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Shooting The Breeze

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Tune in to our women’s hoops and women in hoops podcast. Host Paul Camillos and our crew of STB contributors, cover the latest from professional leagues through to grassroots and community. From our home Australia and across the world we have fresh takes on inspiring athletes, amazing Coaches and behind the scenes trailblazers from the global women"s basketball landscape. We also look at the business and broadcast side of the game while watching women"s hoops grow and reach new heights. Follow

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54:31

Ep92: Mackenzie Chatfield Watch her Fly!

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2022/11/11

The inaugural Tauihi league has recently finished and was an amazing showcase of New Zealand women’s basketball.Never a better time for us to shine a light on a promising young New Zealand talent - shooting guard Mackenzie Chatfield. She is joined by our NZ expert Linden Moore (who featured in Ep79) and was courtside at many of the recent tournaments Mackenzie made her mark at, including the Schick 3x3 with Harbour Breeze and winning New Zealand’s Secondary School Championship with Westlake Girls

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Ep91: Part 2 WNBL23 Preview

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2022/11/03

Join us in Part 2 of our WNBL preview as host’s Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind continue their crystal ball gazing into the currently underway WNBL ’23 season with Round 1 concluding this weekend. We pick up where we left off, in this episode we look at last season’s playoff team Adelaide Lightning, as well as one of the most anticipated teams with Lauren Jackson returning to the league for the Southside Flyers.Finally, to round it off we cover the Sydney Flames and the Townsville Fire, two teams

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Ep90: Part 1 WNBL23 Preview

Shooting The Breeze ·

2022/10/28

Join us as hosts Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind take a first look at the upcoming WNBL season. Always fun to do some crystal ball gazing although we know the drill… the rosters are still moving and in fact since taping this podcast more announcements have been made on new players.It all begins on the 2 Nov and in this episode we kick-off Part One of our preview with 4 WNBL teams; starting with reigning Champs the Melbourne Boomers, finalist’s the Perth Lynx, last season’s late bloomers Bendigo

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47:18

Ep89: Born to Run with Nick Lawrence

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2022/10/21

Nick Lawrence is a professional photographer, after years of editing at a surf magazine he decided to hone in on his true passion of portraits and was able to combine it with another great love - pick-up hoops. Nick has been working on a portrait essay of pick-up basketball games over the last 4-5 years that he will publish and exhibit in ‘Backyard at The Alex’ the recently renovated local watering hole in Alexandria, Sydney. The exhibition details are listed below.Nick connected initially with

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53:34

Ep88: Jenna O'Hea Forever an Opal

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2022/10/14

Recently retired Opals Captain Jenna O’Hea was there throughout the FIBA Women’s Wolrd Cup, enjoying being part of a team again in her beloved basketball community but this time as part of the ESPN broadcast crew providing analysis and commentary at the tournament. Jenna gives us an insight into the exhausting scedule of the broadcast team, as well as the joy in commentating alongside a largely women’s crew including Neroli Meadows, Kelsey Griffin, regular pod guest Michele Timms and recent pod

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58:57

Ep87: Shine bright like an Opal FIBAWWC recap with...

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2022/10/07

It’s hard to believe it was barely a week ago now as we look back at the most highly attended FIBA Women’s World Cup with over 145,000 spectators over ten days of incredible hoops action. Joining us on this episode is ESPN freelancer, and Siren Sport & ABC emerging sports writer alumni Phina Newton.Phina was a roving mobile reporter for FIBA and on the baseline for our Aussie hosted World Cup. She was in and amongst the action with players from all attending nations and was also able to witness the

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62:48

Live from the FIBA Women's World Cup with Megan...

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2022/09/30

It’s our 100th Podcast as we celebrate LIVE from the FIBA Women’s World Cup!We're down to the final 4 teams as the semi-finals kick off this evening in Sydney. Team USA play against a dynamic #madlove Canada, and home team Australia will play Asia Pacific rivals China.It will be a HUGE spectacle!Our hosts Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind are joined by influential hoops and sports journo Megan Hustwaite as we celebrate a huge podcast milestone of 100 podcasts at the bigest #womenshoops event on the

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Ep86: Jenni Screen 3, 2, 1, Live from the Arena

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2022/09/23

It’s the FIBA Women's World Cup and in this episode - technically our 99th including special and bonuse episodes, we feature former Opal and FIBA Women's World Cup ESPN commentator Jenni Screen.Jenni talks us through her coaching with the NBA Basketball without Borders for Asia, recently held at the AIS in Canberra, with baby Edith strapped in for the ride and no one who has seen that inspirational image and it’s symbolism will forget it.She provides amazing insights into her transition to

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76:52

Ep85: Sidelined with Adam McKay, Carley Ernst and...

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2022/09/15

In this powerhouse episode we're talking with Adam McKay - producer & director of Sidelined, a 4 part documentary series lifting the curtain of the WNBL Melbourne Boomers 2022 Championship quest and spotlighting the struggles for our elite female athletes in the Fight for Equality in a challenging, post lockdown sporting landscape.Having spent 10 years as the Founder and Executive Director of Helping Hoops – a charity running free basketball programs for underprivileged children across Melbourne,

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Ep84: Michele Timms - slicing and dicing the FIBA...

