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Corio Bay Stingrays

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
Corio Bay Stingrays logo
LeaguesBig V
HistoryCorio Bay Stingrays
2012–2019
ArenaGeelong Basketball Netball Centre
LocationGeelong, Victoria
Team colorsWhite, blue, black
Championships2 (2013, 2015)

Team history edit

CBL origins edit

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]

Big V edit

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]

Post-amalgamation edit

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]

References edit

  1. ^ "Season Fixture : Corio Bay Stingrays (Championship Men)". Big V. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ "CBL Men Preview". SportsTG.com. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ Grant, Graeme (22 February 2010). "Supa IGA Blazers go down fighting". MaryboroughAdvertiser.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  4. ^ "North East Title Winners Men". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  5. ^ "All-Conference Champions Men". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Country Basketball League (CBL) 2010/11". WorldNet.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  7. ^ "South West Title Winners Men". SportsTG.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Corio Bay Enter Big V". BigV.com.au. 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  9. ^ Wade, Nick (29 February 2012). "Sting in the tale for Corio Bay". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  10. ^ "CORIO BAY STINGRAYS - 2013 SCM CHAMPIONS" (PDF). BigV.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Ringwood loses to Corio Bay in game two of Big V state championship men's grand final". HeraldSun.com.au. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  12. ^ Taylor, Adam (21 August 2014). "Corio Bay Stingrays need one more win to claim Big V state crown". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  13. ^ Shields, Jason (24 August 2014). "Stingrays' grand final heartbreak". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Ringwood Hawks win two games in Geelong to overcome 1-0 deficit..." HeraldSun.com.au. Maroondah Leader. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  15. ^ Oats, Alex (10 October 2014). "Corio Bay Stingrays sign Mark Leader as new head coach". GeelongAdvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  16. ^ Cairns, David (22 August 2015). "Corio Bay Stingrays clinch 2015 Big V championship". GeelongAdvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Australian Lower Divisions (2016)". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Corio Bay Stingrays". australiabasket.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  19. ^ "2019 Big V Competition Structure Released". bigv.com.au. 9 November 2018. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  20. ^ Ractliffe, Damien (31 May 2019). "Basketball Geelong and Corio Bay Stingrays unify as Geelong United in landmark move". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Big V 2020 Competition Structure announced!". bigv.com.au. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  22. ^ "2020 Geelong United Big V Coaches". geelongunitedbasketball.com.au. 18 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  23. ^ "GEELONG UNITED BASKETBALL & CORIO BAY STINGRAYS – SENIOR TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT". geelongunitedbasketball.com.au. 29 November 2019. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  24. ^ "Season Fixture : Corio Bay Stingrays (Division One Men)". Big V. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  25. ^ "Season Fixture : Corio Bay Stingrays (Division Two Women)". Big V. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  26. ^ Barnes, Josh (13 March 2020). "Training to continue for Corio Bay as Basketball Victoria halts competition". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  27. ^ "Geelong announce 2021 coaching line-ups". bigv.com.au. 15 December 2020. Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2021. Hutchy has held the position for four years as Stingrays State Championship Men's coach and welcomes the transition of Corio Bay Stingrays into Div 1 Men.
  28. ^ "2021 COMPETITION STRUCTURE" (PDF). bigv.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  29. ^ "2022 Division 1 Men & Division 2 Women Coaches Announced". geelongunitedbasketball.com.au. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  30. ^ "2022 Divisional Structures" (PDF). Big V. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  31. ^ "Divisional Structure 2023" (PDF). basketballvictoria.com.au. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  32. ^ "2024 Big V Divisional Structures". basketballvictoria.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.

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