Monday 22 September 2014

SACBA Grand Finals

That's it for the Saturday season. 8 teams started - 3 finished top, 7 made finals, 3 made Grand Finals and we won 2 flags.

First I want to start by thanking Jimmy Townsend - what a star. He has done so much for this club this year - can't thank you enough, both personally and from the club.

Massive thanks to Purge for coaching the 3 Grand Finals - having a non-playing coach to call subs, be a sounding board in timeouts and someone to make subtle but vital changes is so important.

CLUB LUNCH - Is Saturday October 11. It is at the Seven Stars - it $50 per head, for the you get a meal and 3 hours of drinks. Get there at 12.30pm for 1.00pm start. We will be awarding all the team's MVPS and Best Team Man, Sean Heylen Medal (for best player in Intercol), Best Club Man and Club Champion. There are 3 Life Members being awarded this year. We will also be having the yearly NBA Auction - Big A will be sending out the standards for the Auction soon. I have Facebook'd those of you on FB and texted the others of you. Can you please respond ASAP. 

Another awesome year everyone - let's have fun at the lunch. Keep the cash coming through for the Microbrewery tour on Saturday November 22.

To the reports:
A's v Gateway A - Written by Liam - We went into the GF in the easiest way yet over the 10 year run (with the exception of 06 when a technical forfeit by HUVC got us through - that year we played in a GF and lost our last three games, incredibly difficult to do!), with a controlled win over Saints and after a great year, we should have had solid confidence. But in spite of this and a fast start, and perhaps missing the presence of Orken, we snatched at too much through the first half. Throwing passes into hands and not taking some opportunities presented to us. Also, Gateway came out of the blocks just as hard and they continued to press up the floor and force the tempo. They were really good. By the end of the first half they'd opened up a gap and they held control and continued to ease away. Every time we got a good stop or finished well they'd respond. Credit to them. Corey was great inside and we didn't get it to him enough. Tauney shot like Madman from the baseline and his scoring kept us in touching distance. No one was bad, but no one was great.

When it comes to grand finals I think the passion element can be overstated at times, particularly by TV stations, but Gateway lifted for this game more than we did. Was it because we didn't want it enough? Personally, I don't think so, but what I don't think is in question is how much they lifted. From our experience, that was their best performance of the year. That wasn't our best performance of the year. Without Orken we still had enough to win, but we couldn't make it happen. They shot well and played good D. Congratulations to Gateway on the Premiership. Now we have to learn from that and come back stronger next year.


*Palky comment - not having Orken cannot be understated. I think Gateway were very lucky he didn't play - he is the team's leading scorer and the anchor to the defense. Liam doesn't want to make excuses ... I think it is a big 6'7" excuse. 

D's v Unley Park A - Written by Simon - After watching the heroics of the E’s & A’s in the games before us, we knew it was our time to shine. With the full squad of 8, we watched the Unley warm-up with interest – their #32 Napoleon Dynamite lookalike wasn’t suited up – a bonus for the D’s given a recent Palk blog declaring him the best player in our grade.  Still, 6 of the other 7 players were dangerous (the one that wasn’t still scored on us unfortunately). We had a game plan that worked against them – scramble to get out to every shooter and don’t allow open looks.  We started with some energy, particularly Frangers with his early 3, and Dangerous driving and cutting the lanes – including one great veteran play with maximum hangtime for an and-one. Kobe was battling hard and hit a couple, and was forced to take the lion’s share for a few minutes while the Road Train donated a little more of his body to the Club – he’d already given teeth this year, this time it was blood. Josh came off the bench for some aerial assistance & Palky & Simon also came on but both of us are working out what for – we’ll settle on defense and cool heads. Ned was working hard from the top but couldn’t quite find the holes he had in previous weeks, but was dishing out to good effect. To be honest we didn’t use our inside game as much as we should have. 

Our D was working ok, they certainly weren’t getting many outside looks, but were sneaking it in along the base and converting.  With a foul to give, we ensured there were no cheap shots & at halftime we held a decent 24-18 lead, Frangars with 9, Stu 8 & Kobe 6.

