Basketball Ballarat's Chloe Dunmore has been named to officiate the Australian Under-14 Club Championships which are scheduled to be at Casey Stadium from September 27 to October 2.
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Dunmore's passion for both basketball and referring stems over many years from her very first tournament, to becoming the referee manager with Ballarat Basketball and now having the opportunity to represent Victoria.
"I'm super excited and honoured to be representing Victoria at the 2021 U14 Australian Junior Club Championships," she said.
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"This opportunity will be a great experience and assist with my personal growth which I hope to bring back to my role at Ballarat Basketball."
Meanwhile, state border concerns have forced the cancellation of the scheduled NBL1 national finals which were to be held on September 17-19.
The champions from each of the NBL1 conferences across the country were planned to meet that weekend to determine the best team in the land.
The cancellation will no doubt bring back memories of the 2001 finals for long-time Ballarat basketball fans after the Miners chance of winning a national title was scuppered at the last minute by the Ansett Airlines collapse in September that year.
NBL1 League Manager Dean Anglin said it was disappointing to cancel the national titles.
"The health and safety of the players, coaches, referees, officials, volunteers and fans is paramount and our top priority," he said.
"The cancellation is designed to enable all conference finals to proceed.
"The NBL1 and the state associations remain committed to the NBL1 national final concept.
"We look forward to this amazing event happening in 2022 where all conference champions will converge in one location to battle it out for the national championship crown."
NBL1 South saw one match at the weekend with Albury-Wodonga facing Bendigo with Bendigo winning narrowly, moving to eighth spot, but all other matches were cancelled due to the current restrictions on metropolitan Melbourne.
The NBL1 West and NBL1 Central Conference Finals will begin next weekend, with start dates for the NBL1 South and NBL1 North Conference Finals to be confirmed.
