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Newcastle basketballers in NSW Combined All-Schools Teams

The 2009 NSW All-Schools Basketball Championships were held last week at the picturesque Newington College, in Sydney's inner-western suburb of Stanmore.

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.

After the Championships, Madison Allen (CIS/Newcastle) was chosen in the star-studded "Combined All-Schools teams" women’s team to compete for NSW at the 2009 Australian All-Schools Basketball Championships, which will be held in Newcastle in August. Matthew Dick (CCC/St Francis Xavier, Hamilton) was also chosen in the men’s team.

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), 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), 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)

Newcastle Hunters go to beach for next basketball match

The next match for the Newcastle Hunters men in the Waratah Australian Basketball League (WABL) is on Saturday June 13 against Manly at 5pm in the Northern Beaches Indoor Centre while the women’s game tips off at the same venue at 3pm.

In their next game, the Maitland Mustangs men take on the North Bears on the same day at 1pm at home in the Maitland Federation Centre.

For more on Waratah Australian Basketball go to: http://www.waratah.basketball.net.au/fs_home.asp

For other basketball stories on representative and wheelchair basketball as well as other districts go to: http://sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=288

Newcastle Football (Soccer)

For links to clubs and information on Newcastle soccer competitions go to: http://www.isport.com.au/soccer/npssa/. Newcastle Football is one of six associations under the umbrella of Northern NSW Football. The other Associations are Football Far North Coast; Football Mid North Coast; Hunter Valley Football; Macquarie Football; North Coast Football; Northern Inland Football.

To find out more details and latest news for Northern NSW Football including inter-district competitions go to: http://www.northernnswfootball.com.au

World Masters Games – register for sports in Sydney in October

There is still time for Newcastle sportsmen and women to register for Sydney’s World Masters Games in Sydney. Over 6700 people have registered for the World Masters games in Sydney on October 10 -18, 2009. Over 28 sports will cater for participants of varying standards and ages.

For example, tennis has singles, doubles and mixed doubles in ten year age brackets from 30+ to 80+ with A grade for competition players and B grade for social players and beginners. Basketball will cater for social to elite teams from 30+ to 70+ in 5 year ranges.

Other sports include archery, basketball, football (soccer), netball, swimming and touch football

Registrations close on July 31. For more details go to the World Games web site: http://www.2009worldmasters.com/default.aspx

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/