Hale School student Lewis Thomas (Year 12) has been named as one of eight players, Australia wide, who will attend the Nike All Asia Camp to be held in Beijing from the 8th to the 12th of June 2009.
Head Coach of the Perth Wildcats, Rob Beveridge, is the director for the Camp in Beijing and has the responsibility of hand selecting athletes throughout Australia to attend.
“The Nike All Asia camp is one of the best and most professional camps I have been involved with. The camp provides great opportunities for our up and coming players to get great coaching from NBA Head and Assistant coaches. They also get an opportunity to train and play against other international players from China, Korea, Japan and the Philippines. ” stated Rob Beveridge currently still in Canberra.
“Lewis certainly impressed at the recent Australian 18 National Championships held in Gawler, South Australia. He was what I would consider one of the find’s of the tournament”, added Beveridge.
Lewis Thomas, a member of the Stirling Senators Basketball Club, was also a member of the Basketball WA Under-18 Metropolitan State Team that played in the Australian Under-18 Nationals recently. This team was coached by another well-known WA Basketball identity, Mike Ellis. Lewis is also a member of the Basketball WA National Intensive Training Centre Program.
“I am very excited over my selection to the Nike Camp. It came as a total surprise and it is still sinking in that I will be attending and competing against some of the best young players throughout the world. I have worked hard at my game over the past six months and now can’t wait to be coached by some of the best coaches from the NBA and throughout the world,” said an excited Lewis.