A 56-point haul from Amber Merritt was the cherry on top of a very sweet weekend for the Perth Wheelcats. Perth won all three games against the Sydney Uni Flames and continued their unbeaten start to 2024. Merritt’s season high haul on Saturday night followed a 30-point,...
The Perth Wheelcats have bounced back from their losses to Darwin, taking two wins on the home court of the Wollongong Roller Hawks. The two sides fought out three hotly contested games with the Roller Hawks taking a 68-59 win in game one with Shawn Russell...
The Salties have solidified their NWBL title aspirations with three wins over ladder leaders the Wheelcats at home in Darwin. Game 1 went down to the wire with the Salties coming away with a 70-66 win aided by four players in double figures while for the...
The success of any sporting team, especially one competing in a national competition, doesn’t happen overnight. Just arriving at the start line can take years of planning, and even longer visualising. It’s why the Darwin Salties can’t wait to play in front of their home crowd this...
In a humble Lidcombe basketball gym that hosts everyone from casual hoopers through to the Sydney Kings, you’d be hard pressed to find a better one on one battle than the one that played out between Annabelle Lindsay and Georgia Munro-Cook on Sunday afternoon. In game...
It’s only round two, and only one match up but it might very well have produced two contenders for game of the season. Darwin’s first game against the Wollongong Roller Hawks turned into an epic double-overtime battle in which both sides refused to back down. The Salties...
Emmanuel Fuentes may be on summer break, he may have a beachfront set up, but any thoughts of a relaxing time Down Under went out the door in his first taste of NWBL. “The level is a lot higher than what I was expecting. Nobody told...
Bill Latham has called Spain home for so long, conducting interviews in English feels foreign to him. But the challenge of a rejuvenated National Wheelchair Basketball League and an almost tailor-made build up to the Paris Paralympics was enough to lure one of Australia’s premier high...
Old rivalries and new faces are set to take centre stage when the National Wheelchair Basketball League and the Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League return in June 2024. Under the guidance of Wheelchair Basketball Australia, the new look NWBL will feature seven men’s teams while in...
Teams Ready For National League in 2024 Today, Wheelchair Basketball Australia (WBA) is excited to announce its company launch with the purpose to drive the prosperity of Australia’s premier wheelchair basketball competitions, the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) and the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL)....