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Basketball team in Geelong, Victoria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Corio Bay Stingrays were a basketball team based in Geelong, Victoria. The Stingrays competed in the men's Big V and played their home games at Geelong Basketball Netball Centre.[1] The team was affiliated with Corio Bay Basketball Association (CBBA), which later merged to create Geelong United Basketball.
Corio Bay Stingrays | |
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Leagues | Big V |
History | Corio Bay Stingrays 2012–2019 |
Arena | Geelong Basketball Netball Centre |
Location | Geelong, Victoria |
Team colors | White, blue, black |
Championships | 2 (2013, 2015) |
Corio Bay Basketball Association originated with the Corio Bay-Barwon Bullets entering the men's Country Basketball League (CBL) in Victoria in 2009.[2][3] The team won back-to-back CBL championships.[4][5][6][7]
In December 2011, the Corio Bay Stingrays were accepted into the Big V for the 2012 season.[8][9]
In 2013, the Stingrays reached the Big V grand final series, where they defeated the Ringwood Hawks 2–0 to win the championship.[10][11] In 2014, the Stingrays reached the grand final series for the second straight year, where they lost 2–1 to the Hawks despite winning game one.[12][13][14] In 2015, after five years being coached by Dan Riches, the Stingrays appointed Mark Leader as head coach.[15] They went on to reach their third straight grand final series, where they defeated the McKinnon Cougars 2–0 to win their second Big V championship.[16] The Stingrays returned to the grand final series in 2016, where they were defeated 2–0 by the Hawks.[17]
After four straight grand final appearances, the Stingrays fell to eleventh in 2017 and then twelfth in 2018.[18] A ninth-place finish in 2019 marked the team's final season in the top Big V division.[18][19] That same year, Corio Bay Basketball Association and Basketball Geelong amalgamated under a new banner, Geelong United Basketball.[20]
For the 2020 season, a senior Stingrays women's team entered the Big V for the first time in Division Two. The men's team dropped to Division One.[21][22][23] All home games were shifted to Geelong United's home bases of AWA Alliance Bank Stadium and Geelong Arena.[24][25] The season ultimately did not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26] In 2021 and 2022, the men remained in Division One and the women remained in Division Two.[27][28][29][30] The Corio Bay Stingrays ceased to exist from 2023 onwards.[31][32]
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