2016 SACBA Week 14 Results + Intercol

MILESTONES: On Saturday - Liam Golding and Nathan Graham will both play their 400th game this week.

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.

 

The stats are up to date (except for the Monday team)

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

2016 SACBA Week 13 Results

Week off this week - enjoy it. Good luck to the boys on the beer cruise - behave yourself. Tim Duncan retired today ... he and his bad wardrobe will be missed.

The stats are up to date.

To the reports:
A's v SPOC A - Written by Mick - Bill looked like a right idiot, both in dress code and backing the wrong team. A's yet again running with 5, but when you're this good you don't need spares. A's were at their best when they were loud, picking up their tempo and rattling the boys in blue. Saints were at their best before the tip off, as Reds hadn't had an opportunity to score. More digs into boys in blue, let's make sure we beat them at Intercol in 2 weeks. Win 51-38. Foo 20, Phil and Liam 10

B's v Gateway A - Written by Jono - Saturday the B's faced Gateway, coming off of a high still from beating them in the previous match up our spirits were high and we came out strong, with Jon, Mitch and Tauny hitting 3's in the first couple of minutes, it put us to an early lead which we kept for the half, we were moving the ball well and our defensive was pretty good. Gateway were also shooting well which kept them close with the scores 26-24 at the half. Our zone defence was starting to slip and at one point Gateway were up but 15, we had a time out with 4 minutes to go, screwed our heads back on and came out into a man defence which worked well allowing us to bring the game back to 6 points with constant aggressive attacks to the basket from Jon, Brendan and Dillon! But unfortunately time ran out before we could regain the lead. Struggling with numbers this week meant we had to play a little more conservatively which didn't help in the result. Having Tauny out was a huge benefit for the B's, providing another strong body inside allowing us to cut off and get some good looks, hopefully we will have him out a few more times this season. Final score 52-44, Jon 18, Brendan 9, Tauny & Dillon 6.

C's v D's - C's were minus Jay, D's were minus Stu, Thommo, Rough, Future and Madman - they recruited in Road Train and Moorfoot. The C's started well with Jamie scoring 5 early points and Lachie and Goody scoring inside up 9-0. The D's settled with a three from Purge and Palk - with 2 late FTs from Big A for the D's, the C's went into halftime up 13-8. The 2nd half was still a grind - Lachie was tough to stop going to the basket and kept the score ticking over for the C's - Road Train scored a couple of baskets inside and Moorfoot got a couple of layups for the D's, when Palk hit a 3 it was 20-20. The C's then switched to zone and for some reason it threw the D's into a spin ... it freed up the C's and they started to score (just like Palky told them it would). Jamie hit a 3 and the drive and dump between Lachie, Krantz and Goody was too much for the D's down low. Purge got ejected late for shoving Manners - it all happened in slow-mo. C's won 35-23. C's - Lachie 15, Jamie 8, Goody 6. D's - Palk and Purge 6, Road Train 5. Thanks heaps to Sean and Mick for scoring.

E’s vs St Pauls A - Written by Max - With a late withdrawal due to sickness we were down to 5 players including one who had just filled in for the D’s. Morgan started off well catching the ball in the high post on multiple occasions and finding his way to the basket for a shot or clever dump off to the waiting Road Train. However the E’s let themselves down by failing to get back quickly enough in defense allowing the opposition to create easy transition buckets out of nothing. With Max the only guard on the team and hampered with a dodgy calf, the wings were playing out of position - and it showed. Highlight of the half was a three pointer by Road Train. In the second half the E’s kept pace with St Paul’s until about the 10 minute mark. Morgan and Road Train continued to keep the score board ticking over. Max knocked down a 3 pointer from the top. Coming out of a timeout with about 10 mins to go the E’s coughed up the ball on consecutive possessions giving St Pauls easy layups and the momentum. The E’s just ran out of steam, Morgan hitting the backboard first on 4 consecutive free throws and Road Train inbounding to the opposition. A frustrating loss going down 45-35, Road Train with 14 and Morgan with 13. Thanks to James for scoring for us.

F's v Northgate A - Win by forfeit

G's v St Peters A - NO REPORT. Lost 18-29. Reid 7, Matt 6, Troy 3.

Lady Reds v Unley A - The Lady Reds need to start beating the top teams - they had a good first half against Unley - they were up 16-12 at half time with Karen, Hannah and Alicia doing the damage offensively and the teams 3-2 D working well to stop the Unley offence. In the 2nd half - the game started to get away from the Reds who were tiring due to no bench. One Unley player started to get off and scored 12 in the half and the Reds went away from what got them the lead. The Reds didn't play great and need to improve a couple of things to be considered a shot at defending their title. Lost 25-35. Karen 10, Alicia 9, Hannah 4.

