A group of Indigenous girls from Whyalla have spent time learning from Adelaide 36ers players and coaches as part of a leadership camp in the South Australian capital.<\/p>\n
Eight participants from the Shooting Stars Program took part in a basketball clinic with 36ers assistant coach Kerry Williams and players Ben Griscti and Deonte Williams during their visit to Adelaide this week.<\/p>\n
Shooting Stars works with Aboriginal girls and young women across regional South Australia and Western Australia, with a focus on education, social and emotional wellbeing, and strengthening connections to the community.<\/p>\n
The session gave the Whyalla students an opportunity to develop their basketball skills while also hearing from athletes about leadership and culture.<\/p>\n
Kerry Williams is a proud Gugu Yalanji and Taribelang Bunda man, while Deonte Williams is a proud Worimi and Kamilaroi man.<\/p>\n
They were joined by Griscti and WNBL basketballer Ashlee Strawbridge for discussions with the group.<\/p>\n
Adelaide 36ers Chief of External Relations and Community Strategy Ross Wait said the clinic was an important opportunity for both the students and players.<\/p>\n
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The Adelaide 36ers hosted Aboriginal girls from Whyalla for a basketball and leadership session through the Shooting Stars Program. (Image: Adelaide 36ers)<\/p>\n
“It was a really special opportunity for Kerry and our players to spend time with the Shooting Stars participants,” Wait said in an Adelaide 36ers statement.<\/p>\n
“The young women were in Adelaide for a leadership camp, and while I’m sure they took something away from the experience, Ben and Deonte also learnt a lot from them.<\/p>\n
“Shooting Stars is doing incredible work engaging and inspiring Aboriginal students in regional areas and we are proud to have played a part, thanks to BHP who connected us with the program.”<\/p>\n
Shooting Stars currently operates across four government schools in Whyalla, where its programs are developed in partnership with local communities, schools and service providers.<\/p>\n
The model allows activities and support to be tailored to the needs of students and their communities.<\/p>\n
Since expanding into South Australia in 2021, more than 150 students from Years 3 to 12 have taken part in the Whyalla program.<\/p>\n
The visit also forms part of the Adelaide 36ers’ broader community work in regional South Australia through its partnership with BHP.<\/p>\n
The club has continued to use basketball as a way of connecting with young people outside metropolitan Adelaide, with further activity planned in Whyalla.<\/p>\n
The 36ers are expected to return next month, when they will spend time with the wider Shooting Stars cohort of about 130 participants and visit several local schools.<\/p>\n
The upcoming trip will build on this week’s leadership camp and provide more young people in Whyalla with an opportunity to engage with the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of Indigenous girls from Whyalla have spent time learning from Adelaide 36ers players and coaches as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31796,395,6944,118152,8055,118151,6164,118150,121,11664],"class_list":["post-77974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-36ers","tag-adelaide","tag-adelaide-36ers","tag-first-nations-basketball","tag-leadership","tag-national-basketball-league","tag-nbl","tag-shooting-stars","tag-south-australia","tag-whyalla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}