The Ballarat Rush are an Australian

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team based in Ballarat, Victoria. The Rush compete in the Women's

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and play their home games at the Ballarat Sports Events Centre. The team is affiliated with Ballarat Basketball Association, the major administrative basketball organisation in the region.

Team history

Ballarat's top level women's basketball team was branded the Lady Miners since it entered the Victorian championship in 1984. It first joined the SEABL in 1990 and again in 2003. Over the following eight years, the team made the playoffs five times, winning the title in 2005. The Lady Miners were amalgamated with the

Ballarat Miners The Ballarat Miners are an Australian basketball team based in Ballarat, Victoria. The Miners compete in the Women’s and Men's NBL1 South and play their home games at the Selkirk Stadium. The team is affiliated with Ballarat Basketball Associat ...

in 2003 in order to be administered with the Miners under the one Ballarat Basketball Association. In February 2011, the Lady Miners were renamed the Ballarat Rush. In 2019, following the demise of the SEABL, the Rush joined the

. The NBL1 South season did not go ahead in 2020 due to the

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Championships

* 3× Country Victorian Invitational Basketball League champions: 1995, 1996, 1997 * 2× Victorian Basketball League champions: 1998, 1999 * 3× Big V SCW champions: 2000, 2001, 2002 * 1× SEABL champions: 2005 * 2× ABA National Champions: 2005, 2006

References

External links

Ballarat Basketball's official website
{{NBL1 Big V teams South East Australian Basketball League teams Sport in Ballarat Basketball teams in Victoria (Australia) Basketball teams established in 1984 1984 establishments in Australia