The second half was lively, with a good spread among ours, the half blind Road Train (one contact was forced up the eyeball) throwing himself around for a solid 6. Frangers was again busy, with another 3, mid-range 2 and 2 free throws when we needed them. Stu was finishing really well, and Kobe had his hands in everything. 

Unley had a bit of a surge to close the margin, one play in particular was stopped by a massive 2 handed block from Ned, who was flying through the air backwards at the time from memory.  Epic.

With a minute to go, they hit a 3 to bring it back to 3 points but we would not be denied! We ran out 47-42 winners – final tally was Frangers with 16, Stu 14, Kobe 8 and Road Train 6 points and 300ml of blood.

Thanks to Purge for his work on the side coaching us, some poignant words from Jack and additional sideline support from Chad & G.  nd a big thankyou to Jimmy for his stellar effort (again) on Saturday to score – buy that man a beer!

It was a great game to be part of, and well umpired too – a really good level for SACBA, allowing us to at least have a physical game without it turning into a game from the stripe.  Thanks boys for an awesome season!



E's v SPOC C - Written by Max - Over the course of the season the E's had beaten SPOC C on all but one occasion, but it had never been easy. Perhaps a little out of rhthym from the week off and with lots of GF nerves the E's looked shakey. A couple of wayward passes and some confusion on defence and the E's had made the start they were hoping to avoid.
Meanwhile, Saints defence was suffocating. They were clogging up the middle but still getting to our outside shots. The refs were happy for a physical game and the Saints big men were willing to foul rather than allow us any inside shot opportunities. Our usual tactic of driving and dishing to Bubs and Brad just wasn't working.

At the other end of the court Saints seemed to have all the luck, fumbling in points from off balance jumpers, and some easy points from offensive rebounds. When Roughie was sent off the court with blood gushing from a cut to his head we were in trouble. By half time, Saints had pushed out to a 15-9 lead.

With Roughie's head duct taped back together (thanks to a quick thinking Phil), the game was there for the taking in the second half. Though with a couple of quick baskets by Saints their lead was quickly out to double figures. The 'E's stayed in touch though with some accurate outside shooting. Roughie's head injury had obviously affected his memory because he forgot that he isn't normally a 3 point threat. He put in two 3 pointers that never looked like missing, the second so spot on that it hardly looked like it touched the net. It was looking like the game might slip away from us at any moment so we changed to a zone defence. This seemed to surprise Saints who with a little more space put up a couple of rushed shots. The different spacing aided the E's transition game and got Bubs running. In the half court Dan Foo was driving hard at the basket, completing a tough 3 point play.

When Cam drew a big charging foul the momentum looked like it was swinging our way. Then Pritch hit a 3 pointer and we were within 5 points. Saints didn't flinch though and they countered with a 3 of their own on the next possession, and all of a sudden the game was back out to 12.

There is a photo of Dillon shooting a 3 pointer in the second half, and in the background the scoreboard shows us down 36-24 with only 6:51 remaining. He made the shot and it sparked a 14-0 run for the E's.



In an amazing performance Dillon hit 3 shots from the perimeter in a row. Bubs wound up and put in an inside shot and was fouled. With 1 minute remaining Dillon hit another shot from the corner to put us in the lead by 2 points. Saints attacked the basket hard and their best free throw shooter got fouled on the drive. He only made 1 of 2 from the line and the E's had possession again with 40 seconds remaining, E's ahead 38-37.

Saints were in shock and with all of the E's outside shooting had only 3 team fouls for the half. They either had to foul repeatedly in quick succession and rack up some team fouls, or allow us to run down the shot clock and hope for a rebound. In their panic they let the E's run 20 seconds off the clock and then fouled. This put 15 seconds back on the shot clock and time for neither strategy to work.

Amazing win and an unforgettable comeback to finish off a dominant season for the E's. Everyone played well and did what it took to win. Dillon had 15 and Bubs had 7.



Tuesday 16 September 2014

SACBA Finals Week 2 - Qualifying Final

Grand Final weekend - wooooooooooo! Best weekend of the year. This is what we play for every year ... this is why we train and work on our games, why we rock up every Saturday - for this opportunity. If you are not excited - there is something wrong.

