Sutherland’s Hill in Australian basketball team
Basketball Australia has announced the 12 athletes selected to represent Australia at the inaugural FIBA U17 World Championship for Men in Hamburg, Germany from July 2-11. The team includes Sutherland’s Daniel Hill.
The Australian under 17 team will be led by former NBL head coach Guy Molloy who has plenty of World Championship experience after coaching at four world titles. Molloy’s international event knowledge will be invaluable to the team who, at the first world titles for the U17 age group, has limited experience representing their country.
Two players that will be able to bring some experience from the international stage are forwards Sam Gilmore and Owen Odigie who together won Gold at the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival against teams from China, Japan and New Zealand.
Australia’s World Championship team includes 10 of the athletes who won the 2009 FIBA Oceania U17 Championship and with it, qualification for the world titles; Andrija Dumovic and Cory Richardson are the new additions.
The team will hold one final training camp from June 14-16 on the Gold Coast before departing Australia on June 22 and playing two friendly games against Serbia on June 24 and 25 to warm up for the World Championship. Serbia qualified for the championship with a third-place finish at the 2009 U16 European Championship.
While Australia has been drawn in Group B and will face European Champion Spain, Canada, Korea, Poland and hosts Germany in the preliminary rounds at the world titles, Serbia is on the opposite side of the draw in Group A alongside the USA, China, Egypt, Argentina and Lithuania.
Australian U17 Men’s 2010 World Championship Team:
Name / Height / Position / Junior Association
Daniel CARLIN / 202cm / Centre / Central Districts, SA
Phil CHIRCU / 202cm / Centre / Northern Suburbs, NSW
Ashley CONSTABLE / 185cm / Guard / Ballarat, VIC
Tom DOWNIE / 201cm / Centre / Ballarat, VIC
Andrija DUMOVIC / 205cm / Centre / City of Sydney, NSW
Taylor DYSON / 192cm / Guard / Knox, VIC
Jarrod FRYAR / 194cm / Guard / Ballarat, VIC
Sam GILMORE / 200cm / Forward / Diamond Valley, VIC
Daniel HILL / 173cm / Guard / Sutherland, NSW
Mitch NORTON /183cm / Guard / Townsville, QLD
Owen ODIGIE / 195cm / Forward / Dandenong, VIC
Cory RICHARDSON / 186cm / Guard / Bunbury, WA
Reserves:
Brendan CARROLL / 190cm / Guard / Brisbane, QLD
Mitchell RIGGS / 193cm / Guard / Frankston, VIC
Ben RICHMOND / 190cm / Launceston, TAS
Australia’s 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Men Schedule:
15:45 Friday July 2: Australia v Poland (23:45 July 2 AEST)
14:30 Saturday July 3: Australia v Canada (22:30 July 3 AEST)
12:15 Monday July 5: Australia v Korea (20:15 July 5 AEST)
19:00 Tuesday July 6: Australia v Germany (03:00 July 7 AEST)
21:15 Wednesday July 7: Australia v Spain (05:15 July 8 AEST)
Friday July 9: Quarter Finals; Saturday July 10: Semi Finals; Sunday July 11: Finals. To follow the tournament go to: www.hamburg2010.fiba.com
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Sutherland Sharks 16s undefeated run in Premier Youth League football
After fourteen rounds Sutherland Sharks under 16 Premier Youth League football team remains undefeated to lead its competition by 7 points. All of the other Sharks teams are doing well with the under 18 team in second spot and the 14s and 15s both third. The under 13s in 6th spot are also still in the play-off five contention.
The next rounds for the Sutherland Sharks are:
Saturday June 5 against Bonnyrigg White Eagles at Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda
Sunday June 6 against Project 22 at Valentine Sports Park (13s, 14s and 15s only)
Saturday June 12 against Marconi Stallions at Marconi Stadium.
Saturday June 19 against APIA Leichhardt Tigers at Lambert Park.
Saturday June 26 against Sydney United at Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda.
Saturday July 3 against Bankstown City at Jensen Park.
All games begin with the under 13s at 9am. For further information and results go to: http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-5977-0-102186-0&pool=0&round=0&a=ROUND
NSW Sport and Recreation’s Kids Camps
NSW Sport and Recreation is organising various kids’ camps for the July School holidays. For details go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/kidscamps/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailcampaign&utm_content=275246299&utm_campaign=E-updatefromSportandRecreation-April2010+_+okrhui&utm_term=winterkidscamps
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