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Awards & Honours

Life Membership of SA Country Basketball is the highest honour we can award to a member. Life Membership recognises many years of significant contribution.Nominations are received by the Awards Subcommittee and (if deemed an acceptable nominee) then presented to the Council to be approved.
Beth Serle OAMLeo SheehanHaydn DuffieldGary CarlsonBert Bargeus (2010)Ray Cadd (2014)Roger Hammond (2015)Sharon Venn (2019)Graeme Stringer (2019)Peter Seebohm (2019)Bernard Bruning (2020)Ian Glenn Mathieson (2020)John Spooner (2021)
SA Country has a proud history of our athletes progressing to National representation.These athletes serve as a shining example of the results of our program when combined with the commitment and hard work of an individual and the support of their family.
Abby Bishop Port PirieAlex Wilson Murray BridgeAneeka Smith StrahalbynAngela Marino Whyalla (Representing New Zealand)Ben Madgen Barossa ValleyBrad Hill Eastern HillsBrad McKinnon Barossa ValleyBree Farley Yorke ValleyCayla George (nee Francis) Eastern HillsChris Blakemore WhyallaDemi Skinner Port LincolnEmma Langford Yorke ValleyJacob Holmes Eastern HillsJordan Dodman Port AugustaKelsey Ireland Yorke ValleyLeigh Carlson Eastern HillsLuke Schenscher WillungaMatthew Thomson Yorke ValleyNicole Seekamp RiverlandOlivia Levicki (nee Thompson) Adelaide PlainsShannon Seebohm MillicentStephanie Talbot Yorke ValleyTaylor Ortlepp Port AugustaTess Madgen Barossa ValleyTracey Beatty (nee Braithwaite) Yankalilla Olivia Bradley Eastern Hills Sienna Lehmann Riverland Daisy Hocking Strathalbyn

Senior Country Championships Awards

The Pat O’Keeffe Trophy is awarded to the MVP of Men’s A Grade Grand Final at the Senior Country Championships.Pat O’Keeffe was a Broken Hill Basketballer with the quintessential Aussie approach to sport. Hard, tough and fair on the court, social and friendly when the game had finished. His spirit lives on at the Senior Country Championships.
1991 Tony Cook – Mount Gambier1992 Jason Stephenson1995 Randall Stephens – Broken Hill1996 Bill Wilson – Murray Bridge1997 Martin Barmentloo – Eastern Hills2000 Chad Marston – Eastern Hills2001 Chris Shee – Eastern Hills2002 Scott Arnold – Port Pirie2005 Peter Todd - Riverland 2006 Joel Goodenough – Eastern Hills2007 Dillon Millard - Riverland2008 Shane Curnow - Port Augusta2009 Phil Smith – Eastern Hills2010 Joel Goodenough – Eastern Hills2017 Lyall Gillett - Port Pirie2021 Dellon Brown- Mount Gambier 2022 Kyle Tipene - Mount Gambier 2023 Lukass Blicavs - Strathalbyn 2024 Toby de Wit - Mount Gambier
The Mrs Mudge Trophy is awarded to the MVP of women’s A Grade at the Senior Country ChampionshipsMavis Mudge was the “ Mother Hen” of the SA Country Championships. For many years she was the custodian of the Bowden Stadium. She was an organiser, friend, and confidant to all. Nothing was too much trouble for Mrs Mudge, including washing uniforms overnight for many teams
1996 Sarah Nobbs – Pt Augusta1997 Leslie Griegor – Barossa2000 Fleur Holmes – Eastern Hills Amanda Williams – Eastern Hills2001 Nadine Chivell – Port Pirie Amanda Williams – Eastern Hills2002 Shelley Cornolo – Mount Gambier 2005 Tenille Pitt – Strathalbyn2006 Natasha Westbrook – 2007 Bree Farley – Yorke Valley2008 Tess Dempsey – Riverland2009 Sara Chapple – Mount Gambier2010 Tenille Searle – Eastern Hills 2017 Hayley Wadforth - Strathalbyn 2020 Portia Size - Riverland Montana Briggs - Yorke Valley 2021 Stephanie Lubcke - Keith 2022 Emily Winter - Millicent 2023 Krystal Thompson - Port Augusta 2024 Taylah Levy - Yorke Valley
The Frank Clark Trophy is awarded to the MVP of the Men’s A Grade competition at the Senior Country Championships.Frank Clarke was the third President of the SACBC. He was integral to the successes of Barossa Valley Basketball and the ever-growing Country Championships.
1996 Bill Wilson – Murray Bridge1997 Martin Barmentloo – Eastern Hills2000 Chris Mason – Eastern Hills2001 Sam Fotu – Mount Gambier2002 Scott Arnold – Port Pirie James Walker – Mildura2005 Shane Curnow – Port Augusta 2007 Darren Quinn – Whyalla2008 Phil Smith – Eastern Hills2009 Phil Smith – Eastern Hills2010 Cameron Edser – Eastern Hills2017 Chris Mason- Mount Gambier 2020 Dylan Shorne - Yorke Valley2021 Kane De Wit- Mount Gambier 2022 Lachlan Hunter - Mount Gambier 2023 Lachlan Knibbs - Port Pirie 2024 Simon Berkefield - Mount Gambier

