The Formation of Myths and Legends

The Australian Myths & Legends formation resulted from a 1987 meeting between Peter Halligan and Peter Paterson at the Mitre Tavern in Melbourne. Their foresight in developing a mature age basketball club has resulted in a club that has had over 800 players and officials involved in the Club’s history; this makes it the biggest organised Master’s Basketball Club in Australia and one of the largest in the world. The first tournament where the Myths & Legends competed was the Australian Masters Games played in Hobart in 1987, where the Club won two gold medals, in the age groups of 0/35 and 0/40 (some of these players still compete in the 0/65, 0/70 & 0/75s).

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The Myths & Legends achievements

The list of achievements for the Australian Myths and Legends includes but is not limited to;

• Providing regular competition and training for mature age basketballers from all states of Australia and overseas at both elite and social levels.
• Lobbying for older age competition. The Club has been responsible for lifting the competition age level to firstly over 70 and now to over 75.
• Establishing the first over 50 basketball competition in Australia. This successful competition is run weekly in Kew.
• Establishing a successful annual over 40 tournaments at Bulleen. This tournament is run under handicap conditions.
• Having 20 plus teams entered annually at major Masters Games held in Australia.
• Having taken teams overseas to compete on 14 separate occasions.
• Being the only Australian Club to have competed in the world’s largest Master’s basketball competition; being the FIMBA World Maxibasketball Championships.

 

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Australian Myths & Legends Tournament results (includes Bulleen)

                                                                                                Teams/Gold
                Year                Tournament                                           Men’s       Women’s         Gold

1. 1987 Aust Masters games (AMG)- Hobart                                                 2              -              2

2. 1988 Mabuhay Cup – Manilla, Philippines                                               1              -              1

3. 1989 World Masters Games (WMG)-Denmark                                                1              -              -

4. 1989 AMG- Adelaide                                                                    1              -              1

5. 1990 Alice Springs Classic                                                            1              -              1

6. 1991 AMG – Brisbane                                                                   3              -              1

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