The Altona Pirates Basketball Club is a junior basketball club playing at the Altona Stadium. We have currently 58 teams from under 8’s to under 18’s, with more than 475 players (which is growing by the day). We are also blessed to have more that 100 volunteers, ie Committee members, coaches, team managers etc.
Our teams currently train at the stadium, as well as at the Altona College.
Club History
The original name of the club was the Port Phillip Pirates and was a formed in April 1992 as one of the founding clubs of the Altona Bay Basketball Association. There were 6 teams in the inaugural year and games were played at satellite courts within the local community, whilst the Stadium was being built.
On the 5th of July 1993 the club was officially registered as the Altona Pirates Basketball Club.
Our first committee consisted of:-
President John Hutchins
Vice President Bruce Gunn
Secretary Deb Hutchins
Team Coordinator Caroline Findlay
Treasurer Marie Howard
Coaching Director John Hutchins
Committee Members Val Kennedy, Christine Alush
Life Members
- Caroline Findlay
- Ian Russell
- Ben Gronow
- Gary Porter
- Jennie Porter
- Janelle Robinson
- Sam Compagnino
- Jason Balfoort
Note: To our knowledge this information is accurate. If anyone has anything further to add, please let us know.
