Dean Pallier and Keelan Crawford’s 2017 Ivor Burge Championship campaign finished on a high last week, they helped their NSW Metro side to a tournament-finishing victory in the fifth-place play-off.
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After finishing fifth with two wins and three losses in the preliminary stages, NSW missed the finals but was forced to take on Western Australia to avoid the wooden spoon.
Crawford and Pallier’s NSW side came up trumps to hand WA last place, winning 80-64.
Crawford and Pallier were strong throughout NSW’s campaign, finishing as two of the sky blues’ three top point-scorers.
Pallier averaged almost 13 points per game in the fixtures he played to top the list while Crawford was third, averaging almost 10 points per game.
Victoria claimed the men’s title to go along with their win in the women’s Ivor Burge Championship, beating South Australia 78-43 in the gold medal game.
Matt Findlay
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
Formerly a sports specialist, I'm based at Orange and shift between wide-spread range of subjects here and, often, across the entire Central West region of NSW as well. I have almost a decade of experience in the media and marketing industries both here in Australia and internationally, along with journalism I have experience in content strategy, brand development, and digital and social media. Along the way, I've been fortunate to win a handful of media awards and be nominated for several others too.
