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2021 FUEL TO GO & PLAY STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Hugh McAuliffe Competitions Officer
FOUR WEEKENDS
OF INTENSE BASKETBALL
State Championships in 2021
continued with four weekends of
competition, all at Bendat Basketball
Centre. The first three weekends were
again allocated to Divisions 2 and 3, whilethefourthandfinalweekendByford, Esperance, Geraldton,
saw all Championship Divisions conclude the year with the second annual State Titles.
The successful dedicated weekend for our Championship Divisions saw intense competition over three days of State Titles, with plenty of Metro rivalries reignited alongside regional Country flavour of the Mid West and South West.
Karratha and Margaret River.
After a year of subscription-based live streaming during the 2021 WABL season, Basketball WA utilised our own streaming capabilities during State Championships and for the first time was able to provide free streaming of Court 1 on Facebook that was able to reach a much wider audience.
23 Associations and another new record of 490 teams competed over the four weekends, comprising the 13 WABL clubs in addition to Albany, Australind, Binar, Bunbury, Busselton,
RECORD
490 TEAMS
23 DIFFERENT ASSOCIATIONS
“first time was able to provide free streaming of Court 1 on Facebook”
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