5/09/2008 | THE Bendigo Bank Spirit has re-signed dynamic point guard Jane Chalmers.
The Echuca-based Chalmers played a key role off the bench for the Spirit in the team’s inaugural season and backed up with an excellent SEABL season with the Bendigo Lady Braves.
2/09/2008 | THE new Bendigo Bank Spirit will be more versatile in attack, more experienced and shorter this season, coach Bernie Harrower has revealed after the side’s weekend training camp.
Harrower also said he was confident his side would adequately galvanise before the season, despite a high turnover of players.
29/08/2008 | THE Bendigo Spirit’s financial status has been strengthened by the signing of the Bendigo Bank as its new naming rights sponsor.
Bendigo Bank, which takes over as naming rights sponsor from Jimmy Possum, has signed a two-year-deal with the Women’s National Basketball League club worth an estimated $50,000 per season.
27/08/2008 | THE Bendigo Spirit team roster for season 2008-09 is starting to take shape with the announcement yesterday that Louise McLean and Anna Teague have re-signed.
The Spirit will this weekend start their training campaign ahead of their season opener on October 4 with six spots on their roster filled and hope mounting that another finals challenge is not beyond the club this year.
26/08/2008 | BERNIE Harrower believes the superstar factor of the US women’s team ultimately robbed his daughter of her first Olympic gold medal.
But he didn’t rule out Kristi again competing for the gold that has eluded the Opals at the final hurdle in the past three Games.
26/08/2008 | THIS weekend will be something of a rarity for Eaglehawk - having the luxury of enjoying a break in the first week of the Bendigo Bank Bendigo Football League finals.
The Hawks have earned the rest for the opening weekend of the finals, courtesy of their top-of-the-ladder finish after the home and away season.
20/08/2008 | BEIJING - The Opals’ Olympic gold medal hopes might have crumpled to the floor in the same manner as Penny Taylor’s ankle after the Australian vice-captain was injured in last night’s 79-46 quarter-final win over the Czech Republic.
13/08/2008 | NO Kristi, no Opals.
It’s a big statement, but on form the pint-sized point guard from Bendigo is the key to Australia’s gold medal chances in women’s basketball in Beijing.
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6/08/2008 | CHRIS Hogan is hoping his season of career-best form has a suitable coup de grace.
Not satisfied with playing an important role in the remarkable Telstra Bendigo Braves mid-season recovery - which lifted the side from also-ran to championship contender - Hogan believes the South East Australian Basketball League title is the only way to cap his break-through year.
5/08/2008 | THE Bendigo Spirit has signed forward Eleanor Haring for the 2008-09 Women’s National Basketball League season.
Born in Rochester, Haring is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport and had a successful college career in the United States.
The forward played for the Perth Lynx in last summer’s WNBL action.
4/08/2008 | BENDIGO Telstra Braves coach Wayne Larkins doesn’t lack confidence when it comes to his team, but even he didn’t expect his side to make the grand final this year.
The Braves defied the odds and the experts to qualify for a fourth-straight grand final after thrashing North West Tasmania 107-84 in their preliminary final clash in Devonport on Saturday night.
4/08/2008 | THE Bendigo IGA Lady Braves’ bid for a record-breaking third-straight SEABL women’s championship is over after they choked at the free throw line in a heart-breaking preliminary final loss to Kilsyth on Saturday night.
While the Lady Braves snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, losing by four points, the Bendigo Telstra Braves thrashed North West Tasmania in their men’s east conference preliminary final clash to advance to their fourth-straight conference grand final.
2/08/2008 | BENDIGO Telstra Braves coach Wayne Larkins is hoping his side’s big man strength will be the difference in tonight’s SEABL preliminary final against North West Tasmania in Devonport.
The Braves are chasing a fourth-straight grand final berth, but this is the first time in four years they’ve had to qualify for the season decider via the preliminary final.
2/08/2008 | HOPES of a championship hat-trick for the Bendigo IGA Lady Braves will be over if Kilsyth wins tonight’s South East Australia Basketball League preliminary final on the Schweppes Centre court.
2/08/2008 | BENDIGO Spirit chairman Jock Clark has unleashed a stinging attack on Basketball Australia for its handling of the Sydney Spirit name controversy.
The National Basketball League was expected to rule on whether Sydney could keep the Spirit name at a board meeting on Thursday night.
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1/08/2008 | BENDIGO Telstra Braves forward Nic Campbell will play on home soil for the first time in six years tomorrow night.
Campbell, who grew up in Launceston, hasn’t played a game in front of family and friends in Tassie since the 2002 SEABL season when he helped the AIS win the east conference championship.
28/07/2008 | THE Bendigo Telstra Braves have kept their South East Australian Basketball League season alive, and in doing so, are now just one win away from a fourth consecutive conference grand final appearance.
28/07/2008 | THE Bendigo IGA Lady Braves won’t host the SEABL women’s grand final after they were overrun by the Nunawading Spectres on Saturday night.
25/07/2008 | A BURNING ambition to win another Women’s National Basketball League championship and a strong belief in Bendigo’s status in the sport, has enticed point guard Dee Butler to sign with the Jimmy Possum Bendigo Spirit.
24/07/2008 | THE Bendigo Telstra Braves will be aiming to replicate the scoring potency of their two regular season games against Southern District when they meet the Spartans in this Saturday night’s SEABL east conference minor semi-final.