Timbers Chopped as Tasmania Name Search Narrows to Four

The search for Team Tasmania’s name ahead of their entry to the Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) in the 2021/22 season is down to four after the Timbers were eliminated.

Last week the NBL revealed the five shortlisted names for Team Tasmania, after receiving almost 10,000 nominations from the Tasmanian public. With the Timbers now eliminated, the remaining shortlist of names for the new team are:

• Tasmania Mountaineers
• Tasmania Tridents
• Tasmania Pride
• Tasmania Jack Jumpers

Team Tasmania CEO Simon Brookhouse said: “There’s been some fantastic debate since we announced the shortlist of names for the new team last week. It seems everyone has an opinion on the names we revealed and it shows how passionate fans are.

“This week we have further reduced the shortlist and we will continue to eliminate one name each week ahead of the final reveal on October 1.”

Team Tasmania has enlisted the services of brand and design agency SouthSouthWest led by creative director and Tasmanian Andy Sargent to help bring the name and brand of the new team to life.

Foundation Memberships for the new team will also be launched on October 1 with Tasmanians able to purchase these ahead of the team’s entry into the Hungry Jack’s NBL as the league’s 10^th team for the 2021-22 Season.