Exies Basketball Club and the Acmy Basketball Club amalgamated in 1981.   On a cold winters night at the former YMCA building in Camp Street  the historical meeting between the 2 clubs took place.

With the current Ballarat Association looking to have an 8 Club Competition it was the catalyst for the two clubs to combine.

Exies was an all women's club which had been in existence for nearly 20 years  and Acmy was an all men's club which had been in existence for 30  plus years.  Many of the families associated with the club had children playing with both clubs so it was a fairly easy decision to merge.