Corby, Wilson and Armstrong show way in under 12 Cricket
Balgownie’s J Corby and C Wilson both had good all round performances in the team’s win over Helensburgh Gold in the Illawarra under 12 competition last Saturday. Helensburgh batted first and scored 7 for 100 in its allocated overs with Corby taking 2/2 and Wilson 1/3. In Balgownie’s score of 1 for 102 Wilson scored 42 and Corby 40 before both had to retire under the rules of the competition.
Another outstanding performance came from Port Kembla under 12’s N Armstrong who took 5/16 against Thirroul and then top scored with 28. In the 14B’s half centuries were scored by L Hutcheon of Wests (52), L McPherson of Thirroul Blue (53), while in the 16B’s Shellharbour City’s B Lisle made 51.
Results of Illawarra Junior cricket last weekend were as follows.
Under 10 Pool A: Wins to Balgownie White, Wests Blue, Corrimal Green and Thirroul Blue.
Under 10 Pool B: Wins to Keira Red, Wests Red and Corrimal Red with no result yet for Thirroul White and Dapto Blue
Under 11: Wins to Thirroul, Wests Red, Wollongong and Helensburgh
Under 12: Wins to Balgownie, Wests Red, Wests Blue and Port Kembla while Wests White and Corrimal Green had a tie.
Under 14B: Wins to Balgownie, Dapto Gold, Dapto Blue, Wests Blue, Port Kembla and Thirroul Blue.
Under 14A: Wins to Shellharbour, Wests, Corrimal, Albion Pk and Dapto
Under 16B: Wins to Wests Blue, Oak Flats, Dapto, Thirroul, Shellharbour City and Wests Red.
Under 16A: Wins to Kiama, Thirroul and Wests with two results still outstanding. DMW - Illawarra junior cricket’s ten/10
The world of cricket might now be all agog with the international twenty/20 competitions but Illawarra juniors have had a ten/10 competition sponsored by the DMW Recruitment and HR Group for many years. This unique competition has each fielder bowling one over and each batsman facing a maximum of 15 balls (or scoring 20 runs). A round robin is held before the semis and final and the batting order arrangements are such that every player usually gets at least two innings on the day.
It’s a fun competition and win or lose players really get to enjoy themselves. Various clubs organise the different grades which are scheduled as follows:
U10’s run by Helensburgh on March 2nd at Helensburgh.
U11’s run by Port Kembla on 17th February at Darcy Wentworth.
U12’s run by Keira on 24th February at Johanson Park.
U14B’s run by Corrimal on 10th February at Dalton Park.
U14A’s run by Balgownie on 3rd February at Dalton Park.
U16B’s run by Dapto on 17th February at Reed Park.
U16A’s run by Wests and University on 24th February at Figtree and University Ovals Hawks win again at home as fund raising continues
A clutch three-pointer by Kavossy Franklin has lifted the Wollongong Hawks to a thrilling 91-89 victory over the South Dragons at the WIN Entertainment Centre on Friday January 25.
The Hawks players hope their inspiring performance on the court at home lift the fundraising efforts by FOTH (Friends of the Hawks) - see below for details.
With Wollongong trailing 88-89, Franklin controlled the offence before calmly draining a three from the top of the arc with 15 seconds remaining. The Dragons had snatched an 89-88 lead (their first since 3-2) on Jacob Holmes' triple with just over a minute to play, having played catch-up all night.
Joe Ingles' last gasp jumper from the baseline hit the back of rim and Larry Davidson secured the rebound as the Dragons suffered their 12th consecutive loss. Franklin finished with 20 points and six boards against his former team, Cam Tragardh had a game-high 22 points and playing in his 400th game, Hawks captain Mat Campbell had 17 points.
Photo: Cameron Tregardth in action for the Hawks (from www.nbl.com.au)
''I played this game long enough to know any win is a good win,'' Hawks coach Eric Cooks said. ''We definitely let ourselves down in that fourth quarter, probably the whole second half we didn't play with the intensity and defensive awareness that we needed. We did a good job at getting second shots and getting a few easy ones.''
Wollongong owned the glass 50-40, hauling in 20 on the offensive end, while only committing eight turnovers.
''20 offensive rebounds; when you're playing good 'D' and you make a team miss like that and they get a little tip-in, it's just too many,'' Dragons coach Shane Heal said.
''It really takes it out of you by the end of the game.''
Bakari Hendrix topped South with 18 points, while Cortez Groves had 11 points in his return to Wollongong.
