THE Launceston Tornadoes 1995 Continental Basketball Association premiership-winning team will hold their 20-year reunion at Elphin Stadium in a fortnight.
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Members of the famous national premiership-winning team will reconvene on Saturday, August 8, on the mezzanine floor at 5pm, with the Tornadoes playing a SEABL home game against Kilsyth from 6.30pm on the night.
"We are inviting people to come up and share a drink with us and some memories and watch the Tornadoes game," Tornadoes 1995 captain Liz Dixon said.
"It's quite exciting because we have Debbie Black and Kaui Wakita coming back from the US, Paula Mackrill coming from Sydney and Mandy Bonney and Sally Hardman from Victoria plus all the local girls who played in the championship win.
"Our coach Michael House is overseas but is sending a message to be read out on the night."
Dixon said the 1995 Tornadoes defeated Adelaide Opals in the national final 82-64 in Sydney to achieve the club's greatest success.
"My fondest memory of the time whenever anyone asks me is the team coming home from winning the title and when we arrived at Launceston Airport there were hundreds of people there," she said.
"The airport fire engines sprayed our plane with water and we came out and held up the cup and 7LA had limousines for us to ride back into town and there were people lining the streets - it was just incredible to be part of that experience and the way the community embraced it."
Dixon said she believed that Tornadoes coach Reece Potter had instilled a similar team ethic in the current side as the '95 Tornadoes enjoyed and she was excited about the remainder of the season for the club.
"I think our work ethic made us successful in '95 and Michael House our coach was very strong and strict - but we played for each other similar to today's team," she said.
Black, who went on to play WNBA basketball, will hold a clinic from 11am-2pm on the day, for girls aged 12-16 and talk about basketball careers and how Australians players can get into US college basketball.
The cost of the clinic is $65 with 20 spots available and includes a one-hour skills session, lunch with Black and the team plus behind the scenes game-day preparation.
Bookings can be made on the Tornadoes Facebook page.