2015 WNWBL season

2015 WNWBL season Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League 2015 45 8 May – 12 July 2015 (Regular season) 7–9 August 2015 (Finals series) 5 Regular season #Regular season Kilsyth Cobras Kilsyth Cobras (4th title) Be Active Western Stars MineCraft CometsStacks Goudkamp Bears Finals #Finals series AUS Clare Nott (Kilsyth Cobras) Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League#Awards Amber Merritt (Western Stars) AUS 31.6 Georgia Munro-Cook (SG Bears) AUS 11.3 Kylie Gauci (SG Bears) AUS 7.8 List of WNWBL seasons WNWBL 2014 WNWBL season 2014 2016 WNWBL season 2016 Statistics are approximations based on available data from games The 2015 WNWBL season was the 16th season of the Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League since its establishment in 2000. A total of five teams contested the league during the season, with a regular season taking place between 8 May and 12 July 2015, followed by a finals series involving the top four teams from 7 to 9 August 2015 at the Herb Graham Recreation Centre in Mirrabooka, Western Australia. In their first season after rebranding, the Kilsyth Cobras won their fourth championship, under a fourth different name, after defeating the Be Active Western Stars in the Grand Final. Kilsyth also won the National Wheelchair Basketball League during the 2015 season, marking the first and only time, as of , that a club has won both competitions in the same season. Teams The same five teams contested the league as in the 2014 season, after Victoria rebranded as the Kilsyth Cobras. Club City Region/State Arena Be Active Western Stars Perth Western Australia Herb Graham Recreation Centre Kilsyth Cobras Melbourne Victoria Kilsyth Sports Centre MineCraft Comets Brisbane Queensland Eagle Sports Complex Stacks Goudkamp Bears Sydney New South Wales North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre Sydney University Flames Sydney New South Wales Sydney University Sports and Aquatic Centre Regular season The regular season began on 8 May 2015 and consisted of 40 games (16 per team) spread across four central venue rounds, ending on 12 July 2015. Statistical data is incomplete for this season, and is only included for matches where the data is complete. Round 1 #eee 8 May 2015 18:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 49 52 Kilsyth Cobras Stewart 23 Stewart 11 Stewart 8 Del Toso 29 Chaplin 10 Chaplin 7 Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney 8 May 2015 20:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 54 50 MineCraft Comets Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney #eee 9 May 2015 13:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 62 35 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Chaplin 23 Hammond 19 Nott 8 O'Kelly-Kennedy 16 O'Kelly-Kennedy 13 Gauci 4 Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney 9 May 2015 15:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 37 33 MineCraft Comets Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney #eee 9 May 2015 17:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 65 55 Be Active Western Stars Gauci 23 Munro-Cook 13 Gauci 11 Merritt 20 Merritt 7 Merritt 8 Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney 9 May 2015 19:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 37 63 Kilsyth Cobras Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney #eee 10 May 2015 09:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 75 56 Sydney University Flames Merritt 43 Merritt 14 Inglis 6 Stewart 22 Stewart 11 Dinga 7 Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney 10 May 2015 11:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 51 57 MineCraft Comets Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney #eee 10 May 2015 13:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 62 58 Be Active Western Stars Del Toso 27 Hammond 10 Nott 8 Merritt 33 Merritt 13 Vinci 5 Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney 10 May 2015 15:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 54 45 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Lisle 17 Stewart, van Leeuwen 8 Stewart 10 Munro-Cook 17 Munro-Cook 9 Gauci 8 Sydney Uni Sports & Aquatic Centre, Sydney Round 2 #eee 15 May 2015 18:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 36 57 Kilsyth Cobras Gauci 22 Carruthers 10 Gauci 4 Hammond 29 Hammond 18 Del Toso 5 Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane 15 May 2015 20:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 64 51 Sydney University Flames Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane #eee 16 May 2015 10:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 62 59 Be Active Western Stars Hammond 22 Hammond 