Illawarra basketballers in NSW Schools Championships

The 2009 NSW All-Schools Basketball Championships were held at the picturesque Newington College, in Sydney's inner western suburbs. Men's and women's teams from Combined High Schools (CHS), Combined Independent Schools (CIS) and Combined Catholic Colleges (CCC) met for their annual event, with CIS taking the honours in both divisions.

Three players from the Illawarra Basketball Association and two from the Shoalhaven Basketball Associations were involved on the day, including Lia Voorthuis (CHS / Corrimal HS / Illawarra), Jordan Barry (CHS / Figtree HS / Illawarra), Kelsey Gardiner (CIS / Chevalier College Bowral / Illawarra), Kate Bellamy (CHS / Bomaderry HS / Shoalhaven) and Will Ozolins (CHS / Nowra HS / Shoalhaven).

PHOTOS: Jordan Barry, Kelsey Gardiner, Lia Voorthuis and Will Ozolins; Action from the 2009 NSW All-Schools Basketball Championships - photos courtesy of Noel Rowsell (www.photoexcellence.com.au)

Gardiner and Ozolins were both subsequently chosen for their respective women's and men's NSW Combined All-Schools teams, which will compete at the 2009 Australian All-Schools Basketball Championships in Newcastle in August.
 
The players chosen in the state teams are shown below:
NSW COMBINED WOMEN: Christina Boag (CIS/Abbotsleigh), Maddison Allen (CIS/Newcastle Grammar), Kelsey Gardiner (CIS / Chevalier College, Bowral / Illawarra), Allyson Brown (CIS/Oakhill College, Castle Hill), Jaimee Cohen (CIS/Reddam House,), Ellie Gleeson (CCC/Xavier College, Albury), Elise Pitcher (CCC/Stella Maris, Manly), Casey Samuels (CHS/Westfields Sports HS), Ellie Junod (CHS/St Marys Senior HS), Haylee Lepaio (CHS/Bathurst HS).

NSW COMBINED MEN: Will Ozolins (CHS / Nowra HS / Shoalhaven), Daniel Trist (CHS/North Sydney Boys HS), Matthew Dick (CCC/St Francis Xavier, Hamilton), James Whitby (CCC/Trinity College, Lismore), Daniel Hill (CIS/Newington College, Stanmore), Jackson Aldridge (CIS/St Ignatius College), Spencer Llewellyn (Sydney Boys HS), Luke Devlin (CIS/Newington College), James Hunter (CIS/Cranbrook School), Sam Rowley (CIS/Knox Grammar School).
 
RESULTS: WOMEN: CIS 83 (Allyson Brown 19 points, Kelsey Gardiner 16, Maddison Allen 14, Briony Siviour 13, Jaimee Cohen 11) def CCC 56 (Elise Pitcher 15 points, Aimie Durbridge 13, Emma Mahady 10); CHS 82 (Paige Melville 15 points, Casey Samuels 14, Ellie Junod 12, Lisa Voorthuis 12, Hayley Lepaio 12) def CCC 58 (Bree Parsons 12 points, Jess Ward 9, Elise Pitcher 7); CIS 79 (Allyson Brown 24 points, Kelsey Gardiner 18, Jaimee Cohen 14, Maddison Allen 8) def CHS 60 (Ellie Junod 10 points, Rhiann Te Hira 8, Casey Samuels 8, Hayley Lepaio 7, Lisa Voorthuis 7);

MEN: CIS 109 (Luke Devlin 23 points, Spencer Llewellyn 15, Krenz Carlos 15, James Hunter 14, Sam Rowley 10, Lachlan Urwin 9) def CCC 68 (Matthew Dick 24 points, James Whitby 16, Marty Deakes 11, Nick Kay 9); CCC 87 (James Whitby 24 points, James Duck 15, Matthew Dick 13, Marty Deakes 10, Chris Tonks 8) def CHS 78 (Daniel Trist 21 points, Will Ozolins 21, Robert Atkinson 7, Jordan Barry 7); CIS 91 (Daniel Hill 22 points, Luke Devlin 17, Jackson Aldridge 13, Spencer Llewellyn 13, James Hunter 8) def CHS 60 (Daniel Trist 22 points, Will Ozolins 16)

