Friday, 29 August 2014

Finals Draw + Scenarios and SACBA Week 15 Ladder



The Finals Schedule is out ! See the table below – some games will depend on results tomorrow but all the game times are here (which I have gone through below).



Awesome thing is there are no clashes (one if the F’s lose tomorrow) – so we will all be able to watch all the games.  



ELIMINATION / SEMI FINAL


6th September 2014



*Adelaide Arena



GRADE
MATCH
TIME
COURT

C
F's
1:00
2
*If they win tomorrow
B
D's
3:00
2
*If they lose tomorrow
WA
Lady Reds
4:00
2

C
E's
5:00
3

D
F's
5:00
1
*If they lose tomorrow
A
A's
6:00
2

A
B's
7:00
2

B
C's v D's
8:00
2
*If D's win tomorrow





PRELIMINARY FINAL



13th SEPTEMBER 2014


*Marion Leisure Centre



GRADE
MATCH
TIME
COURT

C
E's or F's
3:00
1

D
F's
3:00
3

B
C's or D's
6:00
1

WA
Lady Reds
7:00
1

A
A's or B's
8:00
1






GRAND FINAL



20th SEPTEMBER 2014


*Wayville




GRADE
MATCH
TIME
COURT

D
F's
2:10
1

C
E's or F's
3:20
2

WA
Lady Reds
5:40
1

A
A's or B's
6:50
1

B
C's or D's
8:00
1




Important Games Tomorrow for Finals permutations.  



A Grade:

If Gateway beat B’s and Saints lose to Oakden then Gateway will finish 2nd – unlikely Saints will lose to Oakden – so it will be:



A’s v SPOC A in Semi Final

B’s v Gateway in Elimination Final



B Grade:

C’s are guaranteed 1st – if the D’s get pumped by Taperoo and Unley win by heaps then the D’s will finish 3rd … which is unlikely so it will be:



C’s v D’s in Semi Final (first time ever Old Reds teams have finished 1 and 2)

Unley Park A v Taperoo A in Elimination Final (crazy to think a team with 5 wins can make the Finals )



C Grade:

E’s are guaranteed top 2.

F’s are currently 5th – tied with Golden Grove – Hope are 1 point up.



E’s v Hope A – if the E’s win then Hope are on 32. If the F’s beat St Peters A then they go onto 33 – this is the likely scenario. Golden Grove are playing SPOC C – SPOC will likely win this … so the most likely scenario is:



E’s v SPOC C in Semi Final

F’s v Hope A in Elimination Final



G’s are out of the finals.

Lady Reds are guaranteed 3rd and will play Dunn A in an Elimination Final.



A Grade
Games
Wins
Draws
Loss
Points
%
Prince Alfred Old Collegians A
15
14
0
1
43
61.14
St Peters Old Collegians A
15
11
0
4
37
55.11
Gateway Baptist A
15
10
0
5
35
56.73
Prince Alfred Old Collegians B
15
7
0
8
29
50.71
Knightsbridge Baptist
15
3
0
12
21
35.21
Oakden Baptist A
15
2
0
13
19
40.08







B Grade
Games
Wins
Draws
Loss
Points
%
Prince Alfred Old Collegians C
15
13
0
2
41
58.78
Prince Alfred Old Collegians D
15
11
0
4
37
58.05
Unley Pk Baptist A
15
10
0
5
35
54.78
Taperoo Uniting A
15
5
0
10
25
44.99
Southwest Baptist (Seahawks) A
15
5
0
10
25
43.52
St Peters Old Collegians B
15
4
0
11
23
43.97







C/D Grade
Games
Wins
Draws
Loss
Points
%
Prince Alfred Old Collegians E
15
12
0
3
39
64.96
St Peters Old Collegians C
15
12
0
3
39
61.99
Hope Church A
15
8
0
7
31
53.60
Golden Grove Baptist A
14
8
0
6
30
52.10







Prince Alfred Old Collegians F
14
8
0
6
30
50.63
St Peters Anglican A
15
2
0
13
19
34.99
St Casimir Catholic A
14
2
0
12
18
34.06
Spicer Uniting A
15
1
0
14
17
26.62







E Grade
Games
Wins
Draws
Loss
Points
%
Northgate A
13
10
0
3
33
69.00
St Peters Old Collegians E
13
9
0
4
31
63.40
East All Stars A
14
7
0
7
28
58.30
Knightsbridge Baptist B
13
7
0
6
27
45.80
St Peters Old Collegians D
13
5
1
8
25
41.50
Prince Alfred Old Collegians G
13
4
1
9
23
44.60
Spicer Uniting B
13
1
0
12
15
26.19







WA Grade
Games
Wins
Draws
Loss
Points
%
Adelaide Christian Centre A
15
14
0
1
43
67.11
Unley Pk Baptist A
15
12
0
3
39
57.78
Prince Alfred Old Collegians A
15
9
0
6
33
53.18
Dunn Memorial Uniting A
15
8
0
7
31
52.55







Taperoo Uniting A
15
4
0
11
23
42.47
St Casimir Catholic A
15
3
0
12
21
44.09
Unley Pk Baptist B
15
9
0
6
33
54.79
Happy Valley Church of Christ A
15
8
0
7
31
46.53
Hawthorn Church of Christ A
15
4
0
11
23
41.47
Trinity Baptist A
15
3
0
12
21
38.09







Thursday, 28 August 2014

Palk's Players' Player Preview

Players' Player is this Saturday August 30 @ The Seven Stars. Can get there from 6-6.30 - find a table, order food and drink, place your wagers. Count starts at 7pm. If you haven't RSVP'd please do.

So these are my thought on who is going to win the Players' Player Awards - I circulated my picks earlier in the week but here are my picks for each team. There are 3 or 4 guys in most teams who will poll well. This is my guide - I haven't listed everyone and I have been wrong in the past.

A's
Palky's Pick - Jack Harford
Jack will poll well - he does ever year ... that is a fact. The only 4 time winner. Jack is not a clear favourite but who I am backing.

Other picks:
Phil Harford - Phil is leading the team in total points and average, he has the highest points average of any A's player since Nic Blair. Played 1 more game than Jack.
Josh Orken - Orks is just tall so he will poll well based on that alone. Orks is averaging 12+ a game, would lead the team in boards, blocks, dunks and quips. Played 2 more games than Jack.

Dark Horse:
Jon Foo - Fooey has had some huge games this year and will have his best year in the polls.

