Liam joined the club in 1999 (the year we first started stats). He played his 1st year in the B's and has then spent the next 16 years in the A's (he missed the 2003 season when he was overseas. Liam has done all you can do in the club - he is a 2 time Club Champion (2004 and 2011), A's MVP in 2005, won multiple Best Team Man, 1st winner of the Sean Heylen Medal for best player in the 2007 Intercol, Life Member in 2009 and was voted in unanimously to the Team of the 20 Years in 2013.
Get this - Liam has won 9 ... 9 A Grade titles - along with Big A as the only player to win that many.
He is the 7th player to play 400 games, is the 3rd all time leading scorer, 5th in Free Throws attempt and 3rd in makes and 4th in 3's.
One would argue (namely I would argue) that Liam has the best career in an Old Reds uniform. He does what ever the team needs him to do - he has lead the A's in scoring, he has lead them in 3's, he is their best defender, he plays down low or guard, you can run the offence through him - of his 400 games ... he would not have lost many.
Nathan joined the club in 2003 (missing the 2008 season) - if there is a statistcal record G probably holds it. G has been a member of most teams in the club - he started in the B's, moved to the A's from 2004-2006, then split time between the B's and C's - almost always leading his team in scoring. G won the Club Champion in 2013, is a 5 time team MVP, 3 time C Grade Players' Player Winner, 3 time of the Lowbrown (the Wednesday team Players' Player) and was a Life Member in 2013.
He is 6th in games played, 2nd in scoring (soon to be 1st), 5th best points per game average (behind Blair, Dan Garrett, James Jones adn Phil Harford) and 2nd in 3's made.G won his only Saturday Championship in 2013 in the C's - scoring 17 in the Grand Final with opposition playing box and 1 on him - one of the great games in club history.
There is no one club history that can get hot like G.
Last week, Mark Powell played his 300th game - the 10th player to reach this milestone.
Max joined the club in 2002 - playing a couple of years in the C's then into the B's. In 2006 he moved interstate and returned in 2011 – where he has been playing with C’s and E’s as well as playing and running the Thursday team. He has won 3 Saturday titles – C’s in 2002, B’s in 2004 and E’s in 2014. In the C’s in 2002 – down 1, Max was fouled – there was no time left on the clock and he had 2 free throws. In one of the best 5 moments in club history – Max made both free throws. Max is also a 5 time team MVP.
One of the great scorers in the club – he is 6th all-time in points scored, 4th all-time in 200+ points in a season (7 times) and 6th in 3’s made.
INTERCOL: On Monday night we had Intercol - this year at Saints. We came away with wins in the A's and B's but unfortunately the C's lost.
Below are the scoresheets - pretty much explain everything. The C's started too slow and got down early - they had a good comeback and were down 3 with 2 seconds left - they didn't get a good look and lost. The B's crushed Saints - starting 24-1 (Saints B's obviously don't start well). Jono, Brendon and Lachy crushed it. The A's had a great start - Jack was on fire. The A's got out to a nice lead but Saints came back as they have a tendency to do. The A's got to the line a bit and made some crucial free throws ... not a great 2nd half but got the job done.
With the 2 wins - PAOC have now won a total of 35 Intercols and Saints have won 34. It has taken 24 years - but we now have more wins than them. It is very satisfying ... like watching tennis balls get made.
To the reports:
A's (12-2-0) v Gateway A (8-2-4) - Written by Mike - Gateway showed an almost full line up, rocking up with 9 players, only short Kerwin and a James smith that didn't play. The A's missing Liam and a withdrawn from the team Corey, played yet another game with only 5. They've never looked shorter, with Jack and Mike making up the 3 and 4 man spot. It was a game of inconsistencies. Less than average passing, less than average finishing, less than average refereeing. Gateway stayed in the game early with a few good shots from range and a few considerable referee calls that put them to the line when it shouldn't have, and kept A's off the line when they should. Playing with 5 as opposed to 9, every misplaced foul call tended to mean that much more. A's up at the half but only by 6 or so. The second half was very much of the same, A's seemed a lot more flat that usual and really struggled to gain momentum, only scoring on the break. A few more dubious calls going both ways had all the players uniting in confusion as to the deplorable efforts of the officials, UIC standing nearby unable to lend an opinion with the stance "if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it." A's were down 4 with 50 seconds to go, got a quick lay up, followed by another interesting 3 seconds in the key call to get the back. 20 on the clock 2 down. Moved the ball to Jack who drew a foul and made both shots, time out to Gateway 5 on the clock. Gateway choked and ran each other as A's managed a turnover and a quick timeout. 3 on the clock and an inbound. Without a whiteboard the play was run amiss and the ball knocked wayward, draw at the end of an interesting game. Big thanks to Lachy to stick around and score.Draw 37-37. Foo 11, Jack 10, Phil 9.
