Perry Lakes Hawks
| Perry Lakes Hawks | |
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| Leagues | State Basketball League |
| Founded | 1989 |
| History |
Perry Lakes Hawks 1989–present |
| Arena | Bendat Basketball Centre |
| Location | Floreat, Western Australia |
| Team colors | Blue & white |
| Main sponsor | Austurban Homes |
| President | Karl Hombergen |
| Head coach |
M: Matt Parsons W: Deanna Smith |
| Team captain |
M: Ben Purser W: Kate Anthony |
| Championships |
5 (1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) (M) 6 (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008) (W) |
| Website | HawksBasketball.com.au |
Perry Lakes Hawks 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 Perry Lakes Hawks Basketball Association (PLHBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in Perth's western suburbs. The Hawks play their home games at Bendat Basketball Centre.
In the mid 1970s, the WA Basketball Council introduced an 'elite' competition held on Friday nights, featuring eight teams from the prominent districts of Perth, Swan Districts, Tangney/Willetton, Subiaco, East Perth, Cockburn, Stirling and Claremont. At the time, two of the strongest clubs in the Claremont district were Scarborough and City Beach, and after some dissension and debate, a new club was formed as Scarborough City Hawks. In 1986, the Scarborough City Hawks changed their constitution to rename the club the Perry Lakes Hawks. The new name was more geographically relevant and aligned the club with their home stadium at the time, Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium.
1989 saw the formation of the State Basketball League (SBL) with both a men's and women's competition. The Hawks entered a team into both the MSBL and WSBL, with both teams having strong inaugural seasons. The men finished in second place on the ladder with a 19–3 record, while the women were crowned minor premiers with a first-place finish and a 15–6 record.
1994 was a significantly memorable year for the club as the men won their first SBL championship with a win over the heavily-backed Swan City Mustangs in the grand final. Success for the women soon followed as they claimed their first championship in 1998. With the turn of the new century came the uprising of the Hawks. From 2001 to 2003, both the Hawks men and women claimed three-peats, with the men's team going even further by winning in 2004 before being stopped in their tracks by the Lakeside Lightning in the 2005 grand final.
During the three-peat era, the men were coached by John Gardiner and the women were coached by Rick Morcom. The men were led by forward-centre Matt Burston and guards Joe-Alan Tupaea, Peter Sinfield, Simon Blennerhassett and Trent Mayger, while the women were led by centre Kate Simkovic, forward Melissa McClure and guard Kim Morcom.
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