Gladstone Port City Power

The Power entered the Queensland Australian Basketball League (QABL) in 2004, fielding both a men's and women's team. They replaced the departing Tweed Coast Slammers in the Southern Cross Division.^[1]

In 2009, the Power women become champions for the first time in club history when they defeated the South West Metro Pirates 102–98 in overtime in the grand final. It was a remarkable turnaround for the team, who won just a handful of matches in their two previous seasons. The team was led by WNBL players Jessica Bibby, Natalie Hurst and Katie Rose and college player Diana Neves.^[2] The women went on to claim three QBL championships in a row behind player-coach Jessica Bibby, with titles also coming in 2010^[3] and 2011.^[4] They reached the 2012 grand final but was denied the four-peat by the Mackay Meteorettes, who defeated the Power 78–71.^[5][6]

In 2015, the Power men qualified for the finals for the first time in club history,^[7][8] where in the semi-finals they lost 78–77 in overtime to the Brisbane Capitals.^[9] The women's team reached the 2015 grand final,^[10] where they were defeated 2–0 in the best-of-three series by the Rockhampton Cyclones.^[11]

Following the 2019 QBL season, the league was rebranded as NBL1 North. The Power subsequently did not enter the new competition for the 2020 season.^[12] The team joined the Queensland State League (QSL) in 2021.^[13]

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