LAKERS DUO TO COMPETE IN JUNIOR BASKETBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Highly talented sports women Lauren Ross and Isabella Stratford travel to Ulverstone, Tasmania, later this week as representatives of the SA Country Under 16 team, which will compete in the 2015 Australian Under 16 Basketball Championships.
The Junior Basketball Nationals provide opportunities for the best SA Country basketballers in the age group to compete against the best from other states in an elite competition.
Ross and Stratford have already established themselves as elite athletes in a range of other sports.
In recent weeks they have been dominant players in their respective Women’s SECBL teams. Last Wednesday both played key roles as consistent and leading scorers as well as having positive impacts at critical periods of the games.
The SA Country Under 16 Teams will play six pool games starting on Saturday July 4th and running through to Wednesday. The finals series begin on Thursday while the Championships conclude on Saturday with the Gold and Silver Medal Finals preceded by games, which rank the sides 1 to 12 for the Championships.
The SA Country Girls meet host state Tasmania just prior to the Opening Ceremony on Saturday. On Sunday they play WA Country and Queensland on Monday. They face their toughest challenge of the week on Tuesday when they play New Zealand at 9.30am and then suiting up against pre-championship favourite Victoria Metro at 5.30pm.
SA Country completes the minor rounds playing NSW Country on Wednesday.
The SA Country Boys play WA Metro, Victoria Metro, Northern Territory, NSW Metro, ACT and Queensland North before the finals series.
Trudy Ireland of the Yorke Valley Association is Head Coach of the Girls’ team and Millicent Basketball Manager Peter Seebohm is Assistant Coach. Mount Gambier’s Matthew Markiewicz is Apprentice Coach and Melissa Rathjen Manager of the team.
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