Anonymous
Years ago

Australian squad named for Oceania Youth C'ship

Looks like some good players come up to play for australia

Australian Men's Squad

Abiola Akintola VIC
Kyle Clark TAS
Isaac Humphries NSW
Matthew Owies VIC
Jock Perry VIC
Jacob Pupavac VIC
Dejan Vasiljevic VIC
Darryl McDowell-White QLD
William McDowell-White QLD
Tom Wilson VIC

Coach: Justin Schueller (TAS)
Technical Advisor: Alan McAughtry (VIC)
Manager: Wayne Bird (VIC)

Australian Women’s Squad

Krystle McKenzie QLD
Elizabeth Tonks NSW
Tahlia Tupaea NSW
Morgan Yaeger SA
Alexandra Sharp VIC
Bridget O'Brien QLD
Georgia Pineau VIC
Bride Kennedy-Hopoate QLD
Danijela Milisic NSW
Ella Hellessey VIC

Coach: Paul Flynn (VIC)
Technical Advisor: Tracy York (SA)
Manager: Judith Roberts (SA)

Australian squad named for Oceania Youth C'ship
22.10.12
The Pacific’s best and brightest are destined for country Victoria, with the Australian squads confirmed for the 2012 FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Championships.


Some of the nation’s rising stars in men’s and women’s basketball will be on show, hoping to lead Australia to victory and announce themselves as future Under 17 and Under 19 national team talent.

The town of Churchill in the Gippsland region of the Victoria, east of Melbourne will host the week-long tournament, running from November 24 to December 2.

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Anon  
Years ago

Can anyone list the heights of all the men's team, any seven footers? Looks like a very good year group to me!

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.  
Years ago

who is the sa girl ?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Jock Perry & Isaac Humphries are the 2 bigs if I remember correctly from Nationals. They are both 6'10" or so. Abiola is a bigger kid too, African decent. Has really long arms.

Kyle Clark led the Nationals for most of the tournament in scoring, rebounding & 3pt% - he's a flat out gun! Prob 6'5" or so.

The 2 McDowell-White brothers are very athletic & exciting - them & Tom Wilson were rumored to have AFL scouts drooling over them already.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Plays for forestville

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Morgan is a Forestville kid. Played the 2 spot at nationals in Tamworth as a first year. No doubt she can play, and her selection rewards the efforts she seems to have put in over the last 12 months. One of the most dedicated junior athletes who always seems to be doing extra sessions.

Looking forward to seeing both the men's and women's teams in action!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What position does Kyle Clark play? He is listed at 195cm, I wonder whether he will grow any taller?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What happened to the SA Girl that lead the scoring at Nationals she was a long ways ahead of her team mate based on the games I saw.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

She was injured. Hurt her wrist in the Winter grand final and didn't attend the camp. Didn't play on Friday night either, but may apparently be ready for the game against Sturt this week.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Kyle Clark is a stretch 4 but mostly a 3. I'd say he will grow taller - he has huge potential.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Is it fair to say Clark is the best of the boys? I hear Humphries is pretty good too?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Kyle is already taller.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Will White is the best of the boys I think. Now & long term.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

what is kind of wierd is that the girl that replaced the injured SA girl was not even in the original 25 person squad and ended up in the final team .... go figure.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

From the Tassie TIS Website (recently updated bios)

Kyle CLARK


DOB: 3 March 1997
Current location: Wynyard, Tasmania
Height: 196cm
Team/club: Wynyard Basketball Club
Position/discipline: Small forward
Occupation: Student
Interests/hobbies: Sport, reading
Ambition: AIS Scholarship, US College, to represent Australia at the highest level.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Can Anyone fill in the heights in cms, say from the Aus U16 program guide?

