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Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence Welcomes Five New Scholarship Holders The CoE is a program that brings together the best young players from around Australia to live and train together in a high-performance environment with the assistance of elite coaches. There are five incoming athletes including Charlise Dunn, Chyra Evans, Kate Deeble, Ruby-Belle Macdonald and…

Vanessa Devlin Named Official of the Year in South Australia The South Australian Sport Awards honour those making outstanding contributions to sport in South Australia. Devlin has been a referee since 1999 when she began her career after attending a level 0 referee course and since then, she has gone on to become one of the most well-respected…

Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence Sees Four Athletes Graduate The CoE program brings together the best young players from around Australia to live and train together in a high-performance environment with the assistance of elite coaches. Emma-Nnopu and Smith recently received silver at the 2019 Australian School Championships playing for Lake Ginninderra College, where they…

Victorian Under-20 and Ivor Burge 2020 teams announced Heading to the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, from 5-9 February 2020, the best Victorian players will take on the rest of the nation in the first national competition of the new year. Basketball Victoria has selected two Under-20 A teams for 2020 – providing another 20…

VJBL 3×3 Challenge Tournament – Summer 2020 The Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) will host the first 3×3 tournament of the new year with the VJBL 3×3 Challenge Tournament held on Tuesday 21 January at the State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South. Team registrations and payments can be made through our online form – please click here…

Australian Boomers to Face Trans-Tasman Rivals New Zealand Tall Blacks in Brisbane The general public on-sale commences at 10.00am (local AEST), Wednesday 18 December 2019 from Ticketek. This is the first time the FIBA Asia Cup has included a qualifying phase, with the Boomers drawn in Group C alongside Guam, Hong Kong and New Zealand….

Basketball Australia Supports Inaugural Australian Indigenous Basketball Tournament 60 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teams from across the country will meet in Cairns, QLD, on Sunday for the Opening Ceremony. Female and male teams will compete over five days for a national title across U14, U17 and senior age divisions. Games in all divisions will…

The Chemist Warehouse Australian Opals Squad Announced For FIBA Olympic Qualifier The tournament will take place in Bourges, France from February 6 to February 9, 2020 and will be the final qualifying step for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.    For the Opals to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics they will need to finish in the top…

Jenna O’Hea Receives Inaugural AIS Athlete Community Engagement Award On November 21, the AIS announced the introduction of the Athlete Community Engagement Award, an award that recognises and celebrates the positive impact an athlete has on their community. O’Hea was named as one of four shortlisted finalists alongside Dylan Pietsch (rugby), Dylan Alcott (tennis) and Katie Kelly (paratriathlete). The finalists were chosen following the AIS’ nomination guidelines in which the athlete must…

The Australian Rollers win Gold at the AOZ Championships GOLD MEDAL MATCH – AUS v KOR The first quarter saw the Rollers set the tempo for the game, producing strong defence and restricting Korea. Shaun Norris was once again at his best, with an impressive mid-range game. Bill Latham and Tom O’Neill-Thorne were also supporting…