Palky's Player of the Week - Week 13 - J. Foo continues to have a great season, and Jono keeps getting numbers - this week's Player of the Week put in a Herculean effort - played 40 minutes against the C's getting 5 crucial points in the 2nd half and playing tough D, drove to Mars, played another 40 minutes top scoring with 14 (the most he has scored in a game since 2012) ... Jon "Road Train" Read.

No Games This Week.

2016 SACBA Week 12 Results

Quick note - Brendon set his club high points in a game last night with 29. Good work Brendon.

To the reports:
A's (11-1-0) v B's - Written by Mick - The A's came out after a strong win last week like they have every other week, hitting shots early and getting to the basket. A quick time out by the B's (having learned from previous weeks or from other teams) changed the pace of the game, as they beat the trap and started Getting to the hole, lead by Brendon. A's looked shaken. They've always crashed the boards well... Not today. They've generally moved the ball well... Not today... They've limited their turnovers. Not today. Credit to the B's, they changed things up, they moved the ball well, they wanted it more... For most of the game that is. Unfortunately for the B's the fairy tale ended when they got within 4 points of the A's. The A's started talking, got momentum and in 3 minutes of hustle, the game was over. 15 point lead to the A's and that was all she wrote. Great game overall. Well fought. A's win 47-34. A's - Liam 15, Orks and Foo 13 - B's - Brendon 12, Dillon and Mitch 6.

C's (9-3) v SPOC B (5-7) - Written by Jay - We were keen to impose ourselves on the game from the tip, and Lachy was hot to start, driving and getting to the hoop early and often. Krantz was doing work inside finishing off nicely after some good feeds. Jay hit a couple of 3s and Alex as well, and Reds were up 25-15 at the half. Saints started off the 2nd half strong, and scored 8 straight to cut the lead down, feeling quite chipper about themselves after knocking off the D's last week. However after a timeout, Reds picked up the intensity and it was game over as we went on a 16-2 run. Manners was all over the court forcing turnovers, running the break, and nastily swatting shots LeBron-vs-Curry style. Jay hit another 3, and Lachy and Krantz were continuing to score inside, recipients of some lovely dishes from Goody. Final 49-28. Lachy 14, Krantz 13 and Jay 13. 

D's (7-5) v Unley A (3-8) - D's were missing Roughie and Big A* - Unley** were down their 2 good guards. D's started well with Palk hitting four 3's , Stu hit 2 and Fooey hit 1 ... Palky then hit 2 more to wit Purge tells them "you know he can shoot right?" - with Late Player and No Scorer - D's up 40-13 at halftime. The 2nd half the D's were having fun in O - passing the ball around, finding cutters, open shooters - Purge was racking up the "dimes" hitting open guys every possession - Thommo was also found Stu, Foo and Palk on the cuts. Our 2nd half O was a thing of beauty but we rested a bit on D allowing Unley to score 31 points. Purge hit a couple of pull up jumpers, Stu hit two more 3's and with 5 minutes left Palky decided to get in on the action again and hit four more 3's making 10 for the game and setting a new club record*** for 3's in a game. Win 76-44 - Palky 32, Stu 18, Foo 7 - Purge with a total of 12 dimes.

*A must have still been picking out the watch that he had to buy last time he missed a game.
**Unley's 5th arrived 30 seconds before tip off, he didn't have a uniform so he entered the court wearing a black polo shirt and black tracksuit pants. The ref said to him that he needed a uniform. He was provided a jersey and shorts. He put on the jersey ... looked at the shorts, said "these are too big", and entered the court with his tracksuit pants on. The ref told him to put on his shorts. 10 seconds later ... he hit a 3.
***We have never offically kept 3's in a game but I 99% sure this is the record. I have the current record with 9 which I set last season, Jimmy hit 9 in a summer game, Stu hit 10 a few years back but that was in summer (so was the unoffical record), Altmann hit 9 in an Intercol, Trimmy hit 14 in a game but that was a forfeit against 3 players with 2 Reds filling in for the other team so we didn't keep that scoresheet. So all that said - I am pretty sure this is the record but if anyone knows that they have hit this many let me know.

E's (6-5) v SPOC C (3-1-7) - Written by Max - The E’s faced up against SPOC C’s for the first time this season and came away with a tense 35-30 victory. Mike 13, Road Train 10, Kara 7.

