Local international basketball referee, Bernard Vassallo, will be in action again this year when he will be in Scotland in the coming week.

Vassallo was nominated by FIBA to officiate during the 5th edition of the FIBA European Junior Women Promotion Championships to be held in Aberdeen between Monday 11th July and Saturday 16th July.

Scotland will be hosts to Albania, Monaco, Luxembourg, Andorra, Austria, Gibraltar and Wales in these championships where the top two teams will earn a right to participate in the continental championships.

A total of nine referees were appointed for these championships where four games will be played each day.