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2018/19 Chemist Warehouse WNBL Championship www.wnbl.com.au BASKETBALL DIRECTORY Chief Executive Officer (Acting) Paul Maley Chief Financial Officer Kevin Dixon COMPETITION MANAGEMENT Head of WNBL Sally Phillips Operations Mark Quinn WNBL Referee Manager Peter Carey MEDIA & COMMERCIAL Interim General Manager, Community & Stakeholder Relations Bron Madigan Head of Commercial Partnerships Glen Towers Media Manager, WNBL & SEABL Shannon Knaus Media Manager, Basketball Australia Grant Richardson Digital Coordinator – Video Alex Barr Digital Coordinator – Graphics Cristina Rinaudo WNBL MEDIA CONTACT WNBL GENERAL DETAILS For all WNBL Media enquiries Office and Postal address: please email [email protected] 291 George Street, Wantirna South, VIC 3152 FOLLOW US JOIN US ON @WNBL FACEBOOK.COM/THEWNBL FOLLOW US WATCH US ON @THEWNBL YOUTUBE.COM/WNBL WNBL.COM.AU 2018/19 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | INTRODUCTION 2 MESSAGE ON BEHALF OF SALLY PHILLIPS On behalf of Basketball season, concluding on January 19. Every head coach returns to lead their club in 2018/19 including Australia and the Chemist All eight teams will have a televised past players Larissa Anderson Warehouse WNBL game within the first seven rounds, and Claudia Brassard as well as starting with the Perth Lynx who Championship, I would Cheryl Chambers, Chris Lucas and will host the Adelaide Lightning in like to welcome everyone Paul Goriss who were assistant Round 1. to the Women’s National coaches under ex-WNBL star Sandy Basketball League for The Semi-Finals and Grand Finals Brondello during the Opals’ silver- 2018/19. (all to be played over best-of-three medal winning campaign at the FIBA series) will then be held in late World Cup. January/early February. On behalf of the WNBL, I would like Founded in 1981, the WNBL is The WNBL is unique as a to thank our commercial partners Australia’s longest running elite professional league in that it remains for their invaluable support; Chemist female national competition and we community orientated. Our fabulous Warehouse, FOX SPORTS Australia, are now entering an incredible 38th players are accessible to fans and Qantas, Spalding, the AIS, iAthletic consecutive season. clubs continue to deliver brilliant and SBS Australia. game-day activations that fans will I am delighted to welcome Chemist Finally, as media partners of the love. Warehouse, a brand that genuinely WNBL we want to thank each of you cares about our league and its WNBL game days are the perfect for your support and acknowledge athletes, as the WNBL’s naming opportunity for families to attend the critical role you play in rights sponsor this season. world class sport and get up close promoting and creating awareness Their support will ensure that and personal with the league’s stars. for our league. our league can continue to gain Women and children are crying out momentum and strive forward into for real role models and that is what an exciting future. the WNBL delivers- real, amazing and accessible Aussie women! FOX SPORTS Australia return as a broadcast partner this year for Nine members of the Chemist a second consecutive season, Warehouse Australian Opals side televising a game per week as well that recently won a silver medal at as every finals clash. the