GRAND FINAL BBQ: Brad Hughes is kindly hosting this year's Grand Final BBQ this Saturday September 20. BBQ starts at 12 noon. Head down to his place - you need to BYO meat and beers. I have emailed you the address and it is on the PAOCBC Facebook page. If you are not on either of those, text me and I will send it to you.

We will then all make our way to Grand Finals at Wayville by 3.20pm for the E's game.

POST GRAND FINAL: Back to the Seven Stars after the C’s game – at about 9ish. The Front bar is not booked so we can all head in there.

CLUB BEHAVIOUR: I know I don't need to say this but I will - If anyone and I mean anyone (club member, friend, partner, family), causes any problems - members of the committee will give you one warning, if you are warned again ... you will be told to leave and not allowed to re-enter. As a club - we will not talk to the opposition or the refs during any games. If you are heard abusing either group ... you will be kicked out. Do you understand? We are there to cheer on our teams and that is what we will do. Some guys have shorter leashes than others.

I would ask that every member of the club make it to the Grand Finals ... I am not going to say attendance is compulsory ... but  whatever one step below compulsory is ... that is your attendance requirement status.

CLUB LUNCH: Saturday October 11th @ Seven Stars. $50 lunch and 3 hour drinks package. Please RSVP to Palky. More details to come. 

The stats page is up to date here. 

Three teams are into this week's Grand Finals - the A's, D's and E's and on Saturday two more teams were battling it out to get in - the C's v Unley Park A and the Lady Reds v Unley Park A. Reds v Unley Park ... the new rivalry.

To the reports: 
C's v Unley Park A - The C's have struggled against Unley Park this year - they struggle with their quickness and 3 point shooting. Unley Park have arguably the best player in their division (#32) and they have a couple of excellent shooters, two athletic guys who can get to the ring and a serviceable big guy. The C's started in a 2-1-2 to maximise their chances of getting to the shooters. Krantz was late because he was pulled over by the cops on the way to the game - they searched his car for drugs.

Unley got out to a 12-6 lead ... with #32 getting to the basket and three inside scores from their big guy. G kept it close with three 3's and a couple of free throws, Brad and Jay scored inside and Jay hit a big 3 - down 1 at halftime 18-19. Second half, Unley were shadowing G and the C's couldn't find a shot - Goody and Krantz were scoring inside but #4 for Unley got hot and made two 3's and a long 2. This opened up the floor and #32 and #21 were getting to the rack. The C's just couldn't find a consistent avenue to the basket and ended up losing 32-43. G had 11, Goody and Krantz 6.

It was a shame that a great season had to finish this way.

Lady Reds v Unley Park WA - Unley Park looked a little undermanned - missing their center and their best shooter. The Reds were missing Jordy - so it seemed like it was going to be a good contest.

The Reds started in a man and it appeared to be a good option - but 2 things went wrong ... foul trouble and Unley made 5 absolute prayers to keep the Reds at arms length. Alicia opened with a tough runner and Georgie and Claire were killing it inside. Georgie had to go off with her 3rd foul and the Reds lost their best one on one scorer. Loz hit a 3 and a layup - Reds down 16-19 at halftime. They girls were turning it over far too often.

Unley started the half with 4 players as one of their players was hurt on the sidelines - they didn't make them pay and Unley actually scored a couple of baskets. Soon after Unley went back to 5 players and Reds started to score again - Claire inside, Megan made a tough runner and Alicia hit a runner baseline. Georgie picked up her 4th. The Reds were close - down 22-23. Reds were dominating the boards with Wans getting everything and their tight D forced 4 straight steals ... and as they turned to run the break they got called for a travel, travel, double dribble and were fouled on the doing a layup - no call. This broke the momentum. Unley went to the line as the Reds were again in the penalty (final foul count 19-6) and they started to convert. The Reds needed a score but just couldn't get it. Loz made a late 3 but it was all over. Lost 29-34. Loz with 11 and Claire with 8. 

