SHARKS

SHARKS BASKETBALL CLUB

East Whyalla Sharks Basketball club was started by a group of policemen in the late 80’s. Over the years Sharks have been a predominately Senior club.

In recent times Sharks have started a junior development program initiating numerous Boy’s and Girls’ team. We are looking to continue this growth & strengthen the club.

Sharks Basketball club was started by a group of policemen in 1988. In the early years Organisation & administration of Sharks including a monthly gazette featuring awards such as the Gummy Shark award was done by Greg “Toots” & Cindy Turner & Phil & Debbie Twiggs.

Helen Hansen, Cathy Chandler & Fiona (Hobbs) Quinn switched to Sharks from Magpies in 1988 allowing them to collect 3 WA titles in their 1^st 3 seasons.

Sharks have always had a transient membership base due to police transferring in & out of town.

When Toots left town in the mid 90’s the club suffered greatly & threatened to collapse until another police officer, Kelly Fletcher, took over. When Kelly transferred in 2005 Jodie How took over & has managed the club almost single handedly since.

Sharks have changed their uniform colour over the years: they started as Grey & Black, changed to Purple & Yellow in the 90’s then in 2007 changed again to Marron, Silver & Navy.

In 2108 a new, modern, stronger stylised shark logo was designed for the club and placed on their new uniforms.

FUN FACT

When Sharks first came on the season in 1988 there was a club called Spartans in the competition. This common 1st letter acronym caused confusion for program schedulers, so “E” was adopted for the “East Whyalla Sharks”. Even though Spartans have been gone for decades the E has stuck with sharks.

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