Dragons Rhöndorf

The Dragons Rhöndorf are a basketball club from the district of Rhön village of Bad Honnef near Bonn. The team plays since 2011 again in the 2nd Bundesliga ProB after it was 2010/2011 still based in the ProA.

History

Former name of the team are Rhöndorf TV, TV Tatami Rhöndorf and SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf in the 2nd Bundesliga Nord and previously in the National Basketball League. From 1995 to 1999 the team played in the National Basketball League before the license to the Skyliners Frankfurt changed. Rhöndorf played with the purchased license from Ludwigsburg to continue in the second league. After another sporting climb the license was passed on again. Beneficiary this time was Rhein Energy Cologne, Cologne 99ers later. Rhöndorf remained second-class and qualified for the 2007/2008 season for the newly introduced ProA. After a fourth place, the Dragons moved surprisingly back in the lower series of the second league. There you will increasingly want to put on the training of young talents again. This is your goal together with the Telekom Baskets Bonn since the season 2006/ 2007. Under the name SG Bonn / Rhöndorf occur at both clubs together in the NBBL. The 2008/2009 season ended the Dragons in fourth place, missing their promotion to the ProA. During the 2009/2010 season, the Dragons announced that the long-time sponsor and patron Franz Ludwig Solzbacher will cease with the end of the season his commitment. Thus, the Dragons start the season 2010/2011 without the addition SOBA behalf. Also a new GmbH was founded. The Dragons Rhöndorf Marketing GmbH takes over with the end of the 2009/2010 season and the license becomes the new winner of the match operation of the Dragons. The managing director of the new LLC is the manager of Dragons Michael Wichterich.

The 2009/2010 season was one of the most successful seasons in club history. With 26 wins and 4 losses the Soba Dragons sovereign master of ProB and were thus secured the right of the rise in the ProA. According to Eric Detlev was honored as Coach of the Year of the ProB. During the summer feverishly attempt was made to secure the necessary budget for the ProA and this was achieved. But the face of the team changed greatly. Long-standing, established players left the club, including Christopher Rojik, John Long and Jürgen Malbeck. Likewise, it has not been possible audience favorite DeUndrae Spraggins hold. With a strong revitalized team should try the club to re-establish itself in the ProA. But with a game left in the season it was clear that the Dragons would miss the sporting league. After a 75:79 defeat to Würzburg to double overtime, the descent was made. Could not change even more in the meantime returned DeUndrae Spraggins.

Due to the withdrawal of licenses against USC Freiburg and the Giro live Ballers Osnabrück the Dragons their start right in the ProA for 2011/2012 were given back first. End of June 2011 gave the charge, however, known that the Dragons will retreat back into the ProB. But mainly on financial considerations were responsible. There, the rejuvenated team was able to establish in the course of the season and reached the end of the regular season number 5 in the South Season. In the play -offs, the Dragons then the SG Braunschweig documents in two games and secreted from so in the second round. Shortly after the separation of coach Eric Detlev followed after 10 years of service with the Dragons. The reason for the separation of different views on the direction of the association were increasingly called, but the desire to create new impulses for the teams and the concept of Dragons.

With Boris Kaminski, a new head coach and athletic director was introduced in April 2012. Kaminski previously worked for the Herten Lions. The first season under Boris Kaminski ended the Dragons No. 1 on the south- season with 19 wins and 3 losses. In the first round of the play offs the Dragons met then the BSW Sixers from Sander village and also eliminated due to injury concerns from the first round. For the 2013/2014 season came with Fabian Thülig a former fan favorite back to the Drachenfels, after he had terminated his contract with the Telekom Baskets Bonn. The team also reached the 2014 Playoffs with 12 wins and 10 losses in the regular season. Opponent in the second round was the former Bundesliga club Schwelmer Baskets.

The Home Hall of SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf is the sports hall Menzenberger road on the western edge of the district Selhof with a capacity of 1,800 spectators. It is also called Dragon Dome. The only home game against Bayern Munich in October 2010 attracted the Dragons to another hall. The match took place due to the large demand in the Bonn Telekom Dome in front of 3300 spectators.

The SOBA Dragons Rhöndorf are organizers of the Rhine -Main- Cups on August 31 and September 1, 2013 at the Dragon Dome. For this purpose, a guest Erstligist Telekom Baskets Bonn, and the two ProA division Crailsheim Merlins and Oettinger Rockets Gotha in Bad Honnef. Winners in 2013 were the Telekom Baskets Bonn by a 75:63 success in the finals of the Crailsheim Merlins.

