A Slam Dunk for Basketball Competition

Cooma Monaro Express 23/12/14
The Junior mixed basketball finished on Monday with a round of three on three non mixed basketball.
This gave the boys the chance to show their attacking skills in the key area which they cannot do in the mixed.
The games produced some strong basketball with those pitted against each other trying to prove who were the best.
All games were played in good spirit Junior basketball Mini and Aussie Hoop basketball has been a huge success in 2014 with an increase in numbers across all divisions.
All players are to be commended on their sportsmanship and the way students from the different schools came together to play in teams with people they may not have known prior to the beginning of the season.
The increased enthusiasm of the players resulted in the mixed competition being played for the first time.
Junior basketball usually finishes at the end of third term and returns the following year in second term but 2015 will see it return in first term with another mixed competition before reverting back to boys and girls competitions for terms two and three. Organisers hope to begin a second mixed competition as well which would include our miniball players.
Thank you to the players and to those parents/friends who put their hands up to help coach referee and to run the days for making it such a great year. Organisers look forward to seeing everyone in 2015.

Basketball Grand Finals - September 2014

Cooma Monaro Express 23/9/14
A wonderful three nights of basketball were held last week with the A Men, A Women and B Women's grand finals on Wednesday. Thursday saw the grand finals of the Junior Girls and Division 1 and 2 Junior Boys. Thank you to the referees and bench people for giving their time on these nights.
The season ended on Friday with the 4yrs to 11 yrs Aussie Hoop and Mini Ballers putting on a display of games and drills for the very supportive spectators before collecting their awards of a trophy and basketball.
Thank you to those who put their hand up to assist with the junior miniball and aussie hoop this year and to Henry and Carol Byrne (BBQ) Julie and Mikaela Smith (canteen), Jordan Burchall (timekeeper), Pierre Wall Jack Swain, Will and Noah Saddler (on Court assistance).
Results
B Women
Bold & Beautiful were too strong for Resurrection winning 32 to18. Courtney Rolfe was a stand out for B&B with Allison Theunissen strong all over the court. Resurrection were well led by Julie Smith who has been working hard with this group of fairly new players and they can all be proud of their effort this year. B&B 32 (C Rolfe 16 M Janota 2 A Theunnisen 6 Grace Nesbitt 2 E Hopkin 4 J Sopniewski 2 ) d Resurrection 18 (Mikaela Smith 5 J Smith 11 T Williams 2).
A Women
Capital Dial a Pizza ran out winners over Geaches 38 to 28. The game was evenly contested throughout.

CDP were missing easy baskets whilst Geaches were putting in some great 3 pointers and at three quarter time were just ahead. Both teams were in foul trouble in the last quarter with Geaches losing two players leaving them with three players for the last minutes of play.
CDP steadied their game and were able to finish the game with a few quick baskets to end up Premiers for 2014. Capital Dial a Pizza 38 ( S Kelly 11 D Saddler 8 A Pope 3 J Lee 5 K Tonini 2 S Fogarty 4 J Thornton 5) d Geaches 28 ( S Williamson 3 C Geach 8 T Frazer 6 A Connell 10 J Smith 1).
A Men
The A Men's GF was a battle of the old heads Camshafts against the up and coming boys from the junior competition Thunder Ducks. The teams went basket for basket for the early part of the game.
Thunder Ducks led by Tim Wall and Jacob Stiles put in a huge effort in the second quarter to outscore their opponents by 10 points. In the third quarter Camshafts' experience began to show with Cam MackIntosh (everyone who thinks they are too small for basketball should have a look at this guy play) and Simon Clear taking their team to a two point lead with one quarter to go. A great team effort by the younger players saw them take control and run out winners 61 to 52.
Thunder Ducks 61( T Wall 19 Jarrod Sopniewski 12 B Trotter 11 J Stiles10 D Hopkin 3 J Blyton 2 K Catarino 4) d Cam shafts 52 ( Simon Clear 20 Cam MackIntosh 20 B Barrett 12 ).
Junior Boys Division 2
A cliff hanger between Maroon and Green showed just how much this grade has improved and how close the four teams in the competition were. Whilst Andreas Kopecky-Geach ( maroon ) and Noah Saddler (green ) dominated the shooting the other players from both teams put in a big effort Maroon 24 ( A Kopecky-Geach 19 J Dyball 2 R Freebody 1 N Mylan 2 ) d Green 23 (N Saddler 19 D Fletcher 2 H Steiner 2 )
Junior Girls
This was the first girls GF for some years and players from Dynamites and Swaggers were nervous in the early stages of their game. After settling down Swaggers took the lead and were up by 4 points. Ten unanswered points by Dynamites in the final quarter saw them take the game 25 to 19 Dynamite 25 ( A Martin-Smith 8 G Steiner 7 J Statham 4 K Branscombe 4 M Janota 2 ) Swaggers 19 (A Freimanis13 C Rodger 2 T Williams 4)
Junior Boys Division 1
Red Dougs and Swaggerliciuos battled out a close one. Jarrod Sopniewski dominated early running in quick baskets for Swaggerliciuos whilst Tim Wall was leading his team Red Dougs by setting up shots for his players. Swaggerliciuos led for most of the game but Tim Wall and Jacob Stiles stepped up in the closing stages stages to take RD to the lead and a 3 point win Red Dougs 43 (T Wall 6 J Stiles 22 J Harding 5 D Li 8D Freimanis 2 ) d Swaggerlicious 40 (J Sopniewski 24 T Peilli 8 P Wall 8).

3 on 3 Mens Competition Starting

A 3 on 3 mens competition will begin this evening Wednesday 5th February at 6:30pm. If you are interested contact Brian Geach or come down to Cooma Basketball Stadium at 6:30pm Wednesdays.