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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.

 

RADIO

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

 

 

 

 

 

NEWS

 

PRINT MEDIA

Samples of national and local community media:

Northern Daily Leader, Tamworth
A Traineeship for Kandeelka 

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 Ann Sanders Phil Black Reporting

Channel 7 News Report, '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.

 

 

ABC Stateline Story

ABC Stateline Story, 'Midnight Basketball, on the ball', introduced by Quentin Dempster, Reported by Sarah Scholfield, 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.

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Stateline WA 

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

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