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2022/09/09

Opals Legend Michele Timms joins us to dissect the current state of play for the FIBA Women's World Cup. It's the final countdown with less than 2 weeks until the biggest #womenshoops event on the planet.Timmsy gives us her take on the state of play, and there’s still a lot of unknowns, before the action gets under way and 12 nations put on the greatest display of basketball for Aussie sports fans!As always there’s some shrewd observations as the world’s eyes focus on Sydney and witness the

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Ep83: Liz and Vik Mills Connecting Coaches Globally

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2022/09/02

In an Australian podcast first - Shooting The Breeze regular Coach Liz Mills joins us with her twin sister Vik Mills as they launch their Global Women In Basketball Coaching Network this week. Liz is renowned for making hoops history as the first woman Head Coach of a men's national team at an African continental championship and co-founder Vik Mills is an accomplished leader in the global consulting services industry.We explore the universal challenges for women in basketball coaching and from

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Ep82: Caz and Daz Around The World in #82

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2022/08/26

In Episode 82 we’re travelling the world. Dynamic UK Hoops commentary Duo Cazzy B and Daz join us for this lively episode as we talk about the exciting developments in British Women's Hoops since we last caught up. There’s the unbelievable ‘perfect season’ for WBBL Champs London Lions along with some of the names leaving an indelible mark on the British Basketball scene including: Holly Winterburn, Comm Games hero Shanece Beckford-Norton and retiring WBBL MVP Jo Leedham-Warner of the “50 / 40 / 90 ”

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Ep81: Lena Wallin-Kantzy Women In Basketball is the...

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2022/08/19

We’re incredibly honoured to host a female advocate for women’s basketball from the highest levels of FIBA, Lena Wallin-Kantzy, the first woman elected to the FIBA Executive Committee and currently the Deputy Chair of the Competitions Commission, encompassing Women in Basketball.A trailblazer within the global federation model of basketball, Lena provides us with a unique perspective of the vision to create more opportunities for women through six key objectives identified as part of FIBA Strategic

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41:53

Bonus Opals Edition with Special Guest Sammy McDonald

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2022/08/12

A special LIVE podcast on the announcement of the Aussie Opals squad for the upcoming FIBA Womens World Cup.Joining us is Sammy McDonald, Assistant Coach for the Albury-Wodonga Bandits, coaching and training alongside legend Lauren 'LJ' Jackson in her phenomenal return from retirement to play in her fifth World Cup Campaign... 12 years since her last foray in a World Cup. Simply amazing.We talk about the exciting mix of talent, with some young up and comers, and many seasoned veterans of

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BONUS Special Episode Tully Bevilaqua on Shooting The...

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2022/08/02

She’s an Aussie Icon!Tully Bevilaqua, a member of the illustrious 2006 Opals gold medal winning Womens World Cup Squad and one of the OG’s that paved the way in that Golden Opals era joins us on Shooting The Breeze.From a WNBA Championship in Seattle alongside LJ in 2004, an Indiana Fever stalwart and Perth local Tully is now in her first professional Head Coach role in New Zealand’s Tauihi Basketball Aotearoa with Mainland Pouakai based in Christchurch, and she’s loving it!This first season for the

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BONUS Series 3 Retrospective with Paul Camillos and...

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2022/07/22

In this BONUS episode we take a moment to reflect on a massive Series 3. We highlight some memorable takeouts in what was a wide range of guests where we explored beyond our shores to Britain, Morocco and to our trans Tasman friends in NZ shaking things up and motivating us to step it up. Let’s not forget the people behind the scenes, sports agents, broadcasters, fans and our community legends at the grassroots.Hosts’ Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind call a 3x3… 3 pods each and one! Podcasts from

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59:49

Ep80: Julia Montesano She Calls Game

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2022/07/08

In our final Episode for Series 3 we go behind the scenes and talk womens voices in hoops and sports.Selected for the inaugural FIBA She Calls Game, Julia Montesano is no slouch on the mic. She’s called AFL to Basketball since she was a teen in Melbourne and is ramping up for the FIBA Womens World Cup in Sydney this September where she will call play by play alongside some heavy weights in the sporting commentary world.As part of the innovative Making The Call initiative to help amplify womens

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Ep79: Linden Moore NZ Hoops and WNBL Free Agency

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2022/06/30

In this episode passionate NZ Hoops fan and PhD researcher Linden Moore hailing from Pleasanton in the Bay Area of Northern California is doing her doctorate around NZ women’s basketball at the Auckland University of Technology (AUT).Linden is currently on the ground in Auckland and living the dream of following the new historic Tauihi Aotearoa League in its first season and its impact amongst locals and hoops fans that have waited too long for this groundbreaking , pay parity women’s league.She

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Ep78: Jade Melbourne The Kid's Alright

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2022/06/24

In this episode Jade Melbourne only 19 years of age is vying for a return to the Opals squad for the FIBA Womens World Cup. She’s repped the Green & Gold in junior ranks but no one can forget her enthusiasm when she burst onto the Opals squad at the FIBA Asia Cup in Jordan earlier this year.She’s the real deal in hoops passion, and her speed and agility was something to see at the recent Japan friendlies against the hugely talented Tokyo Silver Medallists. Recently drafted to Seattle Storm - a Mecca

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Ep77: Josie Taoi founder Promote The GOAT

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2022/06/16

Josie Taoi, a Sydney hooper of Fijian descent is the founder of a grassroots program that’s paying it forward - Promote The GOAT “PTG”.Sharing her story of faith and personal conviction in founding PTG she tells us how using and promoting basketball to not only showcase the diversity, can also create teachable moments in her hoops community program to help kids become happier, healthier and more confident.Josie founded PTG in 2019 and has only recently began to include herself in their social media

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