South West Slammers
| South West Slammers | |
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| Leagues | State Basketball League |
| Founded | 1989 |
| History |
Men: Bunbury Slammers 1989–2008 South West Slammers 2009–present Women: Bunbury Slammers 1992–1994; 2000–2008 South West Slammers 2009–present |
| Arena | Eaton Recreation Centre |
| Location | Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Team colors | Blue, red, white |
| Main sponsor | PrintSync Business Solutions |
| President | Carl Catalano |
| Head coach |
M: Charles Nix W: Peter Harper |
| Team captain |
M: Clive Weeden W: Courtney Bayliss |
| Championships |
4 (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999) (M) 1 (2012) (W) |
| Website | Basketball South West |
South West Slammers is a State Basketball League (SBL) club based in Bunbury, 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 Basketball South West, the major administrative basketball organisation in Western Australia's South West region. The Slammers play their home games at Eaton Recreation Centre. For sponsorship reasons, the two teams are known as the PrintSync South West Slammers.
The club was originally based in the City of Bunbury at Bunbury Sports Centre (now South West Sports Centre) but relocated north to the suburb of Eaton in 2009 and moved into Eaton Recreation Centre.
1989 saw the formation of the State Basketball League (SBL) with both a men's and women's competition. A team from Bunbury, known as the Slammers, entered the MSBL for its inaugural season. It joined the Albany Raiders and Geraldton Buccaneers as the only three teams in the league from outside the Perth metropolitan area. Over the first 11 seasons of the MSBL, the Slammers were a dominant force, winning championships in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999, while also making grand final appearances in 1991 and 1992. However, after six grand final appearances and four championships in 11 years, things went decidedly south for the team. Following the 2001 season, the Slammers had a disastrous 11-year stretch without a playoff appearance and an overall record of 46–225, which included two winless seasons and two years where they had just the one win.
Following the 2012 season, the Slammers knew they had to do something different to become a force again, and that's where the appointment of Ty Harrelson as player-coach came to fruition. After playing two seasons in the SBL with the Cockburn Cougars and Goldfields Giants, Harrelson made the move to Bunbury in 2013 and outlined a three-year plan that he hoped would set up the Slammers for long-term success. As a result, the Slammers became a good team again and made the playoffs all three years under Harrelson. The three-year plan culminated in a grand final appearance in 2015 with a roster that consisted of Harrelson, Clive Weeden, Tre Nichols, Brian Voelkel and Trent Worthington. In their first grand final since 1999, the Slammers were heavily defeated by the Joondalup Wolves, losing 105–75.
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