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OUR DREAMTIME STORY

Binar is the Noongar word for meteor. The Dreamtime story tells us that when harsh times came to Earth, the Spirit Mother lifted her children high up in her arms where they would be safe as stars. When her children on Earth are in need of help, the Spirit Mother sends her star children home in the form of meteors. The young people of Binar represent their origins on their jerseys with artwork painted by First Nations artist Nerolie Bynder.

 

The Binar story speaks to a culture that values community, family, and connection to country. These values are close to our hearts as we proceed from excellence in sport and education to excellence in all arenas of life.


By bringing young Australians into contact with First Nations culture, we create pride in identity, confidence in self, and care in community. Like the Spirit Mother, we protect and nurture. We create stars whose light will guide the way for future generations.

OUR HISTORY

2011

  • One team of 6 boys in Kalamunda

2013

  • Binar Sports became incorporated.

  • First interstate tour with 12 boys who win both U16 and U18 boys titles at National Indigenous Championships at the AIS in Canberra

2015

  • Adam Desmond awarded the Premiers Australia Day Active Citizenship Award, the Blue Ribbons Club of the Year and Volunteer of the Year

  • 40 youth attended the 2015 Friendship games with Efrem Garlett-Watson selected among 400 for one of 2 leadership and sportsmanship awards

  • Anthony Edgar first Binar player to represent a WA state team and then be officially signed as an SBL player

  • Binar enter a team in the Progress Cup summer football comp and win the grand final

  • Binar wins 3 divisions at the BWA State Championships

  • 5 boys represent Night Hoops in Singapore

2017

  • 2 girls (aged 16) sign SBL contracts. 

  • Maddison Alone is awarded Female Player of the Year at the BWA Gala Awards Night. 

  • Teams attend the Night Hoops Singapore tournament.

  • U17 girls win the 2017 Asia Cup Basketball Youth Cup

2019

  • Homework classes commence

  • Binar enters 24 teams in the BWA NAIDOC carnival

  • Binar competes in the Arafura games in Darwin and win a bronze medal

  • Kenny Griggs and Will Yarran are recruited for the DBL season

  • Artist Nerolie Bynder presents the Binar dreamtime story artwork used for our uniforms

  • 70 people travel to Cairns to compete in the National Indigenous Championships - Binar is the largest cohort and young leaders are noted for their outstanding leadership

  • Binar becomes an invitational team for the Asia United Basketball Association league

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2021

  • 33 teams entered in the Barry Cameron Memorial Carnival

  • APM become a 3-year sponsor and assist with employment pathways

  • Adam is awarded the Community Citizen of the Year by the City of Swan

  • Partner with Youth Futures who allow us to use their Midland campus for homework classes

  • First employees - 6 Binar youths, to assist with coaching, training, cultural workshops and admin support

  • Binar runs a 4-day basketball and cultural camp at Roelands with teams playing in the Bunbury Noongar Junior Classic

  • Binar receives $120k government grant to deliver regional clinics as part of a Targeted Participation Program for Indigenous youth

  • 16 netball teams in its first year at Swan Districts making it the 3rd largest club at the association with 2 teams winning grand finals

  • Binar youths perform in the Opening Ceremony of the ICBL attended by various dignitaries and watched via live-stream by Patty Mills

  • Basketball teams compete in Midland, Morley, Warwick, Cockburn, Floreat & Lakeside in winter, expanding to Armadale and Rockingham for summer

2012

  • 2 teams   +   2 tournaments   + a grand final win

2014

  • 6 teams at Kalamunda, 2 in East Perth, 3 in Midland

  • Started an U18’s comp at Midland PCYC (70 players each night)

  • Received a special invitation to compete in our first BWA State Basketball Championships

2016

  • Sisters Maddison and Hayley Alone are the first Binar girls to represent a WA state team

  • A boys and girls team travel to China to compete in the 2016 Friendship Games

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2018

  • Binar partners with Greg Hire’s charity A Stitch in Time to deliver a mentoring program to Binar youth

  • Teams attend Cyberjaya International Youth Basketball tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

  • Nes’eya Parker-Williams signs with the Perth Lynx in the WNBL

  • Adam is interviewed on Channel 9’s Local Hero segment

  • Regional clinics delivered in Kalgoorlie and Merriden

  • 12 teams entered in the BWA NAIDOC carnival

  • First teams registered at Warwick Stadium

2020

  • Binar competes in the Barry Cameron memorial carnival

  • Advisory board is established with Andrew Vlahov as the Chairman

  • Adam is awarded the Telstra Community Ambassador of the Year

  • Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre clinics run in partnership with Des Headland from the AFL’s Indigenous Players Alliance

  • Adam continues to support the community during COVID shutdowns by providing meals and supplies to families in need and is

  • Adam is awarded the role of Regional Coordinator - WA for Patty Mills inaugural Indigenous Community Basketball League (ICBL)

  • Rory Charles and Nes’eya Parker receive Youth of the Year and Sportsperson of the Year at the NAIDOC Awards

  • Binar Christmas party at Warwick stadium, sponsored by Accor, is attended by over 400 people

  • Binar delivers first cultural workshop and basketball clinic at Australind Senior High School

  • Multiple teams make finals with 2 wins at the BWA State Championships

2022

  • Free community clinic and regional camps held in Albany, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Broome

  • Binar deliver the Great Southern Basketball Tournament in Albany, the South West regional clinic and 3v3 comp in Bunbury and the Goldfields Basketball Tournament in Kalgoorlie, coordinated by young leaders

  • Assisted Raiders Basketball club to deliver the Barry Cameron Memorial Basketball Carnival with 23 teams entered

  • 2nd ICBL tournament commences with WA being the only region that has grown to include 2 extra teams

  • Binar partner with Community First Development to expand volunteer base

  • Binar Sports Inc. transitions to Binar Futures Ltd. and becomes a registered charity with deductible gift recipient (DGR) status

  • WA boys win gold and girls win silver at the inaugural National Indigenous Basketball Tournament on the Gold Coast. Taimania Jones receives Outstanding Referee award

  • Binar submits a proposal to City of Swan to run a domestic competition at Swan Active in Midland, as a pre-cursor to becoming fully-affiliated with Basketball WA

  • Binar young leaders run a seniors tournament in Broome and free basketball clinics at the Bidyadanga Aboriginal Community in the Kimberley

  • Binar enters 16 teams in the BWA state champs tournament winning the grand final of the U11 girls division 3

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