The Horsham Hornets have unveiled their senior men's and women's teams for the 2021-22 Country Basketball League season after a training camp on Saturday.
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Hornets president Jon Fitzgerald said the unveiling was exciting, and had been a long time in the making after not entering sides in the 2020-21 season.
"It's been a very long eighteen months sort waiting for this moment, a lot of the time has been spent behind the scenes getting organised," he said.
"The Hornets are going to be back in a big way once we finally get back out there."
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Fitzgerald said the association could barely wait to get the season, which begins at Horsham Arena on November 27, underway.
"We're super excited, super pumped and really proud to have a lot of new faces around and two great coaches behind the helm."
It was the youth coming through the side that was most exciting, Fitzgerald said.
"We've got some really good juniors coming into these senior teams now, having just finished their junior representative careers.
"They're more than ready to step up into senior basketball.
"Both teams are a good mix of experience and youth... they'll be really fast and fun to watch."
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The difficulties of missing eighteen months of basketball muddied the waters, however Fitzgerald said the teams were in a great position.
"We weren't sure how the teams would be structured after having no basketball, no Hornets last season, but we've had an overwhelmingly good response from our tryouts and we were thrilled with the sides that have been picked," he said.
"Both teams are primed and ready for that first game, and really big season ahead."
Talented footballer Sam Breuer is among the team, although Fitzgerald said he wasn't sure what would happen if the young gun was drafted to the AFL.
The Hornets Country Basketball League season will start on November 27 at Horsham Arena.
Men: Harley Pope, Sam Breuer, Max Bryan, Ryan Pfitzner, Cody Bryan, Matt Brown, Mitch Martin, Jude Kilpatrick, Matt Lovel, Tim Wade and Jake Hobbs; development players, Adam Schache and Will Griffiths; Next Gen players, Freddie Frew, Mitch Amos, Hugh Dougherty and Tarkyn Benbow.
Women: Faith McKenzie, Georgia Hiscock, Liv Jones, Caitlin Story, Ema Iredell, Jedah Huf, Jess Cannane, Shannon Cross, Grace Manserra, Imogen Worthy and Nekayla Butler; Next Gen player, Eva Manserra.
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Alex Blain
I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.
I am a general news/sports journalist with the Wimmera Mail-Times in Horsham. My work has appeared in the Age, the Geelong Advertiser, the Australian, the Jakarta Globe and across the airwaves on Radio Australia.