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Wollongong’s Robert Hurley begins US trip well

Wollongong’s Robert Hurley is part of an Australian national swimming Squad, including Stephanie Rice and Leisel Jones, who have been training at high altitude in Arizona in their preparation for World swimming Championships in Rome in July.

As part of that training program the Australian swimmers (31 in all) will compete in two meets. The first is the Southwest Classic Invitational. Australian champion Hurley has taken out the 400m freestyle final. He qualified only 6th fastest for the 400 in a relatively slow time but has then come back to narrowly beat the top seed and Canadian champion Ryan Cochrane in the Final in 3:50.25 in the slow outdoor pool. Another Aussie Ryan Napoleon (2nd to Hurley at the Australian Championships) was 2 seconds away in 3rd place.

Canadian Ryan Cochrane was the young swimmer who led for much of the 1500m freestyle at the Beijing Olympics before finishing 3rd to Mellouli and Hackett. He is the Canadian record holder for both the 1500m and 400m races and finished 9th in Beijing in the 400m so Hurley was pleased to get this victory over him.
 
The Southwest Classic Invitational includes the Australians as well as a sprinkling of high profile swimmers from the USA, Canada and a few other countries. This meet is being used as a warm-up for next weekend's Santa Clara International which will feature many of the world's best including several Olympic gold medallists.

A number of other Australians have also won events including Liesel Jones and Stephanie Rice. Results and videos can be seen on www.floswimming.com

For more stories on Hurley’s rise to the Australian swimming team go to: http://wollongong.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=1798

Wollongong junior soccer teams have mixed long weekend

Over the long weekend Wollongong Premier Youth League teams took on Sydney United on the Saturday in Round 14 and then Bankstown City for the previously washed out round 12 on the holiday Monday. Against Sydney United only the 13s picked up a win while the 14s and 15s had draws. The high flying 16s and 18s both lost. The 18s result was a particular surprise as the Wollongong team tops the ladder and United are sitting in 10th spot.

Results for the round 14 played last Saturday against Sydney United were: 

Under 13: Wollongong won 3 - 1
Under 14: Wollongong drew 1 all
Under 15: Wollongong drew 1 all 
Under 16: Wollongong lost 1 nil
Under 18: Wollongong lost 1 nil   

In the Monday games, Wollongong did much better against Bankstown winning 4 and drawing the 18s.

Results for the previously washed out round 12 played last Monday against Bankstown City were: 

Under 13: Wollongong won 4 - 1
Under 14: Wollongong won 6 nil
Under 15: Wollongong won 3 - 1 
Under 16: Wollongong won 2 - 1
Under 18: Wollongong drew 1 all   

After the two rounds, Wollongong has both its 16s and 18s topping the table, while the 13s have moved to 3rd and the 14s and 15s are both in 6th spot.

Wollongong teams play their next round against Sydney Olympic, at Elizabeth Park Bellambi with the 13s beginning at 9 am on Saturday June 13.

Previous SportsLive reports on the Wollongong Premier Youth League teams can be found at: http://wollongong.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=3462

More results and the draw can be found at http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=78

NSW Sport & Recreation’s July Camps

To see what’s on offer in the July School holidays go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/kidscamps/

Many sports including basketball at Sydney’s games for social to elite

As reported previously Sydney is hosting the 2009 World Masters Games involving over 28 sports between October 10 – 18. 

Registrations for all sports close on July 31. There are still plenty of opportunities to nominate. For more on the 2009 World Masters Games and all the sports go to: http://www.2009worldmasters.com/

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