The Good
- Mike Tye turning back time and showing everyone how it is done with a masterful display of his inside and outside game for 13 points
- Road Train making strong position 2 feet from the basket to pile on a season high 10 points
- Reggie ‘Iron Man’ Miller pacing himself to play 40 mins yet again and stay in the game until the end 
- The E’s keeping a cool head in the final five minutes getting a couple of key baskets and stops
- Karamoshos unstoppable when receiving the ball on the cut to the basket

The Bad
- The E’s had a case of the fumbles, turning the ball over with poor decision making on 50/50 passes inside
- Morgan missing left hand layups
- Karamoshos trying to get away with NBA style travels

The Ugly
- The E’s not getting back in defence allowing SPOC to turn defensive boards into fast breaks
- At the other end the E’s grabbing the defensive rebounds and not getting the outlet pass to the guards quickly enough
- The umpires getting it wrong time after time.

F's (6-5) v Blackwood A (4-7) - NO REPORT. Loss 35-44. Jimmy 15, G 11, Moorfoot 4.

G's (5-7) v Spicer A (5-1-6) - NO REPORT. Loss 18-32. Nelly 6, Matt and Caldy 4.

Lady Reds (8-4) v Happy Valley A (0-12) - NO REPORT. Win 45-26. Rachel and Tess 14, Megan 9.

Palky's Player of the Week - Week 12: More great games from Liam, Jay, Orks and Mike Tye - they are killing it this year - but this week's Player of the Week is Nick Krantz. Fancy is having a great season - he is the 3rd leading scorer for the C's, he is rebounding really well and it as tough defender. His 13 points on Saturday shows that he is doing it on both ends - and with Goody and Lachie the C's have a formidibale frontcourt. It is like the 86 Celtics!

Week 13 Game Times:
A's v SPOC A - 2.40 @ Saints Court 1
B's v Gateway A - 5.10 @ Saints Court 1
C's v D's - 1.50 @ Saints Court 1
E's v St Pauls A - 3.30 @ Mars Court 1
F's v Big Sunday A - 1.50 @ Saints Court 2
G's v St Peters Ang A - 2.40@ Saints Court 1
Lady Reds v Unley A - 4.20 @ Wayville Court 1

2016 SACBA Week 11 Results

Everyone needs to pay their subs - Roughie has contacted you if you haven't. After Saturday - if subs remain unpaid then stats will be disabled for those players on the web and those members will not get any subsidy if they are coming on the brewery tour. This is not up for debate - seemingly like this trial in the US. (if you are offended by NFSW words ... don't read it)

Talking of stats - they are up to date - click here.

Short reports this week:
A's (10-1-0) v Gateway A (6-1-4) - Written by Mike - The A's have only struggled this year if they were slow to come out of the block. Often relying on their youth and speed, Liam proved to be an un-aging freak, knocking down some big 3s and scoring inside going for 11 early points. Things didn't slow down offensively either, Phil and Jack making shots, Foo scoring on drives and Orken playing 2 feet above everyone else, cleared up some boards and got to the bucket. It really got relentless in the second half when the As ball movement was at its peak for the season even finding some easy walk in lay ups as Mike skied down hill. Highlight for the game, James Smith didn't get an opportunity to hit anyone so he walked over to the scoreboard wall switch and turned it off. Literally giving up on the game. The final 4 minutes really felt like gateway had been invited to a PAC training to perform the task of "being a cone". Big win for the A's 70-30. Liam 20, Phil 14, Mike 10.

B's (2-9) v SPOC A (3-8) - SPOC came out of the gates hard and the B's had no answers. I left at half time but it was all over by the then. Phill was duelling hard with the Saints bigs. Lost 38-73. Phill 13, Jono 12, Kirkham 7.

C's (8-3) v Unley A (3-8) - NO REPORT. Win 34-31. Lachie 13, Krantz 8, Goody 6.

D's (6-5) v SPOC A (5-6) - Saints finally worked out that the D's like to shoot 3's and are old, so man is a good option. It was a back and forth game - Stu and Thommo were able to get to the basket time and time again and between them were 12 of 18 from the line. Stu and Palky hit a couple of 3's and A had a nice couple of  baskets inside. Saints had a new bloke (who as it turns out works with Big A - so that is now 2 dudes from oppostion teams he gets to see on a daily basis) that was very handy and scored 12 points in the first half. The game was close but St. John hit two 3's and a couple of FTs to ice the game for SPOC. D's lost 33-38. Stu 13, Thommo 8, Palk 6.  

E's (5-5) BYE

F's (6-3) v Taperoo A (5-1-4) - NO REPORT. Lost 25-29. G 12, Cam 11.  

