RedCity Roar named as a finalist for the 2025 Basketball Queensland Association of the Year award. 

RedCity Roar has recently been named a finalist for the 2025 Association of the Year award at the annual Basketball Queensland Awards Night held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.  

Other finalists for the award included Logan, Cairns, Townsville and Southern Districts. 

This is a great achievement for the association. Being named a finalist represents a significant achievement and underscores our Associations dedication to the sport of basketball within Queensland. This marks the first time RedCity or Redlands basketball has been a finalist for this major BQ Award.  

This recognition by the state governing body is a testament to all the hard work done by all the volunteers, the casuals, the clubs including the club committees and the tireless work by our staff and management committee and all those many hours of dedication behind the scenes by everyone. But also, to all the amazing members who are a part of the great RedCity community. It is great sign that the Association is heading in the right direction and to have this formally recognised is humbling and inspiring for all those involved. 

Some of the key successes that have happened both on and off the court throughout 2025 within the Association have been: 

• First ever family fun day in January which engaged with the Redlands community like never before. 

• The CUBS Intro to Basketball program seeing incredible growth throughout the year with over 325 registered kids going through the program in 2025 to date.  

• Growth in the junior club competition with the introduction of a new club the South Bay Dolphins & participation numbers still continuing to climb.  

• Introduction of a new competitions season structure moving to a Summer and Winter competition model and also the introduction of a new holiday camp format targeting more specific development across all skill levels. 

• RedCity Roar x Girls Got Game Girls only 3×3 event was again a successful event and saw growth in numbers from the 2024 event.   

• Both the Women’s and Men’s Queensland State League senior teams made their respective Div 2 Grand Finals and gained promotion into QSL Div 1 in 2026. The QSL2 Men also finishing the season as minor premiers for the first time ever. Hosting the QSL2 Men’s Grand Final at Paul Bancroft Centre in front of 900+ supporters. 

• John Cooper named QSL Div 2 Men’s Head Coach of the Year, Jo Doyle named QSL Div 2 Women’s Head Coach of the Year & Jaylen Cooper named QSL Div 2 Women’s Most Valuable Player. 

• Both the RedCity U12 Roar girls and boys teams qualifying for Premier League competition and Div 1 State Championships for the first time in the same season. 

• The implementation and updating of many policies and procedures to improve the governance and management of the Association going forward. 

• Improved connections and relationships with all levels of government with local councillors, the mayor, the four state MPs representing Redlands and our local federal MP. 

• Key partnership developed with Life Education Qld to jointly spearhead the Child Safeguarding Project. Supporting the Association and its eight clubs regarding the Queensland Child Safety practices and Universal principals ensuring compliance and through education building understanding of our roles to play to make our sport a safer environment for all.  

• Key partnership developed with Alexandra Hills State High School working together to start the feasibility and planning work on a three-court extension to their current one court gym on their school site. 

The winner of the Association of the Year on the night was the Logan Thunder, who won the award for the second successive year. So, despite not claiming the ultimate prize on this occasion, being one of the finalists is something the entire Redlands community should all be very proud of and something that can drive the association to excel even further in the years to come.