2020 Townsville Fire season

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2020–21 Townsville Fire season

Head Coach

Shannon Seebohm

Venue

Townsville Stadium

Results

Record

9–4

Ladder

2nd

Finals

Grand Final
(defeated by Southside, 82–99)

Leaders

Points

Nicholson (18.9)

Rebounds

Payne (6.3)

Assists

Heal (3.4)

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The 2020 Townsville Fire season was the 20th season for the franchise in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL).

James Cook University remain as the Fire's naming rights partner after signing a three-year extension in September 2019.^[1] The Fire announced a different leadership team for this season, with Kate Gaze, Mia Murray, Lauren Nicholson & Nadeen Payne acting as a leadership group rather than a captaincy.^[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a North Queensland hub is set to host the season.^[3] The season was originally 2020–21 and would be traditionally played over several months across the summer, however this seasons scheduling has been condensed. The six-week season will see Townsville, Cairns and Mackay host a 56-game regular season fixture, plus a four game final series (2 x semi-finals, preliminary final and grand final).^[4]

Roster

2020 Townsville Fire roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
G	1	Nicholson, Lauren	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
G	3	Reid, Stephanie	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
G	4	Heal, Shyla	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
G/F	7	Woods, Courtney	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
G	10	Murray, Mia	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
G	11	Gaze, Kate	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
F	12	Payne, Nadeen	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
F	14	McSpadden, Lara	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
C	15	Aokuso, Zitina	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
G	23	Fabbro, Aliza	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
F/C	25	McKay, Megan	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)

Head coach

Shannon Seebohm

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Development player
(I) Import player
Injured

Roster

Updated: 16 October 2020

Standings

#	WNBL Championship ladder
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GP
1	Southside Flyers	11	2	84.6	13
2	Townsville Fire	9	4	69.2	13
3	Canberra Capitals	9	4	69.2	13
4	Melbourne Boomers	9	4	69.2	13

5	Sydney Uni Flames	5	8	38.5	13
6	Adelaide Lightning	5	8	38.5	13
7	Perth Lynx	4	9	30.8	13
8	Bendigo Spirit	0	13	0.0	13

Results

Regular season

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
1	November 11	Perth	73–48	Nicholson (16)	Payne (12)	Reid (3)	Mackay Multisports Stadium	1–0
2	November 15	Canberra	67–78	Nicholson (19)	McSpadden (6)	Heal (4)	Mackay Multisports Stadium	1–1
3	November 17	Sydney	81–78	Nicholson (17)	Aokuso, McKay (7)	Heal (6)	Townsville Stadium	2–1
4	November 19	Southside	89–101	Nicholson (21)	Aokuso (8)	Heal (4)	Townsville Stadium	2–2
5	November 21	Bendigo	91–81	Heal (22)	McKay (14)	McKay (5)	Townsville Stadium	3–2
6	November 22	Melbourne	87–75	Nicholson (24)	Payne (6)	Nicholson (6)	Townsville Stadium	4–2
7	November 24	Bendigo	99–51	McKay, Payne (18)	McKay, Payne (8)	Reid (8)	Townsville Stadium	5–2
8	November 28	Southside	70–94	Heal (17)	Payne (6)	Heal, Murray, Woods (3)	Cairns Pop-Up Arena	5–3
9	November 29	Sydney	73–59	Aokuso (16)	Aokuso (10)	Heal (6)	Cairns Pop-Up Arena	6–3
10	December 4	Perth	75–84	Nicholson (28)	Payne (12)	Gaze (5)	Townsville Stadium	6–4
11	December 6	Canberra	84–71	Heal (27)	Heal, Payne (8)	Heal (3)	Townsville Stadium	7–4
12	December 11	Adelaide	95–66	Nicholson (21)	Heal, McKay, Payne (7)	Payne (5)	Cairns Pop-Up Arena	8–4
13	December 13	Melbourne	70–64	Nicholson (23)	Aokuso, Payne (7)	Gaze (5)	Townsville Stadium	9–4

Finals

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Location	Record
SF	December 16	Southside	93–106	Heal, Nicholson (30)	Aokuso (6)	Heal (7)	Townsville Stadium	0–1
PF	December 18	Melbourne	65–62	Heal (28)	McKay, Nicholson (8)	Payne (4)	Townsville Stadium	1–1
GF	December 20	Southside	82–99	Nicholson (20)	Heal, McKay, Nicholson (7)	Nicholson (4)	Townsville Stadium	1–2

References

^ "JCU EXTEND NAME RIGHTS OF TOWNSVILLE FIRE FOR A FURTHER 3 SEASONS". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ "FIRE UNVEIL LEADERSHIP GROUP". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ Elkerton, Matthew; Charles, Caitlan (22 September 2020). "Townsville launches bid to host bubble for upcoming WNBL season". TownsvilleBulletin.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2020. A council report has detailed a proposal to host, and be central to, the 2020/21 WNBL season within a coronavirus 'bubble'. It's understood the WNBL has plans to host the games wholly within North Queensland, taking advantage of state government grants funding.
^ "QUEENSLAND SET TO HOST 2020 CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL SEASON". wnbl.basketball. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

External links

Townsville Fire Official website

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v t e Townsville Fire
Est. 2001 in Townsville, Queensland
Franchise	History All-time roster Current season
Arenas	Townsville Stadium Townsville Entertainment Centre
Personnel	Owner Townsville Fire Limited Chair Michelle Morton Head coach Shannon Seebohm
Retired numbers	5
Seasons	2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
WNBL Championships	2015 2016 2018 2023

v t e Women's National Basketball League (2024–25)
Current teams	Adelaide Lightning Bendigo Spirit Canberra Capitals Geelong United Perth Lynx Southside Flyers Sydney Flames Townsville Fire
Defunct teams	Australian Institute of Sport Brisbane Blazers Christchurch Sirens Coburg Cougars Geelong Cats Hobart Islanders Logan Thunder Melbourne Tigers Noarlunga Tigers North Adelaide Rockets Nunawading Spectres St Kilda Saints South East Queensland Stars Sutherland Sharks West Adelaide Bearcats
Associated	National Basketball League NBL1 Central NBL1 East NBL1 North NBL1 South NBL1 West
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