Officials have cancelled a Victoria Country basketball tournament in Colac less than a week before its scheduled start.Colac Basketball Association called an emergency meeting on Monday night to discuss the fate of this weekend’s representative tournament and decided to abandon the two-day event. Association president Chris Potter said a lack of interest had left the [...]

Brave Colac basketballer Claire Evans has enjoyed a well-earned rest this week after temporarily dislocating her shoulder in a tournament at Warrnambool.The 12-year-old was in the back of an ambulance on Sunday while the rest of Colac’s under-14 girls representative team was celebrating a tournament victory at the 2008 Seaside Classic.Evans had her right shoulder [...]

Rising Colac basketball star Sam Barrow refuses to let disappointment override the rewards of hard work.The under-16 Colac squad member has spent the past eight months training to represent country Victoria in tournaments across Australia and, despite narrowly missing selection, he is aware of how far he has come.The 13-year-old came agonisingly close to making [...]

If Tuesday night’s men’s A Grade grand final replay is any guide, Colac Basketball Association is in for a cliff-hanging season.The competition’s opening night produced a number of compelling contests but none more thrilling than the return bout between reigning premiers Demons Lakers and runner-up Saints ANZ.The two league powerhouses more than lived up to [...]

Demons men and women A Grade teams started this year’s summer season in a familiar position.The defending champions from Colac Basketball Association’s two top grades both stood on top of the mountain in the countdown to the opening round waiting for a challenger to make the climb.The host of pursuers started their journey to dethrone [...]

Rising talent Sam Barrow emerged as a highlight as Colac’s under-14 boys and girls basketball teams kicked off their preparation for the 2008-09 representative season.Head coach of the Victoria Country Academy Program Col Darrington took the under-14 squad through its first major session at Trinity College’s indoor stadium ahead of its first Victoria Country tournament [...]

Basketballers in Colac are ready for an expansion year after electing a leader to take them forward. Colac Basketball Association has re-elected incumbent president Chris Potter to oversee the association’s representative squad revamp and a proposal for a large-scale re-development at Bluewater Fitness Centre.The association’s annual meeting unanimously accepted Mr Potter’s nomination, making it his [...]

Basketball is teaching Colac youngster Sam Barrow the importance of hard work.For the past few months Sam, 13, has spent much of his spare time on a basketball court in a bid to win a place in a Victorian training squad.Sam enlisted the help of Colac’s former state junior basketball coach Cheryl Creighton to improve [...]

The Colac Herald spoke to Joyce Williamson on Monday for its SportsStar feature, honouring people working behind the scenes at sporting associations. The Colac basketball stalwart died of heart problems the following day.

More than 25 teams will represent Demons Basketball Club when Colac’s summer season begins later this year.Each of the nearly 140 players ranging [...]

Colac and district’s top women basketballers will take to the floor on Tuesday to launch a new winter competition.Seven teams featuring some of the region’s best sportswomen have entered Colac Basketball Association’s mid-year season and will do battle next week at Bluewater Fitness Centre.The Lakers, featuring Colac Imperials A Grade netball coach Bree McKenzie, shooter [...]