Sydney Flames

Sydney Flames
Leagues	WNBL
Founded	1981
History	Bankstown Bruins 1981–1988 Sydney Bruins 1989–1991 Sydney Flames 1992–2000 Sydney Panthers 2000–2002 Sydney Uni Flames 2002–2022 Sydney Flames 2022–present
Arena	Quaycentre and Qudos Bank Arena
Location	Sydney, New South Wales
Team colors	Silver and Black
Team manager	Mitch Fuller
Head coach	Shelley Gorman
Ownership	Hoops Capital Pty Ltd
Championships	4 (1993, 1997, 2001, 2017)

The Sydney Flames are an Australian professional basketball team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The Flames compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at Quaycentre.

Formerly known as the Sydney Uni Flames, the team rebranded in August 2022 to have a new look, new colours (changing from navy and gold to silver and black) and a new home venue.

The Flames have won four WNBL championships, in 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2017. They have also finished as runners-up a further 10 times.

Players

Current roster

2022-23 Sydney Flames roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. F 7 Clarke, Emma 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 22 Donnelly, Emma 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) C 34 Sjerven, Hannah (I) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G 0 Bowyer, Indiah 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) F 18 Crawshaw, Jada 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) G/F 13 Willoughby, Jocelyn (I) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) F 32 Purcell, Kalani (I) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) F 21 Froling, Keely 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) G/F 10 Rowe, Kiera 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) G 12 Rotunno, Lily 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) G 11 Allen, Maddy 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) G 4 Heal, Shyla 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) G 5 Mangakahia, Tiana 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) G 9 Panousis, Vanessa 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Head coach Shelly Gorman Assistant coach(es) Shelley Gorman Will Granger Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: 27 January 2023

Coaches and staff

Head coaches

Sydney Flames head coaches
Name	Start	End	Seasons	Regular season				Finals
				W	L	PCT	G	W	L	PCT	G
Kevin Landon	1983	1983	1	5	12	29.4	17	0	0	0.00	0
Steve Farnham	1984	1984	1	12	6	66.6	18	0	0	0.00	0
Alan Morris	1985	1985	1	7	12	36.8	19	0	0	0.0	0
Rick Bywater	1986	1986	1	8	16	33.3	24	0	0	0.0	0
Robbie Cadee	1981	1989	5	54	32	62.7	86	1	2	33.3	3
Bernie Slattery	1990	1992	3	30	36	45.4	66	0	0	0.0	0
Carrie Graf	1993	1996	4	64	8	88.8	72	3	4	42.8	7
Murray Wardle	1998	1999	2	20	13	60.6	33	1	1	50.0	2
Bill Tomlinson	1997	2000	2	28	11	71.7	39	2	1	66.6	3
Karen Dalton	2000	2014	14	185	122	60.2	307	11	11	50.0	22
Shannon Seebohm	2014	2016	2	24	22	52.2	46	1	1	50.0	2
Cheryl Chambers	2016	2019	3	34	32	51.5	66	4	2	66.6	6
Katrina Hibbert	2019	2021	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Shane Heal	2021	2021	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0
Shelley Gorman

Notes

• ^a Across the years of 1981–1989, Robbie Cadee coached four seasons (1981–1982, 1987–1989)
• ^b Across the years of 1997–2000, Bill Tomlinson coached two seasons (1997 & 1999–00)
• Win/Loss statistics stand as of the end of the 2018–19 WNBL season

External links

• Official WNBL website
• Sydney Uni Flames official website