A three-day Junior Basketball Camp was held in April at the National
Centre of Indigenous Excellence in Redfern.
The event saw close to 20 local Indigenous kids in attendance. Participants received morning tea each day, plus a Junior Basketball Academy t-shirt, certificate and medal with some receiving trophies for Most Inspirational, Most Improved and Shooting Champion.
Six coaches took part in the camp, and organisers reported significant improvement in shooting, passing and dribbling. On Day 2 Indigenous athlete Claude Williams offered inspirational advice to the young campers. Claude grew up in Redfern, played professional rugby league for the Rabbitohs as well as professional basketball both in Australia and overseas. He was the first ever coach of the Sydney Kings.
