RADIO

ABC Radio Western Plains, Interview about the Dubbo program. Tess White interviewed by Andrew Dunkley (Courtesy ABC Radio). Feb 2010 Listen.

Danny Morseu, two times Australian Basketball Olympian and Queanbeyan Midnight Basketball volunteer and mentor extraordinaire, receives the prestigious Ella Award for his contribution to Sport at the 15th Deadly Awards at Sydney Opera House. Oct 2009. Interview post event (Midnight Basketball at 11th Minute): Listen.

 

FILMS / DOCUMENTARIES

NEW Australian Sports Commission 'All Cultures' Project
Watch the film about our Geelong Midnight Baskeball program

Filmed by Ralph Barba of Four Deigos Media, it describes how team sport and basketball is being utilised as an inclusionary tool, in this case for people from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

 

Giving Back - Channel 9
View the Nathan Bracken episode at
www.commbank.com.au/givingback

Nathan Bracken trades cricket for a new challenge: running the Midnight Basketball Marrickville Grand Final night, including organising dinner for 60 teenage participants and supporters, running the nightly workshop explaining how he has dealth with life, challenges and success, coaching one of the teams for the night and organising the bus trips home for the participants.  Nathan also kitted up to play with his team in a feature game with the local police.


Playing In The Shadows

Playing In The Shadows


A film about Midnight Basketball screened premiered at the 2008 Sydney Film Festival, attended by the youth stars of the film who appeared on stage after the screening for a warmly recieved Q&A with the entire audience of the State Theatre. It appeared on ABC on 16 October.

It follows a group of players from Midnight Basketball after the tournament in Woolloomooloo in Sydney. Produced by Marco Ianniello & Sascha Ettinger Epstein. While not showing the Midnight Basketball program, it nevertheless captures beautifully the spirit of the community and participants.

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

 

Download Midnight Basketball Australia Newsletter, Autumn 2010 

 

PRINT MEDIA

Samples of national and local community media:

The Armidale Express, Armidale NSW, November 2009
Midnight Basketball Goes Out With A Bang

City of Armadale, Perth WA, July 2010
Call For Volunteers - Midnight Basketball

News Review Messenger, Salisbury South Australia, July 2010
Aiming High On and Off The Court

WA Today, Midland Perth WA, June 2010
NBA Stars Put Local Youngsters Through Their Paces

Great Lakes Advocate, Forster-Tuncurry, June 2010
Program Slam Dunks

Ministerial Media Statement, DSR WA, Perth WA, June 2010
Midnight Basketballers Hang With The Stars

WA Department of Sport & Recreation, Midland Perth WA, June 2010
Midnight Basketball Scores Another three-pointer in Midland

City of Armadale, Perth WA, June 2010
Wildcats Players Inspire Midnight Basketballers 

Midland Reporter, Midland Perth WA, June 2010
Winners At Midnight

WA Department of Sport & Recreation, Midland Perth WA, May 2010
Swan Midnight Basketballers Are Going Places

Manly Daily, Sydney NSW, May 2010
Midnight Basketball Unanimously Supported 

Great Lakes Advocate, Forster Tuncurry NSW, May 2010
Midnight Basketball Bounces In 

Barrier Daily Truth, Broken Hill NSW, April 2010
Putting The Bounce In Friday 

City Of Swan, Midland Perth WA, May 2010
Innovative Managing of Anti-Social Behaviour 

City of Armadale, Perth WA, April 2010
Register To Be Involved with Armadale Midnight Basketball 

Manly Daily, Sydney NSW, March 2010
Bouncing Back With Midnight Basketball 

Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth
A Traineeship for Kandeelka

NSW Health, Community Drug Strategies Newsletter, p7, Summer 09/10
No Workshop No Jumpshot, A New Program In Wollongong 

Dubbo ABC Radio, Western Plains Dubbo, March 2010
Midnight Basketball Is Back

City of Armadale, Perth WA, Feb 2010
Help Us Get This Great Idea Jumping 

Border Mail, Albury NSW, Feb 2010
Youth Basketball Tips Off 

Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser, Feb 2010
Midnight Basketball Kept Rolling

Wollongong Illawarrra Mercury, January 2010
ahm Hawks Helping Court kids off The Streets

Albury Drummond Community News, Albury NSW, January 2010, p1
Welcome To Midnight Basketball Australia 

Albury The Border Mail, January 2010
Help Us Keep Ball Rolling 

Campbelltown City Council, January 2010
Midnight Basketball Returns in 2010 

Wollongong Illawarrra Mercury, December 2009
Teens Reaching New Heights 

City of Swan News Release, Midland Perth, December 2009
Midnight Basketball A Huge Success 

The Chronicle, Indigenous Sport Program, WA Department of Sport & Recreation, Summer 2009, Refer p1, (5Mb)
Programs To Divert Kids 

NBL Website, Wollongong ahm hawks, November 2009
ahm Hawks Get Involved With Midnight Basketball 

Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser, November 2009
Midnight Oils Are Well Spent 

Sydney Morning Herald, Adele Horin, October 2009
Getting To Know All About You

Spirit of Kwinana Magazine, Town Of Kwinana, Perth, Oct 2009, p4
Local Youth To Shoot Hoops 

Kalamunda Reporter, Kwinana, Perth, October 2009
Bouncing To Better Lives

Wollongong Illawarrra Mercury, October 2009
Play Basketball and Help Cut Crime 

Ministerial Media Statements, Terry Waldron, Minister for Sport and Recreation; Racing and Gaming; Minister Assisting the Minister for Health, Geraldton, Midland, October 2009
Sport and Recreation Programs

