Southside Flyers

Southside Flyers
Leagues	WNBL
Founded	1992
History	Dandenong Rangers 1992–2019 Southside Flyers 2019–present
Arena	Dandenong Stadium
Location	Dandenong, Victoria
Team colors	Aqua, Navy, White
Main sponsor	Jayco
Head coach	Cheryl Chambers
Championships	4 (2004, 2005, 2012, 2020)

The Southside Flyers are a professional women's basketball team competing in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The club is based in Dandenong, Melbourne, Victoria. The team was founded as the Dandenong Rangers, however before the 2019–20 WNBL season began the team was rebranded to the Southside Flyers, adopting a new logo, colour scheme and nickname. The team also transitioned owners at this time.

Historically, they have been one of the more successful franchises in league history, regularly making the playoffs, but have struggled over the past 2 years to make the grand final, falling short in the preliminary final stage. They are strong rivals with the cross-town Melbourne Boomers. The franchise has been home to notable players such as Penny Taylor, Jessica Bibby, Emily McInerny, Jacinta Hamilton, Jenna O'Hea, Kathleen MacLeod and Liz Cambage.

History

Historically one of the better teams in the league, the Rangers have appeared in the Grand Final five times: winning in 2003–04 against the Sydney Uni Flames 65–53, 2004–05 also against the Flames 52–47 and 2011/12 against the Bulleen Boomers 94–70. They lost the 1992 Grand Final against the Perth Breakers 58–54 and in 2005–06 against the Canberra Capitals 68–55.

On 31 July 2019, it was announced the Rangers would undergo an entire rebrand to become Southside Flyers for the 2019–20 WNBL season. The Flyers will replace the classic bottle green and gold identity of the Rangers, with a colour scheme of aqua, navy blue, cyan blue and white expected to feature.

At this time the team, previously owned by the Dandenong Basketball Association, was purchased by Gerry Ryan, the owner of the team's long-time major sponsor Jayco Australia.

The Dandenong Rangers was founded before the date stated, the original stadium was at the old Dandenong markets before the Dandenong basketball complex was built, the rangers has been the representative team for the area since the 1980s the team competed in the state representative league before being adopted into the WNBL

Season-by-season records

Season	Standings	Regular season			Finals	Head coach
		W	L	PCT
Dandenong Rangers
1992	3rd	14	6	70.0	Won Semi Final (Canberra, 67–65) Won Preliminary Final (Melbourne, 67–57) Lost Grand Final (Perth, 54–58)	Alex Palazzolo
1993	4th	10	8	55.5	Lost Semi Final (Perth, 68–83)	Alex Palazzolo
1994	5th	10	8	55.5	Did not qualify	Alex Palazzolo
1995	8th	4	14	22.2	Did not qualify	Alex Palazzolo
1996	6th	9	9	50.0	Did not qualify	Steve Barr
1997	4th	9	9	50.0	Lost Qualifying Final (AIS, 66–76)	Steve Barr
1998	6th	7	5	58.3	Did not qualify	Steve Barr
1998–99	7th	6	15	28.5	Did not qualify	Mark Wright
1999–00	5th	11	10	52.3	Did not qualify	Mark Wright
2000–01	4th	15	6	71.4	Won Semi Final (Adelaide, 83–71) Lost Preliminary Final (Sydney, 72–78)	Mark Wright
2001–02	3rd	15	6	71.4	Lost Semi Final (Sydney, 85–98)	Mark Wright
2002–03	5th	11	10	52.3	Did not qualify	Gary Fox
2003–04	1st	17	4	80.9	Won Semi Final (Sydney, 85–68) Won Grand Final (Sydney, 63–53)	Gary Fox
2004–05	1st	19	2	90.4	Won Semi Final (Bulleen, 63–59) Won Grand Final (Sydney, 52–47)	Gary Fox
2005–06	1st	14	7	66.6	Won Semi Final (Adelaide, 75–70) Lost Grand Final (Canberra, 55–68)	Gary Fox
2006–07	4th	12	9	57.1	Lost Semi Final (Adelaide, 61–66)	Gary Fox
2007–08	4th	12	12	50.0	Won Semi Final (Canberra, 60–54) Lost Preliminary Final (Adelaide, 64–74)	Dale Waters
2008–09	7th	7	15	31.8	Did not qualify	Dale Waters
2009–10	7th	7	15	31.8	Did not qualify	Dale Waters / Dean Kinsman
2010–11	4th	12	10	54.5	Lost Elimination Final (Logan, 73–83)	Mark Wright
2011–12	3rd	14	8	63.4	Won Semi Final (Townsville, 77–66) Won Preliminary Final (Adelaide, 91–78) Won Grand Final (Bulleen, 94–70)	Mark Wright
2012–13	2nd	19	5	79.2	Lost Semi Final (Bendigo, 71–78) Lost Preliminary Final (Townsville, 64–78)	Mark Wright
2013–14	2nd	16	8	66.6	Lost Semi Final (Bendigo, 62–71) Lost Preliminary Final (Townsville, 71–74)	Mark Wright
2014–15	3rd	12	10	54.5	Lost Semi Final (Sydney, 80–89)	Mark Wright
2015–16	3rd	15	9	62.5	Lost Semi Final (South East Queensland, 82–86)	Larissa Anderson
2016–17	2nd	15	9	62.5	Won Semi Final (Perth, 2–1) Lost Grand Final (Sydney, 0–2)	Larissa Anderson
2017–18	7th	7	14	33.3	Did not qualify	Larissa Anderson
2018–19	5th	9	12	42.8	Did not qualify	Larissa Anderson
Southside Flyers
2019–20	1st	17	4	80.9	TBD Semi Final (Adelaide, 0–0)	Cheryl Chambers
Regular season		345	259	57.1	4 Minor Premierships
Finals		14	18	43.7	3 WNBL Championships

Source: Dandenong Rangers

Players

Current roster

2021–22 Southside Flyers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 9 Rocci, Maddison 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) G 1 Cole, Rebecca 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 2 Simmons, Taylah 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 3 Rocci, Aimie 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) F 4 O'Hea, Jenna (C) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) G 5 Wallace, Kristy 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) F 6 Taylor, Saraid 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 7 D’Angelo, Chelsea 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) C 10 Bishop, Abby 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) G 11 Gaze, Kate 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) F 12 Jarry, Rachel 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 15 Blicavs, Sara 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) G 20 Giliam, Taylah 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) F 22 Whittle-Harmon, Emilee 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Head coach Cheryl Chambers Assistant coach(es) Belinda Snell Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 20 January 2022

Former players

• Penny Taylor
• Jessica Bibby
• Emily McInerny
• Jacinta Hamilton
• Kathleen MacLeod
• Liz Cambage
• Louella Tomlinson
• Aimie Clydesdale
• Leilani Mitchell
• Stephanie Reid
• Mercedes Russell
• Anneli Maley

See also

• Dandenong Rangers
• Melbourne Boomers
• Women's National Basketball League

External links

• Official WNBL website
• Official WNBL club website
• Dandenong Rangers official website