TAKING the next step with their elite basketball, Basketball Victoria Country has selected the best and brightest across the under-14, under-15, under-16 and under-18 age groups for higher representative duties.

 

Picked from our tryout day in Shepparton, the athletes have earned selection into the Southern Cross Challenge (SCC), Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup (ACJBC) and our National Intensive Training Program (NITP) squads for 2018.

 

Our SCC and ACJBC representatives will earn insight into elite development and higher-level gameplay across the two elite junior tournaments held in January. 

 

The 2018 Southern Cross Challenge will be held at the State Basketball Centre, Wantirna South from Friday 19 January to Monday 22 January 2018.

 

The 2018 Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup will be held at the Lauren Jackson Sports Centre, Albury, NSW, from Sunday 14 January to Saturday 20January 2018.

 

For those older athletes selected in the Country NITP, including our Southern Cross Challenge athletes, they will work with identified coaches under the direction of the High Performance Coach Country in regional satellite hubs and at regular combined training camps.

 

Basketball Victoria’s High Performance Coach Country Justin Schueller said the country contingent – selected from their outstanding tryouts at Shepparton – will set up their elite basketball journeys in tandem with the NITP selections.

 

“Southern Cross Challenge and Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup have been important steps for our elite country athletes as they progress further into the country high performance pathway,” Schueller said. “Selection into SCC/ACJBC from Country Victoria is an amazing achievement and coupled with NITP, it showcases our best juniors and gives them an opportunity to become better players and people on and off the court.

“We wish the best of luck to our Country athletes heading into the Southern Cross Challenge and Australian Junior Country Basketball Cup.”

 

BASKETBALL VICTORIA COUNTRY – 2018 HIGH PERFORMANCE REPRESENTATIVES

TEAM FIRST NAME FAMILY NAME ASSOCIATION

  

Team First Name Family Name Association

U14 Boys - ACJBC Jordan Munro Shepparton Basketball Association

U14 Boys - Southern Cross Challenge Boston Dowling Shepparton Basketball Association

U14 Girls - ACJBC Hannah Onley Shepparton Basketball Association

U14 Girls - Southern Cross Challenge Tazmyn Stovell Shepparton Basketball Association

U14 Girls - Southern Cross Challenge Isabel Whitelaw Shepparton Basketball Association

U15 Girls - Southern Cross Challenge Jordyn Commadeur Shepparton Basketball Association

U16 Boys - ACJBC  Jordan Michel Shepparton Basketball Association

For more information on Southern Cross Challenge, Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup and National Intensive Training Program team lists, contact Basketball Victoria Communications Coordinator Jarrod Potter via email – jarrod.potter@basketballvictoria.com.au.