''It's really disappointing because the guys were able to bounce back and have a pretty good crack at it tonight,'' Heal said.
Tragardh exploited holes in South's interior during the opening moments, enjoying a pair of easy buckets inside before stepping outside and connecting on a series of jumpers.
Wollongong led by as much as 14 in the first, Tragardh posting ten points to eventually have his team up 29-19 at quarter-time.
Four quick points from Hendrix and a triple from Groves made it a five-point ballgame early in the second.
The Hawks continually responded from the outside as Ben Castle, Cam Rigby, Campbell and Aaron Trahair all struck from long-range to maintain a seven-point buffer.
The Dragons closed in with an 8-0 run capped by a Matt Burston's layup, but at 47-46 South missed four consecutive free-throws (9-of-18 on the night) to tie the game before Ingles finally locked the scores.
Franklin had the last score of the half with a sweet floater and Wollongong escaped with four late points to hold a 51-48 edge at the main break.
A 7-0 spurt helped Wollongong lead by as much as ten as Franklin energised his team with big plays at both ends of the floor.
Rigby's triple pushed the Hawks to 69-60, but South closed the period strongly with Ingles providing the last five points on a breakaway slam and three-point play to shave the deficit to four (69-65).
Trahair opened the fourth with a triple before the Dragons nabbed two steals and peeled off seven unanswered points to tie the game at 72-72.
The Hawks built an 11-point gap with six minutes left, but South slowly crept back into the game, Holmes' first of his two big threes got the Dragon's within one (84-85).
After Holmes hit another three the Dragons took the lead, but Franklin saved the day for the Hawks with his own long bomb to ice the game.
Both teams are on the road on Wednesday with the Hawks (8-16) facing the Sydney Kings and the Dragons (4-21) heading to Singapore to take on the Slingers.
Wollongong Hawks 91 (Tragardh 22, Franklin 20, Campbell 17)
South Dragons 89 (Hendrix 18, Ingles 12, Groves 11)
@ WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, 25/1/2008. Crowd: 3321.
The players hope that their efforts will inspire more of the community to support the Hawks current fund raising drive. Friends of the Hawks (FOTH) are continuing their $750,000 fund raising campaign.
For funding details and ticketing for future games click on: The Wollongong IMB Hawks.
HAWKS FUTURE GAMES
(Home team first)
Kings vs. Hawks 30-Jan
Hawks vs. Tigers 01-Feb
Hawks vs. Bullets 08-Feb
Razorbacks vs. Hawks 09-Feb
Hawks vs. Taipans 13-Feb
Bullets vs. Hawks 16-Feb Illawarra get one from three in Bradman Cup
After the washout earlier in the month at Central Coast, the under 16 Bradman Cup was rescheduled as Southern and Northern carnivals last weekend. Illawarra travelled to Cowra to play in the Southern Carnival.
Illawarra opened its campaign with a win, scoring 9/135 having dismissed Western for 123. However on the second day of the long weekend Illawarra could not match Southern who scored 220 and dismissed Illawarra for 112. In a close third game, Riverina batted first and scored 6/231. A valiant effort by Illawarra’s batsmen saw the team get close but missing out with a score of 7/219.
Illawarra came 6th overall in the eight team competition Junior Basketball at Shellharbour
Basketball competitions for young players are being organized for Sunday mornings at Shellharbour City Council’s Croom Rd Albion Park Stadium. Separate Competitions for Years 3 & 4 (junior) and Years 5 & 6 (senior). For details and registration ring 4257 3468. Sydney FC’s soccer holiday clinics to be repeated at Easter
As the Christmas School Holidays camps just completed were fully booked out Sydney FC is running them again in the Easter school holidays in March. The club's fun School Holiday Clinics are for children aged between 6-16 years. The clinics cater for footballers of all skill levels with a focus on fun and enjoyment with the emphasis of the coaching centering around progressive skill drills and small sided games.
Clinics will be run at Macquarie University and Centennial Park. To register interest contact Chris Tyrrell at christophert@sydneyfc.com. Want to know how to umpire in cricket at any level?
Tuesday February 5th 2008 sees the start of the next NSW Cricket Umpires Training Course. The course is designed for anyone interested in Umpiring and is a 4 night course covering all Laws with an optional Examination on night 5. The examination, if passed, makes an Umpire eligible to join the NSW Umpires and Scorers Association and put him or herself forward to stand in Grade or Shires Cricket.
However, the Course is also excellent for any School Teacher, Junior Club Coach, Parent or Cricketer wishing to develop the knowledge and confidence to Umpire a game of Cricket.
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