Waverley Under 18 players Fraser Pearce and Lachlan Anthony have returned with a Gold Medal from the Australian Under 18 Championships recently held in Brisbane.

 

Fraser (3.4 Points Per Game & 2.4 Rebounds Per Game)and Lachlan (3.3 PPG & 2.3 RPG) both played crucial roles to assist the Vic Metro Team claim the Gold Medal in a 63 – 60 win over New South Wales Metro in front of a jam packed crowd at the Auchenflower Basketball Stadium.

 

Vic Metro Captain Geremy McKay was named player of the Gold Medal Game following a solid 12 point and 10 rebound game and was well supported by Dejan Vasiljevic (15 points), Marek Toman (14 points) and Joel Smith (13 points).

 

Vic Metro Under 18 Team

 

Dejan Vasiljevic (Melbourne Tigers)

Michael Wearne (Dandenong Rangers)

Joel Smith (Keilor Thunder)

Fraser Pearce (Waverley Falcons)

Tom Wilson (Melbourne Tigers)

Lachlan Anthony (Waverley Falcons)

Abi Akintola (Diamond Valley Eagles/AIS)

Geremy McKay (Melbourne Tigers)

Marek Toman (Knox Raiders)

Jock Perry (Melbourne Tigers/AIS)

 

Nick Abdicevic – Head Coach (Melbourne Tigers)

Robbie Coulter – Assistant Coach (Eltham Wildcats)

David Crowe – Assistant Coach (Bulleen Boomers)

David Peters – Selector (Melbourne Tigers)

Mark Sainsbery – Team Manager (Waverley Falcons)

Warren Brown – Video Analyst (VJBL)

Adam O’Halloran – Physio (Bounce Health Group)

 

Championship Results;

 

Game 1.               Vic Metro 78 Defeated ACT 50

Game 2.               Vic Metro 71 Defeated Tasmania 69

Game 3.               Vic Metro 68 Defeated New South Wales Country 66

Game 4.               Vic Metro 87 Defeated South Australia Metro 47

Game 5.               Vic Metro 76 Defeated Queensland North 51

Game 6.               Vic Metro 96 Defeated Western Australia Country 29

Semi Final.          Vic Metro 56 Defeated Vic Country 51

Grand Final.        Vic Metro 63 Defeated NSW Metro 60

 

Congratulations go to both Fraser and Lachlan on representing their State and for proudly “Flying the Flag for the Falcons”.