Three Young SBL Players to Represent Australia
Basketball Australia is pleased to announce the athletes that have been selected to represent Australia at the 2009 FIBA Oceania Championships to be held in Saipan from June 21-27.
Australia is sending both a Men’s and Women’s team to the tournament, with ten players in each side.
Three players from the State Basketball League will compete in the sides with Emma Lobb (Kalamunda Eastern Suns) named to the Women's side. Reece Maxwell (Titan Interactive Wolves) & Ben Purser (Perry Lakes Hawks) have also been named to the Men's team. All players are filling key roles for their respective SBL clubs and the young trio are an outstanding example of the strong talent pool we have in the SBL Competitions.
The Women’s team will be led by former Opals Assistant Coach Peter Lonergan and Australian Institute of Sport Men’s Basketball Assistant Coach Paul Goriss will lead the Men’s team.
Australia will be competing against teams from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marian Islands.
Cassandra Mangos, Nicole Seekamp and Rebecca Cole have all played on the international stage together after winning a gold medal at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
The men’s team includes AIS teammates Cameron Bairstow and Jeromie Hill.
Article by Basketball Australia & SBL Media
Photo by Marg Prior
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