WNBL Lauches new season

Robyn Maher says WNBL tougher than ever

29.09.09

Robyn Maher was the WNBL’s Special Guest when the elite women’s league launched its 30th season in Bulleen on Tuesday.

Robyn Maher was the WNBL’s Special Guest when the elite women’s league launched its 30th season in Bulleen on Tuesday. Maher, a veteran of six World Championship campaigns and Australia’s most capped women’s basketball player with 374 internationals, amassed 369 WNBL games between 1981 and 2000 and was named Most Valuable Player on two occasions.

But in her words the passion and the determination that the current crop of WNBL players display makes the league a tougher one than she ever played in.

You can watch Robyn’s speech if CLICK HERE

The 2009/10 WNBL season tips off this Friday with Dandenong at home to Bendigo in the first of six games over three days in Round 1.

Reigning Champion Canberra hosts Bulleen on Saturday afternoon in a Grand Final rematch televised on ABC1 at 1:00pm AEST; the ABC proudly continuing as broadcast partner of the WNBL for a record 20th year dating back to 1989.

Brett Phillips, the anchor of www.wnbl.com.au’s new WNBL Radio, emceed the WNBL Launch which will also featured Basketball Australia Chief Executive Larry Sengstock and representatives of all ten WNBL teams.

Adelaide Lightning, Australian Institute of Sport, Bendigo Spirit, Bulleen Boomers, Canberra Capitals, Dandenong Rangers, Logan Thunder, Perth Lynx, Sydney Uni Flames and Townsville Fire will contest the 2009/10 WNBL season.

The WNBL will continue with initiatives connecting the elite women’s league to grassroots level of competition with Round 10 named ‘WNBL Nurtures: Grass Roots Round’.

In support of the Cancer Council, the WNBL’s official charity, Round 4 will be named ‘WNBL Cares: Pink Ribbon Round’ while Round 16 will be named ‘WNBL Cares: Canteen Round’ and will be dedicated to young people living with cancer.

Stay tuned for more videos this week featuring the ten players that represented their clubs at the WNBL launch.

The 2009/10 WNBL – where every second counts.