Townsville Fire
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The Townsville Fire are a basketball
team competing in the Australia
n Women's National Basketball League
(WNBL). Since being established for the 2001/2002 WNBL season, the Fire have sustained community support, but on-court success has eluded them.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
team competing in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Women's National Basketball League
Women's National Basketball League
The Women's National Basketball League is the pre-eminent women's professional basketball league in Australia. It currently is composed of ten teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the women's counterpart to the National Basketball League...
(WNBL). Since being established for the 2001/2002 WNBL season, the Fire have sustained community support, but on-court success has eluded them.
Current team
| Number | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Kirby Dalgleish | Guard/Forward |
| 5 | Kelly Wilson | Guard |
| 6 | Lisa Braunberger | Guard/Forward |
| 7 | Melissa Hill | Forward |
| 8 | Tania Baxter | Guard |
| 9 | Katie Langford | Guard |
| 10 | Biancia Abbott | Forward/Centre |
| 11 | Cherie Smith | Forward |
| 12 | Holly Smith | Forward |
| 14 | Aroon Edgar | Forward/Centre |
| 21 | Jennifer Crouse | Centre |
| 23 | Rohanee Cox Rohanee Cox Rohanee Cox is an Australian women's basketball player who plays for Australia and the WNBL team Townsville Fire. Cox is an Indigenous Australian and won the female sportsperson of the year prize at the 2007 Deadlys... |
Forward |
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Peter Buckle |
| Assistant Coach | Annette Winton |
| Assistant Coach | Patric Brady |
| Assistant Coach | Nicole Bairstow |
| Manageress | Donna Turner |
Previous coaching staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | David Herbert |