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Trio Re-sign with the Rush
The Ballarat Skoda Rush are pleased to announce the re-signings of Ashleigh “Splash” Spencer, Molly Mathews and Lydia Brooks for the 2018 South East Australian Basketball League season. Spencer first joined the Rush in 2016 following her return from college and her debut season with the Bendigo Spirit in the WNBL. Spencers second season with…
READ MOREMolan Family – a part of the Basketball Journey
For the first time since 2009 when the McMaster family had four sons play at the same time with the Basketball Ballarat’s junior representation program we have another family achieving a similar feat. In the photo attached (from left to right) we have Charlie, Fraser, Sophie and Alex Molan who have all been selected to…
READ MOREEric Hayes Returns to the Rush Program
Basketball Ballarat is pleased to announce they have appointed club Legend Eric Hayes as Head Coach for the Ballarat Skoda Rush for the next two seasons. Hayes opted not to seek to extend his Miners Head Coach contract as he felt that Nathan Cooper-Brown was ready to take the team forward. In recent weeks Hayes…
READ MOREHooley Re-signs for 2018
September 14th 2017 After last week’s announcement that Nathan Cooper-Brown will be the GMHBA Ballarat Miners Head Coach for the next two seasons the Club is pleased that 2017 Captain Peter Hooley will return for his second SEABL season. The South Australian was the final piece of the 2017 pre-season recruitment puzzle arriving just weeks…
READ MORECooper-Brown to Lead Miners
The GMHBA Ballarat Miners are excited to announce the appointment of Nathan Cooper-Brown as the Head Coach for the next two years. Cooper-Brown joined Basketball Ballarat in 2015 as the Manager – Athlete and Coach Development in a new role created to oversee the development and execution of coaching and elite player development in Ballarat…
READ MOREBallarat Skoda Rush on Search for Head Coach
After five years of travelling to Ballarat from Bendigo at least three times a week, Ballarat Skoda Rush Head Coach David Flint has decided not to seek a contract extension for the 2018 SEABL season. Flint first joined Basketball Ballarat in 2013 after Guy Molloy was released from his contract with the Miners to pursue…
READ MOREWhat’s next for Club Legend?
The GMHBA Ballarat Miners bowed out of the South East Australian Basketball League finals series on Saturday night in over-time in front of a packed MARS MINERDOME home crowd. The Miners hosted their first Conference Final since 2001 and the game was sold out five days before tip-off. Head Coach Eric Hayes played in the…
READ MOREGame Day Program
Couldn’t get a ticket to the SOUTH CONFERENCE FINAL but watching it from home. Download the game day program and you feel like you are at the game! Tip Off – Conference final4
READ MOREOff the Bench – South Conference Preview
Kasey Cornwell, caught up with Eric Hayes and Chris Smith in the lead up to the SEABL South Conference Final. The Conference Final against Dandenong this weekend, is the Miners first appearance at a Conference Final since 2001, and that was when Head Coach Eric Hayes suited up. Coming up against a tough side,…
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