{{Short description|Basketball team in Victoria, Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Ringwood Hawks | color1 = white | color2 = green | color3 = black | logo = Ringwood Hawks logo.png | leagues = [[NBL1 South]] | founded = 1990 | history = '''Ringwood Hawks'''<br />1990–present | arena = The Rings | capacity = | location = [[Ringwood, Victoria]] | colors = Green, black and white | sponsor = | gm = Ken Harrington<ref>{{cite news |last=Sabatino |first=Daniel |title=The Ringwood Blueprint: How signing Angus Glover speaks to a people-first philosophy {{!}} Basketball.com.au |url=https://www.basketball.com.au/news/the-ringwood-blueprint-how-signing-angus-glover-speaks-to-a-people-first-philosophy |access-date=14 April 2025 |work=www.basketball.com.au |date=14 April 2025 |language=en}}</ref> | ceo = | president = | vice-presidents = | manager = | coach = '''M:''' Damien Smith<br>'''W:''' Jeremy O'Toole | ownership = | championships = '''5''' (1999, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) (M)<br>'''2''' (2015, 2022) (W) | website = [https://www.nbl1.com.au/club/ringwood-hawks NBL1.com.au] | h_body = | h_pattern_b = | h_shorts = | h_pattern_s = | a_body = | a_pattern_b = | a_shorts = | a_pattern_s = }} '''Ringwood Hawks''' is a [[NBL1 South]] basketball club based in [[Melbourne|Melbourne, Victoria]], Australia. The club fields a team in both the men's and women's NBL1 South. The club is a division of Ringwood Basketball Association (RBA), the major administrative basketball organisation in the [[Ringwood, Victoria|Ringwood]] region. The Hawks play their home games at The Rings.
==Club history== Ringwood Basketball Association (RBA) was founded in 1990, with a men's team debuting in the [[Big V#Victorian Basketball League|Country Victorian Invitation Basketball League]] (CVIBL) that year followed by a women's team in 1991.<ref name=senior-teams>{{cite web|url=https://ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au/pages/senior-teams-history|title=Senior Teams History|work=ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au|access-date=9 February 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231017110712/https://ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au/pages/senior-teams-history|archive-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> In 1999, the men's team won the [[Big V#Victorian Basketball League|VBL Division One]] championship.<ref name="senior-teams" />
The Hawks were inaugural members of the [[Big V]] Championship Men's division in 2000, with the women's team joining Big V Championship Women in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigv.com.au/index.php?id=877|title=League History 2000 - 2010|work=BigV.com.au|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310175534/http://bigv.com.au/index.php?id=877|archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, the men's team finished as Big V runners-up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2009&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=08&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1386&cHash=dfac9aa5d78df16c270f3b4982ed7bf8 |title=SCM: Tigers too much artillery for Hawks |work=BigV.com.au |date=24 August 2009 |accessdate=1 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326040859/http://www.bigv.com.au/index.php?id=755&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2009&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=08&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1386&cHash=dfac9aa5d78df16c270f3b4982ed7bf8 |archive-date=26 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446783&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2009 Championship Men Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725151131/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446783&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446657&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2010 Championship Men Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725150739/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446657&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> In 2012, the men's team won their first [[List of Big V champions|Big V championship]].<ref name="senior-teams" /> After a runner-up finish in 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446692&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2013 Championship Men Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725145030/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446692&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> the men went on to win titles in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.<ref name="senior-teams" /> For the women, they played in four straight grand final series between 2013 and 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446768&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2013 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725145152/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446768&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446632&c=0-913-0-0-0|title=2014 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725144648/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&compID=446632&c=0-913-0-0-0|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-913-0-446633-0&pool=1001|title=2015 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725144236/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-913-0-446633-0&pool=1001|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-913-0-446640-0&pool=1001|title=2016 Championship Women Results|work=Big V|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725105226/https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?a=ROUND&round=-1&client=0-913-0-446640-0&pool=1001|archive-date=25 July 2024}}</ref> winning their maiden Big V championship in 2015.<ref name="senior-teams" />
In 2019, the Hawks joined the [[NBL1]] for its [[2019 NBL1 season|inaugural season]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ward|first=Roy|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/basketball/basketball-victoria-announces-new-elite-league-to-replace-seabl-20181031-p50d83.html|title=Basketball Victoria announces new elite league to replace SEABL|work=SMH.com.au|date=31 October 2018|access-date=24 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/nbl1-to-showcase-next-level-of-australias-basketball-talent|title=NBL1 to Showcase Next Level of Australia's Basketball Talent|work=NBL.com.au|date=15 February 2019|access-date=15 February 2019|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215215737/http://www.nbl.com.au/news/article/nbl1-to-showcase-next-level-of-australias-basketball-talent|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[NBL1 South]] season did not go ahead in [[2020 NBL1 season|2020]] due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Arsenis|first=Damian|url=https://pickandroll.com.au/2020-nbl1-season-facing-cancellation-as-south-teams-withdraw/|title=2020 NBL1 season facing uncertainty as South teams withdraw|work=pickandroll.com.au|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=20 March 2020}}</ref> In the [[2022 NBL1 season]], the Hawks women won the [[List of NBL1 South champions|NBL1 South championship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nbl1.com.au/news/nbl1-south-recap-or-womens-grand-final|title=NBL1 South | 2022 Women's Grand Final|work=NBL1.com.au|date=3 September 2022|access-date=4 September 2022}}</ref> and reached the grand final of the [[2022 NBL1 season#National Finals|NBL1 National Finals]].<ref name="senior-teams" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.nbl1.com.au/club/ringwood-hawks Official NBL1 club website] *[https://ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au/pages/senior-player-history Ringwood Hawks player history] *[https://ringwoodhawks.nbl1.com.au/pages/senior-coach-history Ringwood Hawks coach history]
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