Key Dates
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Intercol – Monday 22nd July
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Quiz Night – Saturday 27thJuly
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Players Player – Saturday 24th August
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Club Lunch – Saturday 12th October
**Tickets for Quiz Night now
available HERE.
Form a table and get ready to drink your quiz-mates under it! All welcome,
will be an entertaining night and is an important fundraising
opportunity for the club's ~sweet new uniforms~!
SACBA Central Men 3
G’s (Rookie Reds) v Holdfast Sunrise by Lincoln
Another gritty and
hard fought win against Holdfast Sunrise sees the Rookie Reds sitting
comfortably on top of the table with 6 wins and 1 loss. The first 5 minutes of
the game the opposition had us on the back foot after conceding some easy
points and a 3 pointer. We immediately fought back after some individual
brilliance from Noah Miles. At about the 10 minute mark Holdfast Sunrise called
a timeout in which we made the decision to switch from a zone defense to man on
man defense. What a great idea that was. The man on man defense stopped the
opposition from getting easy shots which frustrated them. Solid team defense
saw Lachlan Crawford, Stephen Ottanelli and Noah Miles score freely on the
other end to give the rookies a slender 20-16 lead at half time.
In the first 10
minutes of the 2nd half
both teams found it easy to score. There was constant end to end scoring but
some fantastic lockdown defense from Martins Lidums, some brilliant individual
defensive efforts (*cough* Lincoln Halton *cough*) and some excellent rebounding from Connor
Craigie and Noah Miles brilliance saw the Rookie Reds hold their nerve and run
out comfortable 39-32 winners.
Ps. congrats on Noah
Miles on finally overtaking Igor Negrao for the competition’s top scorer!
Points: N. Miles 18, L. Crawford 8, S. Ottanelli 7, L. Halton. 2, M. Lidums
2, C. Craigie 2
SAABL Division 1
A’s v The
Franchise by Mike
Saturday was a game the Reds
would like to forget. They headed to the Schnithouse (formerly Lost Barrel Bar
andG) on the Parade. The Parade has happy hour specials from 3-6 (which was
Mike’s free throw shooting this week) and 8-9 (which would have been The Franchise’s
conversion rate) where they do half price jugs of craft beer as well as $7
pints. The boys got a jug of the Infra-red, easily the best decision making
they had all day, choosing far too late to change to man in the game.
Mike shouted this round throwing
cash around carelessly, similar to the ball in the game giving up too many
possessions needlessly. James chimed in with another jug, keeping the court as
the only dry spell for the day for our Reds. Twiss accompanied the Reds to the
bar with Brendon, a choice as dubious as his shot selection this week, not
carrying on from his heavy lifting the day before. Boneless wings were on the
menu, greasing up the hands that already seemed rather primed for the game, as
we saw many passes fall through hands. A game we’d rather forget.
Final Score:
Reds go down 35-51.
Scorers: Mike
8, Brendon and Stu 7. Best reds player: Billy (franchise) with 13.
*Lachlan, Mike and Phil all
rocked up at PAC despite writing in the group that the game was at Saints.
SAABL Division 2
B’s v Titans BC
by Charlie
Coming off two bad losses the pregame chat
focused on not getting beat in transition and trying to play a defensive minded
game, knowing we didn’t have the firepower to beat them in a contest in the
60s.
It was shaky early as we went down 9-2
after some tough makes from the Titans. However we managed to take advantage of
their sloppy passing, pushing the tempo and getting some easy baskets in
transistion. We moved the ball well with Brandon hitting two big triples and
Gussy and fill in big man Rory showing good touch around the basket. Half time
Reds up 25-19.
The second half started on a similar note
- B hitting triples in both the half court and transition (I don’t know why
they didn’t get a hand up ...). After a Titans time out they started playing a
*pretty garbage* trap, that we quickly realized was only off their makes. We
negotiated the trap well, getting a few easy scores and them in foul trouble.
Personal fouls 19-7 told the story, B’s
played more disciplined defensively as the Titans got frustrated and sloppy.
