The Easter school holidays saw the running of the 2016 State Championships for Under 12, 14 and 16 with each age group attracting record numbers. First we travelled north for the Under 16’s, the boys in Mackay and the girls in Townsville. The boys gold medal game was fought out between Cairns and Southern Districts,…
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4 Cities, 13 Days, 254 Referees The Junior State Championships are over another year, and for our State’s referees it was once again another case of answering the call to officiate some of the best junior players from across Queensland. The Under 16 Boys State Championships may have kicked off in Mackay on the Tuesday…
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Marianna Tolo is one of the best female athletes to come out of Queensland, originally a Mackay junior Tolo is now tearing it up in the WNBA with the Los Angeles Sparks and hopefully on her way to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics later this year. Born and raised in Mackay, Tolo made her…
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Basketball Queensland would like to congratulate the following athletes who have been selected for the FDP (Future Development Program) Squad. The boys names are as follows: Bailey Crawford Sunshine Coast Phoenix Regan Crees Cairns Kyle Davis Logan Sam Ellis Cairns Luta Felisse-Masei Ipswich Tyrone Fui Logan Chandler Halliday Rockhampton Dominic Hayes Brisbane Izaiah Kahika Gold…
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Basketball Queensland would like to congratulate the following athletes who have been selected for the FDP (Future Development Program) Squad. The female athletes are as follows: Holly Smith Sunshine Coast Phoenix Ashleigh Blake Sunshine Coast Phoenix Danielle Bayes Southern Districts Nyree Hamilton Southern Districts Rosemary Maina Southern Districts Katie Deeble Gold Coast Mikayla Greensill Gold Coast Lily…
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Congratulations to those players selected in the U16 State and Emerging Teams, please see the names below U16 Boys – Queensland South State Team U15 Boys – Queensland South State Emerging Team Dylan Booth, South West Metro Arapeta Clark, Southern Districts Thomas Cordwell, University Sunshine Coast David Eltima, Brisbane Riley Curtis, Southern Districts…
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Congratulations to those players selected in our U16 2016 North State and Emerging Teams, please see the names below. U16 Boys – Queensland North State Team U15 Boys – Queensland North Emerging Team U15 Boys – Central Queensland Emerging Team Sean Baker, Mackay Chey Campbell, Cairns Harrison Doyle, Bundaberg Blake Couper, Cairns Ezekiel Corowa, Mackay…
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Ryan Stephan (US citizen) played with the Pirates in the QBL last season and unfortunately injured his patella tendon mid season. He returned to college to have a stellar season culminating him being awarded best player in Div II NCAA. The previous year it was won by Aussie, Mitch McCarron who played for Northside Wizards.…
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The 2015-16 BQJBC season came to an end on March 12 with its largest ever Grand Finals day, a massive 26 divisions being decided. South West Metro Basketball proudly hosted the finals at Hibiscus Sports Complex, a day that spanned over 13 hours of basketball! In wrapping all Premier League results we begin with the…
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Kristy Wallace is one of Queensland’s most promising young talents. Coming out of the High Performance Program, Wallace went on to represent Australia and gain a scholarship at Baylor University, an NCAA Division 1 College in Texas. Wallace has been making a name for herself in Basketball for many years now with her hard work…
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