FIBA World Cup will compete in the WNBL this year. In more exciting news, SBS is bringing the WNBL to free-to- The Deakin Melbourne Boomers can air television in 2018/19 as they almost fill a starting five with Cayla simulcast 14 regular season games George, Steph Talbot, Ezi Magbegor live on Saturday afternoons at 3pm. and Jenna O’Hea, Perth will welcome Katie Ebzery, Tessa Lavey Those games will also be live- returns to the Jayco Dandenong streamed via SBS On Demand and Rangers, Alex Bunton will make sbs.com.au/sport. Sally Phillips her debut for the Brydens Sydney Head of WNBL With SBS joining FOX SPORTS Uni Flames and Tess Madgen has Basketball Australia Australia as the league’s major headed north to the defending broadcast partners, the WNBL will Champs in JCU Townsville Fire. continue to be able to develop International stars such as Kia Nurse commercial models and sponsorship (University of Canberra Capitals) packages, marketing and policy who also starred at the FIBA World support along with helping the Cup for Canada, Betnijah Laney league build community initiatives (Dandenong), Rebecca Tobin and grow crowd support and club (Bendigo Spirit), Asia Taylor (Perth) memberships. and Ally Malott (Townsville) will also This season, 84 games will be ensure fans have a plethora of talent played across a 15-round regular to watch at every game. 2018/19 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | INTRODUCTION 3 2018/19 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE GAME DATE TIME* VENUE HOME AWAY GAME DATE TIME* VENUE HOME AWAY ROUND 1 ROUND 10 1 Fri Oct 12 7:00pm BRY Sydney Uni UC Capitals 51 Fri Dec 14 7:00pm TSA Adelaide UC Capitals 2 Sat Oct 13 12:00pm PER Perth Adelaide 52 Fri Dec 14 7:00pm TSV Townsville Perth 3 Sat Oct 13 7:30pm SBC Melbourne Bendigo 53 Fri Dec 14 7:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Dandenong 4 Sun Oct 14 3:00pm TSV Townsville Dandenong 54 Sun Dec 16 3:00pm SBC Melbourne Adelaide ROUND 2 55 Sun Dec 16 3:00pm DAN Dandenong Bendigo 5 Fri Oct 19 4:30pm TSA** Adelaide Townsville 56 Sun Dec 16 3:00pm NCC UC Capitals Perth 6 Fri Oct 19 6:30pm DAN Dandenong Sydney Uni ROUND 11 7 Fri Oct 19 7:30pm GA Melbourne UC Capitals 57 Fri Dec 21 7:00pm NCC UC Capitals Dandenong 8 Sat Oct 20 7:00pm BEN Bendigo Dandenong 58 Fri Dec 21 7:00pm BEN Bendigo Townsville 9 Sun Oct 21 1:00pm PER Perth Townsville 59 Fri Dec 21 7:00pm TSA Adelaide Sydney Uni 10 Sun Oct 21 1:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Melbourne 60 Sun Dec 23 1:00pm PER Perth Sydney Uni 11 Sun Oct 21 2:00pm NCC UC Capitals Adelaide 61 Sun Dec 23 3:00pm TSV Townsville UC Capitals ROUND 3 62 Sun Dec 23 3:00pm SBC Melbourne Dandenong 12 Fri Oct 26 6:30pm PER Perth Bendigo ROUND 12 13 Fri Oct 26 7:00pm AIS UC Capitals Melbourne 63 Fri Dec 28 6:30pm PER Perth Dandenong 14 Sat Oct 27 2:00pm TSV Townsville Sydney Uni 64 Fri Dec 28 7:00pm NCC UC Capitals Townsville 15 Sun Oct 28 3:00pm DAN Dandenong Perth 65 Sat Dec 29 3:00pm BEN Bendigo Melbourne 16 Sun Oct 28 3:00pm TSA Adelaide Bendigo 66 Sun Dec 30 12:00pm TSA** Adelaide Perth ROUND 4 67 Sun Dec 30 2:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Townsville 17 Thu Nov 1 7:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Perth 68 Sun Dec 30 3:00pm DAN Dandenong UC Capitals 18 Sat Nov 3 3:00pm DAN Dandenong Melbourne