It was another great season for the Reds - in their 4 years they have finished 2nd, 2nd, 3rd and 3rd. They will get that title soon ... it took the Boys 15 years to get their 1st A Grade title.

Grand Final Times: 
Games at Wayville 
E's v SPOC C - 3.20pm - Court 2
A's v Gateway A - 6.50pm - Court 1
D's v Unley Park A - 8.00pm - Court 1


Get excited.

Tuesday 9 September 2014

SACBA Finals Week 1 - Semi and Elimination Finals

Finals are finally here - it is always the best time of the year. We had 6 contests - 2 teams in the A Grade - one in a Semi and one in an Elimination. 2 teams in the B Grade facing off to get into the Granny in 2 weeks. 2 teams in the C Grade - one in the semi and one snuck into to the Elimination and the Lady Reds trying to win to extend their season for another week.

Before we get to the reports - REMINDER: Club Lunch is on Saturday October 11th at The Seven Stars. There will be a drink and food package - usually around the $50 price range. This is where we hand out the season awards - the team MVP and Best Team Man, Best Club Man, Sean Heylen Medal for Best Player at the Intercol and Club Champion. We also do the NBA Auction later in the day. If you want to RSVP please do so now.

Keep the deposits coming for the Microbrewery Bus Tour on Saturday November 22. You should have the bank details - $30 will secure your seat. Seats are limited and we have already locked in a few.

To the reports:
A’s v SPOC A - The winner goes straight into the GF … the loser to face the winner of Gateway and the B’s. As they do the A’s jumped out of the blocks - Orks and Corey scoring inside, Phil hit a 3 and some FTs and Jack getting to the basket. A’s up 14-2 early when Orks got a faux-dunk over Kong. Saints settled - Proctor was getting to the line and Gilmartin got to the basket for 2 and hit a 3. Reds kept the pressure on and went into halftime up 27-17. The 2nd half was a closer contest - with Saints getting the lead back to 6 before Jack and Phil settled the team with some FTs and Orks was hitting jumpers and scoring at the basket. When Tauny hit a 3 it was all over. As he does when the pressure is off Good hit a couple of late jumpers to bring the score back a bit. Reds won 48-37 to make their 10th straight A Grade Grand Final. This has been their easiest entrance into the GF in years (maybe ever). Orks had 14, Jack 13 and Phil 12.

B’s v Gateway A - The one thing you can’t do against Gateway is let them get off to a fast start or let them take open 3’s … actually that is two things … and the B’s let them do both of those things. Jo and Joel both got open 3’s, got out on the break and the B’s struggled to contain them. Mike was scoring inside, Manners hit a long j … the B’s put up a few points but they couldn't get the stops they needed. B’s down 16-33 at halftime. The 2nd half Gateway got up 20 and it was looking all but over. Step up … Jono Self. The B’s started to get stops, Jono started getting out of the break and making basket after basket. Gus, Phil and Lachy were crashing the O glass and the Reds mounted a comeback. They were chipping away, chipping away and then suddenly it got down to 9 points. The Reds supporters were getting into it and the B’s were “up and about” to steal a totally over-used footy term. The B’s got a crucial stop and Gus had an open 16 footer to cut it to 7 … it rimmed out … Gateway went down and hit a 3. The shot deflated the B’s and the run was over. In the end Gateway got it back out to 15 - winning 44-59. They just couldn’t get the stops when they needed them. They outscored Gateway in the 2nd half. Jono had 17, Mike 8, Gus and Phill 6.

It has been an amazing run for the B’s - to think over the last 3 years they have finished 3rd, 3rd and 4th - I think this achievement sometimes gets overshadowed by the A’s dominance but it is a remarkable effort. If they were in the B Grade they would be winning every game by 20-30. The mix of veterans and youth in this team is the key to their success and I think we have unearthed the future of the club in Jono and Gussy … with Mike and Lachy that is a solid 4 to carry on the legacy.