B's
Palky's Pick - Jono Self
Jono had a massive start to the year - he top scored in 5 of the first 6 games. He has played the most games (along with Mike and Gus) and is leading the team in scoring.

Other picks:
Angus Crawford - Gus has had a huge 2nd half of the year and has been the team's best player. It took him a little while to get settled - when Lachie went out with injury he really took over.
Mike Hill - Mike hasn't had a big scoring year but does a lot of the little things that get votes.

Dark Horse:
Phill Farrer - Phill has started every game - gets loads of boards, has some big scoring games, plays great D and works so hard. Those things get votes.

C's
Palky's Pick - Andrew Good
Goody has played 1 less game than G (and he isn't playing this Saturday) but don't think that will matter. He is the rock in the middle, gets all the D boards and is the team's 2nd leading scorer. Historically Goody polls poorly in these things, think that will change this year.

Other picks:
Nathan Graham - G has had some massive games and some quiet games this year but he gets votes (he has won 3 of things before). Played the most games - can't count him out.
Brad Hughes - Brad has been the best player on court in a few games I have watched this year - he has played a decent amount of games and will poll well.

Dark Horse:
Tim Wong - BB has had a great year - he is the heart and soul of the team. Will get a lot of people's "1 votes" which could see him at the top of the leader board at the end of the night.

D's
Palky's Pick - Stu MacDonald
This is the hardest one to pick - with 5 guys in contention and the other 3 able to steal some votes in key weeks. Stu has had some ridiculous games this year - 20 and 30 against Unley and has been the most consistent throughout the season. He has played the 2nd most games which is vital.

Other Picks:
Brendon Francesca - Brenno will poll very well - he gets you 6-12 points every game. He rebounds well, runs the break hard and hustles. He has played all games and will be there abouts at the end of the season.
Ned Young - Ned has the best average and will poll well in the 12 games he plays. Just depends if he gets lots of votes in the games he has played with Stu and Brendon.
Jon Read - The Road Train is the key to the team's defence. With guards and forwards forcing tough shots, Jon gets all the defensive boards. Will depend how his team mates value his defence compared to Stu, Brendon and Ned's offense.

Dark Horse:
Chris Woodrow - Kobe has been consistent all year, pounds the glass, finishes inside and on the break ... he's won one of the before so he does get votes.

E's
Palk's Pick - Alex Bubner
Bubs would have to be the clear favourite - leads the team in scoring, has become a much improved FT shooter and can score when the offense is struggling. Only thing that might hurt Bubs is in easy wins where he scores lots - people tend to vote for the guys who play D to set up the scorer (Donaldson Effect) so he might not get votes in some wins that were easy. Bubs has played the most games (along with Rough and Max)

Other Picks:
Brad Daniel - Brad is the team's best rebounder, the team's 2nd leading scorer ... he is the scoring option when the game slows to a half court. He will poll well.
Matt Just - Roughie doesn't score a lot but he leads the team defensively and is a willing passer on offence - that gets votes. As good as Bubs is in O, Matt is in D - so wouldn't be surprised if he won.

Dark Horse: Dan Foo - wow ... didn't see that coming did you? Foo has had some cracking games this year. He will get some 3 vote games ... he is quiet and unassuming ... guys like that get votes*.

F's
Palk's Pick
- Tim Corbel
This is my lock - Tim will win ... there is no two ways about it. Best player in the team, best scorer, best defender, best passer - good leader, likeable ... he will win. Only thing that could stop him is he played 2-4 less games than the other guys. 

Other Picks:
Ben Orken: Bjork is a freak athlete - works hard, can score and rebound ... he will have some 3 vote games this year.
Toma Lulgjurad: The most confusing name to spell since Purgacz ... there are "l's" in the there followed by a "gj" combination. Toma is a pounder inside, he can score and works super hard - this will get him votes.

Dark Horse:
Phil Walker - Phil is a banger - will get boards he shouldn't, is one the leaders, can finish inside. Wouldn't be surprised to see him sneak in and get votes on a consistent basis.

G's
Palk's Pick - Dillon Haydon
If Tim is my lock then Dillon is my 1a lock. Dillon is the team's best player, leads the team in scoring and at times the only one who was not overawed. This is an easy one.

Other Picks:
Reid Amos - Reid plays way bigger than his small frame - he can get inside in offense and works hard in D - he will be there abouts. Played too few games though.
James Townsend - Jimmy was the best shooter in the team and will get some votes.

Dark Horse:
Will Harmer - Charmer played the 2nd most games - was the team's center and best rebounder ... he will get some votes. Wouldn't be surprised if he finished 2nd.

*3 of my Dark Horse picks are Asian ... that's not racist is it? Is me pointing it out racist? 2 of the guys who are Dark Horse picks are married to Asian girls ... come on Palky time to have a long hard look at yourself mate.  

  



Tuesday, 26 August 2014

SACBA Week 15 Results

Players' Player Night is this Saturday night - August 30. It is at the Seven Stars Hotel - in the beer garden. We have had 39 RSVPs (and 8 guests) - so I will book for 50. There are 10 guys despite my best efforts that have yet to RSVP ... you know who you are!

You can get there from 6 - 6.30 - you can order food then. The count will be starting at 7pm sharp.

I will be doing my Players' Player Preview later in the week but in short my 7 picks are - Jack, Gus, Goody, Stu, Bubs, Tim and Dillon.

Also - pencil in the dates for the next 2 functions - Club Lunch on Saturday October 11 and Microbrewry Bus Tour to McLaren Vale on Saturday November 22.

The Final Schedule should be being released this week - please note - games could be at night (from 6pm - 10pm) so please don't book anything (like a trip overseas). Finals are September 6, 13 and 20.

Before we get the reports - Liam noted there may have been an incident during the final game of the day on Saturday - he has written the following:

It has been great to have all our teams at the one stadium together again this year and the additional support that we have given each other has been excellent. But on Saturday, for the first time that I am aware this year, we received a complaint about the behaviour of some of our supporters. It is particularly concerning that the behaviour happened with children present. This is unacceptable and will not be tolerated by this club.

Many club members have been bringing their own children to games this year and personally I like the family atmosphere. I would be upset if other teams were inappropriate around my daughter and as such I think we need to change our behaviour to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

In response, I would firstly like to ask that senior club members display off-court leadership as well as on court to keep us all in line, but we are all adults and we should hold ourselves to the highest standards on and off the court. On court we have been pretty good this year but can always strive to do better, off court we should place more attention on supporting our team strongly, while not commenting on the opposition or the refs. We’ll have more of a discussion about this at training Tuesday and if you have any questions please see me, Palky or G and we’ll be happy to tell you how it will be for the rest of the year and into the future.

