NEER TAKES LEAD
Mountaineer Allen draws on QSL experience for titles
BASKETBALL: He’s had the task of coming up against NBL and international guards in the QSL.
Now Josh Allen is hoping to lead Toowoomba Grammar to the schoolboy summit in the Champion Basketball School of Queensland tournament, starting today in Logan.
The Mountaineers QSL guard has enjoyed the challenge of playing against elite-level talent.
“It’s been a great experience coming up against the likes of Jason Cadee and Nathan Sobey,” he said.
“I’m grateful for (coach) Matt Cox for giving me the opportunity and the chance to develop my game.
“I was a bit anxious in my first game, but since then my confidence has built up.”
Allen is one of a number of Year 12 students in the side, and they’re hoping to finish their time at Grammar
in the best possible fashion.
“The key is to come up with a mettle It’s my last year and I want to make sure I give it my all,” he said.
“We’ve had a discussion about it being the last tournament for the seniors, and we want to leave the Year 11 boys in division one so they can have a similar experience next year.”
Grammar went through the GPS season with a 3-5 record, and Allen believes they have taken lessons ahead of today’s first double header.
“Our coach Kabe (Cicolini) has been doing a great job with us,” he said.
“We feel prepared to get the wins. There’s a great bunch of boys and we’ll be looking to bring as much energy as we can.” TOOWOOMBA CONNECTION
Four schools from Toowoomba will compete in the CBSQ tournament.
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SQUASH: The Darling Downs has performed admirably in one of the first postCOVID tournaments held in the state.
Taking place at the Toowoomba Squash courts on James St, junior players from around the state descended on the Garden City for the Queensland School Sport Championships 10-19 Squash State Championships.
“The whole process went smoothly,” Darling Downs coach and championships convener Ron Weatherby said.
“There was high quality squash played across the tournament and the pool finals in particular were sensational.
“To play in a condensed tournament, the kids did very well. Parents were supportive of their children as always, and Toowoomba Squash couldn’t have done more to help us.”
The Downs region finished the tournament as third in the state, with a number of players excelling throughout the four days.
Kristen Taylor (19 years girls) and Nicholas Brown (19 years boys) won their respective pools.
Isaac Halling (19 years boys) made it to the finals of his pool, while Rohan Siddans (15 years boys) narrowly missed out on a spot in the Queensland side.
Across the four age categories, the Downs finished fourth in 10-15 girls, second in 10-15 boys, third in 16-19 girls and third in 16-19 boys.