Boomers Basketball Open Training Session, The Southport School, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia; 28 July 2011

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Last week I attended an open training session for the Australian Men's Basketball Team , "The Boomers". Their immediate goal was to prepare for the Borislav Stankovic Cup, in Haining & Guanghou, China, the following week. (At the time of writng, the Boomers have qualified for the final after beating China in their final round match.) Here are some photos from the training session:

Former Portland Trailblazers guard Patty Mills doing some pregame drills



Boomers Head Coach, San Antonio Spurs Assistant Coach Brett Brown shares an easy moment with Patty Mills


Head Coach Brett Brown


Guard Matthew Dellavedova who subsequently scored 18 points (and was a perfect 2 for 2 outside the 3 point line) in the win over host nation China - here towering over Patty Mills.


Luke Nevill, Aron Baynes


Super pick pocket Adam Gibson with the clean steal against rookie Nate Tomlinson


Hugh Greenwood


Veteran Matt Nielsen shoots against Jesse Wagstaff


David Barlow, Hugh Greenwood


Former Chicago Bulls player Luc Longley enjoying himself as a mentor


Stephen Weigh at warm down / stretch time


Head Coach Brett Brown sees the lighter side of an intense session with his coaching panel including Marty Clarke, Andrej Lemanis, Ian Stacker & Luc Longley.


Here's my Smugmug gallery.

Here's my Photoshelter gallery (for Brisbane-sourced prints).

Here's a recent interview with young Boomers (& St Mary's) guard Matthew "Delly" Dellavedova (courtesy nbl.com.au)


Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Boomers - Open Training Session of the Australian Men's Basketball Team; Gold Coast, Qld; July 2011 - Images by Des Thureson

Opals v China Women's International Basketball, Logan City, Qld, Australia; July 2011

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Last weekend I was fortunate to see the Australian Women's Basketball Team, "The Opals" play against the Chinese Women's National Team at the Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre, Queensland, Australia. July to September is traditionally international basketball season, and south east Queensland doesn't get too many opportunities to see a national team, so I'm glad to went to see the game. Here are some pics:

National Anthems


Chinese star Lijie Miao


Eyes only for the ball (Tess Madgen, Marianna Tolo, Yuan Ding, Song Gao, Lijie Miao)


Kristen Veal, Yuan Ding


Hanna Zavecz


Cayla Francis, Fan Zhang


Tess Madgen v Shuang Zhao


Shuang Zhao, Jessica Bibby


Patriotic Chinese Supporters with the Chinese Flag


Hanna Zavecz with the very nice "runner"


Kristen Veal, Yuan Ding


Suzy Batkovic v Nan Chen in the low post


Winners are Grinners - Jessica Bibby, Cayla Francis, Rachael Flanagan, Suzy Batkovic, Tess Madgen, Marianna Tolo, Carly Wilson


Here's the link to my Smugmug photo gallery for this enjoyable event.

Here's my Photoshelter gallery, for Brisbane-sourced prints.


Australian Opals v China International Women's Basketball, Logan City, Queensland, Aust; July 2011 - Images by Des Thureson

Thanks for looking!

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Sports/Basketball
Brisbane Sports Photographer

Winter Beauty - Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia; June 2010

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Last Winter I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days at Hervey Bay, north-east of Maryborough, about 3 hour's drive north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Here are some pics:

Idyllic view to the east of the Urangan Pier


Just before sunset, looking north east at Pialba Beach


Beautiful cloud formations


Aquarium fish at Pier Restaurant, Urangan, Hervey Bay


Here's some pleasant irony: the next / remaining pics were taken with my pocket / point & shoot camera, but I was very happy with a few of them!

Some pleasant light rain fell at Sunrise on Pialba Beach


Sunrise over a jetty at Pialba Beach, Hervey Bay (yep, happy :) )


Alternate Processing - "Start Raging Black".


The sprinkles of rain cleared to a lovely morning


Here's the link to my Smugmug photo gallery.

Here's the link to my Photoshelter gallery (for Brisbane sourced prints).

Thanks for looking.

Regards

Des
http://disci.smugmug.com/Travel


Winter Beauty - 2 Days at Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia; June 2010. Photos by Des Thureson. - Images by Des Thureson