2023 NBL1 West Season Launch

Hawks players, coaches, sponsors and supporters came together last night for the 2023 NBL1 West season launch and singlet presentation. Our president Peter Barrow welcomed guests and discussed the importance of this year being the Hawks 50th year.  Matt Parsons and Craig Mansfield introduced their teams and support staff for the 2023 season and presented the new look  singlets complete with the 50 year logo made for us by Major Partner ID Athletic.

NBL1 West gets underway on Friday March 31st with a double header weekend.

The Hawks will play East Perth at home on Friday night and then travel to play Lakeside on Saturday night. It should be an exciting year of NBL1 West with many teams boosting their roster with import players and current NBL players from around Australia playing in the league.

The men welcome Mitch Clarke back into the team after a year playing in the East and also added big man Daniel Alexander to the roster. Andrew Ferguson will return to the team in mid to late April after spending the off season playing in Japan. Record game holder Ben Purser is back for another season as is senior player Rob Cassir. AJ Nobensi, Cooper Hamilton, Matt Leary. Bailey Cole, Jack Isenbarger, Nick Floyd and Lewis Thomas are all back in blue and ready to take the court.

The women have added import Nici Gilday to their team and Maddy Dennis has rejoined the team after time in Europe. Emma Clarke returns from her WNBL commitments with the Sydney Flames and we welcome Ash Isenbarger to the Hawks. Captain Annika Renkema returns for another season along with Millie McCarthy, Ellie Newman, Charlotte Graziano, Mia Satie, Zoe Shanahan, Rylee Kerr, Beige Harris, Malia Tharpe , Jenna Teasdale and Danika Pisconeri.