This is Palky again ... I agree with everything Liam has said ... even if I am not there imagine I am there and then think "would Palky yell at me if I did this" ... if the answer is yes, don't do it.

To the reports:
A's (14-1) v Gateway A (10-5) - NO REPORT (can usually reply on a Gateway report but they had little say about the 4th installment this year). This will be the lost Gateway v Old Reds contest where teh Reds won 51-36 and where Jack scored 23, Phil 12, Orks 8.

B's (7-8) v SPOC B (11-4) - NO REPORT. The B's battled but fell short against an almost full strength Saints. Loss 29-31 - Gus 14, Jono 7, Lachie 6.

*The win against Gateway and the loss against Saints pretty much means the A's are playing Saints to get into the GF and the B's are playing Gateway in an Elimination Final.

C's (13-2) v SPOC B (5-10) - Written by G - This week we were up against SPOC Bs. Last time we play we weren’t great and only won by 4. This time, leading up to finals, we wanted to show ourselves how we could play. Scoring was slow early on, with us getting up 6-5 after about 10 mins. Our defence was strong, not allowing them any SPOCTM offensive rebounds and 2nd chance shots. We were getting some good looks and getting to the line quite a lot but 4/12 for the half left us with an unflattering lead of 10-5 at half time. In the 2nd half our offense flowed much better, getting many open looks and some passes to Goody that looked like shots. We were able to get to the line again in the 2nd half this time going 9/12. The star of the show however was our defence. Again they only scored 5 for the half, with the Cs not allowing any easy baskets, SPOC went an uncharacteristic 2/12 from the line. It was a great show of team defence to keep SPOC to 10 points for a whole game. Hendo, G and Jay had 8, Goody had 7, and BB and a MASSIVE offensive rebound in the 2nd half. A great team win.

D's (11-4) v Unley Park A (10-5) - Written by Sime - The D’s knew the double chance was on the line in the matchup against Unley Park.  But with 2 victories against them this year, the Reds were confident they could take home the chocolates.  Expecting Unley to get a quick start, it was the Reds who jumped out the blocks, energetic in getting out to the shots to limit UP’s scoring opportunities.  Unfortunately some were a little too energetic, with Reggie picking up 3 cheap fouls in 5 minutes of play.  The Reds were getting good looks, with Palky dropping 3 sweet treys for the half, Stu driving and reaping the benefits at the bucket or the stripe, the Road Train and Josh finding some nice space inside the key and Brendon being the ‘everywhere man’ inside and outside the key and under the basket.  In what Palk described as ‘vintage’, Reggie hit the passing lane for a steal and layup and the Reds gave Unley a dose of intensity for the last few minutes of the half, forcing turnovers and converting shots = including a nice finish by Frangers with only a few seconds to go - pushing out to a 28-19 lead at half time (Palk 9, Stu 8, Frangars 6).  Again we started off the half well, further stretching the lead on the back of buckets by Kobe, Frangars and 3’s to Reggie.  But UP started to eat away at our 15+ point lead, their #32 hard to stop on the drive and although we were taking the same good shots from the 1st half, they weren’t dropping.  With 3 minutes to go we were only up by 3 until Unley scored.  Stu drew a foul and hit 1 of 2 to give us a 2 point buffer, and with some strong D, we repelled UP and Kool Kalm Kobe klosed out the game with a nice finish for a 4 point win.  Hats off for the strong rebounding effort against a couple of springy opposition, particularly Road Train who did a great job on the O-boards and keeping them alive.   Final score 45-41, Frangars 12, Palky & Stu 9.  (Foul shooting wasn’t our best at 5/14 – but we still want to finish 2nd in the club!) Thanks to JT for another great effort on the scoresheet, and for being wise enough to hide his bag of tortilla chips before we got out to the carpark and they disappeared. Thanks also to everyone who brought beers (3 eskies in all) & hung around after the game, was a great club atmosphere and augurs well for support for the finals and our last couple of club events.

This win puts the C's and D's 1st and 2nd. The C's are guaranteed top and unless the D's lose to Taperoo they will finish 2nd.

E's (12-3) v F's (8-6) - Written by Lenny - The F's came out determined to keep on building respect and show that they had the capacity to mix it. The first half went shot for shot; the F's were strong in a man defence and were getting some good looks at the other end. As the half wore on and the F's match-ups got a bit ragged, B-rad & Cam stepped up for some easier buckets to bring the E's back into the game. The scores broke 17 - 16 at half time (F's up by 1).  The second half showed that the F's still need to put together a full 40 minutes of basketball. The game demonstrated what the F's can do when they come to play and they just need to put it together more consistently. The E's went on a 12 - 0 run and the game was out to 28 - 17; that 5 minutes was the death knell of the F's and the rest of the half broke 9 - 3. Final score 37 - 20 - Bjork was huge on the boards at both ends but the second half the putbacks just didn't drop. Tim 11 after a great first half; Bjork - 4; Trimmy hitting a vintage 2. For the E's Bubs had 15, Brad 11 and Cam 4. Thanks to G for taking the scoring responsibilities for both teams.

G's (4-1-9) v SPOC D (5-1-8) - With no chance of making finals and a bye next week, G-Force’s season came to a close this week the same way it began, with a match-up against St Peters ‘D’.  This required the special extended version of the scoresheet to fit in names like Freddie Fruit-Tingle, Richard Pine-Coffin, Rusty Pye-Carte, and Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax*. Pre-game we engaged in speculation over what their game plan would be, but we failed to come up with an alternative to throw up rubbish and crash the boards, and as it turned out, neither could they. This game was a close contest from the opening tip, the lead changing hands several times but never more than a basket either way. The first half closed with the Redmen in front 13-11. The second half was more of the same, and with G-Force holding a slender lead late in the game, the referees decided to get involved and blow their whistle on the Reds regularly and often, and whether or not it was warranted.  After a succession of attempts from the line, St Peters final made a free throw to tie the game with just under half a minute left. The Reds had a chance to hold the ball and take the last shot, but Captain James T Kirk had a brain-fade and jacked up a contested corner three with plenty of time left, something that earned him a stern rebuke post-game from a veteran player**. Saints grabbed the rebound and raced to the other end, but the refs weren’t done, calling their point guard for a fend-off as he whirled to the basket.  The Reds called a time-out with 0.2 seconds left, barely enough time to inbound but not enough get off a shot.  Final score 25-all – remarkably, the three games between us and SPOC D this season were a one-point loss, a one-point win, and a tie. Reid top scored with 11 and James supported him with 9.  Thanks to Palky for scoring.

