The Pivot City Basketball club was established in 1950 and is affiliated with Geelong Basketball, Corio Bay BA & Bellarin
Pivot City was formed in 1950 and is a club that has achieved great success from humble beginnings. Pivot helped form the amateur competition in Geelong now called Geelong United (GU) which plays out of AWA Stadium in Belmont and The Arena in North Geelong. Pivot strives to create an environment that allows players to enjoy and thrive at basketball.
We are a family based club that provides qualified and experienced coaches to help our players achieve their goals whether it be in the local competition or state and national levels. Our club has players that have not only represented Pivot City but also Geelong, Victoria and even Australia up to Olympic standard with Michelle Chandler, Neil Mottram and Robbie Johnstone making national and Olympic teams.
Our proud successes include:
Victorian Country Club Champions 10 times
Domestic Club Championships 18 times
GBL Men Premiers 14 Times and Women Premiers 19 Times
Many past and present Supercats (including during their NBL era), Stingrays and Stormers
Olympians Michelle Cleary (Chandler), Robbie Johnstone and Neil Mottram
History
1950 Club established by Rawson, Stacey, Chandler and Dandy families using the Pivot City name in conjunction with local women’s softball team
1960 First Women’s GBL Title
1974 First Men’s GBL Title
1984 First Victorian Junior Club Championship
1985 Tim O’Leary and Murray Lovell play for the Supercats in NBL
1990 – 1999: 5 Pivot senior men were playing for Supercats SEABL men’s team. Jared Leonard, Ben Riddle, Nick van der Klooster, Zane Vale, Mitch Beckworth.
1992 Michelle Chandler captains the Australian Under 20 team to a gold medal in the World Championships
1996 Michelle Chandler represents Australia in Women’s first Olympic Medal [Bronze] and subsequently recruited to play WNBA.
2001 – 2009 : Jason Reardon and Jamie Medved key players for SEABL Supercats.
2005 Won both Men and Women’s Div 1 Titles both teams coached by Tim O’Leary.
2006 Timbertruss commits to be major sponsor for 5 years, resurgence of club.
2012 Club Legends announced Robbie Johnstone, Tim O’Leary, Sarah Jefferies (Dandy), Lesley Dandy and Michelle Cleary (Chandler)
2013 First time over 60 teams fielded by club in all competitions
2014 Fivepeat in Men’s GBL Title and 12 overall premiers
2015 Fivepeat in Victorian Junior Club Championship and 9th overall best BG club shield
2015 Women win GBL title and make it 17 overall premierships
Legends
Robbie Johnstone
Tim O’Leary
Sarah Jefferies (Dandy)
Lesley Dandy
Michelle Cleary (Chandler)