Rockingham Flames Maintain Top-Two Spot After Win Over Lakeside Lightning Latest 2023

rockingham flames
leagues	NBL1 West
Founded	1992
History	Men: rockingham flames 1994–present Women: rockingham flames 1992–present
Arena	Mike Barnett Sports Complex
Location	Rockingham, Western Australia
team colors	Red, black, white
President	Warren Boucaut
head coach	M: Ryan Petrik Ç: Tom Knowles
championships	4
Internet site	RockinghamFlames.com.au

rockingham flames it is a NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club forms a team in the men’s and women’s NBL1 West. The club is a division of the Rockingham Basketball and Recreation Association (RBRA), the region’s premier basketball governing body. The Flames play their home games at the Mike Barnett Sports Complex.

club history

In the early 1970s, the Rockingham and Districts Basketball Association was founded.

The Rockingham Flames made their debut in the Basketball State League (SBL) in 1992 as a women’s team, becoming the first club to present a women’s program before the men’s. In 1994, a Rockingham Flames men’s team entered the men’s SBL. The club had little success in its first 20 seasons in the SBL, with no women or men winning a minor prime minister or winning a spot in the grand final.

In 2012, the women of the Flames made history for the club by reaching their first grand final, where they lost 85-48 to southwest slammers.

Between 2013 and 2016, the Flames had a successful four-year run with female imports Sami Whitcomb and imported male Cooper Land. The duo won multiple SBL MVPs, while Whitcomb led the Flames to two championships.

In 2014, the women won the club’s first minor premiership with a first-place finish and a 20–2 record. They went undefeated through the first two rounds of the finals to reach their second grand final, where they defeated Lightning by the lake 80-75 to claim their first WSBL championship.

In 2015, the women finished as minor premiers for the second consecutive year, once again with a 20–2 record. They reached their third WSBL Grand Final in four years after going undefeated in the first two rounds of the finals. In the grand final, they defeated Willetton Tigers 68–63 to claim back-to-back titles.

In 2019, the women’s Flames finished the regular season ranked No. 7 with a 13–9 record before reaching the WSBL Grand Finals after going undefeated in the first two rounds of the Finals. In the grand final, the Flames defeated Warwick Senators 85-56 to win his third WSBL Championship.

At the 2021the SBL was rebranded as NBL1 West. The Flames men reached the NBL1 West Grand Final to mark their first grand final in their history, where they were defeated 92-82 by Perry Lakes Hawks.

At the 2022the Flames men reached their second straight grand final, where they defeated the Geraldton Buccaneers 91–79 to earn his debut championship. In the NBL1 National Finals, the team was crowned national champions with an 85-74 win over Frankston Blues in the championship game.

compliments

The Flames’ three SBL championship banners hanging on the wall of the Mike Barnett Sports Complex, July 2020

Women

• championships: 3 (2014, 2015, 2019)
• Grand Final appearances: 4 (2012, 2014, 2015, 2019)
• Minor Premierships: 2 (2014, 2015)

Men

• championships: 1 (2022)
• Grand Final appearances: 2 (2021, 2022)
• Minor Premierships: Nothing

References

External Links

• RBRA official website