G's (5-5) v Burnside A (7-3) - Written by Nige - Travel travel travel foul travel travel double dribble travel foul travel travel travel foul foul travel foul oh wait I don’t know who committed that foul so cross it off travel foul three seconds foul foul foul travel travel foul.  In a game dominated by the grey team, the black team started well to take an 8-0 lead early, then the Red team clawed back the rest of the way but fell short, Lost 21-18. Reid 8, Cale 6

Lady Reds (7-4) v Trinity A (2-9) - With no centres the Lady Reds played with 5 guards. They were able to run and run and run - getting a bunch of layups, there was not a lot of half court offense played by the Reds. At times they allowed themselves to play down to the opposition. Some positive signs with Tracey having a big game but there were a few too many missed layups. Win 44-19.Tracey 20, Megan 8, Rachel & Alicia 6.

Palky's Player of the Week - Week 11: With only a handful of wins this week it is an easy one. The ageless wonder who has been in the A's for 16 seasons, had his best shooting game for quite some time - hit four 3's in the first half and finishing with 20 - his highest points total since 2011, Liam Golding. He's kind of like Tony Hawk.

Week 12 Game Times:
A's v B's @ 2.40 - Saints Court 1
C's v SPOC B @ 1.50 - Saints Court 1
D's v Unley A @ 1.50 - Saints Court 2 *Palky's Game of the Week
E's v SPOC C @ 2.40 - Saints Court 2
F's v Blackwood A @ 4.20 - Saints Court 1
G's v Spicer A @ 4.20 - Saints Court 2
Lady Reds v Happy Valley A @ 4.20 - Wayville Court 1

2016 SACBA Week 10 Results

MILESTONE: Last Wednesday, Lachlan Campbell played his 200th game for the Old Reds. Lachie joined the club in 2011 - endearing himself to everyone by asking a lot of questions. Highlights of his time in the club - He won an A Grade title in the A's in 2015 and a Thursday A Grade title in 2011. He was named Best Team Man in the B's in 2011 and 2013, and MVP for Monday in 2012. He was also awarded he Best Club Man in 2012, which is also the year he has the record for most games in a season with 59. A great team mate - he plays hard D and rebounds, he is a great passer from the high post and his unorthodox driving/post up game combined with his consistent outside jumper makes him tough to stop. He has been one of the top 10 players in the club for the last 5 years. Lachie is in the top 20 of all time scorers, the top 25 in games played, top 10 in FTs attempted and made and top 20 in fouls. Good work Lach.

FROM THE SOCIAL COORDINATOR: A reminder of our upcoming Adelaide craft-beer tour. Please advise if you are attending as we are finalising numbers to book the bus, would be good to get a few more along.

The PAOCBC will be engaging in a craft brewery bus tour around metropolitan Adelaide on the 16th of July twenty sixteen. We have done this a couple of times with great success and hereby invite expressions of interest for the upcoming tour.

The itinerary, larger than previous years, is approximately as follows:
1130 Meet at 7 Stars
 1200 Wheaty Brewing Corps
 1300 Pirate Life
 1400 Big Shed Brewing
 1500 Brew Boys
 1600 Little Bang
 1700 Lady Burra
 ???? HQ, Red Square, The Firm, The Palace, Pole Position, Crazy Horse, Chianti Classico

Please advise either below or via some other means of your intention to attend.

Regards, J. J. Orken, Esq.

Post Script: There will be a cost associated with hiring the bus, ranging between $20-50 per person, depending on the number of people we get

To the reports:
A's (9-1-0) v SPOC A (2-8) - Written by Mike - Mike* scored the first basket of the game and had 5 of the first 9... If you are letting him score, then your defence sucks. Phil, Jack and Orken had no issue making it to the rack. And Foo and Liam ... Well no one can stop them at the best of time... And now was the best of time! A's win against an [ed change] an opposition that is struggling at the moment. Orken with a dunk followed by a tech. "Which was totally worth it."

*Ed note - I like that the first word of a report by Mike is Mike

B's (2-8) v Gateway A (6-1-3) - Written by Lenny - I thought that it was one of the greatest “character” wins of the club. Almost going alongside the A’s win against Saints when only having 5 and needing a win to keep going in the finals. Jono grew a leg and kept his head and “generalled” everything – he started out of the blocks like he meant to play and never stopped – and his belief was enormous. Phill just kept banging away inside against huge opposition – often 3 against 1 – and the way the B’s played against those 3 guys much bigger than them was awesome. Tim was always an offensive and defensive threat. Brendon started to take it to the hole and always had good free inside looks – it was almost like Gateway refused to rate him and so didn’t guard him. And Manners, buttering up from the earlier disappointing game and making up the 5 just ran his heart out and defensively was on to everything – even when he started to stack up the fouls to get to 3. Once he switched to #9, that guy’s influence went out of the game (he had scored 11 of their 16 points – 3 X 3, one little running 2) and Gateway were beaten. Coming down into the last 5, the B’s just kept playing disciplined ball and controlled their tempo perfectly. And Gateway were almost full strength – and they were the ones who lost their cool and got snippy with the umps – we never did. I can’t quite remember but I think that at one point we led by 20 – we certainly were in front by 17 for long minutes – and that got even more into Gateway’s heads. I told the boys at the end that I couldn’t have been more proud of them and I meant it. Win 45-28. Jono 19, Brendon 12 Phill 8.

