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Jun 30, 2021 | Community, Health

COVID 19 scare forces cancellation of boys basketball championships

  • Rod Stephen is a former television journalist and has worked as Foreign Editor for the Seven Network, Australian Bureau Chief for TV3 New Zealand, UK correspondent for Seven and ABC radio and as a producer for Reuters TV in London as well as SBS in Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Brisbane to work at 4BC.

The latest COVID-19 scare for South-East Queensland has resulted in the cancellation of the Under 14’s Boys State Basketball Championships which had been set for the Darling Downs.

The event was scheduled to be held this Friday in Toowoomba, bringing in an estimated half a million dollars to the local economy.

The Toowoomba Basketball Association has said it’s disappointed to hear the event has been cancelled.

Association president Jamie Biggar said ” it was heart breaking to receive confirmation that after a year of planning,  the event has ended this way. We’ve already made the request to host the event next year”.

Originally,  the event was going to be subject to restrictions but after the announcement of a lockdown for South-East Queensland,  officials felt the event couldn’t proceed.

 

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