Long seen as the neglected state of Australian professional sport, the race has begun for sporting codes to establish themselves in Tasmania, and football should be elbowing its way towards the front!
Like the rest of Australia, Tasmania has a proud and storied sporting history. Incredibly, nearly 220 years after European colonisation the Tasmanian sporting community is still fighting for their own teams to compete on the national sporting stage.
One of the highlights of Australian sport over the past couple of COVID-ridden years was the emergence of the Tasmanian JackJumpers. The return of professional basketball in Tasmania was hugely received after the disappearance of the now defunct Hobart Devils, more than 25 years ago.
The JackJumpers burst on to the scene taking Tasmania and the NBL by storm. Parochial home support backed by strong local media hype helped pack out Hobart’s Derwent Entertainment Centre and Launceston’s Silverdome, proving there was not only excitement for ‘Tassie’ basketball but a hunger to have representation on the national sporting stage.
Read the full article here: Tassie, It’s time! Far Post Perth News & Views (farpostperthblog.com.au).
