HILLS HORNET BROOKLYN ILLI IS SET TO SHINE AT THE 2022 UNDER 16 NATIONALS FOR NSW METRO.

Good luck to Brooklyn Illi, who is set to represent New South Wales Metro at the 2022 Under 16 Australian Junior Championships.

Brooklyn has been a part of the Hills Basketball Association representative program since 2019. He has already had success on the national level, being a part of the 2019 Hills Hornets Under 14 Boys team, which won gold at the Under 14 National tournament.

We spoke with Brooklyn about what making this team and representing New South Wales means to him.

Read the full story at our website:
🔗: https://hillshornets.com.au/brooklyn-heading-to-under-16-nationals/ ...

AJ OGLIVY INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION

AJ Ogilvy giving back to the HIVE! Hills Hornets NBL1 player, and the 2022 Illawarra Hawks NBL Captain Andrew (AJ) Ogilvy dropped in to inspire the next generation of Hornets Hoopers.

It was awesome to have the captain of one of Australia’s most dominant teams in the stadium helping out and showing off.

AJ is one of three players In his team with a FG% of greater than 50%, AJ is an inspirational leader and figure for those coming up in basketball.

It was a pleasure having you help out with the kids AJ!

We can’t wait to see you play in the hive Saturday 2 July against the Canberra Gunners & Nationals! ...

HAYLEE COLE TAKES TO THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE | FIBA U16 WOMEN'S ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Congratulations to Haylee Cole who is currently officiating in Jordan at the 2022 FIBA Under-16 Women's World Championships.

The FIBA Under-16 Women’s Asian Championship is an international basketball tournament hosted in the FIBA Asia zone. The tournament started in 2009 and is held biennially. Countries competing in this Championship include Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Jordan, and Sri Lanka. But, most importantly, the top four teams qualify towards the FIBA under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup.

With the best of the best travelling overseas to compete, it is only fitting that FIBA referees take a trip around the globe and take to the floor.

The Hills Basketball Association is beyond proud of Haylee’s achievements to date, but this has to be the best one yet. We wish you the best of luck and hope you find nothing but success in your first ever international tournament.

Go Haylee! ...

SENIOR PLAYER OF THE WEEK | BEN KEARINS

Benjamin Kearins had a stand out game during the Hills Hornets NBL1 Men’s match up against the Sutherland Sharks in the NBL1 Mental Health Round.

Ben stepped up in a major way, spending the most time on the court at 32:06, dropping 13 points in the game. Despite not being the highest point scorer, Ben still contributed in a major way with 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block and 4 steals. Plus he had an incredible buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter (swipe to see it).

Congratulations to @bennuggetkearins on being this week’s Senior Player of the Week! ...

HILLS HORNETS SELECTED FOR 2022 BNSW JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Congratulations to HBA JDP Officials for 2022!

A massive congratulations to Cooper Moore and Holly Powell on being successfully accepted by BNSW into the Junior Development Program (JDP) for this year. This is a huge achievement and a great recognition of all the hard work you have put in on and off the court!

The aim of the JDP is to identify, educate and provide a planned development program for those officials who have displayed the interest and potential to progress to state/senior league level. This program is aimed at assisting referees in the pathway to senior representative officiating, as well as providing associations with support for servicing senior teams and growth within their referee programs.

Alex Paino was successful on nomination, but has decided to focus on Year 12 and her studies for 2022! A big congratulations to Alex for all her work over the years. ...

HILLS HORNETS COMPETE IN MELBOURNE AT JUNE LONG WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS

Over the June long weekend, some of our Hills Hornets representative teams travelled to Melbourne to compete at the National Junior Classic and Nunawading Tournament.

The U14P1, U16BP, and U18BP all competed in the National Junior Classic Tournament, which is regarded as the highest level of interstate competition outside of Basketball Australia events. All other teams competed in the Nunawading Tournament, which is one of the largest sporting competitions in Austrlia.

Our Hills Hornets players made great memories over the weekend, enjoying time on and off the court with their friends and families.

Results from the weekend:

NUNAWADING TOURNAMENT:
U12G1 | 6th in pool.
U12G2 | 2nd in pool.
U12B1 |5th in pool.
U12B2 | 5th in pool.
U12B3 | 3rd in pool.
U14GP | 5th in pool.
U14G1 | 2nd in pool.
U14G2 | 4th in pool.
U14B1 | 4th in pool.
U14B2 | 2nd in pool.
U16GP | 6th in pool.
U16G1 | 6th in pool.
U16G2 | 5th in pool.
U16B1 | 6th in pool.
U16B2 | 2nd in pool.
U18GP | Semi-Finalists
U18G1 | 3rd in pool.
U18G2 | 5th in pool.
U18B1 | 6th in pool.
U18B2 | 2nd in pool.

MELBOURNE CLASSIC:
U14BP | 4th in pool.
U16BP | 4th in pool.
U18BP | 4th in pool. ...

WINTER 3X3 HUSTLE | COMPETE, IMPROVE, HUSTLE!

Don't miss our Winter 3x3Hustle Tournament!

WED 13 JULY
HILLS BASKETBALL STADIUM

Our Hills Hornets 3X3 events have an electric atmosphere, with fast paced games, non stop music and prizes to be won. Grab your mates, and enter a team today!

🔗: https://hillshornets.com.au/play/3x3/ ...

GOOD LUCK TO OUR HORNETS HEADING TO MELBOURNE

Good-luck to our Hills Hornets teams travelling to Melbourne to compete in the June Long Weekend tournaments.

This year, we will have 3 teams (U14BP, U16BP, U18BP) competing in the National Junior Classic and 20 teams in the Nunawading Tournament.

These tournaments are a great opportunity to compete against interstate teams, whilst also having a great weekend of team bonding! Some of your best memories of playing junior basketball are had on this long weekend, so have fun! ...