[* not names of actual Saints players, but some of these are real names.  Guess which ones.]
[** I smacked him on the back of the head.  He’s just lucky I didn’t have a baseball bat handy.]

Lady Reds (8-6) v St Casmir A (3-11) - NO REPORT - Win 28-14. Tracey and Alicia 7, Claire and Georgie 4.

Palky's Super Top Trio - Week 15:
3rd - Reid Amos
2nd - Angus Crawford
1st - Jack Harford ... is that back to back weeks?

Game Time - Week 16
*NOTE - we are not at Adelaide Arena so make sure of the venues.
A's v Knightsbridge A @ 4.20 - Cedar
B's v Gateway A @ 1.00 - Cedar ... Great tune up for Finals
C's v Southwest A @ 4.20 - Hillcrest
D's v Taperoo A @ 1.00 - Hillcrest
E's v Hope A @ 5.10 - Hillcrest
F's v St Peters A @ 3.30 - Hillcrest
G's v BYE
Lady Reds v Taperoo WA @ 5.10 - Cedar

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

SACBA Week 14 Results

MILESTONE: With a late 3, "Captain" Jack Harford scored his 19th point on Saturday and his 1000th point for the Old Reds Basketball Club. To put it simply, Jack is pretty good at basketball - he is incredibly skilled, deceivingly athletic (although I doubt his ability to dunk), a great ball-handler* and shooter - but above all an unselfish teammate and leader. Jack joined in 2008, I highlighted in the 2008 C Train blog I wrote earlier in the year, that he started with the C's due to injury and lead them to an amazing season. He joined the A's in 2009 and has won a title with them every year ... think about that ... 6 years - 5 in the A's ... and 6 titles. He was awarded Club Champion in 2011, A's MVP in 2011 and 2013, A's Best Team Man in 2012 and Rookie of the Year in 2008 (with Orks). He is the only player to win 4 Players' Players Awards (3 in the A's and 1 in the C's). At the 20 Year Dinner he was named one of the 12 Best Players of the 1st 20 years - he was unanimously selected (along with Big A, Blair, Wildman, Liam and Dangerous Stu) ... pretty good company. In 2 weeks, he starts his campaign to win 7 straight titles - an honour he will share with Liam if they manage to do it. Congrats mate.    

I still need Players' Player RSVPs (Seven Stars on Saturday August 30) - either Facebook, text or email. I don't mind if you tell me no ... I just need you to tell me. If I have to message you again my text will have annoyed undertones. I have had 42 replies out of 61 so that is not bad but I need more - I am looking at you the E's of all teams (only 2 RSVPs so far) ... and Ned! 

Before we start the reports - I just want to note how important it is to rock up 15-20 minutes before the games ... something that we do but just want to highlight the importance. It is little things like this that help set us apart. We all catch up before the game, create a relaxed atmosphere, talk about things that we need to do in the game, warm up together, the Captain can get the tickets, fill in the scoresheet etc. All these things really help. We saw on Saturday with Saints A's and B's that they were still getting their sh*t together when they stepped on the court - their focus wasn't on the game - and we jumped them. We got out to massive leads in both games and then by the time they are ready to start playing the game is over.

To the reports:
A's v SPOC A - An important game in the make up of the rest of the season for the A's - Saints were missing McMichael and Kong but had Hautop back. As I said above, the A's absolutely jumped Saints - they couldn't handle the extended pressure and were down 11-2 after 3 minutes and had to call an early timeout. Didn't help - the A's kept the pressure up and Jack, Phil, Liam and Foo were all getting steals, scoring on the break or getting fouled and making their free throws - they were playing super unselfish and Phil made a couple of great passes. Unbelievably the A's were up 28-4 at half time. The 2nd half was a closer contest - with the pressure off Will Good started scoring (a very Will Good thing to do) and Bobo was making his mid range j. The game became free flowing with 3 Reds scoring 10+ in the 2nd half - Phil was, as he has done all year, scoring in bunches, Orks was unstoppable inside and Jack was getting out on the break (and was accused of being hungry) and hit the late 3 to bring up his 1000th point. Reds won 70-38 as Josh "Hawk" Orken scored on a late layup. Jack 19, Phil and Hawk 18. It was great to see Tauny back.

*Bill and I were arguing (as we always do) about all things Reds and Saints. He was putting forward the argument that we were not the best team this year and our A's aren't the best team ever (over the last 20 years). I put forward the argument - that they have made the Grand Final over the last 9 years, won the last 6 and the 3 Intercol trophies look really great in my house. When then turned to Orken when he made a great move in the post for the lefty finish - Palk stated he was the best player in the league - to which the retort was "he is just tall". There is no winning with some people.  

B's v Oakden A - Short Report - B's came out hard - with Jono, Mike and Crawf all scoring freely. The B's were working harder than Oakden and went in up 21-7 at half time (aided then by an additional 6 points for no scorer and late player). 2nd half was awful - Reds only scored 7 points but held Oakden to 14. B's went 0/9 from them line in the 2nd half ... pathetic. Win 34-21. Jono 11, Crawf 6, Mike 5. 

C's v Taperoo A - NO REPORT. Win 34-24. G 18, Madman 10.

D's v SPOC B
- A danger game for the D's - the only other team to beat the D's this year other than the C's. SPOC B's were missing the 2 players that caused the D's trouble in their first meeting and they had to fill in with 2 of their D's players. The D's defense in the first half was good - jumping out on all 3 point shooters and keeping Saints off the glass. Ned and Frangers did the bulk of the scoring in the 1st half - getting to the hoops and Ned hit a tough 3. Reds up 14-3 at halftime. The 2nd half became more free flowing - Saints started to hit jumpers that they were missing in the 1st half but they couldn't stop the Reds scoring - Palky finally found some shooting form and hit three 3's, Frangers and Kobe were getting inside and scoring and Stu was getting to the line and converting. A solid performance without being spectacular (said the girlfriends and wives of the Old Reds). Win 43-27. Frangers had 11, Ned and Palk 9.   

E's v Saint Peters A - Forfeit Win ... again!

