 Retrieved 25 March 2024 Cameron Ben Randall Michael 21 March 2024 The Geelong United Basketball Association and a consortium of investors plan to enter teams in elite women s competitions Geelong Advertiser Archived from the original on 25 March 2024 Retrieved 25 March 2024 Boomers add basketball legend to coaching panel nbsp Sports portal nbsp Australia portalExternal links editMelbourne Boomers official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melbourne Boomers amp oldid 1217341538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
