STRATFORD AWARDED SA COUNTRY BASKETBALL MEDAL.
STRATFORD AWARDED SA COUNTRY BASKETBALL MEDAL.
Bella Stratford, former Mount Gambier basketballer, is the winner of the 2017 Bert Bargeus Medal for the SA Country female of the year within the SA Country Basketball Program. Sebastian Bald of Eastern Hills is the winner of the Male of the year Award.
The Bert Bargeus Medals were introduced in 2010 in recognition of his long and distinguished history in SA Country Basketball. Bargeus began this involvement in 1996 as Secretary of the Eastern Hills Basketball Association. His roles and achievements include SA Country State Manager, Council Executive, Executive Officer, President, and Basketball SA Board Member/Commissioner and Director of the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup.
Winners of these Medals, Bella and Sebastian, demonstrate the qualities of personal commitment to SA Country Basketball, hard work, high levels of achievement, team work and integrity.
Bella has been an outstanding player for Basketball Mount Gambier and SA Country over her entire basketball career. She relentlessly strives to make the most of her undoubted natural athletic ability and to achieve her personal ideals of becoming the best she can in basketball. These qualities are evident in Bella’s involvement in other sports and away from the sports arena as well.
Mount Gambier’s elite junior basketballers have featured consistently in this prestigious Award since its inception. Matthew Markiewicz was the inaugural winner in 2010, followed by Georgia Green in 2012, Sam Stafford in 2013 and then Brad Rathjen in 2015.
Both 2018 Awardees are currently playing for SA Country in the 2018 Australian Under 18 National Basketball Championships in Geelong.
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