Cairns Dolphins
| Cairns Dolphins | |||
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Cairns, Queensland | |||
| Team colors | Deep sky blue, purple, white | ||
| Main sponsor | Kenfrost Homes | ||
| CEO | Mark Beecroft | ||
| President | Mark Beecroft | ||
| Vice-president(s) | Chris Van Dorssen | ||
| General manager | Graham Burns | ||
| Head coach | Kerry Williams | ||
| Team captain | Jonnae Downing | ||
| Ownership | Cairns Basketball Inc. | ||
| Affiliation(s) | Cairns Marlins | ||
| Championships | 1 (1994) | ||
| Website | Cairns Basketball | ||
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The Cairns Dolphins are an Australian basketball team based in
Early Settler Stadium
.
Team history
After operating a successful basketball program in
Queensland State Basketball League in its second season in 1987.[1] They fielded two teams, the Cairns Marlins
in the men's competition and the Cairns Dolphins in the women's competition.
After a successful first season for the NBL1 in 2019, in 2020 it expanded into Queensland and replaced the QBL. After this change, the Dolphins transferred to the NBL1 North.[2][3]
Season by season
| Season | League | Regular Season | Post-Season | Head Coach | Captain | Club MVP | ||||
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| Position | Played | Wins | Losses | Win % | ||||||
| Cairns Dolphins | ||||||||||
| 1987 | QSBL
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| 1988 | QSBL
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| 1989 | QSBL
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| 1990 | QSBL
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| 1991 | QSBL
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| 1992 | QSBL
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| 1993 | QSBL
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| 1994 | CBA | Champions in Finals against Ipswich Eagles
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| 1995 | CBA | |||||||||
| 1996 | CBA | |||||||||
| 1997 | CBA | |||||||||
| 1998 | ABA | |||||||||
| 1999 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2000 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2001 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2002 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2003 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2004 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2005 | ABA | |||||||||
| 2006 | QABL
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Lost in Final to Southern Districts Spartans | ||||||||
| 2007 | QABL
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| 2008 | QABL
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| 2009 | QBL
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| 2010 | QBL
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| 2011 | QBL
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6th | ||||||||
| 2012 | QBL
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10th | ||||||||
| 2013 | QBL
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10th | ||||||||
| 2014 | QBL
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11th | ||||||||
| 2015 | QBL
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8th | ||||||||
| 2016 | QBL
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5th | Mark Worthington | |||||||
| 2017 | QBL
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9th | 17 | 7 | 10 | .412 | Did not qualify | |||
| 2018 | QBL
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9th | 18 | 8 | 10 | .444 | Kerry Williams | |||
| 2019 | QBL
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12th | 18 | 5 | 13 | .278 | Jonnae Downing | |||
| 2020 | NBL1 North | Season cancelled | ||||||||
| 2021 | NBL1 North | TBD | Myra Donkin | |||||||
Current squad
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References
- ^ "History – Cairns Basketball Association". SportsTG. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Move set to bring range of opportunities". www.cairnspost.com.au.
- ^ "NBL1 Expands To North And South Conferences". NBL1.com.au. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.