Office for Recreation & Sport SA : Sports : Basketball


NEWS Georgia Minear, a Gem! Fifteen-year-old Georgia Minear returned home from a long weekend of competition in Melbourne to learn that she had been added to the Under 19 Australian Gems team that departs on a two week tour of France on Monday June 16. The team will compete in two international tournaments during their stay in France. It is the first of two tours the Gems will have in the build-up to the Oceania qualifiers (in Adelaide in August) for the 2009 World Junior Championships. Georgia joins three other SA girls in the team, AIS Scholarship holders Kelsey Ireland, Bree Farley and Tess Madgen. Her selection is well deserved following a number of good performances at Australian Development and Gems camps. She will return home just in time to join her Under 18 state metro teammates for the National Championships in Ballarat next month.

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HEAD COACH Neil Gliddon Neil Gliddon has been the Head Basketball Coach at SASI for just over 15 years, having commenced in February 1991. The position here involves development work with talented 15 to 17 year old boys and girls. The SASI program is linked to Basketball Australia's National Intensive Training Centre Program, and is a major pathway into both the basketball program at the AIS and the National Junior Teams program. Prior to joining SASI as a full-time coach Neil was involved in coaching and administration at club level in South Australia for over 20 years, all at the Sturt Basketball Club. During that period he had experience and sustained success in all junior age groups and also coached at senior level for several years. He is also an experienced Junior Coaching Director at club level, a position in some ways not dissimilar to his present role. He also coached a number of junior state teams. Since commencing at SASI 'bench' coaching has been very limited. He had one season at senior SEABL level in 1995 where his team reached both their conference final and national final. He has also had two part seasons where he filled in at Under 18 level at Norwood and Eastern Mavericks. Both groups had SASI squad members and achieved success in finals during his brief time with them. Top

STAFF - COACHING & SUPPORT Ben Haines- Strength and Conditioning Coach Alec Buttfield - Biomechanist Luke Gallagher - Video Performance Analyst Brendan Tammo - Athlete Career Education Annette Eastwood - Physiology Matt McGregor - Psychology Leigh Smith - Strength and Conditioning

PROGRAM OVERVIEW The SASI basketball program is a development program providing a nationally coordinated training environment for elite and emerging 14-17 years old athletes. It aims to develop South Australian athletes for AIS programs, national junior programs and for international competition. The program caters for regional athletes through a strong satellite programs. It is a part of a well developed and highly regarded national training centre network. The program's long term aim is to provide athletes with the ability to perform in Australian junior and senior teams. Its secondary function is to provide excellent basketball education to athletes who will perform in state representative teams and the Adelaide men and women's teams in the national leagues. Top

ATHLETE PATHWAY BASA junior age programs - Under age development squads - State team squad programs - SASI NTC program - AIS elite development program - National League programs - Australian Under age squads - Australian Senior squads. Top

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COMPETITION PROGRAM The squad members play in their respective District team competitions. Annual training camps are conducted and an annual international tour for graduates is included in the SASI program. Top

TRAINING PROGRAM

TRAINING VENUES

CURRENT ATHLETES Kate BURKEVICS Jody BUSBRIDGE Lauren CANNELL RaquelCONRY Stacey EVRENIADIS Cayla FRANCIS Alice GEE Zoe GRAHAM Kara HARGREAVES Fallon HOOPER Jessica KELLER Emma LANGFORD Lauren LEES Ashleigh LUSTICA Lauren MANSFIELD Jessica MCPHAIL Victoria NINNES Amy PORTER Nicole ROMEO Laura RULE Kelsey WARREN Abby BISHOP Megan CRUMP Kate GLADSTONE Kate JARRAD Michelle KAMINSKI Teresa KINROSS Christina KOKKINAKIS Rebecca LOCK Nikita-Lee MARTIN Mia NEWLEY Kimberley OLSEN Erin PIERSCIONEK Elizabeth WRIGHT Casey BEAUMONT Lisa COLEMAN Ebony CURWOOD Megan GRIFFIN Chloe HENDERSON Trudy HOLLAND Renee JORDAN Tara ROBINSON Lisa SCAGLIA Jackson AMOR HAYNES Ty BARTON James BOONSTOPPEL Aaron BRADBROOK Matt COOMBE Stephen CSONO Jarryd FILDES Michael FLORANCE Rhys FRENCH Luke GILES Owen GIOVINE Sam HARDING Harri HARVEY Ben HOWELL Thomas HUXFORD Josh KRAKE Michael LUCAS Jason MOORE Mitch SIMMONS Sam WHITTLESTON Lawrence BLOOD Philip BROWN Robert CAMERON Adrian-Jan CHEATER Brett COLLINS Matthew DE CURE Jordan DODMAN Trent FILDES Zac FISHER Jack GARRETT Adam GAVRANICH Soren GEMO Jordan LONG Christopher MOLITOR Ben SCOTT Shannon SEEBOHM Andrew SZEKELY David BOYD Rory CRADDOCK Matthew FISHER Shannon HOFMANN Joe INGLES Jordan KIES Vladimir KISIN Reagan KNOTT Daniel LALIC Jamie LEES Max PAPENDIECK Tom ROWE Luke TEDMANSON Daniel ZACHARJAK Top

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