Team colors Blue, red, white League State Basketball League Championships 4 | President Carl Catalano Founded 1984 | |
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Leagues State Basketball League History Men:Bunbury Slammers1989–2008South West Slammers2009–presentWomen:Bunbury Slammers1992–1994; 2000–2008South West Slammers2009–present Main sponsor PrintSync Business Solutions Arena Eaton Recreation Centre & 24hr Gym | ||
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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.
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- Mens team
- Womens team
- References
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.
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Men's team
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.
The 2016 season saw the Slammers miss out on a playoff spot despite dynamic import guard Tre Nichols leading the league in scoring. It was always going to be a challenging year for the Slammers after half of the 2015 grand final team moved on, including Ty Harrelson, Brian Voelkel, Jordan Hickert, Aaron Edwards, Jordan Sears, Patrick Phillips, Brendon Canzirri and Cameron Bell.
Women's team
In 1992, a Bunbury Slammers women's team entered the WSBL. The team struggled over their first three seasons, as they finished in ninth place each year while registering a 6–14 record in both 1992 and 1993, and a 3–17 record in 1994. The team subsequently exited the league following the 1994 season and had a five-year hiatus, returning in 2000. After 15 seasons of no playoff action, the Slammers garnered a third-place finish in 2012 behind a 15–7 record. Not only did the women make their first playoff appearance in 2012, but they went all the way and won the WSBL championship with an 85–48 triumph over fellow grand final first-timers, the Rockingham Flames.