C's (7-3) v D's (6-4) - In the previous contests, the C's have owned the D's much like the Johnny Lawrence owns Daniel LaRusso* on the beach in sunny California. The game started well for the D's with Purge setting the tone hitting 3 straight mid range jumpers - Palky then hit a 3, Stu hit a crafty runner off a nice pass from Purge, Thommo finished inside and then Stu hit a crazy layup. D's up 2-16 after 10 minutes (which was pretty good considering they only scored 17 in the whole game last time they played them). Krantz scored inside, Jamie hit a tough runner and Lachie made 2 FTs - D's up 19-7 at halftime. The C's then closed the gap to 2 (21-23) - the D's had good looks but were not making their shots. Ned hit a wide open 3 because Palk made a stupid defensive error, Jay got out on the break and made a couple of layups, Jamie made another tough shot and Lachie scored inside and 1. The D's settled when Foo was fouled on a 3 and he made all 3 free throws and Stu hit back to back 3's late. D's D held up all game and they won by 10 - 21-31. Jamie, Lachie and Jay 4 points for the C's and Stu 10, Purge 6 and Thommo 5 for the D's.

*My monthly Karate Kid reference

E's (5-5) v F's (6-3) - Written by Sime - With schedule changes we’d waited a while for the Central 2/3 derby between Max’s E’s & G’s F’s (confused much?). The game almost failed to launch with a scheduling issue keeping Charlie ‘Pony’ Baker stuck in the gate – big thanks to Ned for running a 2nd game to ensure the G’s had 5. The G’s were therefore without a sub and started with 4 while a complicated deal was negotiated with Ned, and they were also missing JT and B-Rad (and the E’s were still missing Kobe). After a couple of trots up & down the court, G zeroed in on the ring and fired at will, dropping 3 treys for the half and a deuce, while Cam was lively under the ring, getting to the line a couple of times including an and-one. For the E’s, Max also found range downtown while the Silver Fox settled in around midtown, hitting 3 nice shots. Reggie chipped in from Mike’s place and one under the hoop. It was overall a close battle, the E’s eking out a 2 point half time lead, 18-16, with G leading all scorers with 11. The lack of a sub took its toll in the 2nd, with the E’s rotating fresh legs, turning up the D at one end & finding their shooters at the other. The D was set up by The Road Train, who built an impressive wall to make the F’s inside game a lot more difficult and Hendo who threw another block party (all invited), including 3 in one play. Kara went Hulk style and ripped open his singlet on the way to the bucket and a 10 point half. Ned had asked Reggie in the 1st half why he didn’t shoot any more – perhaps it was old age that he forgot how much he liked a 3 and went for 3 of them in the 2nd (appreciate the encouragement Ned). The Silver Fox also stepped it up with another 9 in the 2nd, while Morgan was active under the ring and rewarded by trips to the line. For the F’s 2nd half, Ned also got going on the offence with 8 of his own, and Tone became a livewire, looking from inside and outside, eating up a couple of tasty dishes from G for his own 8 point half. But it was the E’s day, their shooting came at a (guessed) decent percentage by finding the guy with the best look for much of the day and they outlasted the F’s to build a lead through the second half. Final score was 54-38, Mike and Simon with 15 for the E’s, Kara 10, while G had 11 and Ned 9 for the F’s. Big thanks to Sean & Lenny for dutifully manning the scoresheet and scoreboard, your efforts are really appreciated.

G's (5-5) v Big Sunday B (5-1-4) - NO REPORT. Loss 36-42, Reid 13, Caldy and Matt 6.

