HISTORY

 Sovereign Basketball Club was formed in 1982, addressing a need for Ballarat basketball to have a presence in the southern suburbs. Sovereign came about as an amalgamation of two existing clubs; the Wrens (girls) and the Chieftans (boys). 

OUR UNIFORM 

When the Sovereign Basketball Club formed in 1982, the clubs uniform was brown with yellow side panels and piping. The colours represented the area in Ballarat where the club was based; the brown to represent the lands around Sovereign Hill, and the yellow to represent the gold extracted from those lands. our uniform colours also needed to avoid clashes with uniforms worn by other clubs already in existence. Uniforms were made by parents of the players. 

Around 1994/1995 the club looked at changing its uniform. A vote was held within the club to select the new colours from 3 choices: Purple & Gold, Navy & Gold and the Brown & Gold. Following the vote the club adopted the yellow and purple colour scheme (yellow singlets with purple piping and numbers; the LA Lakers look) that was worn for many seasons. Uniforms were professionally manufactured in Bendigo. 

In the early 2000's our uniform manufacturers started to experience difficulty in matching the original purple colouring used in our uniforms, which prompted the club to begin thinking about a further change in uniform.

In 2005 club members Susanne and Mark Boswerger took on the task of designing a new uniform for the club. The result of their efforts is the club's current uniform which was unveiled at the 2005 Presentation Evening to great enthusiasm from the players and parents in attendance. The uniform was first worn on the courts in 2006, and in the opinion of many (both internal and external to the club) remains the best looking uniform in the Ballarat Basketball Association.

Wear it with pride!

 

LIFE MEMBERS

John Cofield
Catherine Cofield
Rhonda Cofield
Peter Glover
Olive Gunnell 

 

HONOUR ROLL - PAST CHAMPIONS

BOYS		GIRLS		SENIORS
16 Boys B Blue	1989	16 Girls B Red	2003	C Men Blue	1987
12 Boys B Red	1992	16 Girls B Red	2004	A1 Men	1989
16 Boys C	1992	16 Girls B Blue	2007	C Men Red	1991
16 Boys C	1994	12 Girls B Red	2008
14 Boys C	1996	16 Girls B Blue	2009
18 Boys A	1999	18 Girls B Blue	2009
16 Boys A	1999	12 Girls Red	2012
14 Boys B Blue	2002
12 Boys B Blue	2002
14 Boys B Blue	2005
14 Boys B Red	2008
16 Boys B Blue	2008
18 Boys B Blue	2008
16 Boys B Blue	2012
16 Boys Yellow	2012