2017 Champion Schools Queensland Wrap Up
In conjunction with Queensland School Sport and Queensland Secondary School Basketball, Basketball Queensland stage the Champion Basketball School of Queensland (CBSQ)
2017 Nationals Wrap-Up
2017 was a great year for Basketball in Queensland. 8 of our State Teams were in the top 5 for their age/gender and 5 of those teams walked away with medals! These results confirm that the program is in a great position and will look to build on this success as it attempts to go from…
2017 Helloworld Australian U18 Junior Championships & Kevin Coombs Cup Wrap Up
The 2017 Helloworld Australian U18 Junior Championships & Kevin Coombs Cup was held from 8-15 April, with the Kevin Coombs Cup starting on 12 April.
Basketball Without Borders Global Camp Wrap-Up
Basketball Queensland’s State Performance Manager (South), Mel Downer, was selected with six other Australian athletes to attend the 2017 NBA Basketball Without Borders Global Camp in the New Orleans, USA.
Basketball Without Borders – Interview with Callum Doulton & Sam Froling
Basketball Queensland are very proud to announce that two of our most promising high school players, Sam Froling from Townsville and Callum Dalton from the Gold Coast, and one of our State Performance Managers, Mel Downer have been selected to go to the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp in the New Orleans, USA on Feb…
Miela Goodchild and the Sapphire’s brings back gold!
Miela Goodchild, Basketball Queensland’s reigning Female Player of the Year has recently represented Australia as part of the Australian Sapphires team which claimed the Women’s FIBA Under-17 World Championships earlier last month. It was a fantastic year for the Australian Sapphires, having never finished better than 5th at the Under-17 Worlds. Australia completed the 2016…
UNDER-17’S BEGIN WARM-UP TOUR
CREDIT: Basketball Australia – http://www.basketball.net.au/17s-begin-warm-tour-china-ahead-world-champs/ With the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships beginning on June 22, the Australian Under-17 men have embarked on a warm-up tour of China, completing games against Croatia, China and Lithuania so far. The tour kicked off with an 84-72 victory over Croatia, with the Australians leading by as much as…
AUSSIE ROLLERS ON ROAD TO RIO
CREDIT: Basketball Australia – http://www.basketball.net.au/aussie-rollers-begin-road-rio-canberra-camp/ The Australian Rollers will converge on Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) from May 29-June 2 for a selection camp aimed at picking a team to tour England and compete in the Continental Cup in early July. From that tournament in Leicester, UK, the Rollers’ team for the 2016 Paralympics…