F's vs Spicer A - Written by Lenny - Today the F's turned up to play. They played as a team; they won as a team. In contrast to the previous few weeks where all sorts of distractions got in the way, the F's took their lessons from a good session on the training track into Saturday. Playing man, the F's got on the board with Hanzo & Lenny making some 12 footers & Toma going strong inside Pretty quickly, we were with a 10 - 2 advantage but their #12 (young Hamish) was causing some problems with some accurate shooting. Tim and Bjork came off the bench and had immediate impact with Tim hitting a couple of 3's for the half and Bjork hoovering up the boards at both ends of the court. Went into the half 30 - 18 up with Tim on 10, Toma 8, Bjork 6 and Hanzo 4   The second half was more of an arm wrestle - they were sent to the line a bit but to the F's credit they did not question an ump's call all game and stayed totally focussed upon the basketball and the ring It split 19 - 14 (21 - 14 on our score sheet - thanks Sarah??); Bjork went ballistic inside and Tim got some nice lay-ins on transition and Toma and Hanzo kept mopping up Final official score 49 - 32 with a good even spread of scoring - the F's proved that they could play a good brand of team basketball and will keep on coming; Bjork 15 points - no fouls; Tim 14; Toma - 12; Hanzo 8. And thanks to Sarah for scoring.

G's v SPOC E - Written by Hitman - After three weeks of unspeakable basketball, G-Force return to the Old Reds’ blog with yet another game against the Auld Enemy, this time the E-type, the better of the two SPOC teams in the ‘E’ Grade.  In fact they went into the game at the top of the ladder, while SPOC ‘D’ languish at the other end of the standings.  The game plan for SPOC was as expected, and in the first half they scored mainly on the break, with a couple of lucky tip-ins virtually their only scores in the half-court.  At the other end G-Force were moving the ball well and getting good looks, but as usual the shots refused to drop.  At the half the Redmen trailled 13-4 with only a single made basket on the scoresheet.  The second half began with quick scores from both teams but it was the Redmen who maintained the momentum, continuing to close the gap throughout the half, and making the shots they were missing in the first half.  In fact it was SPOC who called the first time-out to regroup, but it did little to slow the rampaging Redmen, particularly Charlie who continued to run the break throughout the game.  Unfortunately SPOC were able to sneak a bucket here and there and this was just enough to stop G-Force catching them, the final scoreboard showing 21-20 (adjusted to 23-20 post-game for No Scorer), a 16-8 second-half advantage.  A fantastic effort considering we were undermanned and facing the league leader.  Charlie Baker lead the scoring with 8 and Dillon added 6. 

Lady Reds v Adelaide A - The Lady Reds were once again up against Adelaide. Missing Jordy, Claire, Megan and Emma - they welcomed back Loz and Clare (another Clare ... different spelling) filled in. The Reds started in a 3-2 to try something different before heading into Finals. The D worked well and they were able to cause some problems with Adelaide - but without a couple of their main scorers, Reds struggled to get baskets. Alicia hit a couple of jumpers and Clare scored. Reds down 7-14 at halftime. The 2nd half - #34 for Adelaide (the best player in the league) got away a bit and was able to get inside for basket after basket. The Reds stayed close with Clare, Loz and Alicia all hitting 3's. Wans and Georgie battled hard inside but they were exhausted by the end ... Wans made 2 of 2 from the line. The Lady Reds lost by 12 - 23-35 ... but they showed signs and if they can keep Adelaide in that 30-35 range come Finals they might have a chance at beating them. Alicia had 7 and Clare 6.

Palky's Super Top Trio - Week 14:
3rd - Brendon Francesca
2nd - Nathan Graham
1st - Jack Harford

Game Times - Week 15:
*All games at Adelaide Arena

A's v Gateway A - 5.10pm
B's v SPOC A - 2.40pm
C's v SPOC B - 1.50pm
D's v Unley Park A - 2.40pm
E's v F's - 2.40pm (Palky to bring the whites)
G's v SPOC D - 1.00pm
Lady Reds v St Casmir - 4.20pm

Week 15 Previews:
Some massive games this week - probably the biggest week of the season with the A's, D's and E's/F's result having major ramifications for the final make up of the ladder:

A's v Gateway A - a win against Gateway would pretty much mean they play Saints in the 1st week of finals. This is the most important game of the season for the A's.

B's v SPOC A - of course, if the B's win (which they could well do) the A's will play Gateway even if they beat them. Does that make sense?

C's v SPOC B - if the C's win it pretty much knocks Saints B's out of the finals

D's v Unley Park A - playing for 2nd spot. A win would mean they are 2nd ... a loss means they are 3rd.

E's v F's - the F's need the win ... a loss will push them equal to Golden Grove.

G's v SPOC D - this is the last week for the G's. Some results didn't go their way but they battled and that is all we can ask. They have finals off to enjoy watching some games and having some drinks.

Lady Reds v St Casmir A - need to win the last 2 games to ensure they make the Top 4.

Ladder after Week 14
*note the % are Week 13 %


A Grade Games Wins Draws Loss Points %
Prince Alfred Old Collegians A 14 13 0 1 40 60.98
Gateway Baptist A 14 10 0 4 34 58.00
St Peters Old Collegians A 14 10 0 4 34 57.30
Prince Alfred Old Collegians B 14 7 0 7 28 52.80
Oakden Baptist A 14 2 0 12 18 40.60
Knightsbridge Baptist 14 2 0 12 18 35.90








B Grade Games Wins Draws Loss Points %
Prince Alfred Old Collegians C 14 12 0 2 38 58.01
Prince Alfred Old Collegians D 14 10 0 4 34 59.68
Unley Pk Baptist A 14 10 0 4 34 55.44
Taperoo Uniting A 14 5 0 9 24 46.07
St Peters Old Collegians B 14 4 0 10 22 49.34
Southwest Baptist (Seahawks) A 14 4 0 10 22 40.77








C/D Grade Games Wins Draws Loss Points %
Prince Alfred Old Collegians E 14 11 0 3 36 62.28
St Peters Old Collegians C 14 11 0 3 36 59.03
Prince Alfred Old Collegians F 13 8 0 5 29 53.01
Hope Church A 14 7 0 7 28 52.23
Golden Grove Baptist A 13 7 0 6 27 48.55
St Casimir Catholic A 14 3 0 11 20 39.79
St Peters Anglican A 14 2 0 12 18 33.52
Spicer Uniting A 14 1 0 13 16 27.15








E Grade Games Wins Draws Loss Points %
St Peters Old Collegians E 14 10 0 4 34 63.40
East All Stars A 12 9 0 3 30 58.30
Northgate A 11 9 0 2 29 69.00
Knightsbridge Baptist B 12 6 0 6 24 45.80
Prince Alfred Old Collegians G 12 4 0 8 20 44.60
St Peters Old Collegians D 12 5 0 7 22 41.50
Spicer Uniting B 12 1 0 11 14 26.19








