Albury Wodonga Bandits
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| Albury-Wodonga Bandits | |||
| Bandits Established | 1984 | Lady Bandits Established | 2006 |
| Team Colours | White, Blue and Maroon | ||
| Home Venue | Albury Stadium, Albury Albury, New South Wales Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area... , NSW |
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| Major Sponsor | Albury Commercial Club | ||
| Conference Championships | 2001 | ||
| Team History | Wodonga (1984) Albury-Wodonga Bandits (1985-Present) |
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| Bandits Coach | Jim Wilson | Lady Bandits Coach | |
| Bandits Captain(s) | Lady Bandits Captain(s) | Lisa Wallbutton | |
| Website | http://www.bandits.au.com/ | ||
The Albury-Wodonga Bandits play in the South Conference of the SEABL (South East Australian Basketball League) in the ABA
Australian Basketball Association
The Australian Basketball Association, often abbreviated to the ABA, is the second-tiered semi-professional men's and women's basketball minor leagues in Australia which sit under the professional National Basketball League and Women's National Basketball League .The ABA is representative of the...
.
They have won just the solitary championship in 2001 and have endured a luckless existence since then, several times they were on the brink of extinction with large financial debts but are attempting a long-term return to respectability.
The Lady Bandits entered the SEABL's women's competition in 2006 with Opals
Australia women's national basketball team
The Australia Women's National Basketball Team is the women's National Basketball team for Australia. They won Gold at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games 2006 defeating New Zealand's Tall Ferns in the final match with a score of 77–39. They then followed it up with a gold medal at the 2006 FIBA...
captain, WNBA MVP
WNBA Most Valuable Player Award
The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the league's inaugural season. MVP voting takes place immediately following the regular season. The award recipient is decided by a panel of sportswriters and...
and Albury native Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson is an Australian professional basketball player. Jackson began her professional career at the Australian Institute of Sport in the WNBL before moving on to the Canberra Capitals. She is currently a forward/centre with the Seattle Storm of the WNBA and the Australian...
playing in the team's first game. Jackson scored 45 points against the Nunawading Spectres and led the team to a thrilling one-point win.
Since then, they have been largely uncompetitive until the 2009 season, with New Zealand Tall Ferns assistant coach Ken Kereama taking the reins, and with the addition of New Zealand international players Lisa Wallbutton
Lisa Wallbutton
Lisa Wallbutton is a female basketball player for New Zealand. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal as part of the Tall Ferns New Zealand women's basketball team....
and Toni Edmondson, made the SEABL play-offs for the first time in their four-year history.