Hey all,
Few things this week. Info about subs, Pub Crawl and also new format for training.
This is the last week to pay your subs or make arrangements to pay. If you have not paid or don't stick to the arrangement then you will not be able to play in Week 6 after the bye. No exceptions!
PAOCBC Eleventh Or Maybe Twelfth Annual Pub Crawl – Reminder – Saturday 7 June 2014, high noon.
Written by Big A - Clear your diary, tell your friends, put the berocca in position – Saturday 7 June looms, and with it, the Crawl.
In 2013 the Club took the tram in a line; this year, the bus in a circle. New York has five boroughs, the City of Adelaide has six quadrants (if “quad” meant “six”) – we will visit them all. Amusing things will almost certainly happen. Seven Stars is Pub Zero. We meet there at High Noon. Those who wish to, may lunch. We rally and march at 12.40 sharp for Pub One. The public bus timetable waits for no man, nor will we. For most of the distance, we ride. For part, we will walk. Dress accordingly. Make sure you have paid your subs. Bring a $2 coin and a $10 note, and also money for drinks and food. Bring your friends, and be responsible for them. Bring your “inside voice” for the times we share public transport with the public. Bring “the noise”, for when it is appropriate.The Crawl will conclude and disperse at somewhere near 8pm, somewhere near Rundle Street (bus timetables are certain, the capacity of the group, plus beer, to meet timings less so). The afternoon will by then be old, but the night young for those who wish to claim it. This will be a good event ... but not as good as this.
At the committee meeting - we discussed the format of training. It was acknowledged that while scrimmage is important/fun a number of guys have suggested that we go back to a warm-up/skills portion of training.
So we decided on this format and will try it and see how we go.
Training starts at 6pm. At 6pm sharp we will start training.
6.00-6.30 - Whole club training. (Layups, 5 man weave, 3 on 2 etc) + weekly catch up
6.30-7.00 - Divide into 2 courts - scrimmage on one court (for those who want to scrimmage) and drills/skills session on one court
7.00-8.00 - Scrimmage
To the reports:
A's (4-0) v SPOC A - Written by Orks - Coming off three wins in a row, the A's were feeling confident. Not an unwarranted confidence that my younger and less worldly sibling had in his bets with me, but a calm focus compounded by hours of training together, and most importantly, strikes on the W column. This confidence was further boosted after Old Bill informed us that Saints were without Kong and several other key players. The game started the way it ended: scrappy. There were lots of turnovers and miscues, Orken being responsible for a hefty proportion, occasioning one of them by spinning deftly out bounds on an ill-conceived post move. The scores were low and level for the first few minutes before Phil hit a 3 and we started to get a bit more flow on offense. Jack and Orken put on a glorious display of Buddy-BallTM on a 3 on 3 fast break with Jack hitting the glistening nubile Orken in stride for a monster two handed tomahawk. Orken reported seeing 2 of the saints defenders “coming at” him, but after he simultaneously glared at them both directly in the eye, they backed off and watched as he soared above them for the flush. This gargantuan feat gathered some much needed momentum for the Reds as they began to get their offense back on track and get on top of the game. Foo was back in form taking it to the hole for an and one and Old Tauny Port got the better of How Do I Hautop on multiple plays. Whilst the Reds pushed the margin out to around 10ish, the game resettled into its original scrappiness for the last quarter and a half. Good Will Hunting was having a shocker and had his last two feeble attempts destroyed by Orken. In general, the refs were their standard terrible on both ends, but one of them really distinguished himself in that field when he called Saints ball after Hautop blatantly threw the ball out of bounds all alone. After what seemed like our worst game of the year, the game was over and we had scored 48 points and won by 15. It was never in doubt but it was still a bit of a struggle to get in a rhythm on offense, something that will surely develop in the coming weeks. Orken and Jack scored 11 each (cute), Foo and Phil had 8.
B's (3-1) v Oakden A - Win by Forfeit. Angus and Jono are claiming the win due to their lewd comments last week. Here is a video on hastags instead.
C's (3-1) v D's (3-1) - Written by G - Round 4 we had the dance with your sister round (worse than a double fail), playing against the D’s. Going into this we knew that the D’s were most likely top with 3 30 point wins under their belt, with Ned and Frangas carrying most of the scoring load with a good support cast. Our focus was to stop these 2 and try and limit the damage that the role players could inflict. The first half was a very close contest on the court with the scoreboard unfortunately not reflecting this for the D’s. The C’s came out in a man and the D’s in a box and 1 on G. Early on the box and 1 allowed Goody and Fancy Krantz to work together to get some good looks and assists. Then BB nailed some jumpers to give the C’s some breathing room going into the half. For the D’s Dangerous Stu was proving very hard to stop. Driving in and getting layups or to the line. At half time the score was 15-8. In the second half the C’s were able to get in a good rythym for most of the half, getting some really nice drive and dishes, exploiting the box and 1. Hendo on the receiving end of some nice passes. Once again our FT were terrible, 2/10. For the D’s scoring was still a struggle, Stu hit a couple more layups but D’s overall accuracy around the rim hurt them all game, Goody doing a great job guarding the rim. Palky hit a pull up bank 2 from the foul line. Final score 31-18. C’s top scorers were BB and Hendo with 8, Fancy with 5. D’s top scorers were Stu with 10, Palky, Ned, and Road Train with 2.
