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Cairns Marlins
The Cairns Marlins are an Australian basketball team based in Cairns, Queensland. The Marlins compete in the men's NBL1 North league and play their home games at Early Settler Stadium. The team is closely affiliated with the Cairns Taipans and Cairns Basketball, the major administrative basketball organisation in the region. Team history Entry into the QBL After operating a successful basketball program in Cairns, Queensland, Cairns Basketball joined the Queensland State Basketball League in its second season in 1987. They fielded two teams, the Cairns Marlins in the men's competition and the Cairns Dolphins in the women's competition. Expansion to the NBL Between 1993 and 1998 the Marlins won four championships, prompting calls for Cairns to join the Australian National Basketball League. The Cairns Taipans joined the NBL for the 1999–2000 season, with Marlin's head coach Rod Popp coaching the team. Since the Taipans' entry into the NBL the two teams have remained very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NBL1 North
NBL1 North, formerly the Queensland Basketball League (QBL), is a semi-professional basketball league in Queensland and Northern Territory, Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2020, Basketball Queensland partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) to bring NBL1 to Queensland. NBL1 replaced the former QBL to create more professional pathways and opportunities for males and females playing basketball in Queensland. As a result, the QBL became the north conference of NBL1. In 2022, the league will expanded into the Northern Territory with a club from Darwin. History The league was formed in 1986 as the Queensland State Basketball League. In 1994, the league merged with the South and East conferences of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) to form a North conference. 1998 saw further CBA expansion with the inclusion of a Central Conference from South Australia. The CBA was renamed the Australian Basketball Association (ABA) for the 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Fearne
Aaron Fearne is an Australian basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant coach for the Charlotte 49ers men's basketball, Charlotte 49ers men's team of Conference USA. He served as the head coach of the Cairns Taipans of the Australian National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) from 2009 to 2018. Playing career Fearne played college basketball in the United States. He played for Western Technical College, Western Wisconsin Technical College during the 1993–94 season and Mid-State Technical College during the 1994–95 season. Fearne played his final two seasons at Mayville State University from 1995 to 1997. He served as a student coach for the team during the 1997–98 season. Fearne played for the Cairns Marlins from 1998 to 2005. He played for the Cairns Taipans of the NBL as a Forward (basketball), forward from 1999 to 2001 where he averaged 3.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.6 assists in 38 games. Coaching career Fearne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2019 QBL season was the 34th and last season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 30 teams contested the league (15 men and 15 women teams). The regular season was played between 6 April and 3 August 2019, followed by a post-season involving the top eight of each gender in August 2019. The schedule was announced on 22 February 2019. The Brisbane Capitals won their second men's QBL title, whilst the Southern Districts Spartans successfully defended their women's QBL title. The Gold Coast Rollers reached both grand finals, however were unable to win either. It was announced on October 30 that the 2019 QBL season was the last QBL season to be played, with the league merging with NBL1 for the 2020 season. Regular season Men's regular season Ladder Women's regular season Ladder Finals Series The 2019 Queensland Basketball League Finals were played between 10 and 31 August 2019, consisting of two best-of-three semi-final and final series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Fisher (basketball, Born 1994)
Anthony Fisher (born 24 January 1994) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played the majority of his career in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) and Queensland Basketball League (QBL), playing for the Ballarat Miners (2011–2015) and Cairns Marlins (2016–2019; 2021). He was a member of the Marlins' championship-winning team in 2016. He also had stints in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Perth Wildcats and Cairns Taipans. After four years as a development player and extended squad member of the Taipans, he earned a full-time contract with the club in 2019. Early life Born and raised in Ballarat, Victoria, Fisher started playing basketball locally at age 9. He started in Ballarat's domestic competitions and then rose through the ranks of the Ballarat representative program. On 1 December 2011, Fisher rejected an Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship to stay and complete his Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie O'Loughlin
Jamie O'Loughlin is an Australian professional basketball coach. Coaching career O'Loughlin's coaching career started in 1999, when he was the Club Director of Coaching for Geelong's Christian College, whilst also serving as the head coach of the U12 Boys team with Basketball Geelong. After coaching the Basketball Geelong U12 and U16 Boys teams for multiple years, in 2003 O'Loughlin was promoted to coaching the U18 team. In the same year he also took teams from Christian College to multiple championships, including the Hooptime Championships, the Victorian College Championships, and the Australian Schools Championships. In April 2006 O'Loughlin joined the Geelong Supercats as an assistant coach, and helped guide the team to three consecutive championships in the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL). In October 2009 he was promoted to head coach, and won the SEABL again in 2010. Between 2009 and 2011 O'Loughlin ran team camps for the Australia national under-17 baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2017 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 32nd running of the competition. The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Brisbane Spartans, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Sunshine Coast Phoenix, Toowoomba Mountaineers, Townsville Heat and USC Rip City. Team information Standings Finals Awards Player of the Week Coach of the Month Statistics leaders Regular season * Most Valuable Player: Shaun Bruce (Mackay Meteors) * Coach of the Year: Cameron Tragardh (Mackay Meteors) * U23 Youth Player of the Year: Matthew Kenyon (Sunshine Coast Phoenix) * All-League Team: ** G: Shaun Bruce (Mackay Meteors) ** G: Ray Willis ( Gladstone Port City Power) ** F: Lucas Walker (Mackay Meteors) ** F: Tanner McGrew (South West Metro Pirates) ** C: Mitchell Young Mitchell Young (born 6 August 1990) is an Australian former professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Mitchell (basketball)
