Sam Rae (Hawke, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Basketball Victoria recently announced the 2023 under-16 state teams, and it was a slam dunk for Sunbury. Impressively, the under-16 Victorian country men's team includes Alex Gray, Finn McGinty, Samuel Haslett and Sonny Maxwell, all hailing from the Sunbury and Macedon Ranges region, with their talent developed during their time with the Sunbury Basketball Association. These four legends will head to Perth in July for the national championships. Good luck, do us proud and bring it home for Sunbury!

Having four athletes from the Sunbury Basketball Association make a state team at the same time is a huge credit to the whole association's hard work and dedication to their sport. Whether it's the coaches, other players or their families backing them in, it takes a whole team behind every player. It's a credit to people like President Darren Watkins, whose work to empower the members of the Sunbury Basketball Association is off the charts. Thanks, Darren, for all that you do. But the accolades don't stop there. I'm also pleased to report that the Sunbury Basketball Association has three WNBL-level coaches, one WNBL active training player and eight WNBL players who have played in their women's senior program within the last seven years. What a legacy for Sunbury. I'll keep working with the Sunbury Basketball Association to build on this so that kids in Sunbury can have the opportunities they deserve well into the future. Go, Jets!