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MEDIA RELEASE
2015 U18 Victorian Men’s & Women’s Metropolitan and
Country Teams announced
The U18 Victoria Men’s and Women’s teams that will contest the 2015 U18 Australian Junior Championship
have been selected. The Australian Junior Championships will be held Ballarat, Victoria 11 – 18 April, 2015,
with 14 teams from across Australia and New Zealand competing for the title of the best U18 Men’s or Women’s
team in the country. Vic Metro Men and Women will be defending their title from 2014.
Congratulations to all players selected. Teams are listed below:
2015 U18 COUNTRY WOMEN’S TEAM
Players
Chloe Bibby
Alysha Marcucci
Grace McRae
Chloe Molloy
Abbey Noblett
Genna Ogier
Carly Sanders
Alexandra Strawhorn
Taylah Wynne
Chantel Horvat
Association
Warracknabeal & Horsham
Warragul
Southern Peninsula
Seymour
Morwell
Seymour
Geelong
Bendigo
Ballarat
Geelong
Emergencies
Emilie Baird
Georgia Mayne
Faith McKenzie
Courtney Sandiman
Casey Sherriff
Southern Peninsula
Mildura
Horsham
Mildura
Traralgon
Staff
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Team Manager:
Staff
Jonathan Goodman / Bendigo
Lisa Towsend / Wodonga
Lucas Allen / Southern Peninsula
Wendy Campbell / Traralgon
2015 U18 METRO WOMEN’S TEAM
Players
Monique Andriuolo
Ella Batish
Georgia Dale
Najvada George
Ezi Magbegor
Anneli Maley
Rebecca Pizzey
Maddison Rocci
Kiera Rowe
Courtenay Wragg
Association
Eltham
Sandringham
Eltham
Dandenong
Coburg / CoE
Eltham / CoE
Bulleen
Werribee
Bulleen
Bulleen
Emergencies
Ally Bates
Eltham
State Basketball Centre Ÿ 291 George Street Wantirna South VIC 3152 Ÿ Tel 03 9837 8000 Ÿ Fax 03 9837 8077 Ÿ www.basketballvictoria.com.au Ÿ ABN 92 328 079
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Jessica Harley
Brittany Klaman
Shania Petaia
Saraid Taylor
Kara Tessari
Melbourne
Werribee
Bulleen
Nunawading
Bulleen
Staff
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Team Manager:
Paul Flynn / Nunawading
Zoe Jeffers / Eltham
Matt Dickins / Dandenong
Lucy Kett
Head Coach U/18 Girls Victoria Country Jonathan Goodman said: “After a extensive selection period, the
coaches and I are very excited to have selected the group of athletes to represent Vic Country at the U18
National Championships. These athletes demonstrated great commitment to our states style of play. We feel that
they will represent the State of Victoria with pride and especially in our own backyard, with the Championships
being held in Ballarat. We will continue to strive for excellence to ensure we achieve as much as we can at the
upcoming championships in April. On behalf of the coaching staff I would like to thank the local associations for
all the time and effort they put into these athletes and our high performance programs SPP & NITP.”
Vic Metro Women’s Head Coach Paul Flynn said: "I am genuinely excited by the team we have selected to
represent Vic Metro at the U18 Australian Junior Championships in Ballarat this April. On behalf of our coaching
and selection staff I would like to thank and commend all of the athletes that participated in the tryout process.
Our selections were difficult given the high caliber of players we had to select from, which is a credit to the work
being done at club level, Basketball Victoria's High Performance Programs and in the VJBL. I would like to
extend our thanks to Basketball Victoria for their wonderful and ongoing support of this program and my personal
thanks to my staff for their tireless efforts thus far. The 2015 Vic Metro U18 Women are an excellent group of
young athletes, with their eyes firmly focused on the goal ahead. Together we will be working extremely hard in
preparation for the National Championships, and I know as a team we will represent Vic Metro proudly."
2015 U18 COUNTRY MEN’S TEAM
Players
Jeremy Bolden
Benjamin Dessent
Tom Doedee
Trent McMullan
Timothy Molloy-Leigh
Jacob Pupavac
Michael Reidy
Jonathon Sharp
Samual Short
Jack White
Association
Warrnambool
Sale
Geelong
Wodonga
Warragul
Geelong
Shepparton
Wodonga
Ballarat
Traralgon
Emergencies
Oliver Bidmade
Tristan Lloyd
Thomas Pupavac
Jarrod Russell
Samuel Whelan
Warrnambool
Warragul
Geelong
Maffra
Maffra
Staff
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Team Manager:
Staff
Adam Tarr / Mildura
Rebel Noter / Warrnambool
Rob Baker / Ballarat
Michael Bishop / Geelong
2015 U18 METRO MEN’S TEAM
Players
Pat Bines
Mate Colina
Nick Dane
Gabe Hadley
Ovie Magbegor
Andrew Panayiotou
Jack Perry
Daniel Robertson
Lachlan Signal
Josh Tang
Association
Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne
Diamond Valley
Coburg
Melbourne
Dandenong
Eltham
Dandenong
Melbourne
Emergencies
Chris Cagle
Marcus Cusinato
Matthew Day
Bailey Griffiths
Aidan O’Carroll
Cameron Taylor
Emergencies
Knox
Hawthorn
Blackburn
Melbourne
Eltham
Frankston
Staff
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Assistant Coach:
Team Manager:
Nic Abdicevic / Melbourne
David Peters / Melbourne
Ricky Baldwin / Dandenong
Mark Sainsbery / McKinnon
Vic Country Men’s Head Coach Adam Tarr, said: “I believe we have picked a squad that will represent
Country Victorian basketball with pride and passion in Ballarat at the under 18 National titles and one that has a
lot of talent at every position on the floor. I would like to thank all the athletes that attended our selection process
which commenced last October in Shepparton and on behalf of the coaching staff look forward to our
preparation phase and ensuring we are ready to take on the best young basketballers from around Australia.
Vic Metro Men’s Head Coach Nick Abdicevic said: “Firstly, I would like to thank Basketball Victoria for the
opportunity to be involved with a wonderful group of athletes. Following our selection process which included the
East Coast Challenge, I am pleased to be working with a group of talented and fine young individuals. I am
certain that the players will give a good account of themselves as we strive to attain our goals at the National
Championships in Ballarat. I would also like to thank the coaching and support staff for their input up until this
point and look forward to working with them in the future. We all look forward to the challenges leading up to,
and at the Nationals and acknowledge the importance of proudly representing the big white V."