NINE local athletes will be showcasing their skills this week in Ballarat at the annual Basketball Victoria Gold Nugget camp, where the best 240 Under-14 players from across the state all converge on the gold mining town hoping to be ‘found’.

Zanda Ewing, Taima Thomas, Cooper Kearney, Harry Manley, Aidan Mhasho, Emily Iredell, Yolanda O'Sullivan, Pippa Richards, and Leni Robertson all earned their way into the prestigious camp via a series of days that were held over the last few months.