Twelve young Rotorua basketballers are this week winging their way to Australia after being selected for the Pacific Koru Tour.
The athletes are part of a contingent of 136 flying to Albury-Wodonga, including players, referees, coaches and managers.
They will train for the first four days before the Australian Country Cup Champs start on Monday, running through until next Saturday.
It is the largest group of athletes selected from Rotorua since the tour started in 1987 - across the age groups of under-14s, under-16s and under-18s from a number of local schools.
Since the holidays started the group have been training three times a week, from 8am to 11.30am, incorporating fitness and on-court training.