Adelaide Lightning

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Adelaide Lightning
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Founded:	1993
Home court:	Adelaide Arena
Colours:	Red,      Yellow,      Blue and      White
WNBL Championships:	1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2008
Head coach:	Peter Buckle
Owner:	Vince Marino

The Adelaide Lightning are an Australian Women's Basketball League (WNBL) team based in Adelaide, Australia. The club was formed in 1993 and the play in the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena.

The Lightning have won the WNBL Championship five times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2008. The clubs captain during its glory years of the 1990's was three time Olympian, twice WNBL MVP and club games record holder (304) Rachael Sporn. Other Opals to have played with the Lightning include Carla Boyd, Kristi Harrower, Erin Phillips and Suzy Batkovic-Brown.

When the Adelaide Lightning were formed in 1993 started playing out of the Clipsal Powerhouse. Since the early 2000's the team has tended to alternate between their current home at the Adelaide Arena (formerly the Powerhouse) and the Wayville Sports Centre located within the Adelaide Showgrounds.

Current roster

Adelaide Lightning roster v t e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 1.5 !G 5 AUS ! Minear, Georgia 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 4.0 !F 6 NZL ! Edmonson, Antonia 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 4.0 !F 7 AUS ! Hill, Jo (C) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 6.0 !C 8 AUS ! Batkovic, Suzy 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 4.0 !F 9 AUS ! Screen, Jennifer 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 5.5 !F/C 10 AUS ! Bishop, Abby 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 1.5 !G 11 NZL ! Marino, Angela 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) 1.5 !G 12 AUS ! Lewis, Amy 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 1.5 !G 15 AUS ! Ireland, Kelsey 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) 6.0 !C 20 AUS ! Herrick, Rachel 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 4.0 !F 21 AUS ! Stabile, Marisa (DP) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 1.5 !G 22 AUS ! Talbot, Stephanie (DP) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Head coach Peter Buckle Assistant coach(es) Simon Pritchard Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Development player (TP) Training player (I) Import player Injured Roster • updated 19/11/2011

External links

• WNBL.com.au

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