Lady Reds (6-4) v CityReach A (8-2) - The Lady Reds will miss the height and scoring of O'Buckets - so Rachel recruited Karen English*. Hannah scored the first basket off a great pass and cut from Karen. It was a back and forth contest - Alicia and Rachel hit 3s and City Reach hit 2 of their own, Karen scored 8 points from foul line jumpers and City Reach did the same through #7. Tied at 18 at half time. The 2nd half Karen kept the Reds in it - making 4 shots - she has some crafty post moves, soft touch around the basket and mid range jumpers - I am calling it now - she is the best player in the league. Alicia scored on the break and hit a 3 - but CityReach just kept making inprobable shot after inprobable shot - they made 6 shots in the 2nd half and 5 of them had no right to go in. Down 2 with 45 seconds left - Megan missed a 3, CityReach got the ball, they turned it over with 10 seconds to go and Alicia had a great look for 3 for the win but missed it. Lost 35-37. Karen had 17, Alicia 8, Rachel 6. The Lady Reds are struggling a bit at the moment but they have 9 weeks to get Karen into the mix and start clicking. I still think they have a great chance to win the title but it won't be easy.

*When I heard of her last name I thought of this clip. D'oh-eth

Palk's Player of the Week - Week 10: Some great performance this week, but for his inside, outside game and his leadership, Jono Self, for leading the B's to their first win in atleast 4 years over Gateway. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come from Jono - talent to burn, just need to get that effort every week.

Week 11 Game Times:
A's v Gateway A - 5.10 @ Saints Crt 1
B's v SPOC A - 3.30 @ Saints Crt 1 *Palky's Game of the Week
C's v Unley - 4.20 @ Saints Crt 1
D's v SPOC B - 2.40 @ Saints Crt 1
E's BYE
F's v Taperoo A - 3.30 @ Mars Crt 1
G's v Burnside A - 2.40 @ Saints Crt 2
Lady Reds v Trinity A - 1.00 @ Wayville Crt 1

2016 SACBA Week 9 Results

SOCIAL EVENT: SATURDAY JUNE 11 PUB DAY/ARVO!

Game 4 of the NBA Finals is this Saturday June 11 starting at 10.30am. So we are going to move the $2 beers from 7pm to 10.30am. Come down, watch the game, settle in for some lunch and cheap drinks. Port v Bulldogs will be on TV at 1pm (Go Dogs!) If you are keen please let me know ASAP - I need to know by tomorrow. Just like the post or comment below - we have to let 7 Stars know.

Now we are at the halfway mark - unlike the last few seasons we are not at the top of all the ladders and there are clearly some non-PAOC favourites in each league.

• The A's are looking good in A Grade but Gateway A are very good - if they have their full team they will be strong.
• You would think that the C's and D's should take out Central 1 but Unley Park have beaten both of these teams.
• Central 2/3 is crazy close 4 points is separating 4th through 8th - and all teams below the E's and F's have beaten one of them. Taperoo are looking solid this year and Knightsbridge are super balanced ... even SPOC are pretty decent on their day.
• The G's are 3rd and 1 point away from being 7th. Golden Grove and Burnside are strong - the G's will need their full team come finals if they are a hope.  
• Lady Reds are a tier below the top 2 teams - Unley are looking strong ... but I don't worry about the Reds - when it is time to win ... they know how to get it done.

I haven't had any cool videos this year in the blog (other than the Nicholas Cage one) - if there is anything funny that you want me to add in, email me a link and I will try and add them in.

I'll start with an interesting one. Read this morning  that one of my favourite songs ever, Antichrist Television Blues by Arcade Fire is about Jessica's Simpsons' Dad being a maniac. "An exploitative father begs God to make his 13-year-old daughter famous so he can spread the Good Lord's word and also, total coincidence here, make the dad filthy rich so he'll never have to work again". Anyway - I thought it was interesting - listen to the song and read the lyrics ... amazing.

As always - the stats are up to date. 

To the reports:
A's (8-1-0) v B's (1-8) - Written by Mick - Last time these teams met the game was kept close by some early shooting, tight passing and strong defence of the B's. The A's had no intention of letting this be the case this week. The A's came out hard and fast, making the most of their size, speed and strength cutting off passes, attacking with numbers and scoring on the break. Before anyone noticed the score had blown out to double digits before the first sub of the game. The rest of the game played out as could be expected, with the joke of refereeing only bested by Jono's attempt at coaching that morning*. A's runaway winners. A's won 85-35 - Foo and Orks 19, Jack 16 (all 6 in double figures), for the B's Phill 14, Gus 12, Jono 7.

Both teams then headed to the Hackney for a social chat some nibbles and beverages. Personally these interactions are why I am so fond of the basketball club, and we should all take ownership of the social interactions we take part in. Though I'm away this long weekend I suggest you all make it to $2 beer night even if you don't drink. These occasions are what spectate us from other basketball clubs, and makes us great. Get around it.

*Jono's coaching role starts at 11:00am with a game at 11:30. He woke up at 12:30.

