The Gudhurr Group is aimed at Indigenous young boys, based in and around Canberra – aged 12-18 – with a passion for basketball.

Delivered over a 8 week period, the Gudhurr offers participants the opportunity to:

• Build on-court skills and game-play with a structured basketball program including a focus on individual fundamentals, as well as team defensive principles and offensive concepts;
• Work towards a Community Level Referee accreditation;
• Be involved in cultural learning presentations by local Indigenous organisations;
• Attend healthy lifestyle education presentations.

At the completion of the Gudhurr, participants will have the skills and accreditation to take on paid basketball specific-roles, such as match refereeing, Score-table officiating and as a Development coach.

All Gudhurr elements will be delivered in a culturally appropriate manner, by qualified and accredited Basketball ACT coaches and educators. Local Indigenous organisations will vary as per requirements during the program.

GUDHURR GROUP

The Gudhurr Boys Group previously known as Indigenous Game Development Program is now set to run Term 2, after a big year of the program running, the group got to participate in the designing of the NBL1 singlet design, and cultural learning and leadership with Hoops4Health. for this term there will be more of a on-court focus with some new elements that the boys will get to participate in, including a wheelchair basketball session.

Gudhurr in the Dunghutti language means Strength.

Registration is NOW OPEN!

WARAA JOEY’S

Waraa Joey’s is all about empowering the next generation of indigenous ballers! 🌟 Join our 5-10 year old basketball program where young players can develop their skills, build confidence, and learn the power of teamwork in a supportive, culturally rich environment and having fun doing so. Join TODAY!

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IGDP Artwork – Rising Tide

The design inspiration for Basketball ACT’s Gudhurr Group singlets and polos comes from a work by Dhungutti artist, Margy Duke, who lives in Canberra.

Entitled Rising Tide, the artwork lifts us up with the Creator’s flow toward the shore of our future to stand up and be counted in the present while representing our past.

You can find Margy’s work at Turtle Lightning Arts – turtlelightningarts.com

Margy is also a professional genealogist, and owner of Native Seeds, a Supply Nation registered business that specialises in Aboriginal geneaology, family finding and cultural reconnections.