The Townsville Fire are an Australian professional female basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). They are the only female professional sporting team of any discipline in the northern half of Australia. The team was established in 2001 by Townsville Basketball Inc. In 2014, James Cook University became the team's principal partner and naming rights sponsor.[1]
Following the 2010/11 season, the Fire were seemingly doomed, folding under the weight of financial pressures before an 11th hour resurrection.[1] Prior to the 2011/12 season, the team became a not-for-profit, community owned entity. The Fire reached four straight WNBL Grand Finals between 2012/13 and 2015/16, winning back-to-back championships in 2015 and 2016. Their victory in March 2015 was the city's maiden national premiership.[2] The Fire returned to the WNBL Grand Final in 2017/18 and won their third title in four years.[3] The team won their fourth championship in 2023.[4]
^WNBL: Townsville Fire claim third title in four years with win over Melbourne Boomers
^"JCU TOWNSVILLE FIRE CROWNED WNBL CHAMPIONS". wnbl.basketball. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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Townsville Fire official website
January 01, 1970
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The Townsville Fire are an Australian professional female basketball team competing in the Women s National Basketball League WNBL They are the only female professional sporting team of any discipline in the northern half of Australia The team was established in 2001 by Townsville Basketball Inc In 2014 James Cook University became the team s principal partner and naming rights sponsor 1 Townsville FireLeaguesWNBLFounded2001HistoryTownsville Fire2001 presentArenaTownsville Entertainment and Convention CentreCapacity5 257LocationTownsville QueenslandMain sponsorJames Cook UniversityPresidentSam PascoeHead coachShannon SeebohmChampionships4 2015 2016 2018 2023 Following the 2010 11 season the Fire were seemingly doomed folding under the weight of financial pressures before an 11th hour resurrection 1 Prior to the 2011 12 season the team became a not for profit community owned entity The Fire reached four straight WNBL Grand Finals between 2012 13 and 2015 16 winning back to back championships in 2015 and 2016 Their victory in March 2015 was the city s maiden national premiership 2 The Fire returned to the WNBL Grand Final in 2017 18 and won their third title in four years 3 The team won their fourth championship in 2023 4 Contents 1 Season by season records 2 Players 2 1 Current roster 2 2 Former players 3 Coaches and staff 3 1 Owners 3 2 Head coaches 4 References 5 External linksSeason by season records editSeason Standings Regular season Finals Head coach W L PCT Townsville Fire 2001 02 8th 3 18 14 2 Did not qualify David Herbert 2002 03 2nd 15 6 71 0 Lost Semi Final Canberra 67 68 Lost Preliminary Final Sydney 78 83 David Herbert 2003 04 5th 12 9 57 0 Did not qualify David Herbert 2004 05 6th 7 14 33 0 Did not qualify David Herbert 2005 06 6th 12 9 57 0 Did not qualify David Herbert 2006 07 6th 10 11 48 0 Did not qualify David Herbert 2007 08 6th 10 14 41 6 Did not qualify Peter Buckle 2008 09 3rd 16 6 72 7 Won Semi Final Adelaide 91 78 Lost Preliminary Final Bulleen 68 79 Peter Buckle 2009 10 4th 14 8 63 6 Won Elimination Final Bendigo 84 73 Lost Semi Final Canberra 39 60 Peter Buckle 2010 11 7th 10 12 45 4 Did not qualify Peter Buckle 2011 12 4th 13 9 59 0 Won Elimination Final