Junior Country Championships Awards

The John Spooner Trophy is awarded each year to the Association with the most minor round wins in division 1 competition in the SA Country Junior Championships. The award is named to recognise the significant contribution over many years of John Spooner to SA Country Basketball. John was the organiser and manager of the first representative SA Country State team to attend the Australian Championships and was a member of the Country Council in its early years. To this day, John continues to assist SA Country with the annual game between his SA Defence basketball team and SA Country U18 Men’s Nationals team as part of their lead up to the National Championships. As well, John has assisted in the organisation of special events such as our 30th and 40th Anniversary celebrations.
1990 Sunraysia 1991 Sunraysia 1992 Mount Gambier & Sunraysia 1996 Eastern Hills 1997 Eastern Hills 1999 Mildura 2000 Broken Hill, Whyalla & Mildura 2002 Mildura 2003 Mildura 2005 Millicent 2006 Millicent 2007 Murray Bridge 2008 Port Augusta 2009 Mount Gambier 2010 Murray Bridge 2011 Mount Gambier 2012 Mount Gambier 2013 Great Southern 2014 Great Southern 2015 Mount Gambier 2016 Mount Gambier 2017 Mount Gambier 2018 Mount Gambier 2019 Mildura 2020 Mount Gambier, Mildura & Eastern Hills 2021 Mildura 2022 Eastern Hills & Great Southern 2023 Eastern Hills 2024 Strathalbyn
Sally-Jane Allen Memorial trophy is awarded to the MVP of the Division 1 U16 Girls Competition of the South Australian Country Championships. This award commends the outstanding achievements of Sally-Jane Allen in the sports of basketball, athletics and netball at club, association, state and national levels and is awarded to the MVP of the Division 1 U16 Girls Competition of the South Australian Country Championships. In January 1990, along with Trisha Flett, Sally-Jane tragically lost her life while travelling home from Albury after representing South Australia Country in the Australian Junior Country Basketball Cup.
1991 Kim McLeod -Broken Hill 1996 Caroline Nixon - Eastern Hills 1997 Kylie Williamson - Port Pirie 2001 Angela Marino - Whyalla 2002 Trudy Holland - Naracoorte 2003 Alyse Johns - Mildura 2004 Emma Langford - Yorke Valley 2005 Bree Farley - Yorke Valley 2006 Kelsey Ireland - Yorke Valley 2007 Emma Grantham - Port Augusta 2008 Stephanie Talbot - Yorke Valley 2009 Nikki Dougall - Murray Bridge 2010 Claire Schupelius - Port Augusta 2011 Brianna Walters - Mount Gambier 2012 Claudia Thomas - Port Pirie 2013 Alex Walker - Millicent 2014 Shayelan Paech - Murray Bridge 2015 Molly Coleman - Yorke Valley 2016 Meaza Otto - Port Lincoln Kiana Sochacki - Strathalbyn  2017 Isabella Duval - Strathalbyn Madi Haggett - Millicent Portia Size - Riverland 2018 Lana Gregoric - Riverland Mikaela Horrigan - Mount Gambier 2019 Olivia Bradley - Eastern Hills Bianca Stasionwsky - Riverland 2021 Airlee Ramsey - Yorke Valley 2022 Krystal Thompson - Port Augusta 2023 Daisy Hocking - Strathalbyn 2024 Daisy Hocking - Strathalbyn Emerson Beeching Strathalbyn
Trisha Flett Memorial Trophy is awarded to the MVP of the Division 1 U14 Girls Competition of the South Australian Country Championships This award commends the outstanding achievements of Trisha Flett in the sports of basketball, athletics and netball at club, association, state and national levels and is awarded to the MVP of the Division 1 U14 Girls Competition of the South Australian Country Championships. In January 1990, along with Sally-Jane Allen, Trisha tragically lost her life while travelling home from Albury after representing South Australia Country in the Australian Junior Country Basketball Cup.
1996 Rochelle McGrath - Mount Gambier 1997 Brooke Sidebottom - Mount Gambier 2001 Alyse Johns - Mildura 2002 Alyse Johns - Mildura 2004 Kelsey Ireland - Yorke Valley 2005 Abbey Lambert - Port Pirie2007 Stephanie Talbot - Yorke Valley 2008 Emily Stafford - Mount Gambier 2009 Ebony Sandiman - Mildura  2010 Peyton Fuller - Port Augusta 2011 Ellie Turner - Yorke Valley 2012 Jasmine Simmons - Broken Hill 2013 Olivia Dukalskis - Mount Gambier 2013 Shelbie-Rae Allen-Hammer - Port Augusta 2014 Madison Alvino - Mildura 2014 Taylah Levy - Great Southern 2015 Elyscia Mackiewicz - Broken Hill2015 Emily Close - Mount Gambier 2016 Tiah Peek - Port Pirie 2017 Shelbi-Lee Sutcliffe - Barossa Valley2017 Alyssa Duncan - Mount Gambier2018  Alyssa Duncan - Mount Gambier2019 Shontae Kartinyeri - Eastern HIlls 2020 Krystal Thompson - Port Augusta 2021 Bailey Hahn - Riverland 2022 Daisy Hocking - Strathalbyn 2023 Lucy Crowe - Millicent 2024 Mackenzie Pitt - Riverland

