Albury Basketball Association has strength in numbers.
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The Border outfit produced one of its biggest representative results with 26 junior players selected for NSW Country teams and programs in the coming months.
On average, the association has five or six players progress to higher honours.
"I've been around the basketball association for a long time and I can't actually remember that number before. It's either the biggest or one of the biggest in history," Albury basketball development officer Peter Bauerle said.
"I know when I came through the juniors, it tended to be four or so and I've heard of five or six, but not 26."
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Aleira McCowan, Jade Crook, Claudia Hocking, Audrey Hogg (under-14 girls), Angus Masters and Sam Webb (under-15 boys) are off to the Southern Cross Challenge in Melbourne in January.
The Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup, held in Albury and Wodonga, also in January, will see Jake Bauerle, Oliver Mack, Sonny Junck, Cooper Hall (under-14 boys), Lilly Harrison, Isabella McKerlie, Molly McClaren, Zali Sims, Ella Stevens, Mackenzie Thomson and Addison Wheeler (under-14 girls) all feature in NSW Country teams.
Grace Whyte (under-16 girls), Angus Masters (under-16 boys) and Haiden Ings (under-18 boys) have been invited to the state performance program, while the country development tour in Newcastle includes Bella Fielder, Grace Turner (under-17 girls), Josh Cochrane, Seb Sproule (under-17 boys), Stella Biles, Zoe Marshall (under-15 girls) and Noah Rowston (under-15 boys).
The association conducted a specialised training program for players interested in trialling for NSW Country.
"These kids put in a heap of hard work," Bauerle said.
"We ran a five-week program and we were overwhelmed with the number of kids that came and were equally overwhelmed with the number that made it.
"They went up against all the other country kids in the state and from there got selected into any one of those groups."
While a number of sports have found it difficult to maintain strong junior numbers, basketball in Albury is bucking the trend.
"For us to get that level of state representation is saying the talent and the people committing to coaching across Albury basketball is really having a positive impact," Bauerle added.
Albury Basketball Association's representative trials start on October 13, with three additional weekends to follow that date.