LOXTON’s oldest basketball club is set to document its 70-year long history and heritage in a short film to be presented early next year.
The Loxton Amateur Basketball Association has partnered with Six Foot Productions owner and filmmaker John DeCaux to recount its rags-to-riches story in what is expected to be an at least 20-minute documentary that will include commentary from approximately 15 to 20 locals and old video tapes of games from “back in the day”.
Mr DeCaux said the Loxton basketball club had an interesting history, which is partly what drew him into the project, and what he is excited for others to see.
“What got me interested is essentially the initial way the club started,” he said.
“One of the guys was getting sports magazines from the US and there was a photo of a basketball game.
“It was a small write up and he thought, ‘that looks cool’, so then, without knowing any of the rules or anything, (the Loxton club) tried to give it a go themselves and got the rules as they went along until they found out West Adelaide was playing down in the city.
“(Loxton) got the rule book off them and went from there.”
The association will use the $10,600 it received from the Federal Government through its regional arts fund community grants program and the $2100 from the District Council of Loxton Waikerie to produce the film.
Juniorcats committee member and coach Greg Coombs said to the association’s knowledge, it has never had a reunion or any kind of celebration before, so to receive the funding and be able to share the history with the community was “amazing”.
The general scheduling and pre-interviews for documentary are currently in progress, with filming officially set to begin at the end of this month.
Mr DeCaux asks locals who have any games on video tape – either filmed themselves or recorded from WIN – to contact him at john@sixfootfourproductions.com.au.