WA Grade Games Wins Draws Loss Points % *After Week 13 
Adelaide Christian Centre A 14 13 0 1 40 69.12 *Week 14 entered
Unley Pk Baptist A 13 10 0 3 33 58.01  
Prince Alfred Old Collegians A 14 8 0 6 30 52.95 *Week 14 entered
Happy Valley Church of Christ A 13 8 0 5 29 46.55
Dunn Memorial Uniting A 13 7 0 6 27 54.31  
Unley Pk Baptist B 13 7 0 6 27 50.00
Taperoo Uniting A 13 4 0 9 21 43.30
St Casimir Catholic A 13 3 0 10 19 47.96
Hawthorn Church of Christ A 13 3 0 10 19 38.18
Trinity Baptist A 13 2 0 11 17 37.21

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

SACBA Week 13 Results

Players’ Player is set for Saturday August 30th @ The Seven Stars. This is the night where we award each Saturday Team’s Best Player according to his teammates. You can get there from 6pm for a quite pint, food orders (limited menu – parmy, burger, steak, fish and chips, S&P Squid and vego option) start from 6.30pm and the count will start at 7.00pm sharp … so your partners know – the “stupid count thingy” will be done by 10.00ish. There is no meal/drink package – just pay as you go.

You NEED TO RSVP – you can email me and I have just Facebook’d your team groups (and texted those not on Facebook) – so respond to one of them please – in your response let me know if you plan on having a meal (I need to let the venue know). You can bring as many guests as you like – everyone welcome – partners, friends, family etc. 

If you would like to MC please let me know – I will MC a bit and then we will get other guys too.

I'm getting a bit behind on the stats - I will do them this week.

To the reports:
A’s (12-1) v B’s (6-7) – The B’s welcomed back Lachie after a long injury layoff. The game started close with A’s and B’s trading baskets – for the B’s Manners and Mike made some long jumpers as did Phil for the A’s. The A’s were forcing some turnovers and getting easy scores. Lachie kept it close coming off the bench and making three 3’s – A’s up 31-20 at halftime. The 2nd half was an absolute clinic from the A’s – time and time again they forced turnovers and got out the break for easy baskets. They were raining 3’s from everywhere – they couldn’t miss – Phil and Liam hit 2 each and then Fooey, of all people, employed “Scorched Earth” – he hit four 3’s … he had not hit one in 3 seasons before this game. All the A’s got into double figures – Foo had 20 (18 in the 2nd half), Phil 19, Jack 16, Liam 13 and Orks 11. Thing is … the B’s played well – they were super intense the whole game – they just couldn’t stop the A’s … it is the best half of basketball I have ever seen from a Reds team. Lachie was incredible for the B’s – he hit two more 3’s and finished with 17. A’s won 79-40 and scored 48 in the 2nd half. Gus hit a 3! 3 weeks to go and the A’s have the opportunity to record the best regular season record for the A’s by only losing 1 game.

*For the B’s – they are guaranteed finals – they will likely play Gateway or Saints A in an Elimination Final.

Games Remaining:
A’s
Week 14 – SPOC A (10-3)
Week 15 – Gateway A (9-4)
Week 16 – Knightsbridge A (2-11)

B’s
Week 14 – Oakden A (2-11)
Week 15 – SPOC A (10-3)
Week 16 – Gateway A (9-4)

C’s (10-3) v D’s (8-5) – Another installment of the C’s beating up on the D’s. The game was 17-17 – Jay for the C’s and Sime for the D’s both hit some early 3’s, G hit a tough turnaround j, a 3 and some FTs and Ned was getting to the basket for the D’s. The 2nd half was close but the C’s got away with G hitting some mid-range, Jay and Goody scoring inside. The D’s went too “one pass and shoot” offense and let it slip away. C’s won 36-27. G and J had 12 and Goody 6 for the C’s , Ned 7, Sime 6 and Kobe and Jon 5 for the D’s. 

Games Remaining:
C’s
Week 14 – Taperoo A (5-8)
Week 15 – SPOC B (5-8)
Week 16 – Southwest A (3-10)

D’s
Week 14 – SPOC B (5-8)
Week 15 – Unley Park A (9-4)
Week 16 – Taperoo A (5-8)

E’s (10-3) v Golden Grove A (5-7) – Written by Max - On paper this should have been an easy game for the top of the ladder E’s against Golden Grove. But with Brad out with another ankle injury, and Rough Justice still recovering from a nasty case of man flu there was potential for upset. However the E’s started strongly and never relented. Bubs was weaving around and through the defence to get to the hoop for 8 first half points. Max knocked down a pair of 3’s from the corner, and Cam was finishing inside. The zone defence was working well with the guards running hard to rotate and good help defence. E’s up 22-9 at the half. The second half was more of the same. Foo and Pritch were taking charge running the floor, pushing the transition game and also spotting up from downtown. Golden Grove continued to cause us problems on their offensive glass with their poor shooting throwing up long rebounds. They were getting multiple 2nd and 3rd chance shot opportunities around the basket and getting to the free throw line which could have caused us problems if it weren’t for their woeful 2 of 14 shooting. In the end the E’s ran out 42-16. Bubner finished with 16 and Max with10. 

The E’s are now guaranteed Top 2 and the double chance – well done lads.

Games Remaining:
E’s
Week 14 – Saint Peters A (1-11)
Week 15 – PAOC F (7-5)
Week 16 – Hope A (7-6)

F’s (7-5) v Hope A (7-6) v Written by Lenny – “The game has been best summarised as ‘They turned up; we didn’t!’. In a battle for 3rd or 4th spot, the reds didn’t start, didn’t finish and didn’t do much on the score sheet in the middle. Hope A’s #9 Suresh (say that with attitude!) got out with 2 three pointers in the first few minutes. And then with a couple of runners, we were looking at 10 / 2 down. The F’s switched to man and started to claw our way back but just couldn’t finish at the hole. Strange umpiring calls abounded and although we were getting inside, we were being smashed with charging calls – never seen so many charges in a game – a couple were legit but a few were just strange. Tone’s energy was great and he was getting steals and defending really well. Bjork was trying to be a presence inside but with 3 early fouls was always in trouble – but he didn’t earn the wrath with a tech this week. At the half we were down 14 – 11 (equalised by them having no scorer to 14 – 13). The first 10 minutes of the second half were an arm wrestle and our man was still working. They got cross and tempers frayed and there was pushing and shoving and then their #00 got inside for 2 tough aggressive baskets and we were down 6. As we are coming back with some momentum, Tim gets the ball on the break, charges down court and Hanzo running behind him slows and Hope Suresh (say that with attitude again!) runs into the back of him and Hanzo is called for a moving screen because as he nosedives with his arms out, apparently he had his wings spread all the way along (needless to say that was not our version of events!). But who can doubt the Pear! That burst the bubble; Suresh hit 2 more threes late and the final score 30 – 22 showed that.  We had let 3rd spot get away. We will be wiser when we see them in a final; scores were evenly spread with Toma and Tim getting 5 pts and Bjork and GW2 (Phil) 4 pts each. Thanks to Jimmy and Karo for scoring”

