Sandringham Sabres is a

NBL1 South NBL1 South is a NBL1 conference based in eastern states of Australia, South East Australia, comprising both a men's and women's competition. In 2019, Basketball Victoria partnered with the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basket ...

club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Southern Basketball Association (SBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the

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region. The Sabres play their home games at Sandringham Family Leisure Centre.

Club history

Southern Basketball Association (SBA) was founded in 1974 and was located in Waltham Street,

. The association later moved to Tulip Street, Cheltenham. In 2000, the SBA entered a team into both the Big V State Championship Men's division (SCM) and Women's division (SCW). Between 2001 and 2008, the Sandringham men made a grand final appearance every year, winning championships in 2002 and 2005. The women on the other hand made grand final appearances in 2003, 2005 and 2006, winning their first championship in their third try. In 2009, both teams were elevated from the Big V into the

South East Australian Basketball League The South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) was an Australian semi-professional basketball league. The league comprised both a men's and women's competition and was run by the country's governing body, Basketball Australia. The league wa ...

(SEABL). In 2019, following the demise of the SEABL, the Sabres joined the

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

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References

External links

SBA's official website
{{NBL1 Big V teams South East Australian Basketball League teams Basketball teams in Melbourne Basketball teams established in 2000 2000 establishments in Australia Sport in the City of Bayside Cheltenham, Victoria