Netballers and basketballers to descend on city

SHEPPARTON will be visited by hundreds of budding netballers and basketballers this week, with the Netball Victoria State Titles and Australian U14 Girls Club Basketball Championships being played this week.

The state titles competition will take place in Shepparton on 6 and 7 October 2018, and will be hosted at Shepparton Sports City.

The basketball championships are being held at the Shepparton Sports Stadium from October 1 to 6 and will see 24 teams and over 1,000 visitors from around Australia converge onto Greater Shepparton.

Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor, Cr Kim O’Keeffe said, “Securing the state netball titles is a great win for Greater Shepparton, with the competition being one of the biggest in the netball calendar and is expected to attract around 600 players, more than 200 officials and 500 plus spectators.

“Council strives to attract the biggest and best events to Greater Shepparton boosting employment, tourism, entertainment and liveability for our community. Our teams are working hard creating jobs, keeping business busy and the economy strong and this event will be a great showcase of this with around $1 million expected to be injected into Greater Shepparton.

“The (basketball) event is expected to generate more than $500,000 to the local economy. Players and their families will be spending money across the week at local businesses and keeping our local economy strong.”