History

Our History

City Rise Basketball Club was established in the early 2000s by a group of friends who decided they could create their own basketball club to compete at the highest level within Basketball Otago.

The founding members quickly put out a recruiting call to friends within the basketball scene in Otago to join their new club the City Rise Bombers. The Bombers proved more than competitive by quickly finding themselves in the grand final in their debut season. Over the next coming years the City Rise Bombers established themselves within Dunedin and the club grew accordingly.

In recent history, the City Rise club has had multiple teams feature in grand finals with the Bombers qualifying three years in a row at one stage. Most recently, City Rise were able to lift their first titles as the City Rise Skyblazers, Stealth Bombers & Spitfires all won their respected grades. Alongside this, the interest within the club and culture was continuously growing as more and more players with origins from all over the country were choosing to represent the club.

City Rise has also had the honour, from the clubs establishment, of seeing multiple club members achieve higher honours in representing NBL and national teams. Built on a strong foundation of humble beginnings and proudly having an unbeatable culture throughout all members in all teams, City Rise continues to grow to this day and proudly supports all of its members, including supporters, both on and off the court.