C’s v D’s - I was not nervous before the game, probably the only final I have never been nervous for. I guess for 2 reasons - at least one team was making the GF and the sense of dread and loathing that we had to play each other, was higher than the fear of not succeeding. Some guys in the club love playing against each other, I am on record on saying I hate it. Having to guard guys I like and hoping to see them fail is contrary to everything I want for the guys in the club and as individuals. Oh well - we are victims of our own success ... so bring it on.

The C’s have beaten the D’s every game this year - by 20, 16 and 7. The C's traditional man D has caused the D’s trouble - the D’s knew what was coming and they had talked about what they needed to do to beat it. The 1st half was close - Stu, Sime and Brendon all made 3’s for the D’s - Goody was battling inside - he was scoring at the rim and even made a FT and a long jumper, BB and Brad scored on the break, Madman hit a long j and G hit a 3 on his only open look for the half. The D’s got the C’s in foul trouble and were able to get the line and convert. Half time D’s up 18-16. Highlight - BB blocked the absolute crap out of Palky on the break … it hurt Palky’s feelings. The 2nd half the D’s got the lead out to 8 points - Stu was getting the basket and scored on 3 crazy layups, and Jon scored inside. The C’s, the worst FT shooting team in the club, did something unusual and made some FTs to keep the score close - G hit a long j and scored on an inbound play to get the score back tied. Palky made a 3 and Brendon hit a jumper to get the D’s another 2 basket lead. The D’s were up 3 with 30 sends left - C’s had the ball - the D’s sent two guys at G and he hit the stupidest 3 I have ever seen - it was a chest pass from 27 feet with both guys in his face … swish … tie game! The D’s wound down the clock to 7 seconds with the ball in Stu’s hand - he rolled off a high pick and went to the basket - he was met at basket and he handed it off to Jon with 3 seconds, 2 seconds, BUZZZZZER … 1 seconds … Road Train laid it up and made a tough 2. D’s win! BUZZZZZER!

Wait …what???? Two buzzers.

The buzzer from the other court went off - as Road Train was making his move to the basket. I am not really sure what happened - I think Steve blew his whistle for time but then realised it was the other court. Jon made the basket and they counted it. The C’s protested - the D’s celebrated. I am not sure if the C’s stopped guarding Jon when they heard the whistle. It was a strange end. Should they have blown for inadvertent whistle and played the last 2 seconds again? Probably. Would Jon have made the layup anyway? Would the D’s have scored if they played the last 2 seconds? What would have happened in overtime. Who knows? It sucks that it happened … if it was not my team that got the perceived benefit I would have been irate. A couple of guys were irate. D's won 39-37 - Stu had 16, Frangers 9 and Road Train 5 for the D's and Goody had 11, G 10 and Brad 5.


The C's fight on for another day - they play Unley Park A this weekend. Unley Park are good - they have arguably the best player in the league, they have good shooters and a decent big inside. It will be tough - they fight hard. The D's beat them 3 times this year and the C's got them

E’s v SPOC C - This was going to be a battle. The two best teams in the league - they have played each other twice - they have won one each. It was going to a tough contest for the E’s - this is the team that pushed the C’s to limit in Intercol.

The E’s started in man and it was all about getting the match ups correct - for some reason Saints had their 2 best scorers coming off the bench. The Reds started well - Bubs scoring inside, Max hitting a 3 and scoring on the break - Dillion came off the bench when Foo picked up 3 quick fouls and hit a long j. Saints couldn’t score - they were able to get to the line and hit 6 of 12 FTs but they only scored one field goal for the half. Bubs hit another basket inside and hit some FTs and Pritch came off the bench and banked a 3 - E’s up 20-8 at halftime. The E’s were keeping Saints at arms length - for most of the half and then they had a sudden offensive onslaught - two 3’s from Minarelli, Tegan-Andersen was posting up Foo inside and scoring and the E’s scoring dried up. Pritch came on late and hit another 3 and it was the score that just kept Saints at bay. The E’s won 26-22 - Max and Pritch had 7 and Bubs had 6.