Team 2013/2014

Change to the 2013/2014 season

Arrivals: Bastian Winterhalter ( SG Sechtem ), Tim Schoenborn ( Herten Lions ), Florian Wendel (Bayer Giants Leverkusen), Fabian Thülig ( Telekom Baskets Bonn), Cory Remekun ( Saint Louis University / USA)

Departures: Aaron Schmitz (USC Heidelberg), Kelubia Ekoemeye ( 2nd team ), Marco Leschek ( End of career ), Geddes Robinson ( Sports Club Canadense / ARG ), Florian Koch ( Telekom Baskets Bonn), Alejo Rodriguez ( Canton Charge / USA ) Thomas Michel ( Telekom Baskets Bonn), Edmunds Tukiss (destination unknown)

Well-known former players

• Germany Michael Wichterich ( sports manager at the Telekom Baskets Bonn )
• Germany Detlef Musch ( career ended)
• Germany Christian Mehrens ( assistant coach of the Dragons Rhöndorf )
• Germany Gunnar Wöbke ( Manager Skyliners Frankfurt)
• Germany Thomas Deuster ( career ended)
• United States Steven Key ( Last head coach at EnBW Ludwigsburg )
• United States Duane Washington ( career ended)
• United States Mike Mitchell ( Last assistant coach of the Chicago Sky)
• Germany Babis Douloudis ( career ended)
• Germany Alexander Seggelke ( career ended)
• Germany Jonas Wohlfarth - Botter Man ( Alba Berlin / GER)
• Germany Michael Koch ( Head Coach of Medi Bayreuth)
• Germany Artur Kolodziejski (head of the youth academy at Ratiopharm Ulm)
• Germany Johannes Strasser (Rhein Stars Cologne / GER)
• Germany Johannes Lange ( Grevenbroich Elephants / GER)
• United States Terren Harbut ( currently without a club )
• United States Gordon Scott ( career ended)
• Germany Bo Robin Dahl (3rd team)
• United States Christopher Rojik ( career ended)
• United States DeUndrea Spraggins ( career ended)
• United States Sanijay Watts (BG Dorsten / GER)
• United States Ryon Howard ( Bochum Astro Stars / GER)
• United States Kyle Moore ( career ended)
• Germany Jürgen Malbeck ( career ended)
• Germany Goran Kovacev ( career ended)
• Germany Yassin Idbihi (Bayern Munich / GER)
• Germany Dominik Bahiense de Mello (EWE Baskets Oldenburg / GER)

Former coach

• Michael Laufer - Managing Castle Hagerhof
• Rob Friedrich - Athletic Director at Mission Veijo High School
• Tom Snowman - Coach Educators of FIBA
• Joe Whelton - Head Coach at Foshan Long Lions (China)
• Berthold Bisselik - head of the youth department of FC Bayern Munich
• Klaus Perwas - Assistant Coach at Fraport Skyliners
• Olaf Pride - Head Coach of the SG Bonn / Rhöndorf
• Eric Detlev - Head Coach at Fraport Skyliners ( ProB )

Other teams ( selection)

• 2 male team: 2 Regionalliga West
• 1 Women's team: 1 Regionalliga West
• U 19 Male NBBL as cooperation SG Bonn / Rhöndorf
• U 19 Female NRW-Liga
• U 16 Male JBBL as cooperation SG Bonn / Rhöndorf
• U 17 Female WNBL
• U 15 Female Regional
• U 14 Male Regional

Venues

The home of the Dragons Hall is the sports hall Menzenberg in Bad Honnef district Selhof. There, the Dragons have already contributed to Erstligazeiten of their home games. Currently, the hall has a capacity of 1800 seats at home games. Only in the course of the 2006/2007 season, the Dragons had a majority of their home games in the sports hall at the sun hill unsubscribe in neighboring Oberpleis because the sports hall Menzenberg was unplayable after an arson. An extension of the hall was completely destroyed by the fire. Similarly, the mounted therein mobile stands. For this, the entire parquet floor of the hall had to be replaced. In time for the 2007/2008 season, the Dragons could but return to their ancestral home hall.

Other venues of the other teams in the Dragons are:

• New sports hall of the Seven Mountain High School
• New sports hall of the castle Hagerhof
• Old Sports Hall of Schloss Hagerhof
• Sports hall Miihlenweg in Rhöndorf

Castle Hagerhof

In order to allow the talents optimum crosslinking of sports and training, cooperate Dragons Rhöndorf for many years with the Gymnasium Schloss Hagerhof. Many talented players have so far lived in the local boarding school and went to high school at the high school. Also offers high school Hagerhof with its sports focus of many talents the opportunity to even off the club training to develop and individually to exercise.