In our 3rd and final Tauihi New Zealand 2023 instalment, Linden Moore and Maia Williamson joins us one last time this series to wrap what’s been a transformative second season of the Tauihi League, an amazing show of local talent and New Zealand's rise on the world stage. While the Tauihi season is done, the WNBL season is only weeks away giving us another opportunity to catch some of the talented Kiwi players in action in Australia. Big thanks to Linden and Maia, both making great contributions...
Sep 28, 2023•44 min
We welcome Kristi Harrower, a true legend of the game in this episode. From humble beginnings in regional Victoria to the heady days in Russia, Kristi shares a slice of not only her playing journey but also that of Australian women’s basketball and the shifting landscape. An inductee of the Basketball Australia Hall of Fame, she has a staggering medal count representing the Green & Gold and her ‘never say die' attitude typifies an exceptional generation of Opals we were privileged to watch. ...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min
We welcome back Chris Pongrass, CEO of the Sydney Flames & Sydney Kings in a truly fascinating behind the scenes look into clubland, including some very recent Flames announcements that we were keen to hear more about since our previous podcast on WNBL Free Agency. At the time of taping we hear some highly anticipated team news that’s just been announced… and as some Shooting The Breeze audience members have requested we get into more discussion around roster building and clubland, with some...
Sep 14, 2023•56 min
We pick up where we left off in this Free Agency Part II episode with less than 2 months before the WNBL season tips off. Sammy McDonald, Assistant Coach at the Albury-Wodonga Bandits, joins us again as we revist Free Agency in our follow up from our Free Fallin’ pod in May that saw the biggest WNBL shake up in years. It’s a fly on the wall chat with hosts’ Paul & Jacinta alongside Sammy Mac on how WNBL24 rosters are shaping up. Stay tuned for a fun season ahead! Enjoy! Don’t forget to like,...
Sep 07, 2023•57 min
In this episode we’re joined by Paul Gorris, 2 time WNBL Championship Head Coach of the UCCaps & currently assisting former WNBA Champ Tanisha Wright at the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA. It’s an illuminating conversation, not just of him as a Coach but also his approach in coaching females and developing meaningful relationships within teams and with a stellar cast of our elite female ballers. Securing back to back championships he is known for his experience in being part of a winning team &am...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to the second of our 3-part series on the Tauihi League with New Zealand expert Linden Moore and returning pod guest Maia Williamson, who is also an assistant Coach at The Mainland Pouakai. In this episode we get into the current standings ahead of Round 7, hurtling towards playoffs in what’s been an unpredictable season so far! It’s also great to hear about the rising local talent with some impressive performances from young up-and-coming talent alongside quality imports. Always a great...
Aug 24, 2023•44 min
Shooting The Breeze is past the half-way mark for Series 5 so we’re taking a short pause to catch our breath and rewind on some amazing action this series! With the NBL1 Nationals kicking off this weekend, Tristan Prentice from SA cross over dribble, with a cameo from his dog Zelda, joins us later in this episode to talk about the fairy tale victory by dark horse Norwood Flames in the Central Conference and what we can expect at Nationals. Before we get into that we take a look at the phenomenal...
Aug 17, 2023•44 min
Join our hosts Paul Camillos & Jacinta Govind for a LIVE NBL1 East Women's Grand Final pre-game podcast from Brydens Stadium. This game between cross peninsula rivals the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles and Norths Bears will be a battle between two top tier teams supported by their hard core & vocal fans. Our hosts deep dive into the rivalry between Manly and Norths and joining from an Albury basketball court is surprise guest, our Free Agency expert Sam 'Sammy Mac' McDonald, assistant Coach ...
Aug 11, 2023•28 min
We’ve got a special podcast this week, joining us is the head of the WNBL Christy Collier-Hill, giving us an early peek into the upcoming season and beyond. It’s been a phenomenal time for women’s sports. Aussie fans of women's hoops have been treated to a memorable year of world class talent and competition in our backyard, add to the mix the excitement of the FIFA Women's World Cup and you know women's sports are making a mark. With three months to go until the 44th WNBL season launches, Chris...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min
It’s the first of our 3-part Tauihi NZ Special Series with NZ expert Linden Moore and returning pod guest Maia Williamson hailing from New Zealand’s South Island. The second season of the Tauihi league kick started in the last fortnight and with Round 3 just starting we get a good look into the growing quality of players, particularly imports drafted into the Tauihi as well as returning Tall Ferns that are having a greater impact all over the world. In recent months NZ has emerged on the world s...
