'Cats in SBL

The Perth Wildcats will strengthen ties with WA's State Basketball League over coming months with a series of initiatives to grow the sport at a grass roots level across the state.

The Wildcats today announced it had cleared Peter Crawford to play in the SBL competition with the start swingman expected to play for Perry Lakes Hawks this Saturday at home against the Kalamunda Suns.

Crawford rounds out one of the largest number of Wildcats players involved with the SBL competition in recent years. 'Cats Assistant Coach Mick Downer coaches the Wanneroo Wolves (with Wildcats legend Eric Watterson), whilst WA-born Adam Caporn commenced his debut coaching career at the East Perth Eagles.

Other Wildcats playing the SBL include Jeff Dowdell - Wanneroo Wolves, Stephen Weigh - East Perth Eagles, Tom Garlepp - Perry Lakes Hawkes.

Ex-Cats' taking the court include Aaron Trahair - Mandurah, Ben Thompson - East Perth, Damian Matacz - Wanneroo Wolves, Carmichael Olowoyo - Stirling Senators, and Adrian Majstravich - Kalamunda Eastern Suns.

Sam Soplinski (East Perth), Ryan Godfrey (Rockingham Flames) and Jacob Reed (Willetton Tigers) have also been engaged in various training sessions with the Wildcats during the past season.

Wildcats at SBL Summer Camps

Perth Wildcats coach Mark Radford and star guard Peter Crawford will attend the Willetton Basketball Association's Summer Camp on Friday 24 April as guest speakers and to sign autographs for the 100-plus attendees.

Other Wildcats players and coaches will be part of a grass roots program engaging with local basketball associations across WA over the coming months.

Wildcats Appoint SBL Media Officer

The Perth Wildcats today appointed Cameron Wong as the club's new SBL and Community Basketball Media Officer.

Cameron will be responsible for reporting on all SBL games, news and events for the Wildcats website and NBL website. He will also report on other basketball activity within the state.

Mr Wong is in the final stages of completing a media and public relations degree at the University of Notre Dame. He recently completed an internship with the Perth Wildcats through the club's University Sports Internships Program.

Cameron is another young West Australian tertiary student that we've had the pleasure of working with through our internship program and has progressed to a more formal role with the club, CEO Nick Marvin said. We hope we can give more university students career pathways in sport.