Macedon Ranges Basketball Association
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National champs
Alex Gray from Woodend, Sam Haslett from Lancefield and Sonny Maxwell from Gisborne took home gold at the under 18 Foot Locker National Junior Basketball Championships over 10 days in Brisbane. The boys represented Victoria Country and battled it out against the other states and territories over the gruelling campaign. After losing the initial round…
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MRBA juniors claim championships
The Macedon Ranges Basketball Association Under 12 girls won their grand final at the Basketball Victoria Junior Country Championships in Bendigo on the weekend. The MRBA Under 12 Boys put in a tremendous performance across the weekend and were narrowly defeated in a heart-stopping Division 5 Semi Final, going down by just one point to…
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Cooper to represent Australia
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…
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Basketballers on a high
Macedon Ranges Basketball Association is on a high following the recent Under 16 Boys’ Division 1 Country Championship. This was quickly followed by the inclusion of MRBA rising stars Finn McGinty, Sonny Maxwell, Samuel Haslett and Alex Gray in the Country Victoria U16s team to play in the National Championships in July. The Express highlighted…
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Teenage stars are state reps
Bill West This week, Basketball Victoria selected four young stars from the Macedon Ranges in the 10-member Country Victoria Under 16s men’s team. This team will compete at the National Championships in Perth in July. In any sport, it would be regarded as amazing to have four representatives in any state team from such a…