Jul 27, 2023•53 min
We’re thrilled to have Lauren Mansfield return to Shooting The Breeze, she’s one of our OG Series 1 pod guests that is doing great things in the community. An experienced point guard for the Adelaide Lightning, Loz gives us an insight into her hopes and expectations for the WNBL season ahead with exciting player developments. An exciting yet humble player, Loz has low key been smashing it in every way possible. Recently starting a training business alongside fellow NBL1 North Adelaide teammate B...
Jul 20, 2023•47 min
Next in our series of Passport Pods we have two African Queens transforming the women in hoops landscape on the continent! We welcome Shooting the Breeze regular Coach Liz Mills returned from a fantastic BAL tournament in which her team from Côte d'Ivoire played in their first BAL at Kigali and Queen John-Moseph joins us for the first time. Queen is a highly regarded sports journalist from Nigeria that alongside Coach Liz is drawing attention to basketball in Africa. Both are actively involved a...
Jul 13, 2023•54 min
In a fascinating podcast we’re joined by Saraid Taylor, a cross code AFLW, formerly WNBL, athlete. Both an athlete and artist Saraid has thrived in the AFLW recently after being in a holding pattern as a WNBL development player for a few years. Now based at the Melbourne Demons she is grateful to be in a league that leads the way in athlete development on and off the field. In this pod we also get into Saraid’s other passion when she’s off the field - writing. She’s wanted to be an athlete and w...
Jul 06, 2023•59 min
We're live from the Women's Asia Cup being held in Sydney at the Quaycentre at Sydney Olympic Park. Our STB crew panel Paul Camillos, Jacinta Govind and Linden Moore will look at the action that's happened, the games that are coming up, including a critical game for Australia tonight against a fierce Korea, in order to advance to the semi final phase and qualify for the 2024 Olympics. We also talk about the activities happening around the event, with an intimate gathering around some amazing lea...
Jun 29, 2023•45 min
We’re thrilled to have home based Al Kunek join us again on Shooting The Breeze, one of our OG pod guests from Series 1, AK circles home in a reflective piece that speaks to her vast and varied experience of her European journey these last few years. A sweet conclusion to this journey is AK’s call up to wear the Green & Gold again for the Opals in Australia’s first Asia Cup on home soil. Her knowledge, versatility and maturity shines through in this pod and no doubt will be hugely impactful ...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
In this pretty special episode, we have reigning Champ with the Townsville Fire Steph Reid join us. This pod was full of laughs as Steph shares the head spinning last 12 months and some personal stories from her college years to her fave food that she’s just a little obsessed by. It’s a truly magical full circle moment with Steph joining us on Shooting The Breeze after such a whirlwhind few months having featured in an award winning piece by our co-host Jacinta last September as part of the emer...
Jun 15, 2023•53 min
In a podcast first, we’re thrilled to be joined by two of our elite leaders in women’s hoops - Basketball Australia’s Head of Women in Basketball and a hoops legend, Lauren Jackson, as well as FIBA Women’s World Cup (FIBAWWC) Opals Captain Tess Madgen. Both Lauren and Tess give us an update on their respective recoveries and where they’re at, and share their passion and ‘reason why’ for the She Hoops program. She Hoops is a bold vision led by LJ offering free training and courses for women to en...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 13 min
In this episode we’re really grateful to be joined by one of our own - doing great things offshore. Joining us in our latest passport pod is Coach Tracy York - the Head Coach of the Malaysian Women's National Basketball Team that won Bronze at the recent South East Asia Games… during a monster heat wave in Cambodia! A veteran coach of the WNBL, most recently with Bendigo Spirit, she has uniquely cut her teeth coaching both men's and women's basketball, including a near 5 year stint as the Assist...
Jun 01, 2023•53 min
It’s our first look into WNBL24 Free Agency, and it's already shaping up to be a doozy! We have alot of fun with this one and jump right into it with Assistant Coach of NBL1 East reigning champs’ Border Bandits’ Sammy McDonald. Based on the border of the two largest hoops states Sammy Mac helps us spitball some ideas in an exciting era for up and coming talent, vets that just keep getting better and the incredible imports that head to our shores. Since recording this episode there has been a spa...
May 24, 2023•53 min
In our next passport pod, Kiwi hoops expert Linden Moore joins us to talk to community ambassador and baller Maia Williamson. Coaching at Middleton Grange High School in Christchurch Maia was born to coach and is paying it forward at her alma mater. A participant of the well-regarded Mainland Eagles Camp at a significant time of growth for New Zealand basketball in the South Island - a region of NZ that is as rich in community spirit as it is passionate for basketball. Maia is incredibly passion...
