Noarlunga City Tigers
Defunct basketball team in Glenelg, Australia
Noarlunga City Tigers is a former South Australian State Basketball League club, National Basketball League (NBL) team, and Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) team based in Adelaide, South Australia. Known as the Glenelg Tigers in 1979, the Tigers competed in the NBL's inaugural season before deciding to leave the league due to financial reasons. In the WNBL, the Tigers competed in the league's first 11 seasons. In the SA State League, the Tigers won 11 championships across their men's and women's teams up until 2003.
History
The Glenelg Tigers were founded in the 1960s and joined the South Australian State Basketball League. The men's team won championships in 1976 and 1977 while the women's team won championships in 1978 and 1979.
When the National Basketball League was formed in 1979, the Glenelg Tigers men's team joined the West Adelaide Bearcats as the South Australian representatives. The Tigers played in and won the very first game of the inaugural NBL season on 24 February 1979, defeating the City of Sydney Astronauts 68–65 at Apollo Stadium in Adelaide. However, they managed just two more wins in the inaugural season and finished second last on the ladder. Lack of funds saw the Tigers voluntarily step out of the NBL after only one year, being replaced by the Forestville Eagles, who were in turn replaced by a composite Adelaide team which was a forerunner to the formation of the Adelaide 36ers.
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