The Adelaide Lightning are an Australian Women's Basketball League (WNBL) team based in Adelaide, Australia. The club was formed in 1993 and the play in the 8,000 seat Adelaide Arena.
The Lightning have won the WNBL Championship five times (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2008). The clubs captain during its glory years of the 1990s was three time Olympian, twice WNBL MVP and club games record holder (304) Rachael Sporn. Other Opals to have played with the Lightning include Carla Boyd, Kristi Harrower, Erin Phillips, Marina Moffa and Suzy Batkovic-Brown.
When the Adelaide Lightning were formed in 1993 started playing out of the Clipsal Powerhouse. Since the early 2000s the team has tended to alternate between their current home at the Adelaide Arena (formerly the Powerhouse) and the Wayville Sports Centre located within the Adelaide Showgrounds.
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Famous quotes containing the word lightning:
“The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak
And then a livid Claw.”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)