As we look toward the 2026 season, we want to acknowledge a change in our league lineup. As many of you are aware, the Darwin Basketball Association recently ceased operations. Consequently, Basketball Northern Territory has informed us that they will not proceed with the license for 2026. This means the Darwin Salties will not be competing in the upcoming season. We wish to extend our deepest gratitude to the Darwin community. As our two-time defending champions, the Salties

The dominant force of NWBL 2025 has been crowned champions with the Darwin Salties winning back-to-back National Wheelchair Basketball League titles. The Salties went into the Grand Final as heavy favourites, accumulating a 17-1 record in the regular season and putting their opponents Wollongong to the sword in Friday night’s semi-final 83-64, and while the two sides were neck and neck at half time, the second half was a completely different story.  Darwin ramped up their agg

The Sydney Blues are the Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League champions after outplaying the Sydney Uni Lions to win 69-38. The Blues, who finished the regular season in first with a 14-1 record, led by just four points at the first break and that was still the margin after Mellissa Dunn made a two-point basket for the Lions with 3:00 left in the second quarter.   From there the Blues made their move, scoring the next 10 points on a perfect 5/5 shooting while the Lio

Australia’s best wheelchair basketballers will descend on Sydney from 29–31 August as all 12 national league clubs battle for Finals glory across the National WheelchairBasketball League (NWBL), Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL), and the fast-growing 3×3 half-court format — a rapid three-a-side Paralympic pathway. With expanding team numbers, world-class talent and growing crowds, this is tipped to be the biggest Finals in league history. The women’s compe