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Newcastle Hunters get beached by Manly in WABL basketball / What's on around NSW with Sport and Recreation / Newcastle Football competitions / Register for Sydney’s World Masters Games in October / Kid’s July Camps

Newcastle Hunters get beached by Manly in WABL basketball

Manly Warringah Sea Eagles proved too strong for both Newcastle Hunters teams in the Waratah Australian Basketball League (WABL) last Saturday at the Northern Beaches Indoor Centre.

In the women’s game the Sea Eagles jumped to a 24 - 18 lead at the end of the first quarter and continued their dominance to lead by 44 – 30 at the main break. Although the Hunters pegged back seven points in the final quarter, the Sea Eagles mastery in the first three resulted in a win by 81 – 71. Top scorers for Newcastle were Kristen Forbes with 25 and Dimity Stewart with 18.

The Hunters men currently in third place on the ladder were expected to easily account for the 10th placed Manly, but the Sea Eagles clearly had other ideas. They jumped to a 22 – 10 lead at the end of the first quarter, were held by the Hunters in the next two quarters with the score favouring Manly by 62 – 51 going into the fourth. Manly got the better of the Hunters in the final term by 26 – 11 to take the match by 88 – 62.

Top scorers for the Hunter men were Matt Fogg (13) and Allan Swyston (12). Swyston also picked up 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 4 blocks.

In the next round on Saturday June 20, both Newcastle teams take on the Parramatta Wildcats at Newcastle Basketball Stadium with the women’s game tipping off at 5pm and the men’s at 7pm.

The Maitland Mustangs were defeated in their last match by the Norths Bears by 94 – 87. Their next game is against the Hornsby Spiders at The Brickpit – Dartford Rd Indoor Stadium on Saturday June 20 beginning at 4pm.

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

What's on around NSW with Sport and Recreation

NSW Sport and Recreation runs programs that will help you get active, improve your fitness or try a new sport. For more details of what’s on in the region go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/active/whatson.asp

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

Register for Sydney’s World Masters Games 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/