About Us
Glenmore Park Basketball Club began in October 1998 by founding members the Keating family along with Daphne Clarke, Ben Mackie and Rochelle Dunsworth.
Glenmore Park Basketball Club teams are a part of the Penrith & Districts Basketball Association and is a junior basketball club located in Western Sydney.
The Club is administrated by a club committee, motivated by Volunteers. Games are played at the Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre.
The club’s colours resemble the Sydney King’s as well as keeping in line with the soccer colours (purple, gold and white) already in use.
Club History
In the beginning
Glenmore Park Basketball Club was founded by Rod & Marion Keating in September 1998. Through newspaper ads, they attracted the interest of Ben Mackie (the then sports teacher at Glenmore Park High), Rochelle Dunworth, Natalee Beadman and Daphne Clarke.
They began canvassing Glenmore Park for players and made 6 teams, the necessary minimum to join Penrith & Districts Basketball Association(PBDA) for the 1998/1999 Summer competition.
Glenmore Park Basketball Club teams are a part of the Penrith & Districts Basketball and is a junior basketball club located in Western Sydney.
Original Club Committee
Rod Keating (Club President), Marion Keating (Club Registrar/Treasurer), Daphne Clarke (Club Secretary), Rochelle Dunsworth as committee member. Each committee member either coached a team or managed a team.
After a few seasons, the Club was faced with an almost complete committee change, with only Daphne Clarke remaining on board. Ilija Bilbija was voted in Club President, Ken Evans became Club Treasurer, Rose Bilbija looked after Singlet and club equipment, Natalee Beadman became involved as Head Coach, Daphne was voted in as Club Registrar.
The club began to grow to 14 teams which was maintained for a number seasons before exploding to 22 then to 40. Gradually, teams began to become increasingly competitive with not only rep players but with accumulating experienced coaches as well as educating existing coaches. At one Grand Final, Natalee Beadman had 3 winning teams, something no other club coach has done before.
Committee
Our
Members
Over the years, we have had many contributors which the Club would like to acknowledge
Club Presidents
Rod Keating, Ilija Bilbija, Larry Davis, Bill Stellios, Jaiden Fisher, Brett Claxton, JD McDonald, Kathleen Burke
Club Vice Presidents
Alicia Schloeffel, Richard Wirihana, Sylvester Wilson, Larry Davis, Darren Fisher, Brett Claxton, Tania Fowlie, Mark Cochran
Club Secretaries
Daphne Clarke, Marion Keating, Karen Chijoff, Brenda Attard, Lisanne Camenzuli, Kathryn Faver, Kathleen Burke, Amanda McAlister, Sara Drebber
Club Treasurers
Marion Keating, Ken Evans, Sharon De Jong, Daphne Clarke, Kathy Rieksen, Mark Basman, Joanne Cochran, Samantha Facey, Charmaine Couszins
Club Registrars
Marion Keating, Daphne Clarke, Natalee Beadman, Alicia Schloeffel, Ken Evans, Kathy Rieksen, Bill Stellios, Jodie Fisher, Raeleene Keane, Vinko Zalac, JD McDonald, Catriona Pennay, Kathleen Burke
Long serving Coaches / Team Managers / Committee Members
Rose Bilbija, Brenda Attard, Kathy Rieksen, Daphne Clarke, Judy Bainsley, Catriona Pennay, Alicia Schloeffel, Ken Evans, Karen Chijoff, Greg Chijoff, Omar Tupaea, Kathy Gavin, Paul Blunt, Sylvester Wilson, Catriona Pennay, Gary Clark
Celebrating
25 Years
In 2023 the club celebrated its
25th year anniversary
Glenmore Park Basketball has grown from the original 6 teams to its current number of 25+ teams, consisting of 200+ members today.