May 18, 2023•40 min
In this episode we lean on some Ted Lasso* inspiration, hence the name of the pod… you’ll have to listen in for that one. We get into the recent swarm of speculation on the WNBL just as the CBA was being negotiated ahead of Free Agency. At the time of recording this episode Free Agency was delayed, and has only just opened up on Tuesday 9th May - weeks later than expected leaving many athletes in a state of limbo, and the whole WNBL fanbase in a bit of a tailspin. We'll unpack some glaring issue...
May 11, 2023•47 min
Next up in our passport pods for Series 5, we are joined by Amanda Christovich, a sport’s business reporter with Front Office Sports, to discuss the record growth of the NCAA Women’s March Madness. From viewership and media rights to the evolution of the women’s game and the currency of our female players particularly as Aussie representation increases in US College hoops. Increasing coverage by ESPN and international distribution has seen viewers contribute to the remarkable growth of women's c...
May 04, 2023•45 min
Co-founders of First Subs, Madel Giles and Kaz Emery join us for our first LIVE podcast of Series 5. LIVE from ELS Hall Park, the home of the Inner West Bulls, we talk about their spirited community of women hoopers that was formed alongside their friends Marianne Engle and Victoria Kirby for women to come together to play hoops in Western Sydney. Creating an inclusive, friendly and welcoming environment they have provided a safe and comfortable place for women of all ages and levels of experien...
Apr 28, 2023•53 min
In the first of our passport pod episodes for Series 5 we talk with Jocelyn Song - a recent graduate of Claremont McKenna College in Media Studies/Economics and an Asian American Studies minor, she makes her directorial debut with 'Sòng Pèi Xīng', a short documentary on her sister, professional basketball player Sophia Song. Jocelyn is the first female director we’ve hosted on Shooting The Breeze, and she has crafted a moving short film featuring her sister Sophia, the first American Taiwanes...
Apr 27, 2023•38 min
In this episode we look back at the WNBL Grand Final and a massive Series 4 as we wrap up what’s been our most exciting and biggest series yet! The Townsville Fire, led by Series 4 pod guest Coach Shannon Seebohm, have taken the WNBL Championship after a 16 game winning streak. We also take a look in the rear view mirror of an adventurous ride that has covered the peaks of a Bronze medal for Australia at our FIBA Womens World Cup and the inspiring athletes and trailblazers that are shaping women...
Mar 23, 2023•58 min
It’s WNBL Grand Final Eve, and joining us is expert commentator Lori Chizik. In this episode we take stock of an impressive Semi Finals series, preview the Grand Finals Series, and cover some key observations from a hugely successful WNBL23. The consistent top 2 teams in the back half of the season prevail for an epic Grand Final showdown this Saturday night. Shannon Seebohms’ Townsville Fire are the minor premiers off the back of a 14 game winning streak and will play the best of a 3 game serie...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 9 min
LIVE from the NCCC for the UCCaps final game for the season - it's the Domestic Violence round at the UCCaps final home game agaisnt Perth Lynx. Hosts Paul Camillos and Jacinta Govind are joined by social & digital media sponsor of the UCCaps, Simon & Michelle from MVP Media, they also host the UCCaps Weekly podcast. We touch on DV awareness, and the powerful story of Alex Bunton. We explore Simon & Michelle's long standing association with the UCCaps and behind the scenes of their g...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This epsiode deals with domestic violence. Please take care in listening and know that if you or someone you know needs advise or help contact 1800-737 732 or 1800RESPECT In a raw and deeply personal episode Alex 'Bunts' Bunton, a former Opal and UCCapitals big allows us in to her lived experience as a Domestic Violence “DV” victim survivor. In their final home game, the UCCaps play Perth Lynx and will sponsor the DV awareness round to help people gain a better understanding, and allow the vario...
Mar 02, 2023•44 min
Captain of the Southside Flyers, and stalwart of the club, Aimie Rocci is championing the Lifeline Round and continuing the legacy of former captain and recent pod guest Jenna O’Hea. Despite a season ending injury, Aimie continues to have a significant impact on her team and the club with initiatives such as the Lifeline Round. In showcasing true leadership Aimie opens up about her own personal experience in seeking support. We’re grateful to Aimie for this deeply reflective and thoughtful episo...
Mar 01, 2023•45 min
The Sydney Flames team up with the McGrath Foundation for its inaugural Pink Round at the Quaycentre this Friday 24th February from 6.45pm. In a podcast first, teammates and dynamite guards Tiana Mangakahia and Vanessa Panousis come together to promote the breast cancer initiative but also share their moving and often hilarious anecdotes as friends, a journey that started from juniors at Nationals through to college with fate having them suit up together at The Sydney Flames - a life lesson that...
Feb 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min