Sydney 85 78 Lost Semi Final Dandenong 66 77 Chris Lucas 2012 13 4th 13 11 54 1 Won Semi Final Adelaide 60 53 Won Preliminary Final Dandenong 78 64 Lost Grand Final Bendigo 57 71 Chris Lucas 2013 14 3rd 16 8 66 6 Won Semi Final Melbourne 78 73 Won Preliminary Final Dandenong 74 71 Lost Grand Final Bendigo 83 94 Chris Lucas 2014 15 1st 17 5 77 7 Won Semi Final Bendigo 82 63 Won Grand Final Bendigo 75 65 Chris Lucas 2015 16 1st 17 7 70 8 Lost Semi Final Perth 72 91 Won Preliminary Final South East Queensland 91 71 Won Grand Final Perth 2 0 Chris Lucas 2016 17 4th 14 10 58 3 Lost Semi Final Sydney 0 2 Claudia Brassard 2017 18 3rd 14 7 66 6 Won Semi Final Sydney 2 0 Won Grand Final Melbourne 2 1 Claudia Brassard 2018 19 6th 9 12 42 8 Did not qualify Claudia Brassard 2019 20 8th 5 16 23 8 Did not qualify Shannon Seebohm 2020 21 2nd 9 4 69 2 Lost Semi Final Southside 93 106 Won Preliminary Final Melbourne 65 62 Lost Grand Final Southside 82 99 Shannon Seebohm 2021 22 6th 7 10 41 1 Did not qualify Shannon Seebohm 2022 23 1st 17 4 80 9 Won Semi Final Perth 2 0 Won Grand Final Southside 2 0 Shannon Seebohm 2023 24 1st 14 7 66 6 Loss Semi Final Perth 0 2 Shannon Seebohm Regular season 274 221 55 3 4 Minor Premierships Finals 19 15 55 8 4 WNBL ChampionshipsPlayers editCurrent roster edit Townsville Fire roster Players Coaches Pos No Nat Name Ht F 1 nbsp Kunek Alice nbsp 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in G 2 nbsp Shiels Saffron 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in G 3 nbsp Reid Stephanie C 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in G 4 nbsp McDowell White Jessica 1 68 m 5 ft 6 in G 7 nbsp Woods Courtney 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in F 15 nbsp Aokuso Zitina 1 94 m 6 ft 4 in G 17 nbsp Whitcomb Sami 1 78 m 5 ft 10 in F 22 nbsp Brown Cassandra I 1 88 m 6 ft 2 in F 33 nbsp Ruef Mikaela 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in C 42 nbsp Zahui B Amanda I 1 93 m 6 ft 4 in nbsp Parker Williams Nes eya DP nbsp Hay Tia DP nbsp Fabbro Aliza DP Head coach nbsp Shannon Seebohm Assistant coach es nbsp Marcus Wong nbsp Hayden Zasadny Legend C Team captain DP Development player I Import player nbsp Injured Roster Updated 28 January 2024 Former players edit nbsp Gina Stevens 2002 2004 nbsp Jodie Datson 2002 05 nbsp Natalie Porter 2004 2006 nbsp Rachael McCully 2004 2007 2008 2015 nbsp Rohanee Cox 2005 2010 nbsp Jennifer Crouse 2005 2009 nbsp Kelly Wilson 2005 2008 2016 2018 nbsp Aneka Kerr 2008 2010 nbsp Jo Hill 2009 2011 nbsp Nadeen Payne 2010 2012 nbsp Shanavia Dowdell 2011 2012 nbsp Jessica Foley 2011 2013 nbsp Suzy Batkovic 2013 2019 Coaches and staff editOwners edit Townsville Fire Limited 2011 present Head coaches edit Townsville Fire head coaches Name Start End Seasons Regular season Finals W L PCT G W L PCT G David Herbert 2001 2007 6 59 67 46 82 126 0 2 0 00 2 Peter Buckle 2007 2011 4 50 40 55 55 90 2 2 50 00 4 Chris Lucas 2011 2016 5 76 40 65 51 116 10 4 71 42 14 Claudia Brassard 2016 2019 3 37 29 56 06 66 4 3 57 14 7 Shannon Seebohm 2019 Current 4 14 20 41 17 34 1 2 33 33 3References edit a b Uni stoking Fire in sponsorship deal Side earn top city honours WNBL Townsville Fire claim third title in four years with win over Melbourne Boomers JCU TOWNSVILLE FIRE CROWNED WNBL CHAMPIONS wnbl basketball 22 March 2023 Retrieved 22 March 2023 External links editTownsville Fire official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Townsville Fire amp oldid 1219074317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
