Rockingham Flames

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Rockingham Flames
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LeaguesNBL1 West
Founded1992
HistoryMen:
Rockingham Flames
1994–present
Women:
Rockingham Flames
1992–present
ArenaMike Barnett Sports Complex
LocationRockingham, Western Australia
Team colorsRed, black, white
PresidentJo Clossick
Vice-presidentKarina Tudor
General managerFrank Fimmano
Head coachM: Ryan Petrik
W: David Morrell
Championships5
WebsiteRockinghamFlames.com.au

Rockingham Flames is an NBL1 West club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club fields a team in both the Men's and Women's NBL1 West. The club is a division of the Rockingham Basketball and Recreation Association (RBRA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the region. The Flames play their home games at Mike Barnett Sports Complex.

Club history

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In the early 1970s, Rockingham and Districts Basketball Association was established.[1][2]

The Rockingham Flames made their debut in the State Basketball League (SBL) in 1992 in the form of a women's team, becoming the first club to introduce a women's program before a men's program.[1] In 1994, a Rockingham Flames men's team entered the Men's SBL.[3] The club saw little success over their first 20 seasons in the SBL, with neither the women or the men winning a minor premiership or earning a grand final berth.[4]

In 2012, the Flames women made history for the club by reaching their first ever grand final,[5][6][7] where they lost 85–48 to the South West Slammers.[8]

Between 2013 and 2016, the Flames had a successful four-year run with women's import Sami Whitcomb and men's import Cooper Land. The pair both won multiple SBL MVPs, while Whitcomb led the Flames to two championships.[9][10][11][12]

NBL1 Championship Trophies, National (top) and West (bottom), won by the Flames men in 2022

In 2014, the women collected the club's first-ever minor premiership with a first-place finish and a 20–2 record. They went undefeated over the first two rounds of the finals to reach their second grand final,[13][14] where they defeated Lakeside Lightning 80–75 to claim their maiden WSBL championship.[15]

In 2015, the women finished as minor premiers for the second straight year, once again with a 20–2 record. They made their way through to their third WSBL Grand Final in four years after going undefeated over the first two rounds of the finals.[16][17] In the grand final, they defeated the Willetton Tigers 68–63 to claim back-to-back titles.[18]

In 2019, the Flames women finished the regular season in seventh position with a 13–9 record before reaching the WSBL Grand Final after going undefeated over the first two rounds of the finals.[19][20] In the grand final, the Flames defeated the Warwick Senators 85–56 to win their third WSBL championship.[21][22]

In 2021, the SBL was rebranded as NBL1 West.[23][24] The Flames men went on to reach the NBL1 West Grand Final to mark their first grand final appearance in their history,[25][26] where they were defeated 92–82 by the Perry Lakes Hawks.[27]

In 2022, the Flames men reached their second straight grand final, where they defeated the Geraldton Buccaneers 91–79 to win their maiden championship.[28][29] At the NBL1 National Finals, the team was crowned national champions with an 85–74 win over the Frankston Blues in the championship game.[30][31]

In 2023, the Flames men finished the regular season in first place with a 19–3 record to win their first ever minor premiership.[32] They went on to lose to the Joondalup Wolves in the preliminary final.[33][34] At the NBL1 National Finals, the team reached the grand final where they lost 90–85 to the Knox Raiders.[35]

In 2024, the Flames women finished the regular season in first place with an 18–2 record and went on to reach the NBL1 West grand final.[36][37][38] In the grand final, the Flames defeated the Cockburn Cougars 97–81 to win their fourth title.[39][40][41] They went on a 21–2 run in the last five minutes to overrun the Cougars, including scoring 19 consecutive points.[42]

In 2025, the Flames men finished the regular season in first place with a 19–3 record.[43] They went on to lose to the Warwick Senators in the preliminary final.[44]

Accolades

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The Flames' three SBL championship banners hanging on the wall at Mike Barnett Sports Complex, July 2020

Women

Men

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