Looks like the game almost reached "BOILING POINT"
B's v SPOC A - Quick report - the B;s started super strong and were up 21-12 at halftime - Jono made 8 straight free throws. Second half - Reds ran out of legs and started arguing with the refs. Saints put on the pressure and pulled away. Lost 28-45. Jono 11, Brendon 10, Mitch 5.
C's (11-3) v Unley A (3-11) - NO REPORT - Down in the 2nd half by 8 they came back to win 44-36. Jay 11, Ned and Goody 9.
D's (8-6) v SPOC B (6-8) - The D's came out on fire - the score was 25-0! Stu hit 4 straight 3's - the interior passing was amazing, Big A scored 11 points in the half, including an amazing tip in, Foo and Stu got out on the break, Purge was hitting every open player - it might have been the best half in the Old Reds history. Half time was 36-6. The 2nd half was the exact opposite - the D's ran out of legs (which is understandable considering their age) and Saints started to make shots that they were missing in the 1st half - Saints out scored the Reds 27-11 in the 2nd but the lead was too much to overcome. D's win 47-33. Stu 18, A 11, Thommo 7.
E's (6-7) v Taperoo A (8-1-4) - Written by Max - So I thought Taperoo had cleaned up their act a little bit, I was wrong:
1. First possession of the game, I’m on the left side of the court near the low post, shot rebounds long to the right hand side, I get a shove from behind and go flying out of court, turn around to remonstrate and their biggest player gets in my face and screams ‘I’ll do more than push you’.
2. Taperoo switched to a half court man early in the first half. I think the extra intensity and physicality surprised us.
3. Taperoo racked up 8 fouls in the first 6 minutes of the second half, they must have fouled us on every possession. Total of 35 fouls for the game slows everything down so much.
4. We shot 5/16 from the line. We couldn’t make Taperoo pay for their strategy to foul us constantly.
5. Refs pet call for the day was travelling, whistling Morgan 4 times for it. I think they got confused because he is left handed.
6. Our defence looked good – we only let them score 19 points! Both of their made 3 pointers were rubbish shots too.
7. We got some quality looks at the basket that just rolled in and out. Even when there was no foul called there was usually still contact. Miller and Tye, our scoring threats from recent weeks, looked out of sorts – I’m sure their form will be back next week.
8. One minute to go in the game, Reds down by 4, I call a sub through the ref to come in and he motions me on, clock is stopped. Then the ref starts arguing with the timekeeper that the clock only stops for time outs, subs and foul shots. Timekeeper says that is why the clock is stopped, because it is a sub. In all the confusion generated by the ref we end up with 6 players on the court – Bench Tech.
9. In the end Reds went down 19-14.
10. Can Taperoo actually enjoy playing like this every week?
Thanks to Amos for coming out early to score for us.
F's (7-6) v Big Sunday A (6-1-6) - NO REPORT (probably for the best) - Lost 13-30. G 5, Charlie 4.
G's (6-8) v Big Sunday C (1-13) - NO REPORT - Win 45-19. Reid 20, Trimmy 8, Nelly 7.
Lady Reds v St Casmir A - Jordy returned to the team that has been hit with another injury. The 1st half was a grind - the Reds were scoring with Rachel and Alicia on the break and Hannah inside, the team was getting good looks but just not making their open jumpers. St Casmir were knocking down their jumpers and were allowed to get out on the break. Alciai hit 2 late 3's by Alicia kept the Reds in it - 17-17 at half time. The 2nd half the Reds were getting out on the break - Tracey and Rach this time, Megan made a couple of runners and a jumper, Jordy scored inside and the D tightened up. Reds won 42-32. Alicia 10, Rachel 9, Tracey 8.
Palky's Player of the Week - Week 14: Pretty easy one this week. He set his Old Reds high game on Saturday with 20 points in the G's - Reid Amos.
Week 15 - Game Times:
A's v B's @ 2.40pm - Saints Court 1
C's v SPOC B - 3.30pm - - Saints Court 1
D's v Unley Park A @ 1.50pm - Saints Court 1
E's v Blackwood A @ 4.20 - Saints Court 1 *Palky's Game of the Week
F's v Knightsbridge F @ 3.30 - - Saints Court 2
G's v Golden Grove A @ 4.20 - St Peters Court 2
Lady Reds v CityReach A @ 4.20 - Wayville Court 1
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