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Peter Biantes-TeamList Under 18 and Kevin Coombs

For more than 40 years, Kevin Coombs has been associated with wheelchair basketball in Australia. He has represented his country at five Paralympic Games, including two as the Rollersu2019 captain says Peter Biantes.

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Peter Biantes-TeamList Under 18 and Kevin Coombs

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  1. LIST OF UNDER 18 STATE KEVIN COOMBS CUP TEAMS & & Peter BIantes

  2. Kevin Coombs Trophy The wheelchair basketball national championship in Australia is known as the Kevin Coombs Cup. The Australian U18 Championships and the first Kevin Coombs Cup were both hosted in Ballarat in 2008, says Peter Biantes. Following the success of the first championship, the Kevin Coombs Cup was played twice a year amongst teams from different states. Since 2015, Ballarat has hosted the Kevin Coombs Cup every year as a result of the sport’s continued growth. The sole chance for junior wheelchair basketball players to represent their state in a national championship is through these competitions. The Kevin Coombs Cup age divisions are based on the international junior wheelchair basketball age divisions, which are under Under-23 for men and Under-25 for women. Teams for 2023 Under-18 State and Kevin Coombs Cup have been announced. The 2023 Under-18 State teams for Victoria Country and Victoria Metropolitan, as well as the Victorian wheelchair squad for the Kevin Coombs Cup, have all been chosen by Basketball Victoria. From April 9–16, these five teams will travel to Brendale, Queensland for the National Championships, which Basketball Australia and the Northside Wizards Basketball Association will jointly host. In a thrilling match versus Queensland South in 2022, our Victoria Metropolitan U18 Women took home the gold medal, while the Victoria Country U18 Women placed fifth in a tough tournament in Ballarat. Our Victoria Metropolitan U18 Men’s team had a turn of events as they narrowly lost to Queensland South in the Grand Final and took home silver. Our Victoria Country U18 Men, however, came in sixth place following a close match with NSW Metro. The wheelchair basketball team representing Victoria at the Kevin Coombs Cup will also be aiming high to return to the Gold Medal game after winning the Bronze medal in 2022. Grant Wallace, General Manager of High Performance for Basketball Victoria, stated that a high-calibre group has been assembled for 2022, which will be the first full year since 2019 of uninterrupted training that includes the State Development Program, the VJBL, and Junior Country Championships. Wallace also noted that recent outstanding performances at the East Coast Challenge and Country Cup have contributed to the group’s selection.

  3. KEVIN COOMBS CUP (VICTORIAN WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL) Laura Davoli Jaylen Brown Chithic Machar Mitchell Bond Jack Thomas Brady Cochrane Will Firth David Holligan Sebastian Welsh Isabel Martin ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● EMERGENCIES Rhys Higgins Ethan Anderson Judd Hughes ● ● ● KEVIN COOMBS CUP – STAFF Head Coach: Jason Bryant – Altona/ Basketball Victoria Assistant Coach: Lauren Robinson – Knox Assistant Coach: Samantha Muraca – Basketball Victoria ● ● ●

  4. Team Manager: Kim Hampton – Basketball Victoria ● UNDER-18 COUNTRY WOMEN Lavinia Cox – Bendigo Tayli Dimarco – Sale Sienna Harvey – Wodonga / CoE Aleks Connolly – Wyndham Sophie Taylor – Warragul / Dandenong Emily Scholtes – Traralgon Kyra Webb – Casey Jelena Savic – Keilor Ameir Majur – Melton Asha Nightingale – Casey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● EMERGENCIES Grace Larkins – Gippsland United Indiana de Dios – Traralgon Kaitlyn Field – Casey Krystal Arneson – Korumburra Emily Lewis – Ballarat Kailey Neave – Dandenong ● ● ● ● ● ● UNDER-18 COUNTRY WOMEN – STAFF Head Coach: Haydn Kirkwood – Wodonga Assistant Coach: Joe Turner – Casey Assistant Coach: Carly Stones – Eltham / Bendigo Development Coach: Chloe Hogg – Korumburra Team Manager: Wendy Campbell – Traralgon ● ● ● ● ● UNDER-18 METROPOLITAN MEN – TEAM LIST Harrison Beauchamp – Melbourne Keyaan Bongso – Melbourne Truman Byrne – Casey Ryder Cheesman – Knox James Coleman – Camberwell Luke Fennell – Knox/NBA Academy Oscar Humble – Sandringham Jesse McIntosh – Diamond Valley ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

