Monthly Archives: November 2015

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE 2015 MEN'S GRADUATION

The Centre of Excellence graduation ceremony for 2015 was held last week, thanking and congratulating the entire squad with particular reference to the five athletes whose journey through the CoE has come to an end.

Annual General Meetings Season

With all the state associations and local associations currently in Annual General Meeting (AGM) season, the Basketball Australia Executives are visiting as many meetings as possible.

BOOMERS AND OPALS AROUND THE WORLD

Get up to date with where our Australian Boomers and Opals are, all around the world.

Jan Stirling joins Basketball Australia

Basketball Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Jan Stirling to the role of General Manager High Performance.

Vicinity Centres named as Prinicipal Partner of Aussie Hoops

Basketball Australia is proud to announce Vicinity Centres as the new principal partner of ‘Aussie Hoops’ - the official junior development program of Basketball Australia.

Catch up with Ben Simmons

After a 20-20 performance for the Louisiana State University Tigers (LSU) against Marquette today, we check in with Ben Simmons four games into his first college season.

COE ATHLETES TO REPRESENT LAKE G AT AUS SCHOOL CHAMPS

Two athletes from the Centre of Excellence (CoE) will compete at this year’s Australian School Championships, with Dejan Vasiljevic and Jack White representing Lake Ginninderra College (Lake G).

Basketball Australia 2014/15 Annual Report

The 2014/15 Basketball Australia annual report has been released.

2015 SCHOOL CHAMPS AROUND THE CORNER

121 teams representing 70+ schools across 14 divisions will converge on Canberra from November 30-December 4 for the 2015 Australian School Championship, held in the nation's capital for the second consecutive year.

JOCK PERRY BIDING HIS TIME AFTER SIGNING WITH ST. MARY'S

With the 2015/16 college season underway in the USA, Jock Perry is already looking forward to next year when he will join the St. Mary’s Gaels men’s basketball program.

Strength and Conditioning Workshop

An inaugural Strength and Conditioning workshop was held at the Centre of Excellence on Wednesday, with representatives from every WNBL club in attendance to further enhance the connection between the league and the national Opals program.

Vale Vince Marino

Basketball Australia joins with the South Australian basketball community on the sad passing of Vince Marino, former owner of the Adelaide Lightning.

2016 Athlete Development Camp Invitees

44 players have been invited to Basketball Australia’s Athlete Development Camp (ADC) with all eight states and territories represented.

2016 Centre of Excellence Inductions for Women

Basketball Australia is pleased to announce that eleven female athletes have been offered and have accepted scholarships to the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence for the 2016 calendar year.

Cambage and Taylor Starring in China

Massive performances recently from Liz Cambage for Shanghai Dahua and Penny Taylor for Shanxi Xingrui have helped solidify their sides in the top two of their respective conferences in the Women's Chinese Basketball Association.

Basketball Australia welcomes Commonwealth Games support

Basketball Australia and the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) have announced that as a part of the “Gold Coast GOLD” 2018 Team Preparation Program, both the Australian Boomers and Opals have received grants from the ACGA.