The E’s scored 26 points and won - they looked in charge the whole time because Matt Just is the best defender ever. Roughie didn’t score and was still the most dominant player on the floor - he drew charge after charge, got multiple steals and more deflections. He kept Saints from ever getting into their offence and then controlled the Reds offence. Bubs did a great job on Saints best player - Sedsman. He matched his athleticism and then he, Brad, Cam and Dillon kept Saints to one shot. It was a great display - one more efforts like that and they will be holding that yellow piece of plastic in 2 weeks. 

F’s v Hope A - I wrote a report and Lenny wrote a report so I have merged them. We all know what happened last week with the F’s out of the C Grade Finals and then with some smooth talking they were back where they deserved to be.

The F’s were absolutely committed to: -
a)    maintaining their defensive pressure on Hope A
b)    sustaining it throughout the game
c)    and keeping a tight lip on umpiring calls

There was one objective to stop Sresh (#9) and Tone was given this assignment. The first 8 minutes were a complete defensive display from both teams and there was no scoring. The fouls were raining like proverbial cats and dogs (mostly on us and mostly ticky touch wood but the guys maintained their discipline and a tight man defence). Hope got in the bonus early and Hope were able to get to the line - they went 6/14. Tim started to penetrate and make a couple of J’s from the top of the key, but the scores went bucket for bucket for the whole half. And Bjork was hoovering up some huge boards at the defensive end. Toma collected one in the snout and became Mister Tissue Nose as he looked to stem the bleeding. At the end of the half Reds were 11 (Tim 10 and Bjork 1).  2nd half The F's started to pull away - Orks Jr was getting out on the break and scoring and crashing the glass. Tim kept his scoring onslaught going and Tone was keeping Pepsi super quiet. The whole F's team kept reaching in on D and the refs were calling everything - Hope again found themselves in the bonus early and shot 20 FTs for the half.

With 5 minutes to go the F's were up 25-21 and had the game in hand - Pepsi then got a steal and went out on the break - Orks Jr was 10 metres behind him and sprinted down the court ... as Pepsi went for the layup Orks blocked him out of bounds, it was an amazing play ... then the refs whistle blew - Tone had reached in for 5th foul. Orks thought the foul was on him and screamed "WHHHAAT" - the refs blew a tech. So what should have been an awesome play by Orks turned out to be 4 free throws for Hope and the ball back, Tone fouled out and Orks picked up his 4th - and that changed the game. Hope made 3 of 4 then scored 2 on the inbounds - they were up 1. Pepsi then got free on the next offense and hit a 3 and that was pretty much it. The F's didn't score again and lost 31-25. The F's only had 2 scorers - Tim 17 and Orks 8.

The F’s were pleased to get to where we got to and would like to go several steps more next season (and know we can do that)  – as a team we have gelled and everyone was proud of our efforts for much of the season. It has been great playing with each other.

Lady Reds v Dunn A - Dunn are solid without being spectacular, they have one good player and then some decent players ... and as it turns out the decent player wasn't playing. Lady Reds got out to an early lead - Jordy and Loz both hitting a couple of early 3's and the Reds got out to a quick 14-2 start. Dunn slowly pegged it back - Jordy scored on the break, Georgie inside and Emma hit a long jumper - Reds up 20-12 at halftime. The 2nd half was dour - Reds couldn't make anything - they got out to a 24-12 lead with 10 minutes to go and didn't score again. Dunn started chipping away and got it down to 3 points with 10 seconds to go. Dunn got a long rebound and ran the break - #7 for Dunn went for the lay-up and was fouled ... the shot went up but thankfully didn't drop. 2 seconds left on the clock - made the 1st, missed the 2nd, Reds got the board and the fell over the line. Win 24-22. Loz and Jordy had 8, and Georgie 5. The girls controlled the game, they played solid D and Wans and Georgie did a great job on the boards. They are playing Unley this week. Jordy played her last game on Saturday - good end to her season and she will be missed for the next 2 games.

Game Times:
PRELIMINARY FINAL
13th SEPTEMBER 2014

*Marion Leisure Centre

C's v Unley Park A at 6:00
Lady Reds v Unley Park WA at 7:00

Unley stand in our way!

Monday 1 September 2014

SACBA Results Week 16 + Players Player Final Tally

The Players Player has been run and won once again for 2014. It was a great night - hope everyone had fun especially after the unfortunate incident of Palky costing the F's a shot at the C Grade Finals by telling them the wrong game time.