Bert Bargeus Medal

About Bert Bargeus
Bert Bargeus has had a long and distinguished history with SA Country Basketball includiing:
  • Eastern Hills Basketball Association Secretary 1996 – 1999
  • SA Country State Team Manager – U16/U18 Aust. National Junior Championships, 1996 – 2002
  • SA Country Council Executive – Regional Supervisor 1998-1999
  • SA Country State Manager – Country Cup 1998 – 2002
  • Basketball Administrator of the Year SA 2003
  • Australian Junior Camp AIS – Manager 2003 – 2004
  • SA Men’s Team Official/Statistician – U20 Aust National Junior Championships
  • NBL Adelaide 36er’s Statistician, 2002 – 2008
  • Australian of the Year Nominee 2009 & 2010
  • SA Country Executive Officer 2000 – 2010
  • SA Country Life Membership 2010
  • Basketball SA Board Member/ Commissioner 2006 -2020
  • NBL Adelaide 36er’s Game Commissioner, 2008 – Present
  • Country Cup Director 2003 – Present
  • SA Country President, 2011 – 2016
The Bert Bargeus Medal – inaugurated in 2010 – is awarded to both male and female elite athletes of the year within the SA Country program. Athletes who win this award demonstrate all of the qualities we expect all our athletes to have. commitment, hard work, high achieving, teamwork and integrity.
2010 Matthew Markiewicz - Mount Gambier 2011 Jack Vigar - Whyalla 2012 Joel Foster - Light 2013 Sam Stafford - Mount Gambier 2014 Ky Matthews-Hampton - Strathalbyn 2015 Brad Rathjen - Mount Gambier 2016 Daniel Stock - Great Southern 2017 Sebastian Bald - Eastern Hills 2018 Matthew Black - Mount Gambier 2019 Stuart Scott - Great Southern 2020 No award due to COVID 2021 Charlie Wyatt - Eastern Hills 2022 Jackson Bowden - Millicent 2023 Jackson Bowden - Millicent
The Bert Bargeus Medal – inaugurated in 2010 – is awarded to both male and female elite athletes of the year within the SA Country program. Athletes who win this award demonstrate all of the qualities we expect all our athletes to have. commitment, hard work, high achieving, teamwork and integrity.
2010 Kristen Macaskill - Yorke Valley 2011 Elle Eleftheriadis - Riverland 2012 Georgia Green - Mount Gambier 2013 Samantha Lubcke - Murray Bridge 2014 Demi Skinner - Port Lincoln 2015 Sarah Elsworthy - Yorke Valley 2016 Georgia Thomson - Yorke Valley 2017 Isabella Stratford - Mount Gambier 2018 Taylah Levy - Great Southern 2019 Portia Size - Riverland 2020 No award due to COVID 2021 Taylor Moffat - Eastern Hills 2022 Olivia Bradley - Eastern Hills 2023 Sienna Lehmann - Riverland