14 Nott 9 Merritt 22 Merritt 12 Inglis 7 Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane 16 May 2015 12:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 47 42 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Stewart 20 Stewart 11 Stewart 8 Gauci 24 Munro-Cook 11 Gauci 7 Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane #eee 16 May 2015 14:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 38 43 Kilsyth Cobras Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane 16 May 2015 16:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 68 22 Sydney University Flames Merritt 31 Delcoure 12 Inglis 6 Stewart 15 Stewart 13 Cronje, Nelson 7 Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane #eee 16 May 2015 18:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 47 51 MineCraft Comets Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane 17 May 2015 09:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 62 44 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Merritt 37 Delcoure 12 Inglis, Merritt 4 Munro-Cook 25 Munro-Cook 10 Gauci 9 Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane #eee 17 May 2015 11:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 48 52 Kilsyth Cobras Stewart 25 Stewart 11 Stewart 6 Del Toso 30 Del Toso 11 Del Toso 3 Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane 17 May 2015 13:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 35 56 Be Active Western Stars Eagle Sports Complex, Brisbane Round 3 #eee 12 June 2015 16:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 33 48 MineCraft Comets Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne 12 June 2015 18:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 61 51 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Merritt 35 Merritt 13 Inglis 11 Munro-Cook 23 Munro-Cook 13 Gauci 9 Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne #eee 12 June 2015 20:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 53 56 Kilsyth Cobras Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne 13 June 2015 08:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 29 65 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Dinga, Cronje 8 Dinga 14 Dinga 4 Gauci 34 O'Kelly-Kennedy 12 O'Kelly-Kennedy 5 Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne #eee 13 June 2015 10:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 54 50 Be Active Western Stars Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne 13 June 2015 12:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 71 33 Sydney University Flames Hammond 24 Del Toso 12 Chaplin 8 Dinga 13 Dodd, van Leeuwen 8 Dinga 4 Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne #eee 13 June 2015 14:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 51 68 MineCraft Comets Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne 13 June 2015 10:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 51 66 Kilsyth Cobras Merritt 41 Merritt 11 Inglis 8 Del Toso 22 Del Toso, Chaplin 9 Chaplin 10 Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne #eee 14 June 2015 08:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 38 56 Be Active Western Stars Lisle, Cronje, van Leeuwen 10 Dinga 12 Dodd 5 Merritt 29 Delcoure 11 Inglis 10 Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne 14 June 2015 10:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 68 46 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Del Toso 28 Del Toso 10 Nott 6 Munro-Cook 17 Munro-Cook 12 Gauci 9 Kilsyth Sports Centre, Melbourne Round 4 #eee 10 July 2015 18:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 33 65 MineCraft Comets North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney 10 July 2015 20:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 47 76 Kilsyth Cobras Gauci 18 Munro-Cook 11 Gauci 5 Hammond 33 Chaplin 9 Chaplin 13 North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney #eee 11 July 2015 10:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 32 59 MineCraft Comets North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney 11 July 2015 12:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 47 60 Be Active Western Stars Munro-Cook 16 Munro-Cook 12 Gauci 8 Merritt 33 Merritt 13 Inglis 9 North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney #eee 11 July 2015 14:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 83 28 Sydney University Flames Hammond 26 Hammond 13 Hammond 8 Dinga 10 Dinga 6 Dinga 5 North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney 11 July 2015 16:00 AEST boxscore MineCraft Comets 60 37 Stacks Goudkamp Bears North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney #eee 11 July 2015 18:00 AEST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 