Basketball camp hits Whale Cove – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 15, 2023

Weeklong camp shows the passion, talent for the sport in the hamlet says coach

After teaching basketball to youths in Whale Cove, coach Nick Diem has come away impressed with what the kids there can do in the sport.

“All the communities have shown they’re little basketball hotbeds,” said Diem, a B.C.-based coach who once led the Northwest Territories’ under-17 team.

Diem was in Whale Cove last week to host a youth basketball camp that taught skills of the sport and included games played with a referee, he added.

The camp is an initiative of the Nunavut Basketball Association. The organization wants to provide basketball to communities that have shown an interest in the sport, Diem said.

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