ABC Perth, October 2009
Youth Plans

The Armidale Express, Armidale NSW, October 2009
Midnight Basketball Resumes Saturday

Sydney Community Foundation Annual Report, October 2009, p21
Project: Midnight Basketball Australia

Shepparton Adviser, October 2009
Basketball Program Returns

Shepparton Feature, September 2009
Youth Program's Call For Help

Curtin University, Volunteers Blog, Kwinana Perth, September 2009
Curtin Volunteers! Blog

Dubbo City Council, Media Release, September 2009
Midnight Basketball Tips Off in Dubbo

The West Australian, West Weekend Magazine, Feature Article, Midland Perth, August 2009
Whole New Ball Game

Commonwealth Bank 2009 Shareholder Review, Sustainability Programs, Marrickville NSW, Refer p21
Photograph Midnight Basketballer

WA Police, From The Line Magazine, Midland Perth, July 2009, Refer p6
Helping At Risk Youth

Illawarra Mercury, Wollongong, June 2009
Can Midnight Basketball Curb Illawarra

Kalamunda Reporter, Midland Perth, May 2009
Midnight Basketball Program a Winner

Verbals,  The Staff Newsletter Of Legal Aid NSW, Redfern, Autumn 2009
Burn Goes Live At Midnight Basketball Issue53

Housing NSW, Tamworth, March 2009
Midnight Basketball A Hit With the Coledale Kids: Issue 46 p3

Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser, February 2009
Let the Midnight Games Begin, Midnight Basketball Campbelltown

City of Swan, Perth, Midland Midnight Basketball Committee, May 2009
Swan Volunteers, example of recruitment of volunteers

Midland Echo, Perth WA, December 2008
Midnight Basketball Tournament

Kalamunda Reporter, Midland Perth WA, December 2008
Youth Score With Midnight Basketball

Midland Echo, Perth WA, December 2008
Midnight Basketball Coming in '09

The Hills Gazette, Midland Perth, December 2008
Midnight Basketball To Get The Drop On Boredom

The Shepparton Advisor, October 2008
Midnight Basketball Comes To Shepparton

Shepparton, November 2008
Program Proves A Hit With Bored Youth

Shepparton, 2008
Respite From the Dark, Mooroopna Rotary Club

NBN Nightly TV News, Tamworth, December 2008
Butch Hayes visits Tamworth

The Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth, November 2008
Tamworth Committee Shoots, Scores with Midnight Basketball

Bendigo Advertiser, August 2008
Hoops Take To Nightlife

University of New England News, Armidale NSW, May 2008
Sport UNE to Host Midnight Basketball

ABC New England North West NSW, Armidale NSW, Transcript, April 2008
Midnight Basketball

Parliament of NSW, Hansard Transcript Abbreviated, Orange NSW, May08
Media And Pop Culture, MB Comments Noted in red, p5

Dept Human Services Barwon SW Region, Did 'Ya Know, May-July 2008
Midnight Basketball A Slam Dunk for Youth in North Issue3 p5


A selection of the coverage for Playing in the Shadows film, launched at The Sydney Film Festival, State Threatre, July 2008:

Private Members Statement, NSW Parliament, Hansard Record, Nov 2007
Orange Electorate Midnight Basketball

Clover Moore, November 2007
Midnight Basketball Underway

NBL Nightly News, West Sydney Razorbacks, February 2006
Razors' Midnight Mission

Precinct Magazine, 2007 (Refer p13 which is 2nd page of pdf)
Midnight Basketball Plays Down Crime Rates

ProBonoNews, Peter Stapleton, Midnight Basketball Founding Director, Recipient of NSW Justice Medal, June 2006
NSWJusticeAwards

Sydney Morning Herald, February 2006
Teenagers Shoot Hoops to Avoid Weekend Pitfalls

ABC Australia Wide Radio, Sarah Schofield, April 2006
Transcript

City of Sydney Safety Newsletter, (Refer P1), October 2006
Midnight Basketball, Another Successful Round

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TV STORIES

 

 

Channel 7 News Report

Channel 7 Ann Sanders Phil Black Reporting

'Breaking the Cycle', introduced by Ann Sanders, Reported by Phil Black, overview of the program, changing young lives. Preview of a life skills workshop on Anger Management.

 

 

Butch Hayes visits Tamworth, NBN Nightly News

Butch Hayes, the American NBL Legend who played with the Legendary Chicago Bulls where his roommate was none other than Michael Jordan, dropped in for a Skills & Drills session with the Tamworth Midnight Basketballers.

Watch the Video on NBN News Site

 

 

ABC Stateline Story, 'Midnight Basketball, on the ball'

ABC Stateline Story

Introduced by Quentin Dempster, Reported by Sarah Schofield, Redfern program, includes interviews with Redfern Police, volunteers coaches, players, Redfern police youth liaison officer, local residents, and addresses the individual and community objectives of the program.

VIEW TRANSCRIPT

 

 

ABC Stateline Story, 'Midnight Basketball: A Winner In Midvale'

Stateline WA


Introduced by Frances Bell, Reported by Claire Moodie, Midland Perth story, includes interviews and overview of the program. Report on the program known as 'Midnight Basketball' that's travelled all the way to suburban Perth from the Bronx in New York.

VIEW TRANSCRIPT