Shooting The Breeze

A Sydney Uni Sport and Fitness Elite Athlete Maddie O'Hehir was part of the inaugural Sydney Sparks team within the SEABL (now defunct) that earned her a spot as a development player with the Flames in 2018. As a junior she represented Norths Bears and is currently hooping with Hornsby Spiders within the Waratah League. Nominated as one of the Flames' Most Improved Players in 2020 her fearlessness...

Episode 16 is a PLAYback of choice soundbites from some of our first podcasts including: 🏀 Flames Head Coach Katrina 'Frog' Hibbert (Episodes 1/2) 🏀 Young Gun Lauren Scherf (Episode 3) 🏀 Retired Flames Captain Sarah Graham (Episode 4) and 🏀 Behind the scenes with acclaimed basketball photographer Geoff Tripp (Episode 5)

We chat with Flames #WNBL20 MVP Alice Kunek as she prepares for her upcoming EuroLeague season with Polish club Arka Gdynia. In a standout WNBL season at the Flames Alice averaged 18.9ppg - the leagues 3rd highest trailing only imports Kia Nurse and Crystal Langhorne, before a season ending injury to her elbow. Alice shares the joy she has rediscovered playing basketball in her time in Sydney bala...

Shanae Greaves has signed up ✍️ for her 5th season at Brydens Sydney Uni Flames! She landed in Sydney town in 2016 and became part of Flames history when the team won our 4th title!🏆 A mainstay within the Flames team, Nae also led our local SEABL Sydney Sparks as it’s Captain in its inaugural year. Settled in Sydney now Nae shares on the life she has made here, juggling a full time career at NSW...

Annie La Fleur is an Aussie basketball treasure. A Basketball NSW Hall of Fame Inductee she played her entire basketball career at Sydney Uni Flames during the hey day of Basketball in Australia as well as a few years in the WNBA with the Washington Mystics & Minnesota Lynx. With 3 WNBL Championship titles in her time at the Flames including representing Australia as an Opal in her hometown at the...

Sydney baller and former Flame, Vanessa Panousis shares her basketball journey from her junior reps years at the Sydney Comets to repping Australia. Her hugely positive attitude proved invaluable in 2019 in one of the toughest seasons at the Flames. And the need to dig deep for your team mates and Coach! Excited for her next chapter in Greece at her new club PAS Giannina WBC, Ness also gives some...

We check-in with Coach as WNBL player updates are announced. We cover an exciting new era as the Flames move forward together with NBL club Sydney Kings as part of the TSE family. Plus the inaugural Elite Female Coaches Program developed by Basketball Australia to support and provide pathways for our top female talent. TUNE IN...

Get to know Kitty Henderson - Flames Development Player. A NSW rep player Kitty gives us an inside into one of her 'best basketball' achievements so far - developing her game with a professional Womens basketball team in Sydney at the Flames! No stranger to disappointment when missing a call up for the U19's National Australian Team she bounced back with an MVP performance on the National Australi...

We catch up with Lee Hagipantelis, principal with naming rights sponsor Brydens Lawyers. Lee wears a lot of hats in the sports sponsorship scene but it all started here at the Flames! #FanTheFlames We talk Flames, sports sponsorship, the growth of Brydens and it's alignment with it's humble roots and their early adoption of community engagement. Lee also shares a personal story of his impact withi...

We chat with Flames development player Alana Goodchild and her pathway from Hornsby Spiders association rep to Australia's Basketball Centre of Excellence. Kick back and enjoy listening to some of Australia's young emerging basketball talent!

We chat with Maria Nordstrom - CEO Basketball NSW, on the successful bid for one of the biggest things to happen in Aussie basketball - landing the FIBA Women's World Cup 2022 in Sydney! We get a heads up on return to basketball in NSW with recent Govt. announcements. As well as the innovative way that basketball continued albeit from home during an unprecedented time in lockdown and how we can lo...

Have a listen to our latest catch up with Coach Katrina Hibbert where we find out more about her new role with Basketball NSW, what's happening with the Flames and much more.

Join us as we talk to Flames photographer Geoff Tripp about how he prepares for game day, some of his most memorable moments and how he takes those photos we all love to look at.

It's time to catchup with fan favourite Sarah Graham and find out what's been happening to her since retirement and moving to Canberra.

Listen in to a conversation we had with the Flames Lauren Scherf about the WNBL, her playing history and her opinions on all things hoops.

Listen in to Coach #KFrog as she talks about what's happening with the Brydens Lawyers Sydney Uni Flames and the WNBL in the second part of our interview.

Listen in to Coach #KFrog as she talks about what's happening with the Brydens Lawyers Sydney Uni Flames and the WNBL in the first of a two part interview.