Basketball Victoria High Performance Webinar This webinar, presented by BA Pathways CEO Darren Smith, and BV High Performance Head Coach Ash Arnott, will update players and parents alike of options regarding collegiate pathways for 2020 and future classes. The Webinar will cover the following topics: athlete resume building, sitting your SATs, USA Immigration processes, US…
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LIZ CAMBAGE RETURNS TO CHEMIST WAREHOUSE WNBL The three-time WNBA All-Star centre missed the current WNBA season with the Las Vegas Aces due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will return to playing in Australia for the first time in three years. “I am really looking forward to playing for the Flyers in the WNBL this…
Vale – Neil Bradbury We’d like to offer our sincere condolences to the Bradbury family on the passing of an esteemed Basketball Victoria Life Member, Victorian Basketball Referees Association (now TOC) Life Member, Nunawading VBRA (TOC) Branch Life Member, Melbourne East Basketball Association Life Member and Victorian Basketball Referees Association (TOC) Wall of Famer. Neil has been recognised for his…
BOOK LAUNCHED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF BODY IMAGE ISSUES The Pretty Foundation has launched a children’s story book called Charlie’s Tales: The Spirits and the Heart Flower which aims to help fight negative body image issues in young females, as research shows that over a third of four-year-old girls are dissatisfied with their bodies. Charlie’s…
CoE Graduate Inks First NBL Contract At the raw age of 18, Wigness has a wealth of experience playing in the elite basketball scene, always showcasing immense potential, skill, and Basketball IQ. A strong advocate for the Indigenous community, Wigness was on scholarship in the NBA Global Academy from April 2017 and then progressed through…
Victorian associations and clubs receive Community Sport Sector funding Two hundred local leagues and associations across the state will share in $1.4 million in grants through the Community Sport Sector Short-term COVID-19 Survival Package. Victorian basketball associations and clubs will receive $525,000 as part of the funding, to ensure to ensure they can remain operationally…
Reece Potter bids farewell to Victorian basketball Potter’s impact on Victorian basketball over the last four years has been exceptional as he’s starred wherever he’s gone. His resume in Victoria showcases the breadth of talent across the state, with a Big V Championship winning coach for Wyndham (formerly Werribee) as an Australian Junior Championships winning…
Talking Split – Gerard Hillier and Mental Health Solutions We speak to Casey Hub Lead Coach, Gerard Hillier, about his time in the Australian Defence Force, managing PTSD, relating his time in the Army to his coaching, and some strategies for coaches to help cope in what is an odd time without basketball for most…
BOARD NAMED FOR FIBA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WORLD CUP 2020 David Reid is a Principal Lawyer with firm DWF based in Newcastle, NSW, and is the current Deputy Chair of Basketball Australia as well as an elected member of the FIBA World Central Board. Reid will lead the LOC Board, overseeing the delivery of the world’s…
PlayHQ System Maintenance and Platform Downtime – Sunday August 9 PlayHQ will be performing this platform upgrade in an off-peak time Sunday morning to ensure a smooth transition and minimise the impact to any administrators or participants. During this maintenance window, the PlayHQ platform (participant portal, administrator portal and electronic scoring applications) will be inaccessible and email…