  5. Henry Sewell – Dandenong Jack Whitbourn – Melbourne ● ● EMERGENCIES Xavier Ah Tong – Dandenong Edward Brammall – Melbourne Austin Foxwell – Bulleen Cedric Rault – Casey Tyrone Uwandu – Diamond Valley Teague Wiggins – Melbourne Phoenix Windsor – Casey ● ● ● ● ● ● ● UNDER-18 METROPOLITAN MEN – STAFF Head Coach: Matt Shanahan – Diamond Valley Assistant Coach: Andrew Lim – Sandringham Assistant Coach: Andrew Sherwell – Mornington Development Coach: Dylan Theis – Basketball Victoria Team Manager: Mark Sainsbery – Basketball Victoria ● ● ● ● ● UNDER-18 COUNTRY MEN – TEAM LIST Dash Daniels – Bendigo Ned Renfree – Ballarat Joel Robinson – Phillip Island Ben Waller – Casey Cooper Duff-Tytler – Keilor Wil Rantall – Warrnambool Sa Pilimai – Keilor Lachlan Kanngiesser – Mornington Brody Hull – Kilsyth Mading Kuany – Collingwood ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● EMERGENCIES Logan Robey – Wallan Brady Hall – Colac Lachlan Harvey – Wodonga Frank Oguche – Wodonga Kye Kelly – Geelong ● ● ● ● ● ●

  6. Jesse Brock – Seymour Cooper Newton – Wangaratta Jake Meagher – Pakenham ● ● ● UNDER-18 COUNTRY MEN – STAFF Head Coach: Brenton O’Brien – Nunawading Assistant Coach: Dylan Cole – Keilor Assistant Coach: Scott Ramsey – Southern Peninsula Development Coach: Brad Dennis – Keilor Team Manager: Ben White – Southern Peninsula ● ● ● ● ● UNDER-18 METROPOLITAN WOMEN – TEAM LIST Bonnie Autupuna Melbourne Edie Clarke Melbourne Hannah Day Kilsyth Bonnie Deas Frankston/CoE Amelia Hobson Sandringham Georgia McBean Kilsyth Sarah Portlock Broadmeadows/CoE Madeline Potts Nunawading Manuela Puoch Dandenong Isabella Stewart Melbourne ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● EMERGENCIES Josie Agnew Melbourne Isla Airey Sandringham Kiera Lindemans Bulleen Alice Magnanini Melbourne Erinn McAlary Keilor Isobelle Wightman Melbourne ● ● ● ● ● ● UNDER-18 METROPOLITAN WOMEN – STAFF Head Coach: Mike Brookens – Bulleen Assistant Coach: Megan Jarvis – Keilor Assistant Coach: Adrian Sheehy – Bulleen Development Coach: Santo Fileccia – Keilor Team Manager: Katrina Barry – Dandenong ● ● ● ● ●

  7. Lastly For more than 40 years, Kevin Coombs has been associated with wheelchair basketball in Australia. He has represented his country at five Paralympic Games, including two as the Rollers’ captain says Peter Biantes. Despite the Victorian’s exceptional ball skills and deft passing, it was his lethal shooting ability that made his opponents cower in fear. It was never more apparent than when he guided Australia to two gold medals in the 1977 and 1982 FESPIC games and a silver medal at the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Kevin is one of just nine persons to have an avenue in Sydney, and he has served as an ambassador for both the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000 and the National Indigenous Plan for Literacy and Numeracy off the court.

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