East Perth Eagles
| East Perth Eagles | |
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| Leagues | State Basketball League |
| Founded | 1989 |
| History |
Men: East Perth Eagles 1989–present Women: East Perth Eagles 1989–1995; 1997–present |
| Arena | Morley Sport & Recreation Centre |
| Location | Morley, Western Australia |
| Team colors | Blue, white, red |
| Main sponsor | Magicorp Schweigen |
| President | Anthony Fletcher |
| Head coach |
M: Joe-Alan Tupaea W: Narelle Henry |
| Team captain |
M: Drew Williamson W: Nicole Jorre de St Jorre |
| Championships |
1 (2014) (M) 0 (W) |
| Website | EastPerthEagles.net |
East Perth Eagles is a State Basketball League (SBL) club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's SBL (MSBL) and Women's SBL (WSBL). The club is a division of East Perth District Basketball Association (EPDBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in Perth's north eastern suburbs. The Eagles play their home games at Morley Sport & Recreation Centre.
Basketball in East Perth began in 1946 with the formation of the Western Australian Basketball Association. As a founding member of the association, the organisation was originally known as the Youth Catholic Workers (YCW) Highgate Basketball Club. In 1948, they were renamed Highgate Basketball Club. Premiership success eluded Highgate for the first ten years, but in the years afterwards, a total of 35 Premierships were won at various levels of Western Australian basketball.
In 1956, along with YMCA (Perth), Highgate was a founding member of the Women's Division of the Western Australian Basketball Association.
In 1972, Highgate Basketball Club was given the task of combining all local basketball clubs in the East Perth Football Club's broad catchment area to form a 'District' Club. The organisation was subsequently renamed North Eastern Suburbs Basketball Association (NESBA), but later changed the name in 1975 to East Perth District Basketball Association (EPDBA) to more accurately reflect the organisation's origins and the area represented.
In the women's District competition, EPDBA won four consecutive championships between 1977 and 1980, a feat not matched by any other women's District or SBL team. The women's team contested six consecutive Grand Finals from 1976 to 1981 and fell short of winning their fifth consecutive Grand Final by only four points. Meanwhile, the men's team won three District titles in 1980, 1983 and 1988.
1989 saw the formation of the State Basketball League (SBL) with both a men's and women's competition. East Perth, trading as the Eagles, entered a team into both the MSBL and WSBL. Both the men and women struggled to find their ground in the SBL despite coming off success in the now-defunct District competition in the years leading up to 1989. The inaugural SBL season saw the men finish with a 12–10 record, while the women finished with a 14–7 record, both qualifying for the playoffs. However, with the 1990s came dismal records for the Eagles.
Between 1990 and 1999, the women's team failed to set a winning season, finishing under .500 every year. During this time, they went 0–20 in 1993 and 0–24 in 1998, and even sat out the 1996 season. The men's team did not favour much better, as they set a winning record just once during the 1990s—a 13–11 season in 1998.
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