C's (7-2) v SPOC C  (3-6) - Written by Jay - Saints trotted out a lineup essentially of 5 guards. We were still missing Jamie and Ned, but knew we had a distinct size advantage with Goody, Krantz and Lachy. It took a few minutes to get rolling, but soon Lachy was driving through their D, both scoring himself and hitting Krantz for some good finishes. On the other end, they couldn’t get much going against us, while Jay was getting to the rim and the foul line and at the half it was 22-6. The game opened up in the 2nd with Saints hitting a few more shots and PAC turning it over a few too many times. We kept up our effort though, and everybody hit the scoresheet in the half - Lachy pushing the pace with some nice moves, Krantz and Goody scoring inside, Manners and Jay finishing on the break, and Alex nailing a couple of threes. Final score 44-20. Jay 15, Lachy 10, Krantz 7.

D's (5-4) v Unley Park A (3-6) - With no Stu and Foo - it was just the injured old men vs the very plucky Unley. Unley got off to a good start with their 2 guards causing all sorts of problems. Palk hit a couple of 3's and Thommo was having his best scoring game inside. Madman hit a couple of jumpers and Rough scored a couple of baskets and got to the line - Reds down 1 at halftime. The 2nd half was a grind - Palk was not shooting well and Thommo was keeping the Reds in it. Unley were making all their open j's with #40 making 2 tough jumpers and two 3's. Down 7 with a minute to go - Unley's centre fouled out leaving them with 4. Thommo scored inside, got a stop, Palk hit a 3, got a stop down 2 with 20 seconds left. The D's chose not to get the ball inside and go for the 3 - two dudes jumped out on Palk, kicked the ball to Purge, back to Palk, back to Purge ... could not get a shot off and the D's lost - to a team they have been by an average of 35 the other 2 times they have played them. Shows me the Cavs aren't out of it. Loss 36-38. Thommo and Palk 12, Rough 6.

E's (4-5) v Knightsbridge A (7-1) - NO REPORT. Loss 26-38. Hendo and Max 7, Sime 5.

F's (6-2) v SPOC C (3-1-5) - NO REPORT. G 7, Charlie 6, JT 5.

G's (5-4) v SPOC D (4-1-4) - The G's were a bit short handed with no Rhys, Reid, Cale and Nelly. SPOC D have a decent player and he was on fire early - and didn't we all know about it ... everytime he hit a shot he did a little dance, gun fingers into holsters, 3 symbols, that's 2, "I'm not subbing ... I'm on fire", lots of wooing. Reds got off to a slow start down 13-2 before they started to get into the contest. Todd was getting out on the break and Matt was scoring down low. 15-26 at halftime. The 2nd half the G's came back with Caldy able to get in the lane time and time again - either making little jumpers or hitting Matt inside. Reds got back to 6 before they let Mr On Fire hit another couple of 3's and scored a couple of very nice drives*. Trev and Nige hit a couple of late 3's to keep some

respectability in the game. Save a bad start and a 5 minute patch in the 2nd half the G's showed some good fight. G's lost 37-49. Matt with 18, Todd 6 and Caldy 4.

*He is a quite a good player - he should at least be in their C's if not their main scorer in the B's. 

Lady Reds (6-3) v St Casmir A (4-5) - Lady Reds were down Rachel and then quickly went down O'Buckets as she copped a ball in the face and broke her nose*. With a smaller lineup against the feisty St Casmir it would be a hard contest. Alicia hit an early 3, Randall banked a 3 and Tracey scored on the break - Reds up 2 at halftime. The 2nd half the Reds talked about getting Hannah the ball in the high post, when that happened the ball moved more and they were able to get good shots. Hannah was scoring inside and Alicia got hot from the outside with four 2nd half 3's. The D (which has always been the girl's strength) tightened up, getting to the outside shots and battling super hard on the glass. Reds ran away with it 39-17. Alicia 15, Hannah 10, Tracey 5.

*It is with a heavy heart that the Lady Reds have lost O'Buckets - she is calling it a day. She was an intergral part for the team winning the title last year and she will be missed by all. 

Palky's Player of the Week - Week 9: For his fighting spirit in a losing battle with 18 points, Matt Lawson.

No Games this Week.

2016 SACBA Week 8 Reults

The stats are up to date http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=sacbaagrade.

Training turnout was very poor last night - come on guys ... get to training!

G's - note you are at PAC this week.

After the week off next week - there will be changes to the schedule with some games either moving times or moving to Mars. We will let you know.

