Local basketballer Cooper Duff-Tytler has been selected to represent Australia at the U17 Asian Championships in Qatar.
Cooper extends the recent success of local basketball, with Woodend producing a number of junior players that have achieved state representation, but he is the first to be selected to represent Australia.
Cooper started his journey in the Macedon Ranges Basketball Association’s Aussie Hoops program as a seven-year-old, moving on to join the Woodend Hawks in the Sunbury Domestic Basketball Association and playing for both associations at representative level.
“The great thing for coaches all around is that he represents the mantra of ‘being a great team player’ – having always taken a team-first approach to his basketball, playing great defence, pass first, showing a willingness to listen and learn and working hard in whatever way his team needs and this is the key to his success – and it helps that he is pushing six foot five inches,” said Andrew Condron, president, Hawks Basketball Club.
Cooper recently competed for Basketball Victoria Country in the Australian National Championships with his team winning the silver medal.
