1985: Establishment of Lachen non-profit organization for the promotion of women`s basketball.
In 1985 the Maccabia Games took place. Both the Israeli and the American women basketball teams reached the finals, but when the Israel Basketball Federation decided to change the venue of the final cup game, from Yad Eliyahoo stadium to the neglected basketball court in Kfar HaMaccabia, the two teams organized a joint protest and decided not to play in the Finals. The Federation reacted with a punitive measure, ruling to disband the Israeli team from the cup game. A group of women`s basketball activists, however, including Orna Ostfeld, Rachel Ostrowitz, Reli Malchi, Anat Dreigor, Lea Melamed and Ronit Yanitzki, lodged a petition in court against the collective punishment , thereby preventing disbandment of the team. That was the birth of Lachen, the non-profit organization for the promotion of women's basketball and women in sports.

1986: Founding Lachen Ramat Hasharon.
Orna Ostfeld, who was then on the team of Maccabi Tel Aviv and among the stars of the basketball league, was determined that women`s basketball could and should be promoted also in her home town. She therefore gave up continuing her career to further levels in order to establish a women`s basketball organization in Ramat Hasharon.
Aided by Herb Levin, who was at the time chairman of the sport association in Ramat-Hasharon, Ostfeld set up a woman`s team in League A and at the same time set up a youth department that had become among the most successful ones in the country. As the years went by, the youth department teams won championships and cups, nurturing all the while outstanding players such as Naomi Kolodny, Shay Doron, Liad Suez and Katia Levitzki. The women`s team advanced to the National League after only one year and played for three years.

1989: The petition to include foreign players.
After a number of unsuccessful attempts to reach an understanding with the heads of the Israel Basketball Federation concerning permission to allow two foreign woman players to participate in the women`s league, which was customary (at the time) in the men`s league, Lachen Organization, headed by Ostfeld and Ostrowitz, filed a petition requesting the court to instruct the basketball federation to approve the participation of foreign players. The decision by Judge Uri Goren ruled that the Federation will allow registering foreign players in the Women`s league as well, stating that “the days when decision making was placed in the hands of men only were over, and the heads of the Basketball Federation should recognize this fact …”.
Although the later appeal of the Federation to the court under the claim that proceedings in the basketball federation had not been fully utilized, was accepted, the court yet recommended that the federation accept the decision of Judge Goren. A compromise agreement between the Basketball Federation and Lachen was then reached, whereby it was determined that the inclusion of two foreign players would be approved the following year. This paved the way of women`s basketball, upgrading it in all its aspects.

1991: The women`s team make the first league.
After three years in the second league Lachen Ramat Hasharon made the National League, with Ostfeld both as a member of the team and as its coach. In its first year in the league the team signed the Romanian player Magda Jerebia, one of the greatest players ever to have been in Israel, and since then continued the tradition of signing players that were among the best in the world such as; Penny Toler, Sue Wicks, Mwadi Mabika, Anja Arbutina, Vicky Johnson, Chasity Melvin, Cheryl Ford and Deanna Nolan. As the years went on Lachen Ramat Hasharon stabilized as a top team, always being among the first three teams except for one season, when it had finished fifth. Some of the best Israeli players starred on the team; Limor Mizrachi, Ronit Sherf, Ronit Yanitzki, Aluma Goren, Reli Malchi, Orli Kesten and Iris Dinerman, all of whom were members of the Israeli National Team.

1994: Matching the resource allocations of the Israel Sports Betting Board (The Lotto).
In 1994, the Ben Dror Commission was convened. It was established to determine the criteria for allocating the funds of the Israel Sports Betting Board, also known as “The Lotto“. This was the first time that representatives of Lachen sat on an official commission board. The outcome was a fundamental decision that the Lotto moneys would be equally divided between men`s sports and women`s sports together with an additional 10% more funding to the women as an affirmative action.

1998: First Professional Achievement
In this fantastic season Ramat Hasharon won its first title ever, beating its regular opponent Elitzur Ramle in the National Cup Finals and reaching the Ronchetti Cup Final, which it had lost only by one point. At the end of that season the team added a championship to its list of achievements, beating Bnei Yehuda 0:3 in the Final Playoff. Since then Ramat Hasharon has added more shelves to its trophy cabinet, adding to that first double four more championships and five more cups. The Team`s success continued in Europe too, when it reached the semi final of the Ronchetti cup in the 2000 season, twice the 1/4 finals in 2006 and 2007, and the Final Four of the Eurocup (previously the Ronchetti cup) in 2004.

2001: Petitioning to the High Court of Justice
After endless attempts to achieve equality of municipal funding between men`s sports and women`s sports had failed, Ostfeld and Ostrowitz lodged a precedent petition in the Supreme Court to match the allocations of the resources. For almost a decade, and three mayors, Lachen had met with adamant refusal and were forced to watch all the men`s teams, even the non achieving ones as well as those in lower leagues get more money. The Supreme Court became the last resource. In the petition, the court was asked to determine that this action by the council was discriminatory, and demanded that the Council would set up equal criteria for the division of funds.

2004: A victory in the High Court of Justice
Following three years of litigation the court adjudicated that Ramat Hasharon Women`s Team had been discriminated against for years, and ruled for the team to be financially compensated two years backwards as well as to receive, from now on, 150% relatively to any allocation for men`s sports. In its ruling for affirmative action the court ruled in fact that women`s sport in Israel should be encouraged. The municipality of Ramat Hasharon, this time under the mayor of Yitzhak Rochberger, who was a keen supporter of the team, soon adopted the recommendations of the High Court by significantly increasing its allocations. The ruling became a milestone in the promotion of women`s sport in the country in general and in Ramat Hasharon in particular.

2005: A Second victory in the High Court
That was an excellent litigation year for Ramat Hasharon. After winning their case in the Supreme Court against the Council, Ostfeld and Ostrowitz again won a case in the Supreme Court, this time against IBA, the Israel Broadcasting Authority. The suit was filed when the IBA refused to broadcast the team`s Eurocup games. The court ruled that since the IBA is a public authority it is obliged to broadcast the team`s games, starting with the quarter final, at home and abroad.

2004: The Team Becomes Anda Ramat Hasharon

Henry Ziemand, whose wife Anda had died of cancer, decided to commemorate her name in various ways, choosing Ramat Hasharon to be the flagship of the commemoration project. The name of the team was changed from Lachen Ramat Hasharon to Anda Ramat Hasharon. Henry saw in the team an icon for endurance, detemination, and fighting spirit, which were characteristic of his wife in her fight against cancer.

2007: A New Name For The Team: Electra Ramat Hasharon

The new main sponsor of the team is now Electra Consumer Goods. New plans are being drawn for joint community activities with Yaki Vadmani, CEO of the company.