To the reports: A's v Gateway A - With only 5 players, PAC faced up against a large and full Gateway. We came out of the gates strongly with Orken scoring 6 straight points inside and our team D held fast, holding Gateway at bay. Everyone worked well together inside but we missed a bunch of close shots. The refs were really making their mark on the game, slowing  the tempo down drastically with constant calls. The game was a grind in the first half, with PAC leading 19-14 at the break. In the second half, Jack displayed some of his former vigour with athletic defence and great ball distribution.  Liam and Phil both hit 3s to give PAC a strong second half start Gateway regrouped with a time out and came out  firing (the ball) and brought the game back within a few points. Mike stepped up to keep us together through this period and was great inside, both scoring and distributing. The remaining minutes of the game were a tight back and forth between the two teams, with Gateway hitting a number of 3's to tighten the margin. Liam hit a crucial 3 to push out the score and combined with PAC's bulldog like resolve, proving too much in the end as we held on for a 4 point victory. A well-earned victory. Win 40-35 – Orken and Liam 12, Jack 8

B's v SPOC A - B's v SPOC A - Written by Jono - This week the B's came out aggressive and we held our aggression against Saints the whole game, saints got a few baskets early but we were right behind them with Angus hitting a couple shots and Phill being a big presents in side and getting some easy shots in the basket and Mitch drained a 3 to keep up close at the half 26-32. BB filled in for us on the weekend as we only had 5, he brought good tempo into the court when playing the point, creating great scoring opportunities from his movement around the three. The second half was still just as aggressive in both offence and defence for us and we were playing good basketball, we kept scoring and getting stops on D but unfortunately for us Saints just weren't missing. The game was still fairly close until the last few minutes where Saints big guys even decided to hit a couple 3s and the final score was 46-59. Unfortunately for us Saints had a better day shooting then us, but we are starting to play really good basketball as a team and we are only getting stronger, the scoresheet didn't accurately depict the game on Saturday. Loss 46-59. Phill 12, Gus 10, Jono 8.

C's v Unley Park A - Written by Jay -  Without Lachy, Jamie and Ned we got off to a terrible start against Unley, falling behind by 10 or so after a couple of minutes. Some bad calls didn’t help, but we were flat and turning the ball over too much. We righted the ship late in the first half to cut most of their lead down, but Unley responded and was back up by 11 at halftime. In the second half we were mostly back to playing to our usual standard with Goody and Krantz scoring well down low, and we tied the game going into the final minutes. Some open looks didn’t drop, a few more interesting calls went against us, and it was still tied within 30 seconds to go. Unley was in possession and so we played solid D to force the draw. But wait! Following a scoresheet review it was discovered that the scoreboard was wrong, and Unley was 1 point up for the final minute or so, and so we actually lost by 1… 38-37  Goody 13, Krantz 7, Jay 6.

D's v SPOC B - With Foo out and Stu a late withdrawal - The D's were up against Unley without a significant scoring punch. No matter - Palk was on fire - hitting 4 threes and a weird one handed j scoring 14 of our first 16. After 17 minutes SPOC decided to what Palky thought was man ... but was actually a box and 1. The shortest, second oldest, unfittest, begoggled misfit on the court surely does not need a box and 1. D's up 21-10 at half time. The 2nd half was closer with Saints odd D confusing the Reds - without Dan or Stu it was hard to take advantage - SPOC were hitting their mid range and Reds were struggling to get good looks. A hit a jumper and then scored inside off a great pass, Purge found Roughie and Madman with a couple of great passes and hit his second three. Rough then got to the basket a couple of times and Purge hit a pull up 3 - COLD BLOODED! The Reds won by their halftime margin 39-28. Palk with 17, Purge and Rough 7.

E's v Big Sunday A - Written by Max - The E’s looked nothing like the team they were a week ago, with a dismal performance against Big Sunday A. Impatient offences, lackluster passing and poor defensive rotation meant we were never really in the game. Highlights for the E’s included some sharp early shooting from Miller and a strong rebounding performance by Hendo. In the end we went down 40-28. Miller had 8 and Max had 6. 

F's BYE

G's v Golden Grove A - NO REPORT. Loss 10-45. Late Player 3, Troy 3

Lady Reds v Unley Park A - NO REPORT. Loss 23-31. Alicia 9, Rachel 7.

Palky's Player of the Week - Week 8. For his four big 3's in what was a fiery affair, Liam Golding.

Week 9 Game Times:
A's v B's - 2.40pm @ Saints Court 1
C's v SPOC B - 1.50pm @ Saints Court 1
D's v Unley A - 1.00pm @ PAC
E's v Knightsbridge A - 4.20pm @ Saints Court 1 *Palky's Game of the Week
F's SPOC C - 3.30pm @ Saints Court 2
G's v SPOC D - 1.50pm @ PAC
Lady Reds v St Casmir - 4.20pm @ Wayville Court 1