14 May 2019
The Monaro High Basketball tour group No.6 recently returned from the Northern Territory after touring Darwin, Katherine and Kakadu. The group consisted of 22 students, 4 staff and 3 parents. Monaro High School basketballers participated in games vs Katherine High school, Palmerston Power club side, Darwin High School and Palmerston Senior College. The students can be congratulated on their great effort both on and off the court with both teams winning 2 of their 4 matches against strong competition. The students had the added challenge of adjusting to the heat with one of their matches played outside. The group was lucky enough to attend the Darwin Dawn service and Anzac Day Parade. A proud moment for the group was watching ex Monaro High School student and tour alumni Amy Fraser marching with the Australian Army. Other highlights included a cruise of Katherine Gorge which was professionally operated coincidently by another ex MHS student Daniel Robertson and thoroughly enjoyed by all the group. The group was fortunate to visit Kakadu National Park and learn more about Indigenous culture and Australian history and the 360 degree view of Kakadu at Ubirr was a special experience. Appealing to their adventurous side the students were treated to a spectacular Jumping crocodile cruise where they learned more about Saltwater Crocodiles and forged an even greater respect for the animals. There was no concern regarding people obeying the NO Swimming/ Danger signs. Thank you to the great team of staff and parents and a fantastic group of students. The students trained hard in the lead up to the tour and can be commended for representing their school and Cooma with distinction. We were lucky to see some beautiful places, meet some wonderful people, play some excellent basketball and survive the heat!
The tour group would like to thank Cooma Basketball for their support along with the many individuals and businesses that supported the Cooma Basketball dinner fundraiser for the team;
CAL BRUTON, COOMA CAR CLUB, COOMA SPORTSPOWER, YOUR HOUSE, COOMA HOTEL,MAINSTREET, COOMA EX-SERVICES CLUB, MONARO DISCOUNT TYRES, MONARO MEATS,TARGET COOMA, ALPINE MOTOR GROUP, MITRE 10, PD MURPHY’S, NOEL BURKE,BRUCE & MARCELLE BURTON, MELRAY MEAT, COLES, WOOLWORTHS, JANET JOHNSTON & COOMA EX-SERVICES- 100 CLUB