By Nicole Jarry who started the Club:

“My eldest child Rachel started Wembley Primary School in 1997 and as I had always been involved in basketball playing and coaching from a young age, I thought it would be great for the kids to get involved in a team sport. I volunteered to train and teach some of the kids how to play basketball and got about 7-8 kids along every week for a session. After about 3 months of training I decided to enter a team in the u/8’s mixed league – we had five girls and 2 boys and called ourselves Wembley Wonders.

We played a couple of seasons and then as they went up to u/10’s we split into two – boys & girls. We then had another u/8’s team made up mostly of siblings and as time went on more and more teams started. I was founder and president of this club and for quite a few years coaching 2-3 teams mostly girls due to the involvement of my daughters.

There were a few parents that put in a lot of time and effort including Paul Jones, Sharon Jones and Jo Depalma.”

Rachael Jarry went on to become a star for the Australian National team the Opals and play in the WNBA.