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Can you help support our Aussie Pearls?
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We need your financial help! The Australian Pearls 12-player team is headed for the 2025 VIRTUS World Basketball Championships which are to be held in Astana - Kazakhstan in June.

The Australian Pearls have only ever played in Australia twice in their entire existence – in 2019 & 2022. Every other tournament in their 32 years has been overseas with the team having played in Spain, Greece, Portugal, Japan, Brazil, Poland, Sweden, Italy, Ecuador, and France. Several of those nations more than once.

This international travel is very expensive, so all their campaigns cost a small fortune. The team has had great support from Basketball Australia and many supporters over the years but in truth the costs are mostly borne by the athletes. This tour is expected to cost in excess of $8000 per player.

We need your help to get the Pearls to Kazakhstan and to keep these amazing athletes competing on the world stage? Please donate now. Every dollar counts towards supporting our amazing young Australian women in realising their goal of representing Australia at the World Championships.

All donations are tax deductible! Please help at asf.org.au/donate/basketball-australia

To ensure all donations are directed to the Pearls, please add "Pearls Team" or "Pearls – player name" with a comment of support to the “Would you like your support displayed on the project page” section.

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