Albury Wodonga Bandits

Albury Wodonga Bandits
Leagues	SEABL
Founded	1984 (Men) 2006 (Women)
History	Wodonga Border Bulldogs 1984–1985 Albury Wodonga Bandits 1986–present
Arena	Lauren Jackson Sports Centre
Arena Capacity	1,100
Location	Albury, New South Wales
Team colors	White, Blue and Maroon
Main sponsor	Albury Commercial Club
President	Steve Wright
Head coach	M: Brad Chalmers W: Jim Wilson
Championships	1 (2012) (M) 0 (W)
Website	GoBandits.net

The Albury Wodonga Bandits are a basketball team that competes in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). Formerly known as the Wodonga Border Bulldogs, Albury Wodonga have both a men's team (established in 1984) and a women's team (established in 2006). In 2001, the men's team tasted success for the first time with a win over the Frankston Blues in the ABA East Conference grand final.^[1] Their next lot of success came in 2012 with a win over the Knox Raiders in the SEABL South Conference grand final, and later defeated the Dandenong Rangers in the overall SEABL championship game.^[2]

The Lady Bandits entered the SEABL women's competition in 2006 with Opals captain, WNBA MVP and Albury native Lauren Jackson playing in the team's first game. Jackson scored 45 points against the Nunawading Spectres and led the team to a thrilling one-point win. Since then, they have been largely uncompetitive until the 2009 season, with New Zealand Tall Ferns assistant coach Kennedy Kereama taking the reins, and with the addition of New Zealand international players Lisa Wallbutton and Toni Edmondson, made the SEABL playoffs for the first time in their four-year history.^[3]

Current roster

Albury Wodonga Bandits men's roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.
1.5 !G	3	AUS !	George, Deba	7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
1.5 !G	4	AUS !	Duck, Jack	7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
1.5 !G	9	AUS !	Kearins, Ben	7000188000000000000♠1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
1.5 !G	10	AUS !	Morgan, Josh	7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
1.5 !G	11	AUS !	Dearborn, Sawyer	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
3.5 !F	13	USA !	Mays, Greg (I)	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
3.5 !F	15	USA !	Nicholas, Donte (I)	7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
3.5 !F	20	AUS !	Harding, Darcy	7000200000000000000♠2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
3.5 !F	25	AUS !	Chol, Madol	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
5.0 !C	44	AUS !	McMath, Claybrin	7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
1.5 !G		AUS !	Locke, Darcy	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
1.5 !G		AUS !	Sharp, Jon	7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
1.5 !G		AUS !	Wilson, Jessy	7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Head coach

Brad Chalmers

Assistant coach(es)

Luke Chalmers
Glen Collins

Team manager

Mark Brown

Legend

(C) Team captain
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster
Updated: 1 April 2016

Past Bandits players of note

Jazzmar Ferguson
Allen McCowan
Shane McDonald

Past Lady Bandits players of note

References

External links

South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL)

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