The Winners and Final Results are below:
A

Name Total Votes
Josh Orken 21.5
Phil Harford 17.0
Jack Harford 16.0
Jon Foo 15.5
Corey Gaard 9.0


B


Name Total Votes
Jono Self 22.5
Lachlan Campbell 20.5
Angus Crawford 14.5
Phill Farrer 13.0
Ryan Williams 7.5







 





C 

Name Total Votes
Andrew Good 21.0
Tim Wong 15.5
Nathan Graham 12.8
Brad Hughes 12.5
Jay Nguyen9.0



D


Name Total Votes
Stu MacDonald 24.3
Ned Young 20.3
Brendon Francesca 18.0
Josh Moorfoot 9.0
Simon Miller 8.5


E


Name Total Votes
Brad Daniel 16.5
Alex Bubner 16.0
Mark Powell 15.5
Daniel Foo 14.0
Matt Just11.5



F


Name Total Votes
Tim Corbel 18.5
Ben Orken 18.0
Toma Lulgjurad 15.0
Phil Walker 9.0
Jay Nguyen6.0

G

Name Total Votes
Dillon Haydon 25.0
Reid Amos 15.8
James Townsend 9.0
Udit Lakra 8.8
Charlie Baker6.5




Congrats to all the winners. The E's and F's counts were probably the 2 best counts ever. So exciting. Hope people had fun ... some had too much fun.


The annual (there was one run last year) PAOCBC Micro Brewery Bus Pub Crawl (PAOCBCMBBPC) is being held on 22 Nov 14, and will be touring the McLaren Vale; most likely stopping at places like Goodiesons, Smiling Samoyed, Red Poles, etc. The day will run roughly between 11am-5pm.

Total cost to cover tastings, bus beers and bus hire will be around the $50-60 mark. Extra beers, food and insurance excess will be up to individuals.

Seats are limited to a total of 23, so get in quick.  You can secure a ticket by EFT'ing a $30 deposit to the following account and then emailing matthew.just@defence.gov.au

Account Name - 284123837
BSB - 085005
Account No - PAOCBC
Reference - 'Bus Crawl'
Remitter - YOUR NAME


We aren't going to do any game reports going into Finals. So we just recap the results:

A's beat Knightsbridge by by 21 (Orks 24, Jack 21, Foo 13)
B's lost to Gateway A by 7 (Lachie 15, Phill 9, Jono and Crawf 8) 
C's beat Southwest A by 5 (
D's beat Taperoo A by 11 (Palk 12, Stu 9, Ned 5)
E's beat Hope A by 3 (Brad 10, Bubs 9, Pritch 3)
F's forfeited
G's BYE
Lady Reds beat Taperoo A by 42 (Jordy 26, Alicia 18, Loz 11)

Palky's Player of the Week: Week 16
Jordan Roberts ... she set the girl's highest scoring game record with 26. She is the first Lady Red to score 20+ in a game.

The game times are below ... we need to 100% confirm who has made the C Grade Elimination Final Game - us or Golden Grove. They got beaten pretty bad - so they may have dropped % but doubtful. At this stage this is what it is looking like.


Week 1 Final Times:



ELIMINATION / SEMI FINAL
6th September 2014
*Adelaide Arena

Lady Reds v Dunn A at 4.00
E's v SPOC C at 5.00
F's v St Peters A at 5:00
A's v SPOC A at 6:00
B's v Gateway A at 7:00
C's v D's at 8:00
PRELIMINARY FINAL
13th SEPTEMBER 2014
*Marion Leisure Centre
E's at 3:00 *If they lose
F's at 3:00 *If they lose
C's or D's at 6:00 *Who ever loses
Lady Reds at 7:00 *If they win
A's or B's at 8:00 *If A's lose and B's win

GRAND FINAL
20th SEPTEMBER 2014
*Wayville

F's at 2:10
E's at 3:20
Lady Reds at 5:40
A's and/or B's at 6:50
C's and/or D's at 8:00