Brandon and Kara spent most of the second half at the free throw line as we
were in the bonus with 9 minutes to play.
Good to be back in the winners list after
two loses, taking out a team above us on the ladder. Post-game beers were
enjoyed in much higher spirts this week and it was nice to be joined by
Chairman Heylen and hopefully soon to be regular contributor Rory.
Final score: Reds 47
defeat Titans 35
Buckets: Brandon
20, Gus 13, everyone troubling the scorers.
C’s v Southside Spartans
First Half: C’s got out to a hot
start, Jon scored in transition and hit a 3! Morgan, Cam and Will (fill in)
dominated the board getting plenty of second chance points. Dylan hit a 3 and a
runner 0 C’s were up by 9 at the half and as much as 15 at one point
Second Half: After missing lots
of 3s early, Spartans started to heat up making 4 in a row and coming within 2
pts of us. C’s were getting good looks but missing some open shots - in the
last 2 minutes will got a crucial put back and Dan hit a 3 with 30 seconds to
go to put us up by 8.
Final score:
Reds win 46-38
Scorers: Jon 15, Will 10,
Dylan 8
SAABL Division 3
PAOCBC White 3
(F’s) v SAABL All Stars by Road Train (F’s perspective)
Here it is, the first “dance with
your sister” round. Tasmanians especially welcome. I think I speak for most of
the club when I say I particularly dislike playing against my own club mates.
With 3 teams in the same division this is obviously the first of a few games of
this ilk. Something that wasn’t supposed to happen with the proposed 4 division
competition… but I digress.
We had 6 for the start, including
an RT provided fill in by the name of Scott Kenny. He brought some welcome
height to the game and ended up with a decent carpet burn to one shin after
diving for a loose ball. The kind of commitment we welcome, if not the kind we
display ourselves! He also got a handy 4 points and three fouls.
Once again SACBA style reffing
was the order of the day. Inconsistent from one end to the other, poor calls,
no calls, etc. It went both ways, but both ways badly. RT with a tech for voicing
frustration towards the end of the game, but certainly not going to have a
change of opinion.
A loss for us, but no one was
really surprised by the outcome. Caldy supplying surprisingly good beers (no
West End!) and RT with chips (Crisps to Dangerous Stu). All were welcome after
the game, Stu the only taker from the opposition team. Manners made the comment
that it would be uncouth, which probably describes our team very well!
Final score: All
Stars 47 defeat White 3 31
F’s Scorers: B-Rad top
scored with 9, Caldy with a crafty 7, Hendo got 6, Nele with 3 and RT with 2.
All Stars Scorers: Stu
13, Matt Williams 10, Bishop 8, Lunny 6.
E’s v Pace and Space
The PAOCBC Reds played against
Pace and Space who are a finals contender in Div 3. To begin the game we had
only four for the first 6 minutes. We gained a little control back when our 5th
arrived however it was no match for the IQ of the much, much older team of Pace
and Space. All in all, our defence and ability to secure rebounds let us down
and allowed the other team to get up many jump shots of which they missed only
a few. We look forward to putting this game behind us and moving on to the next
game. Special mention to Tristan Kitchen for his highest scoring game of 5
points which is 5 more than all his previous games combined.
Final score: *gulp*
Pace and Space 92 defeat Reds 52.
Points:
Ollie 25, Sibly 11, Borken 6.
Well done all on enjoying your Basketball. As most of you know, in my playing days I was as critical as anyone of the SACBA and BSA officials. I still am actually, which is why we now have SAABL. Having said that, I now say these 2 things for your consumption as intelligent, educated and considered gentlemen:
ReplyDelete1. The reason SACBA have decided to celebrate their 70th anniversary next year is because a) the average age of their referees is 70; and b) next year they will not have any Okd Reds or Blues teams in their “competition”.
2. If you are dissatisfied on a consistent basis with the officiating, have your non-playing scorer (because every team has one - right) write down their tally of the mistakes, and also your turnovers during the game, and compare them. I look forward to your report of the statistics at the end of season lunch in October.
Cheers and yours in basketball, The Chairman.