42 63 Kilsyth Cobras Merritt 30 Inglis 12 Merritt 5 Del Toso 26 Chaplin 9 Chaplin 12 North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney 12 July 2015 09:00 AEST boxscore Sydney University Flames 28 56 Be Active Western Stars Cronje 12 Lisle 12 Dinga 5 Merritt 25 Delcoure 10 Inglis 5 North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney #eee 12 July 2015 11:00 AEST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 67 43 MineCraft Comets North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney 12 July 2015 13:00 AEST boxscore Stacks Goudkamp Bears 73 26 Sydney University Flames Munro-Cook 27 Munro-Cook, Carruthers 14 Gauci 16 Cronje 16 Dinga, Dodd 8 Dinga 4 North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre, Sydney Ladder main WL points percentage 12 June 2015 KIL MCC BWS SGB SUF FIN FIN FIN FIN yes 16 0 1003 703 9 7 815 761 9 7 896 808 3 13 782 893 3 13 611 942 Be Active Western Stars Kilsyth Cobras MineCraft Comets Stacks Goudkamp Bears Sydney University Flames Q green1 Qualification to finals series 1) win percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) points differential among tied teams; 4) points for among tied teams; 5) points differential overall; 6) points for overall. MineCraft Comets 2–2, +11 PD, Be Active Western Stars 2–2, –11 PD. MCC Stacks Goudkamp Bears 2–2, +69 PD, Sydney University Flames 2–2, –69 PD. SGB WNWBL via Game Day Ladder progression table 2015 WNWBL season y b 17 May 2015 BWS KIL MCC SGB SUF Be Active Western Stars 2 / 2 / 2 / 3 Kilsyth Cobras 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 MineCraft Comets 4 / 3 / 3 / 2 Stacks Goudkamp Bears 5 / 5 / 5 / 4 Sydney University Flames 3 / 4 / 4 / 5 blue1 Leader and qualification to finals series green1 Qualification to finals series WNWBL via Game Day Finals series 200 high Semi-finals Preliminary final Grand Final Third place play-off 7 August – Mirrabooka 1 Kilsyth Cobras 66 2 MineCraft Comets 63 7 August – Mirrabooka 3 Be Active Western Stars 57 4 Stacks Goudkamp Bears 56 8 August – Mirrabooka MineCraft Comets 47 Be Active Western Stars 48 9 August – Mirrabooka MineCraft Comets 84 Stacks Goudkamp Bears 43 9 August – Mirrabooka Kilsyth Cobras 60 Be Active Western Stars 45 Source: WNWBL via Game Day Semi-finals #eee expanded 7 August 2015 18:00 AWST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 66 63 MineCraft Comets Hammond 38 Hammond 19 Del Toso 9 Kean 31 Crispin 13 Cronau 5 Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Perth expanded 7 August 2015 20:00 AWST boxscore Be Active Western Stars 57 56 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Merritt 25 Vinci, Delcoure, Inglis, Merritt 10 Inglis 8 Munro-Cook 26 Munro-Cook, Carruthers 10 Gauci 8 Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Perth Preliminary final #eee expanded 8 August 2015 18:00 AWST boxscore MineCraft Comets 47 48 Be Active Western Stars Crispin 16 Crispin 13 Kean 7 Merritt 16 Inglis, Merritt 10 Inglis, Merritt 4 Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Perth Third place play-off #eee expanded 9 August 2015 11:00 AWST boxscore MineCraft Comets 84 43 Stacks Goudkamp Bears Crispin 30 Crispin 12 Kean 9 Munro-Cook 16 Carruthers 11 Gauci 7 Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Perth Grand Final #eee expanded 9 August 2015 13:00 AWST boxscore Kilsyth Cobras 60 45 Be Active Western Stars Chaplin 15 Del Toso 14 Chaplin 7 Merritt 30 Merritt 14 Delcoure, Inglis 3 Herb Graham Recreation Centre, Perth Honours Season awards Most Valuable Player (Overall): Clare Nott (Kilsyth Cobras) http://www.basketball.net.au/kilsyth-cobras-take-wnwbl-championship-2015/ Kilsyth Cobras take WNWBL Championship for 2015 Basketball Australia 10 June 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923192629/http://www.basketball.net.au/kilsyth-cobras-take-wnwbl-championship-2015/ 23 September 2015 Most Valuable 1-Point Player: Clare Nott (Kilsyth Cobras) Most Valuable 2-Point Player: Kylie Gauci (Stacks Goudkamp Bears) Most Valuable 3-Point Player: Leanne Del Toso (Kilsyth Cobras) Most Valuable 4-Point Player: Amber Merritt (Be Active Western Stars) Finals Series Most Valuable Player: Clare Nott (Kilsyth Cobras) Highest Point Scorer: Amber Merritt (Be Active Western Stars) Best New Talent: Zeena Suavaga (Stacks Goudkamp Bears) All-Star Five Clare Nott (Kilsyth Cobras) Kylie Gauci (Stacks Goudkamp Bears) Leanne Del Toso (Kilsyth Cobras) Amber Merritt (Be Active Western Stars) Sarah Vinci (Be Active Western Stars) References 30em Category:Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League Category:2015–16 in Australian basketball Category:2014–15 in Australian basketball Category:2015 in wheelchair basketball Category:2015 in women's basketball