Australian Men's Squad

Starters
PG William McDowell-White QLD
SG Dejan Vasiljevic VIC
SF Kyle Clark TAS 196CM
PF Abiola Akintola VIC
C Isaac Humphries NSW

Bench
Darryl McDowell-White QLD
Matthew Owies VIC
Tom Wilson VIC
Jacob Pupavac VIC
Jock Perry VIC




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Anonymous  
Years ago

These aren't official as I don't have a guide but this is what I'd guess:

Starters
PG William McDowell-White QLD 190CM
SG Dejan Vasiljevic VIC 185CM
SF Kyle Clark TAS 196CM
PF Abiola Akintola VIC 195CM
C Isaac Humphries NSW 210CM

Bench
Darryl McDowell-White QLD 180CM
Matthew Owies VIC 180CM
Tom Wilson VIC 188CM
Jacob Pupavac VIC 204CM
Jock Perry VIC 207CM

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Anonymous  
Years ago

yeah I think they would be prety close to the mark - I'd say Dejan would be the PG and Will the SG but I could be wrong

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Bear  
Years ago

Best thing about this team from the boy's perspective is that they are so even. Starting 5 will change to suit the opposition and match ups I would expect.

Many options and a very strong group with no weak links for mind. Look very much forward to watching them play...

Not sure about the girl's group as don't really know them well enough, but also looking forward to see how they perform as a team.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Kyle Clark huge potential.. for the AFL!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Thats why he wants to represent Australia at basketball

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Anonymous  
Years ago

This is also Thon Makers age group!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Lol Thon maker's age group is u23!

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Anon  
Years ago

Have you ever seen Thon play against someone his own height. The kid struggles when he comes up against someone 6'9 6'10 because he has no weight to push around in the key!

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Anon  
Years ago

Clark is a future boomer, kid can fricken play. Might need to bulk up a bit first. He is far to skinny at the moment

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The White's are the sons of former Brisbane Lion Darryl White who was a pretty good athlete himself!

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tickle  
Years ago

Chicken dinner at the McDowell-White household

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Anonymous  
Years ago

article last week has Clark getting praise from the AIS

http://www.examiner.com.au/story/408151/ais-coach-gives-tassie-basketball-a-thumbs-up/?cs=96

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The White brothers...future boomers!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Thanks Mum!

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Vart  
Years ago

The tournament kicked off last night, with both Aussie teams getting their campaigns underway with big wins.

The Aussie men defeated Gaum 84-46. Leading the way was William McDowell-White (QLD) with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. He was well supported by Kyle Clark (TAS) with 17 points and 6 rebounds, and Thomas Wilson (VIC) who had 7 points and 9 rebounds.

The Aussie women defeated Tahiti 105-24. Georgia Pineau (VIC) was the standout for the Aussies with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

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Vart  
Years ago

Tournament action continued last night with the two Aussie teams racking up another pair of big wins.

The Aussie men defeated Samoa 83 to 36. Leading the way for the Aussies was Abiola Akintola (VIC) with 16 points and 14 rebounds.

The Aussie women defeated New Caledonia 117 to 21. Georgia Pineau (VIC) had another great game with 18 points and 9 rebounds. Six other Aussies scored double figures, led by Danijela Milisc (NSW) with 21.

Interesting side note, the Aussie women defeated Tahiti 105-24 in their first game. Last night Tahiti defeated Samoa 94-27! Anyone want to predict how much we'll beat Samoa by?!?!?

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Bear  
Years ago

If the girls take a lead from the boys game (for Samoa), the Aussie girls may be very sore afterwards.

Samoa boys took their frustrations out on our Aussie boys, very physical.

Maybe the rugby ball could have been brought out in that game?

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Vart  
Years ago

Day three of tournament action saw the Aussie men taking on Tahiti and the Aussie women up against Samoa.

The men defeated Tahiti 87 to 55. The two McDowell-White (QLD) boys led the way with 15 points each.

The women destroyed Samoa to the ridiculous scoreline of 142 to 9. Yes, that's not a typo. Poor Samoa only managed to score nine points! Eight Aussie girls managed to score in double figures, again led by Georgia Pineau (VIC) with 20. Ella Hellessey (VIC) was the other standout with 14 points and 15 rebounds.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Anyone know why Tahlia (NSW) is not playing?

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Vart  
Years ago

Early action for the men on day four. Their quarter final against Papua New Guinea tipped off at 11am this morning. The fellas recorded another big win, 109 to 31. William McDowell-White (QLD) led all scorers with 22 points. He also had 8 rebounds. Five other Aussies scored in double figures.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Don't think it's all about who scores the most, is it?

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Bear  
Years ago

Well done to both Aussie teams, their coaching and support staff and everyone involved in getting the teams to where they are. NZ gave both teams some great contests, but the skill and talent of both our teams got them the gold.

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