Illawarra’s Jordan Barry in Basketball Australia’s Emus
Basketball Australia has announced the athletes for Australia's U19 Men’s team, the Emus, to compete in the 25th Albert Schweitzer Tournament to be held in Mannheim, Germany (3 – 10 April, 2010).
The 12-strong team was selected following a four-day camp at the Australian Institute of Sport last week.
Australia’s U19 Men’s Team for 2010 Albert Schweitzer Tournament is:
Jackson Aldridge Northern Suburbs, NSW / AIS
Jordan Barry Illawarra, NSW
Mitchell Creek Horsham, Vic / AIS
Anthony Drmic Dandenong, Vic / AIS
John Fenton Bathurst, NSW / AIS
Hugh Greenwood Grenadiers, Hobart TAS/ AIS
Igor Hadziomerovic Melbourne, Vic / AIS
Jackson Hussey Willeton, WA / AIS
William Sinclair Kilsyth, Vic
Lewis Thomas Stirling, WA / AIS
Daniel Trist Northern Suburbs, NSW
Corban Wroe Brisbane, Qld / AIS
Sixteen countries have been invited to the tournament with the Emus having been drawn against Israel and traditional European basketball powerhouses Greece and Spain in their preliminary round games.
Head Coach Damian Cotter is looking forward to the team playing in a challenging tournament against top European countries as well as teams from other zones. The tournament will provide an excellent opportunity to compete against a variety of international styles.
The coaching staff also commented that these tours provide the group with invaluable experience in tournament play combined with the rigors of international travel.
Australia has a good history in the tournament; at the 2008 tournament the Emus defeated the USA in the final to win the bronze medal.
The Emus departed Australia on Saturday 27 March. The team will play three lead up games before the tournament commences on April 3.
Albert Schweitzer Tournament:
Group A: China; Italy; New Zealand; Germany U17
Group B: Brazil; Japan; Turkey; Germany
Group C: Argentina; Croatia; France; USA
Group D: Spain; Israel; Greece; Australia
To follow the results go to: www.basketball.net.au
Hand scores as Thirroul tops in junior cricket
Thirroul’s under 16A team took out the title for 2009-10 in the combined Illawarra South Coast Junior cricket competition. Thirroul bowled their final opponents Oak Flats out for 207 in 54 overs. In reply Thirroul lost their first wicket before scoring, but number three Jacob Hand took charge and held the innings together with a well compiled 96 not out. He was well supported by captain Jackson Stewart (33), Lachlan Dunn (34) and Tom Green (41 not out). Thirroul passed Oak Flats’ score with three wickets in hand. Stewart and Dunn also took two wickets as did Lewis Clements and Lachlan McPherson.
In the 16B competition final, Keira batted first against Port Kembla and struggled to make 119 with Benjamin Goodhew (27) and Nicholas Stacey (24) the main contributors. However, in Port’s innings opener Nicholas Purdevski (38) found little support and Port were bowled out for 96. Sam Hocking (3/25) and Jack Matinca (3/32) were the main destroyers for Keira.
In the 14A competition final, the bowlers again dominated. Wests Illawarra batted first against Keira and were dismissed for 153 in 53.4 overs. Sam Benson top scored with 43 while Tom O’Brien (22) and Ben Caudero (21) were also significant contributors. In the chase for the title, none of Keira’s batsmen could make double figures and they were dismissed for 57 in the 40th over. Top wicket takers for Wests were Tylar Edwards 3/9 and Nikhil Verma 2/16.
For all the results go to: http://sccicombined.nsw.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/draw.aspx?id=RVFIXTURE&entityid=12819
For the top performances for the season go to: http://sccicombined.nsw.cricket.com.au/showrvcontent.aspx?id=RV_RMN&entityid=12819
South Coast Wolves 13s and 18s show way in Premier Youth League Football
The newly named South Coast Wolves Premier Youth League teams have now played 5 rounds of the competition. Of the 5 Wolves teams only the under 13s and 18s are in top five at this stage. The 13s team with two wins and two draws is in fifth spot. Also in fifth place is the under 18 team with 3 wins and two losses.
The 14s are in 9th place out of 13 teams with the 15s and 16s both in tenth spot. The next five rounds for the Wolves are:
Saturday April 3 against Blacktown City at Elizabeth Park Bellambi.
Saturday April 10 against Manly United at Cromer Park.
Saturday April 17 against Rockdale City Suns at Elizabeth Park Bellambi.
Saturday April 24 against Sydney Olympic at Elizabeth Park Bellambi.
Saturday May 1 against West Sydney Berries at Elizabeth Park Bellambi.
All games begin with the under 13s at 9am. For further information and results go to: http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=1-5977-0-102186-0&pool=0&round=0&a=ROUND
Wollongong’s Robert Hurley off to Commonwealth Games
Following his wins in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events at the recent Australian Swimming Championships, Wollongong’s Robert Hurley has been selected in the Australian team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October. Prior to the games he will represent Australia in a number of international meets including the Pan Pacific championships in California in August.
For details of Hurley’s performances and rise to take over from Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett go to: http://wollongong.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=1798
NSW Sport and Recreation’s Kids Camps
To find out about all the Kids holiday camps coming up in NSW go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/kidscamps/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailcampaign&utm_content=275246299&utm_campaign=E-updatefromSportandRecreation-March2010+_+oitljy&utm_term=Kidscamps
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