The Bench Warmers

A fun-filled junior fiction series written in partnership with Basketball Australia

Meet The Bench Warmers – Danny, Crystal, Angie, Omyr, Leanne and Cody. They’re the new kids at Robdale Primary School and according to basketball hot shot Greg ‘The Goat’ McGriffin, don’t have a chance of winning a lunchtime game. That might be true, but when gang are picked as part of the mixed school squad, of which Greg is captain, the tables look set to turn.

However it’s not all swishes and alley-oops as the school’s principal takes over coaching of the team, despite not knowing anything about basketball! Now, not only do The Bench Warmers have to listen to Greg telling them how good he is, they have to train themselves. Can they shake off their name in the interschool competition, or will it just be another reminder of where the newbies really belong?