Perry Lakes Hawks

Perry Lakes Hawks
Leagues	State Basketball League
Founded	1989
History	Perry Lakes Hawks 1989–present
Arena	WA 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

The Perry Lakes Hawks are a basketball club from Perth, Western Australia competing in the semi-professional State Basketball League (SBL). The Hawks are a division of Perry Lakes Hawks Basketball Association, the major administrative basketball organisation in Perth's western suburbs. Located at the Western Australian Basketball Centre since 2010, the Hawks were previously situated at the now demolished Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium.

History

Early years

In the mid 1970s, the WA Basketball Council established an elite competition to be 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, the two merged to form a new club called Scarborough City Hawks. In 1986, the Hawks changed their constitution to rename the club Perry Lakes Hawks. The new name was more geographically relevant and aligned the club with their home stadium, the Perry Lakes Basketball Stadium.^[1][2] Three years later, the Hawks were a foundation club for the State Basketball League's inaugural season in 1989, entering teams for both the men's and women's competitions.^[3]

Championship era

The Hawks' 11 SBL championship banners hanging from the rafters at the WA Basketball Centre

1994 was a significantly memorable year for the club as the men won their first SBL championship, defeating the heavily-backed Swan City Mustangs. Success for the women soon followed also 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 women were coached by Rick Morcom and the men were coached by John Gardiner. The women were led by centre Kate Simkovic, forward Melissa McClure and guard Kim Morcom, while the men were led by forward-centre Matt Burston and guards Joe-Alan Tupaea, Peter Sinfield, Simon Blennerhassett and Trent Mayger.

The men's team went on to make the grand final in 2009 and 2011 behind forwards Tom Garlepp, Ben Purser and 2011 league MVP Anthony Lee, while the women's team won another two titles in 2007 and 2008 behind guard Deanna Smith.^[4]

Notable club figures

WA basketball legend John Gardiner coached over 550 games in the SBL. Gardiner, who started coaching with the Hawks in 1982, coached the men since the inception of the SBL competition until the conclusion of the 2008 season when he retired. Some of Gardiner's most notable achievements as a Hawks coach include guiding the men to their first championship in 1994, and then putting together four successive titles from 2001 to 2004, making the Hawks men one of the most successful programs in the history of the SBL.^[1] He also earned Coach of the Year honours three times, and upon his death in 2014, Basketball WA announced the naming of the award as the "John Gardiner Men's Coach of the Year."^[5]

Another notable club figure is long-time Juniors Director and former Perry Lakes Stadium manager, Mike Bussell. In the late 1960s, Mike played at the Perry Lakes Stadium in the Western Australian Basketball Federation (WABF) Metropolitan competition for a team from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). He later joined the City Beach Basketball Club in 1978, where he coached a number of teams and was the club treasurer at one stage. Mike joined the Scarborough City Hawks committee in 1983, before becoming the Director of Junior Competition in 1985, a position he held for over 20 years. Mike is a life member of his junior club, City Beach, his Association, Perry Lakes, and the State body, Basketball WA.^[6]

Current roster

Perry Lakes Hawks men's roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 5.0 !C 0 USA ! Carlwell, Brian (I) 7000211000000000000♠2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 1.5 !G 4 AUS ! Cannell, Jake 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 5 AUS ! Cassir, Rob 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 1.5 !G 6 AUS ! Hombergen, Finn 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 7 USA ! Hobbs, Bryton (I) 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 8 AUS ! Criddle, Trent 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 1.5 !G 9 AUS ! Smith, Ryan 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 1.5 !G 10 AUS ! Ryan, Nick 7000193000000000000♠1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 2.5 !G/F 11 AUS ! Simkovic, Jackson 7000196000000000000♠1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 4.5 !F/C 12 AUS ! Garlepp, Josh 7000202999999999999♠2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 1.5 !G 13 AUS ! Richardson, Cory 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 1.5 !G 14 AUS ! Mancini, Julian 7000195000000000000♠1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 1.5 !G 21 AUS ! Dixon, Ben 7000184000000000000♠1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 2.5 !G/F 22 AUS ! O'Sullivan, Ryan 7000194000000000000♠1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 2.5 !G/F 25 AUS ! Hamilton, Cooper 7000192000000000000♠1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 3.5 !F 33 AUS ! Purser, Ben (C) 7000200999999999999♠2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 4.5 !F/C 34 AUS ! Hickert, Jordan 7000206000000000000♠2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Head coach Charles Nix Assistant coach(es) Peter Barrow Josh Farnworth Steve Matthews Team manager Laurie Trengove Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 17 June 2016

Perry Lakes Hawks women's roster Players Coaches Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 1.5 !G 4 AUS ! Renkema, Annika 7000178000000000000♠1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.5 !G 5 AUS ! Anthony, Kate (C) 7000170000000000000♠1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.5 !G 6 AUS ! Jeffers, Lauren 7000170000000000000♠1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) 1.5 !G 7 NZL ! Edmondson, Antonia 7000181000000000000♠1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 2.5 !G/F 8 AUS ! Clarke, Emma 7000183000000000000♠1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 10 AUS ! Stewart, Lucy 7000168000000000000♠1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 4.5 !F/C 11 AUS ! Donovan, Sarah 7000190000000000000♠1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 1.5 !G 12 AUS ! Satie, Mia 7000177000000000000♠1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 2.5 !G/F 13 AUS ! Teasdale, Kristan 7000187000000000000♠1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 4.5 !F/C 15 AUS ! Burton, Emily 7000186000000000000♠1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 2.5 !G/F 21 AUS ! Nolan, Brieana 7000176000000000000♠1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 1.5 !G 22 AUS ! Clarke, Georgia 7000167000000000000♠1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) 2.5 !G/F 24 AUS ! Smith, Deanna 7000179000000000000♠1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.5 !G 33 AUS ! Valentine, Talietha 7000164000000000000♠1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Head coach C. J. Jackson Assistant coach(es) Craig Clatworthy Kerry Clarke Brendan O'Brien Team manager Jane Lowther Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 23 March 2016

References

External links

• Hawks' official website
• Perry Lakes Hawks on Facebook
• Perry Lakes Hawks on Twitter