Games Remaining:
F’s
Week 14 – Spicer A (1-11)
Week 15 – PAOC E (10-3)
Week 16 – Saint Peters A (1-12)

G’s (4-7) – Spicer B (1-10) NO REPORT
. Win 35-18. Charlie 9, Dillon 8, Jimmy 7

Games Remaining:
G’s

Week 14 – SPOC E (8-4)
Week 15 – SPOC D (4-7)
Week 16 - BYE

Lady Reds (8-5) v Dunn A (7-6) – This was must win for the Lady Reds. They were playing Dunn who were on equal record with the Reds and they were playing to establish 3rd place. The Lady Reds are in a weird league – there are 11 teams – they play the best 2 teams (Unley and Adelaide) 6 times for the season (out of 16 games) but don’t actually play the 5th, 6th, 10th and 11th team once. The team that is 5th they don’t get the opportunity to play and because they are always playing the best team they are in a dog fight* for 4th place. Does that make sense? Anyway – they are playing Dunn in a must win. The Reds started well - Alicia made a short jumper, Megan did some "nice leg work" on the fast break for a layup and Tracey was scoring on the break. Megan hit a 3 which was quickly answered by Dunn's best player and the Reds went in up 17-11. The 2nd half the Reds were dominating on the defensive end - they were making Dunn take tough shots and Wans, Claire and Georgie were getting all the boards. Claire scored inside, Jordy banked a 3 and Tracey hit a scooping layup. The Reds held Dunn to 5 points and Won 29-16. Tracey had 11 and was made 4 amazing passes (was her best game I think I have seen her play) and Megan, Jordy and Claire had 5. Reds made their FT's too 10 of 14 ... if they go 2 of 14 (like happens) then an easy win becomes a tight contest.

*Cos it is girls is it a cat fight?

Games Remaining:
Lady Reds
Week 14 – Adelaide A
Week 15 – St Casmir A
Week 16 – Taperoo A

Palky’s Super Top Trio – Week 13
3rd – Jay Nguyen
2nd – Lachie Campbell
1st – Jon Foo

Game Times – Week 14:
*All games at Adelaide Arena
A’s v SPOC A – 1.00pm (1st v 2nd) – guaranteed top spot if win.
B’s v Oakden A – 1.50pm
C’s v Taperoo A – 2.40pm
D’s v SPOC B – 2.40pm - big game 
E’s v Saint Peters A – 1.00pm
F’s v Spicer A – 5.10pm
G’s v SPOC E – 5.10pm
Lady Reds v Adelaide A @ 5.10pm - be nice to get this win

Wednesday, 6 August 2014

SACBA Week 12 Results

Before we start - note that venues for this week's games - they are not at Adelaide Arena.

MILESTONE: Feel a bit strange writing my own milestone but I will throw it out there in the interests of reporting and not in the interests of bigging myself up

(I will write in the 3rd person for prosperity sake).

With a meaningless a 3 pointer in the 1st half in a meaningless Monday night game against a sub-par opponent, Ben "Palky" Palk became the 1st person to score 4000 points for the Old Reds Basketball Club.

Palky joined the club in 1995, making this season his 20th season. He has played almost all of his ball in the Crazy Wednesday's mid-week team and has been in all the Saturday grades from A Grade to E Grade. he has been the main scorer in teams and has been the 3rd guy off the bench ... and when he came on he shot a lot of 3's*. In the early days of the stats Palky would score around 50% of his points from 3's - as he has gotten older that number has increased to 75%.

Palky has won 4 Saturday titles in his 20 years - A's in 2000, B's in 2004 and back to back C's in 2007 and 2008. In addition was in losing Grand Final is 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010. The Crazies have also won 4 titles in 1999, 2001, 2003 and most recently in 2011. 

As well as the championships, Palky has won a few individuals awards - most notably he was somehow named the 2012 Club Champion and 2012 Sean Heylen Medalist for best player in the Intercol. He received the E's Players' Player in 2010, the 2012 "Lowbrown" (The Crazies Players Player) as well as 3 team MVP's, 5 Best Team Man and in 1995 Most Improved Player.

As stated in the opening, Palky is the 1st player to score 4000 points (in the stats keeping era 1999-2014), he is the club's leading total points, 1st in games played, 1st in 3's made and 4th in FT%.

Reverting back to 1st person, as you know I am quite passionate about this club and its stats. I am keeper/guardian of the stats, I think it is important to keep the records for the history of our club as well as a good conversation point. Two things have been pointed out to me on a number of occasions:
    1. That I am the leading scorer in this club just because I have played the most games. Exactly! It is tough to play this many games - as you get older many other things come in your life and basketball becomes a 3rd, 4th, 5th priority. I have been pretty lucky with injuries (except this year). Your body breaks down and it's not like I am the most athletic specimen in the world. I am very proud that I am the first person to reach 4000.
    2. That as I am the keeper of the stats I have the ability to somehow tamper with that stats - to know me is to know that is folly.

So enough self indulgence - Here is a good link for nice sports moments 

To the short reports: 
A's (11-1) v Oakden A (2-10) - The A's just needed to get the job done. Oakden persisted with a 3-2 and they were made to pay. Everyone was able to get into the heart of their D and they were either scoring at the front of the rim or dishing for baskets. The A's ball movement was sublime and they are starting to gear up at the right part of the season. Orks was scoring at will and Phil was hitting jumpers and getting to the basket. A's win 55-30. Orks 23, Phil 13, Liam 7.