James Mitchell (born 15 January 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Marlins of the NBL1 North. Between 2010 and 2016, he was based in his hometown of Cairns playing for the Marlins in the QBL and the Taipans in the NBL. Between 2017 and 2019, he played three seasons for the Rockhampton Rockets in the QBL and spent a season in England with the Sheffield Sharks. In 2021, he re-joined the Marlins. Early life Mitchell was born in Kogarah, New South Wales and raised in the Cairns suburb of Redlynch. When Mitchell was 11 years old, having just finished Year 6 at Redlynch State School, his parents – John and Salli Mitchell – were killed in a head-on collision near Proserpine, four days short of Christmas on 21 December 2002. Salli was a tuckshop convenor at Redlynch State School and the coach of four junior basketball teams at Redlynch Basketball Club. John was a truck driver with Boral in Cairns. They were driving south to Sydney to join James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2015 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 30th running of the competition. The Mackay Meteors won the championship in 2015 to claim their third league title. The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Logan Thunder, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat. Team information Standings ''*Every team competed in 17 regular season games over 15 rounds except for the Townsville Heat and Suncoast Clippers. The Round 1 match-up between the two sides was abandoned after the referees couldn't make it to the game due to poor weather in the Maroochydore area.'' Finals ''*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.'' ''**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.'' *QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Poo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2014 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 29th running of the competition. The Rockhampton Rockets won the championship in 2014 to claim their fifth league title. The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat. Team information Standings Finals ''*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.'' ''**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.'' *QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A *QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C *QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B Awards Player of the Week Coach of the Month Statistics leaders Regular season * Most Valuable Player: Chehales Tapscott (Rockhampton Rockets) * Coach of the Year: Neal Tweedy (Rockhampto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2013 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 28th running of the competition. The Rockhampton Rockets won the championship in 2013 to claim their fourth league title. The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Suncoast Clippers, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat. Team information Standings Finals ''*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.'' ''**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.'' *QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A *QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C *QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B Awards Player of the Week Coach of the Month Statistics leaders Regular season * Most Valuable Player: Winston Robinson (Suncoast Clippers) * Coach of the Year: Jamie Pearlman (Cairns Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2012 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 27th running of the competition. The Mackay Meteors won the championship in 2012 to claim their second league title. The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Maroochydore Clippers, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat. Team information Standings Finals ''*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.'' ''**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.'' *QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A *QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C *QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B Awards Player of the Week Coach of the Month Statistics leaders Regular season * Most Valuable Player: Michael Cedar (Mackay Meteors) * Coach of the Year: Neal Tweedy (Rockhampton Rockets) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Queensland Basketball League Season
The 2011 Men's Queensland Basketball League season was the 26th running of the competition. The Mackay Meteors won the championship in 2011 to claim their first league title. The teams for this season were: Brisbane Capitals, Bundaberg Bulls, Caboolture Suns, Cairns Marlins, Gladstone Port City Power, Gold Coast Rollers, Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Maroochydore Clippers, Northside Wizards, Rockhampton Rockets, South West Metro Pirates, Toowoomba Mountaineers and Townsville Heat. Team information Standings Finals ''*The team that finishes 1st overall goes straight through to the semi-finals.'' ''**The top two teams from each pool face-off in the quarter-finals.'' *QF 1: 1st in Pool A vs. 2nd in Pool A *QF 2: 1st in Pool B vs. 2nd in Pool C *QF 3: 1st in Pool C vs. 2nd in Pool B Awards Player of the Week Coach of the Month Statistics leaders Regular season * Most Valuable Player: Tom Garlepp (Brisbane Capitals) * Coach of the Year: Mick Conlon (Gold Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |