As part of the celebrations for the 30th anniversary of the South East Australian Basketball League, the League announced the teams of the decades as well as the SEABL All-Star teams.

The first team to be announced on the night was the 1980’s SEABL Men’s Team of the Decade. Kilsyth Cobras Tim Corr (player) and Gary Fox (Coach) were nominated and Tim Corr was announced as one of the 10 players of that decade.

Tim Corr played 206 games for the Kilsyth Cobras and still sits in the top ten for all Club statistics to this day including third for total points scored and fourth for total rebounds made.

The 1990’s SEABL Men’s Team of the Decade was the next team to be announced. The 1990’s was where professionalism in sport started to take over. Players were faster, fitter and stronger while coaches became more astute and defensive minded.

Kilsyth Cobra’s Cameron Burns and Damon Lowery were nominated as players of that decade while Colin Donovan, Mark Landells and Rob Morgan were nominated as Coaches of the 1990’s.

The 1990’s also marked the first decade of the women’s competition in SEABL, which quickly developed a reputation as being fiercely competitive.

Kilsyth Lady Cobra’s Andrea Smoker (nee Cartledge) was announced in the SEABL Women’s’ Team of the Decade for the 1990’s. Andrea played 200 games for the Kilsyth Lady Cobras and still sits in the top ten for all Club statistics including second overall for points scored as well as still leading the Club for steals.

Mike Bainbridge was also nominated as one of the coaches of the 1990’s.

Kilsyth Cobra’s Damon Lowery, Ash Cannan and Chris Cameron were nominated for the 2000’s SEABL Men’s Team of the Decade while current Kilsyth Cobras Head Coach Grant Wallace was nominated as one of the coaches of the decade.

For the SEABL women’s competition the 2000’s era was an extremely important one for women’s basketball, the number of WNBL and import players increases as did the level of coaching. For the Kilsyth Lady Cobras it was a successful era, winning the championship twice in 2002 and 2008.

Kilsyth was represented in the 2000’s SEABL Women’s Team of the Decade by Jessica Bibby, Belinda Snell and Desiree Glaubitz, while Deanne Butler and Deanna Smith were also nominated. Jason Knight was nominated as one of the coaches of the 2000’s.

Jessica Bibby was a Kilsyth Cobra junior and played 96 games for the Kilsyth Lady Cobras she still remains fourth all time for points scored for Kilsyth; Desiree Glaubitz played 50 games for the Kilsyth Lady Cobras while Belinda Snell played 15 games for Kilsyth.

To close out the night the SEABL Men’s and Women’s All Star Teams were announced, Kilsyth Jessica Bibby was selected in the Women’s All Star Team, a fantastic honour and one that we are extremely proud off.

Kilsyth Basketball would like to congratulate SEABL on such a wonderful event celebrating such a rich basketball history full of some of the best basketball talent that Australia has witnessed.

SEABL MEN’S TEAM OF THE DECADE 1980’s

David Johnson                                      Chris DiMattina                         

Andrew Simons                                     Gary Favero

Larry Davidson                                      Tim Corr

Ray Shirley                                           Gary Jackson

Eric Cooks                                            David Flint

Coach: David Flint

OTHER NOMINATIONS WERE:

Players

Carlos Kelly                              Tim Shaw                                  John Suva

Eric Bailey                                Jeff Hayes                                Neil Bieker

Willie Jennette                           Kelvin Henderson                      Richard Ross

Joe Weber                                Dan Krebs                                Wayne Ricarte

Don Bickett                               Jim Stephens                            Randy Whieldon

Geoff Dell

Coaches

Bill Wyatt                                  Albert Leslie                              Gary Fox

Bill Tomlinson                           Brian Longstaff                         Mark Dearborn

Bruce Palmer

SEABL MEN’S TEAM OF THE DECADE 1990’s

Ben Harvey                                           Rhys Newsome

Steve de Laveaga                                 Mark Ridgway

Mike Kelly                                             Wayne Howell

David Biwer                                          Shane Smith

Eric Cooks                                            Matt Nielsen

Coach: Brendan Joyce

OTHER NOMINATIONS WERE:

Players

Scott Mitchell                            David Anderson                                    Damon Lowery

Paul Denman                            Eddie Cox                                Ben Armstrong

Grant Keys                                Cameron Burns                         Albert Springs

Willie Jennette                           Ricky Simpson                          Jerome Lee

Darren Perry                              Derrick Leak                              Rodney Walker

Michael Cooper                         Marc Ridlen                               Clyde Jordan

David Flint                                Robert Utterback                       Norman Taylor

Jason Joynes                           Steve Miller                               Randy Anderson

Stephen Black                           Eric Hayes                                Allen McCowan

Coaches

Robbie Cadee                           Graham Longstaff                     Mark Landells

Colin Donovan                          Bill Runchey                              Rob Morgan

Brendan Joyce                          Mark Chivers                             Phil Thomas

Alan Knights                             Terry Kealey

SEABL WOMEN’S TEAM OF THE DECADE 1990’s

Andrea Smoker (nee Cartledge)                          Mandy McIntosh (nee Henderson)

Sharon Simons                                                 Mandy Buchanan (nee Bonney)

Kaui Wakita                                                       Larissa Anderson (nee Cavanagh)

Sue Humble (nee Barton)                                   Julie Ofsoski

Regina Days                                                     Anita Huber

Coach: Steve Barr

OTHER NOMINATIONS WERE:

Players

Sharon Nicola                           Nina Cass                                 Suzi Porter (nee Raymant)

Allie Douglas                            Jenny Song                              Lisa Townsend (nee Mayo-Smith)

Edith Clark                                Jodie Datson                            Ying Chen

Leanne Dunn                             Jade Hyett                   

Coaches

John Humble                             Mike Bainbridge                                    Bernie Harrower

Jim Cary                                   Michael House

SEABL MEN’S TEAM OF THE DECADE 2000’s

Braith Cox                                                         Patrick Mills

CJ Massingale                                                  Nathan Herbert

Grant Keys                                                        Eric Hayes

Anthony Petrie                                                  Ricky Daniels

David Gruber                                                    Cameron Rigby

Coach: Mark Chivers

OTHER NOMINATIONS WERE:

Players

Jamal Brown                             Ash Cannan                              Rhys Newsome

Sam Armstrong                         Damien Anderson                      Glen Siegle

Anthony Stewart                        Stephen Hoare                          David Biwer

Damon Lowery                          Mike Spears                              Daniel George

Ben Harvey                               Andrew Harris                            Dallas Jeffree

Allen McCowan                         Adam Gibson                            Jamie Holmes

Rhys Carter                               Shane McDonald                       Chris Cameron

Coaches

Frank Arsego                            Grant Wallace                            Graham Longstaff

Sonya Knight                            Brad Barnes                              Bill Runchey

Mark Leader                              Mark Holland                             Mark Radford

Wayne Larkins

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