B's (6-6) v Knightsbridge A (2-10) - For the B's to finish top 4 they have to beat the 2 teams below them (Oakden and Knightsbridge). The B's made tough work of beating Knightsbridge. During the 2nd half the game was close - Knightsbridge were hitting 3's and getting on the offensive glass. Good shooting kept the B's in it with Jono, Palk and Kartik all making 3's. Knightsbridge had 3 chances to tie the game up in the last minute but failed to make any of their shots. B's escaped with the win. The B's ability to get out to 3 point shots is not great and will cost them in the finals against both Saints and Gateway - they need to work on it. B's win 39-36. Gus 9, Jono and Kartik 7.

C's (9-2) v Unley Park A (8-3) - With G and Hendo missing and Fancy late, the C's were lucky that Unley Park were also missing their best player. Unley started with 4 (had 2 not so good fill ins) and the C's got out to a good lead with Brad and Goody able to get to the basket. The C's D was solid without being great and they were able to get key baskets when needed. Loads of turnovers didn't help the C's cause. 2nd half Goody made a key "and 1" and BB made a tough runner to close the game. Win 32-26 - Brad 11, Goody 7, Late Player 4. 

D's (8-3) v Southwest A (3-9) - Written by Simon - Prelude – Our allocated umpires for the game were Jeremy and another guy  – there was a weird dynamic on court, with a couple of calls overturned early as even the umpires battled for control against each other.  Turns out that the other guy had ejected Jeremy in the game before ours, Jeremy then called back into the stadium as a referee for our game.  Awkward!!

Southwest hit the floor with a new big guy and a new game plan – gone was the religious feed to the centre at the foul line – and in its place was the ad hoc offence that is normally encountered in our grade.  Despite concerns over an extra big man for the Road Train and Kobe to sink their teeth into (sorry for the dental joke RT!), he was busy cutting base and accepting an occasional lob, but was well held to just 5 points for the game.  The Reds started off slow against the Seahawks, Reggie opening scoring with 2 triples before we started to attack the rim, with trips to the line for Kobe, Ned and the Road Train.  We welcomed Josh back from his European Vacation with Tim ‘Clark Griswald’ Purgacz * and he was active, finding some range in holes in the key for a couple of nice turnarounds, not to mention a big block in the 2nd half.  Brendon shone in the rest of the 2nd half, and while our O was a little scrappy, we were finding an open guy for decent looks, Brendon getting into good spots for a couple of long J’s and a triple.  Meanwhile Southwest were doing something we hadn’t seen before – hitting jumpshots – their athletic but generally ineffective #8 hitting a couple of jumpers early – pointed out by Road Train at the end of the game by saying “I’ve never seen you hit a shot before”.  Things we love about Road Train – Size & rebounding ability – tick.  Fondness for carpark beers – tick.  No tact – actually still give that one a tick.  So back to the game, we were up 20-12, but knowing we could play a bit better.  It was an armwrestle in the 2nd, SW getting a couple of lucky rolls and keeping up with us, both scoring 14 for the half.  Ned got driving in the 2nd half, Stu played some great D and pressured the ball, Kobe hit one of the sweetest shots of the year with a drive across the key, change of hands, change of shot & a kiss off the glass.  Reg and Ned hit triples and B-Frangars hit another long J.  Final score 34-26, not our best game but we did what we needed to against a much improved SW.  Brendon & Reggie with 9, Ned 7.

* we’re making good time etc.

E's (9-3) v St Casmir A (3-9) - Forfeit Win

F's (7-4) v SPOC C (9-3) Written by Lenny - The F's went out with intent against a disorganised Saints who could find 5 names on a scoresheet and lots of others expected but didn't turn up?? The hyphenated teagan-Anderson was expected but let Bill down! So we were 3 - 0 up in the first few minutes (Tim hitting a tres and Ben got a nice look inside - 5 - 3). The man was working and then we let them in and we stopped; number 4 - Mansfield - got off his leash and they were 5 -  5; 9 - 5; and then they spread some scoring and drew some fouls; Phil stepped up and Ben got to the line helped to lift us to 8; so it and it was 17 - 8 at the half. Second half was frustrating with more fouls being called, but the reds didn't help their cause by getting 2 techs called against us for audible expletives rhyming with truck. Orks got fouled out on a big block called and he aired his displeasure. Saints had got it out to 20 point spread with their #14 stepping up outside and inside. At the end of the game we were only 14 down having gone 26 - 21 in the half - which showed again what we can do. There were 2 5 minute bursts where Saints got off the hook - otherwise we were more competitive than when we played them last time but didn't push home our advantage  - however, we have learned some more things along the way. Tim was top scorer with 18, Bjork chipped in with 5 and Toma a handy 4 getting to the line to bring us back closer in the last few minutes.

G's (3-7) v East All Stars A (7-3) - NO REPORT. Lost 17-56. Troy 6, Dillon 4

Lady Reds (7-5) v Unley Park A (9-3) - If the Lady Reds are going to win the title this year - they are going to need to beat Unley Park A at some point. They lost this game but I think they will take a lot out of this game ... namely they can play man and Unley Park will not be able to handle it. The first half - Unley Park were hitting jumpers all over the court as the Reds focused on stopping the 2 Unley bigs. They stayed in touch with some good shooting from Megan, Tracey and Alicia but were down 14-18 at halftime. The 2nd half they switched to man - they shut down Unley and they struggled all half. The problem was that the Reds didn't take their chances in offense. They got the lead late but the only player for Unley able to handle the man scored 3 baskets late. Reds had a chance to tie the game up but missed FTs cost them. Reds lost 24-27 Georgie and Tracey 5, Alicia 4.

Palky's Super Top Trio - Week 12:
3rd - Simon Miller
2nd - Angus Crawford
1st - Josh Orken 

Game Times - Week 13:
A's v B's - 5.10pm @ CBC (Bring your Reds uniform)
C's v D's - 2.40pm @ CBC (Bring your Reds uniform)
E's v Golden Grove A - 4.20 @ Marion
F's v Hope A - 1.50 @ Marion
G's v Spicer B - 1.00 @ Marion
Lady Reds v Dunn A - 1.00 @ CBC

*

Year Total Pts Pts from 3's % of Pts from 3's
Palk 1999 157 93 59%
Palk 2000 158 81 51%
Palk 2001 261 138 53%
Palk 2002 273 186 68%
Palk 2003 263 132 50%
Palk 2004 255 141 55%
Palk 2005 225 135 60%
Palk 2006 217 159 73%
Palk 2007 226 126 56%
Palk 2008 316 222 70%
Palk 2009 228 147 64%
Palk 2010 257 192 75%
Palk 2011 330 234 71%
Palk 2012 445 342 77%
Palk 2013 208 153 74%