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Media Release 15 July 2015 Queensland cleans up at U16 Australian Junior Basketball Championships Last weekend Queensland teams claimed two gold medals and a bronze at the Under 16 Australian Junior Championships held in Tasmania. Competing against teams from every state in Australia and a New Zealand team, it is a remarkable outcome. The two heartstopping gold medal matches came down to the wire with Queensland North Men’s team defeating Victoria Metro, 7470 and Queensland South Women’s team similarly defeating South Australia Metro, 5958. The bronze medal game was just as fiercely contested with Queensland South Men’s team defeating NSW Country, 86 83. Photo courtesy Kangaroo Photos/Basketball Australia The victories mark a number of milestones for Queensland basketball. It is the first time Queensland teams have won two gold medals at a national championships in any age group. It is the first time a Queensland boys team has won the Under 16 Australian Championships since 1975, and it is the first time a North Queensland team has taken out the title in this age group. The South Queensland girls have also secured the Under 16 girls’ championship title for Queensland for the first time since 1979. It’s also the first time Queensland has had three medalwinning teams in the same championship since 2004. “The success of the Queensland teams in this championship is testament to the programs Basketball Queensland conducts,” says Graham Burns, Basketball Queensland CEO. “We reengineered our High Performance Programs in 2011 after extensive evaluation by The University of Queensland on how we could better implement a world class program. “While we have encountered a few teething problems along the way, we have now struck gold.”

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   Media  Release  15  July  2015    

Queensland  cleans  up  at  U16  Australian  Junior  Basketball  Championships  

 Last  weekend  Queensland  teams  claimed  two  gold  medals  and  a  bronze  at  the  Under  16  Australian  Junior  Championships  held  in  Tasmania.  Competing  against  teams  from  every  state  in  Australia  and  a  New  Zealand  team,  it  is  a  remarkable  outcome.      The  two  heart-­stopping  gold  medal  matches  came  down  to  the  wire  with  Queensland  North  Men’s  team  defeating  Victoria  Metro,  74-­70  and  Queensland  South  Women’s  team  similarly  defeating  South  Australia  Metro,  59-­58.    The  bronze  medal  game  was  just  as  fiercely  contested  with  Queensland  South  Men’s  team  defeating  NSW  Country,  86-­83.    

Photo  courtesy  Kangaroo  Photos/Basketball  Australia    The  victories  mark  a  number  of  milestones  for  Queensland  basketball.    It  is  the  first  time  Queensland  teams  have  won  two  gold  medals  at  a  national  championships  in  any  age  group.    It  is  the  first  time  a  Queensland  boys  team  has  won  the  Under  16  Australian  Championships  since  1975,  and  it  is  the  first  time  a  North  Queensland  team  has  taken  out  the  title  in  this  age  group.  The  South  Queensland  girls  have  also  secured  the  Under  16  girls’  championship  title  for  Queensland  for  the  first  time  since  1979.    It’s  also  the  first  time  Queensland  has  had  three  medal-­winning  teams  in  the  same  championship  since  2004.    “The  success  of  the  Queensland  teams  in  this  championship  is  testament  to  the  programs  Basketball  Queensland  conducts,”  says  Graham  Burns,  Basketball  Queensland  CEO.    “We  re-­engineered  our  High  Performance  Programs  in  2011  after  extensive  evaluation  by  The  University  of  Queensland  on  how  we  could  better  implement  a  world  class  program.    “While  we  have  encountered  a  few  teething  problems  along  the  way,  we  have  now  struck  gold.”        

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The  Queensland  State  Government  also  played  a  big  part  contributing  towards  this  success.    “We  owe  the  Queensland  State  Government  a  lot  for  funding  of  the  programs.  We  couldn’t  have  done  it  without  them.      “It  is  also  down  to  the  hard  work  and  dedication  of  the  Basketball  Queensland  High  Performance  staff,  but  we  mustn’t  forget  the  great  work  by  the  volunteer  coaching  staff,  players  and  the  parents  of  the  state  teams  who  have  delivered  the  best  result  ever  for  Queensland  teams  at  a  national  championship.      It  is  a  trend  Basketball  Queensland  is  determined  to  continue.        More  information  or  interviews:    Jane  Keighley  Senior  PR  Consultant  Outsource2Us  P:  07  5554  6034  M:  0403504624  E:    [email protected]      OR:    Lauren  Kippin  Communications  Manager  Basketball  Queensland  P:  07  3377  9119  M:  0416  234  763  E:  [email protected]