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A slam dunk for South Australia’s wheelchair basketballers

May 05 2022 Updated May 5, 2022

Tara Nash

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Back, from left: Matt and Renee Spillane, and Julie Gunn. Second row, from left: Captain Nathan Simpson, Cooper Spillane, Annabelle Dennis, Kane Downie and Tobias Karsten. Front row: Katelin Gunn, Fernando Grez Montiel, coach Mark Sicolo and Strathalbyn’s Alex Blackmore, at the recent Kevin Coombes Cup.

A Strathalbyn resident recently joined South Australia’s first wheelchair basketball state-team in its inaugural Kevin Coombs Cup, Ballarat.

The South Australian Wheelchair Basketball Association’s U23 team delivered the state’s first ever win, and played in bronze medal match, placing fourth.

Eastern Fleurieu School student Alex Blackmore was the youngest in the mixed-tournament at 12-yea...