Bendigo to Istanbul in a day, Gabe Richards flies out to replace Opals star Liz Cambage

By Roy Ward
Updated October 3 2014 - 10:08am, first published September 22 2014 - 7:47pm
Gabe Richards (far right) earlier this year. Photo: Bendigo Advertiser
Gabe Richards (far right) earlier this year. Photo: Bendigo Advertiser

Gabe Richards expected her weekend would include a trip to the Bendigo Football League grand final and a family get-together for her great aunty's 89th birthday. Then a Saturday night phone call turned the 29-year-old's life in an exciting direction. Richards was called up to the Australian Opals' team for the FIBA women's world championships, which start in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday night.