*Last week I forgot to mention that The Marine got a huge block.
E's (3-1) vs Spicer Uniting - Written by Rough - E's went big this week; with Pritch and Foo out, Tye and Flair in. The umpires were pedantic, albeit consistent, with more off-ball offensive and defensive fouls than on-ball. Felt a little like they were protecting Spicer from a more physical game, but fouls were going both ways. In reality Spicer were never in the game, with the first half ending 21-10. Offensive boards provided easy put-backs for the whole team and defensive boards generating points for the quicker guys in transition. E's kept up the pressure to the end, allowing Spicer only 4 in the second half. As has become the curse of the E's, we managed only 1/7 from the FT line. Good all round game, though not exactly stretching the team. Win 47-14. Highscorers: Bubs 15, Brad 10.
F's (2-1) v Golden Grove A - Written by Lenny - The F's had been gathering intel from 2013 on Golden Grove A's and were expecting Stretch, Dufus and Jesus as well as a dude who flops; we didn't realise that The Pear would also be on their side as he was out umpiring and he still doesn't like us. There were 2 genuine travels called and then about another 10 iffy ones? We went out man and with Hanzo jumping out of the blocks, we were 9 - 0 up after 6 minutes (and they were 6 - 0 in terms of foul count) but it was GG who were wearing most of the wrath of the umps (and The Pear's incompetence). They called a time out and went on a bit of a run getting to the hole through the back door. At 9 - 7 we steadied, went into zone and held them reasonably well and went out to 13 - 7 score approaching half time. The F's were working on running the play from practice on Tuesday against a 3 - 2 zone and when Toma looked up and no-one was moving and no-one was really in position he exclaimed Jesus Christ (not at the GG Jesus or the real one) - whistle / tech / GG to the line and possession. Foot off the pedal and we were 13 - 13 at half time having suffered the first of many long bombs that banked. Back into man after the break and another banked tres to GG and we were 18 - 13 down. Time out called, settled and the wise man Matt Trim stepped up to the plate with 2 long bombs and we kept in the hunt; it kept being 2 down, 4 down, 2 down etc. Defence was strengthening and we were holding and up sprang Bjork - fouled - sent to the foul line - scores even 24 - 24. Fouled - sent to the foul line - scores 26 - 24. We got it out to 6 lead; they stole the ball twice in the crunch time but mostly failed to convert. Final scores 32 - 28 with a hard fought and pleasing win (especially having a 19 - 10 run in the second half to bring us back and #10 whinged and pushed and got an intentional - but he didn't flop. Even spread of points - Bjork 8 (he's coming in his best game yet); Toma & Hanzo 7; Phil 6.
G's (0-3) v Northgate A - Written by Hitman - This week the mighty G-Force faced the five-man Northgate Ballers*. From the outset the Redman were moving the ball well and getting good looks from short range, but the shots just weren’t falling. At the other end they were getting stops and rebounds. The Ballers seemed keen not to run the length of the court if they didn’t need to, and applied pressure in the backcourt rather than getting back in transition. This strategy worked as we repeatedly turned the ball over in the back-court, undoing our solid defensive work by gifting them extra shots. After giving up a multiple-basket lead, the Redmen finally got on the board thanks to a slick pass from Udit to Dillon, which stood as the highlight of the game. The rest of the half then became frustrating for both teams, even the simplest shots bouncing out rather than in the basket more often than not. At half time the Ballers had kept their early margin intact to lead 17-9, but the margin between the teams didn’t seem that great. A half-time resolution not to fall into our usual scoring drought was carried out on the court, instead it was the tiring Ballers who struggled, and we held them scoreless for 7 minutes while reducing the lead to 6 points. Unfortunately they regrouped after a timeout and pushed the lead out again over the next few minutes. The Redmen switched to a full-court man defence against the tiring Ballers in an attempt to force turnovers. Defensively this stopped the flow of points, but we still couldn’t find the middle of the hoop at the other end. The final score was 27-18 but the final margin flattered the opposition. Dillon worked hard as ever for his 9 points and James scored 3.
*That’s what it says on their uniforms
Lady Reds (3-1) v Taperoo A - The Reds were up against an unknown Taperoo team ... if they are anything like their male counterparts they might just club the girls. Jordy was the quickest player on the court and she was getting lay up after lay up running past Taperoo on the break. The Reds were up by 15 early - Wans and Claire were cleaning up on the boards and converting inside and Emma, Loz and Megan all hit jumpers. Taperoo hit some late 3's - Reds up 30-12 at halftime. I didn't get to see the 2nd half but I was informed that there were lots of fancy passes, 360 dunks, trash talking and general shenanigans. I also believe at one point someone pulled a ladder out of their afro ... no wait that was something I saw in Super Harlem Globetrotters. Reds won 39-27 - Jordy 13, Loz 7 and Wans 5 - everyone scored.
Palky's Super Top Trio - Week 4
3rd - Alex Bubner
2nd - Ben Orken
1st - Tim Wong
Game Times: Week 5:
Same as always =) I will let you know later in the week.
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