Basketball Australia has announced a multi-year technical apparel partnership with Italian sportswear manufacturer, Macron, seeing the organisation become the sole apparel supplier for Basketball Australia.
This partnership will see Macron produce new apparel for Basketball Australia’s national teams and supporting staff, including the Boomers, Opals, Rollers, and Gliders, adding to Macron’s growing sponsorship portfolio across Australian sport which includes Football Australia, Port Adelaide Football Club, Melbourne Victory, and Perth Glory.
Basketball Australia CEO, Matt Scriven, said: “We are excited to work with Macron on creating a new technical range for our high performing teams.”
“Macron shares our values of innovation, excellence and teamwork, together we are committed to creating the highest quality apparel to ensure our teams perform to their optimum on the world stage.
“The new line of apparel will be designed by the players and loved by the fans, it will be underpinned with an ambitious retail strategy to capitalise on the significant growth of basketball in Australia,” Scriven said.
Macron CEO, Gianluca Pavanello, said the organisation is excited to enter the Australian basketball market.
“The Australian basketball movement is of the highest level; we are delighted to be able to provide technicians and athletes with the high quality and technicality of our garments, designed with careful attention to detail to best depict the colours, symbols and soul of Australian basketball,” Pavanello said.
“We are sure that the vast fan base that follows this sport will also be ‘captured’ by the new line of Basketball Australia apparel,” he said.
