AIS ‘courts’ Bryce

CLYDE basketballer Bryce Arnott has been selected to take part in Basketball Australia’s national development camp at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
The camp will be held from 17 to 20 August and it will provide a great opportunity for the 16yearold to work with the Australian Emus and Gems head coaches Marty Clarke and Dean Kinsman, together with Patrick Hunt and the National ITCP head coaches.
Australian team selections for the Oceania Youth Tournament in October will be made following the camp.
The Year10 student from Haileybury College will attend the camp with 67 upandcoming male and female athletes who have been invited from around Australia.
All attendees will be eligible for the 2009, 19andunder FIBA world championships.
State director of coaching from Basketball Victoria, Ross Wignell, said that it was a good chance for the best young prospects to gain experience at a high level.
“Basketball Australia is introducing a series of camps each year to develop athletes and coaches who are seen as having the potential to participate at an international level,” he said.
“This is a great opportunity for Bryce and I wish him and the other Victorians all the best.”
Arnott started playing basketball 10 years ago, after following his mother and older siblings into the sport.
He has recently returned from representing Victoria Metro at the under18 national championships in Adelaide and represents the Dandenong Rangers weekly in the under18 Victorian State Championships.
He is a multitalented youngster and in addition to his basketball, also trains with the Dandenong Stingrays football squad.
Standing at 183cm tall, the talented basketballer has a bright and exciting future ahead of him.
Victorian metropolitan athletes selected for the national development camp are:
Stephanie Cumming, Bryce Arnott and Samir Omerbasic (Dandenong Rangers), Joshua Wilcher and Jackson Watts (Sandringham Sabres), Hope Terdich (Melbourne Tigers), Ryan Broekhoff, James Orr and Ben Jacobson (Frankston Blues), Alice Kunek and Sam Creed (Eltham Wildcats), Rachel Jarry (Altona Gators), Benjamin Kelly (Bulleen Boomers), Andrew Steel and Rosie Moult (Nunawading Spectres), Jordan Van den Burg (Waverley Falcons).