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Vickie Ticehurst

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Vickie Ticehurst
No. 14 – Opals
PositionCentre
LeagueNew South Wales (NSW)
Personal information
BornCowra, New South Wales
NationalityAustralian
Career highlights and awards
  • Basketball NSW Hall of Fame (2013)

Vickie Ticehurst (m. Croucher) is a retired Australian women's basketball player.

Biography

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Croucher played for the Australia women's national basketball team at the 1967 FIBA World Championship, hosted by Czechoslovakia.[1]

Croucher commenced playing basketball as a junior as a 15-year-old in Nowra, but moved to Sydney in the early 1960s to further her career.[2] She played for New South Wales (NSW) between 1964 and 1968 winning two National titles, gaining selection for the Australian team in 1966 and 1967.[2] For her participation as a player, volunteer and administrator of the game over many years, Croucher was inducted into the Basketball NSW Hall of Fame in 2013.[2]

References

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  1. ^ FIBA Archive. 1967 World Championship for Women. Australia. Retrieved 2017-11-16.
  2. ^ a b c Croucher shoots into Hall of Fame. Cowra Guardian (July 11, 2013). Retrieved 2017-11-16.