ROUND 13 19 Sat Nov 3 7:00pm BEN Bendigo Adelaide 69 Fri Jan 4 4:30pm TSA** Adelaide Sydney Uni 20 Sat Nov 3 7:00pm TSV Townsville Perth 70 Fri Jan 4 7:00pm AIS UC Capitals Bendigo 21 Sun Nov 4 2:00pm NCC UC Capitals Sydney Uni 71 Fri Jan 4 7:00pm TSV Townsville Dandenong 22 Mon Nov 5 7:30pm SBC Melbourne Bendigo 72 Fri Jan 4 7:30pm SBC Melbourne Perth ROUND 5 73 Sun Jan 6 2:00pm BEN Bendigo Perth 23 Thu Nov 8 7:00pm SBC Melbourne Sydney Uni 74 Sun Jan 6 3:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Dandenong 24 Sat Nov 10 12:00pm PER Perth UC Capitals ROUND 14 25 Sat Nov 10 5:00pm TSA** Adelaide Dandenong 75 Thu Jan 10 6:30pm PER Perth Melbourne 26 Sun Nov 11 2:00pm BEN Bendigo Sydney Uni 76 Thu Jan 10 7:00pm BEN Bendigo Adelaide 27 Sun Nov 11 3:00pm TSV Townsville Melbourne 77 Fri Jan 11 7:00pm TSV Townsville UC Capitals ROUND 6 78 Sat Jan 12 5:00pm TSA** Adelaide Melbourne 28 Fri Nov 16 6:30pm PER Perth Melbourne 79 Sun Jan 13 12:00pm QBA** Sydney Uni UC Capitals 29 Fri Nov 16 7:00pm BEN Bendigo Dandenong 80 Sun Jan 13 3:00pm DAN Dandenong Townsville 30 Fri Nov 16 7:00pm TSA Adelaide Townsville ROUND 15 31 Sun Nov 18 1:00pm SBC Melbourne Townsville 81 Sat Jan 19 3:00pm BEN Bendigo UC Capitals 32 Sun Nov 18 2:00pm NCC UC Capitals Dandenong 82 Sat Jan 19 6:30pm DAN Dandenong Melbourne 33 Sun Nov 18 2:30pm QBA** Sydney Uni Bendigo 83 Sat Jan 19 6:30pm PER Perth Adelaide ROUND 7 84 Sat Jan 19 7:00pm TSV Townsville Sydney Uni 34 Fri Nov 23 7:00pm NCC UC Capitals Melbourne 35 Sat Nov 24 3:00pm TRA Dandenong Adelaide SEMI FINAL SERIES 1 VENUE 36 Sat Nov 24 3:00pm BEN Bendigo Townsville Game 1 Sat Jan 26 AIS AIS Arena 37 Sat Nov 24 5:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Perth Game 2 Sat Feb 2 BEN Bendigo Stadium 38 Sun Nov 25 3:00pm SBC Melbourne Adelaide Game 3 Wed Feb 6 (if necessary) BRY Brydens Stadium ROUND 8 DAN Dandenong Stadium 39 Thu Nov 29 7:00pm TSV Townsville Bendigo SEMI FINAL SERIES 2 40 Fri Nov 30 6:30pm DAN Dandenong Adelaide GA Geelong Arena Game 1 Sun Jan 27 41 Fri Nov 30 6:30pm PER Perth UC Capitals NCC National Convention Centre Game 2 Sun Feb 3 42 Sat Dec 1 3:00pm SBC Melbourne Townsville Game 3 Thu Feb 7 (if necessary) PER Bendat Basketball Centre 43 Sat Dec 1 5:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Bendigo QBA Qudos Bank Arena 44 Sun Dec 2 3:00pm TSA Adelaide UC Capitals GRAND FINAL SERIES SBC State Basketball Centre ROUND 9 Game 1 Sun Feb 10 TRA Traralgon Sports Stadium 45 Wed Dec 5 7:00pm BRY Sydney Uni Adelaide Game 2 Thu Feb 14 TSA Titanium Security Arena 46 Fri Dec 7 6:30pm PER Perth Bendigo Game 3 Sun Feb 17 (if necessary) 47 Fri Dec 7 7:00pm TSV Townsville Adelaide TSV Townsville Stadium 48 Sat Dec 8 3:00pm SBC Melbourne Sydney Uni 49 Sun Dec 9 2:00pm NCC UC Capitals Bendigo 50 Sun Dec 9 3:00pm DAN Dandenong Perth 2018/19 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA GUIDE | INTRODUCTION 4 Please note all times and dates are subject to change *Local time **NBL Double Header UNDERSTANDING THE WNBL LADDER Games: Games played by Teams W: Games won L: Games lost %: Team’s winning percentage L5: Record over previous five games Stk: Team’s current winning or losing streak Home: Team’s home game win-loss record Away: Team’s road game win-loss record The order of the ladder will be determined by each team’s winning percentage.