Regional honours are up for grabs for our junior basketballers.
The following 16 athletes (as well as Ezi Magbegor who will be unavailable due to U19 Gems World Championships currently underway in Russia) have been invited to attend the final selection camp for the Under-17 women’s team to compete at the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championships in New Zealand in August.
The camp will take place from July 17-20 at the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence in Canberra.
Selected athletes:
Rebecca Abel (Tas) Penguin
Ella Batish (Vic Metro) Sandringham
Callie Bourne (ACT) Norths
Lucy Cochrane (Vic Metro) Sandringham
Abby Cubillo (NT) Darwin
Najvada George (Vic Metro) Dandenong
Hannah Lehman (SA Metro) Forestville
Cassidy McLean (NSW Country) Newcastle
Lara McSpadden (NSW Country) Newcastle
Ezi Magbegor (Vic Metro) Coburg
Tayla Mole (Tas) Wellington
Rebecca Pizzey (Vic Metro) Bulleen
Darcy Rees (SA Metro) Forestville
Kiera Rowe (Vic Metro) Bulleen
Jazmin Shelley (Vic Country) LaTrobe Energy
Jasmine Simmons (NSW Country) Bathurst
Samantha Simons (SA Metro) Forestville
In the spirit of reconciliation Basketball Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.