Knox Basketball Inc
Knox Basketball Inc was established in 1965 to provide youth from the City of Knox with a sporting and social infrastructure to develop and promote personal, team and social skills in a sporting environment. Founded by Alf Stevens, Alice Jago and Heather Kemp, it began as an after school basketball competition at the Mossfield Avenue Facility, Ferntree Gully in 1974. In 1980, its headquarters moved to the three-court facility in Park Crescent at Boronia which was expanded to six courts in 1989. In 2007, Knox were awarded the 2007 Basketball Australia Best Large Association Award.[1]
In November 2014, Knox withdrew their SEABL teams from the 2015 season due to financial struggles.[2][3] A year later, both teams were re-established and entered into the Big V for 2016.[4]
Representative teams
The representative arm of the Association is the Knox Raiders with 42 junior teams competing in the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL), a men's and a women's team competing in the Big V State Championship competition, and a men's and a women's team in the Big V youth league.
Championships
- SEABL Conference championships – Men: 1991, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2009[5][6]
- SEABL championships – Women: 1992, 1994, 1996, 2013
Domestic teams
Knox Basketball is home to a junior domestic competition, with seventeen clubs fielding boys and girls teams from Under 8s to Under 23s at venues throughout the City of Knox and surrounding areas. It also hosts a senior domestic competition which runs throughout the week.
References
- ↑ "Basketball Australia 2007 Hall of Fame Awards". Basketball Australia. Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
- ↑ KNOX RAIDERS NOT COMPETING IN 2015
- ↑ Knox Raiders drop out of SEABL for 2015 season as association looks to get its finances under control
- ↑ Knox Raiders Enter BigV State Championship In 2016
- ↑ Raiders crowned champions
- ↑ Knox Raiders 2014 Media Guide