Washouts in Premier Youth League but Sutherland proves exception
The true value of the Tiger Turf surface at Seymour Shaw Park was once again shown last weekend as it was the only venue at which the scheduled matches could go ahead in the Premier Youth League. All other matches will have to be rescheduled.
In the Round 12 matches the Sutherland Sharks Premier Youth League teams could however only pick up 1 win and two draws in the 5 matches against Manly. The 14s continued their winning way with a 4 – 1 win and the 13s had a 2 all draw.
Results of Round 12 between the Sutherland Sharks and Manly United were:
Under 13: Sutherland Sharks drew 2 all
Under 14: Sutherland Sharks won 4 - 1
Under 15: Sutherland Sharks lost 1 nil
Under 16: Sutherland Sharks drew nil all
Under 18: Sutherland Sharks lost 3 - 1
Next Saturday May 30, the Sutherland Sharks Premier Youth League teams travel to Gabbie Park to take on the strong Blacktown City Club. The matches begin with the under 13s at 9am.
Other Sutherland Sharks Premier Youth League Reports can be found at: http://theshire.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=3476
More details on the Premier Youth and Senior League results can be found at http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=78
Sharks Basketballers pipped by Mustangs in Maitland
The Maitland Mustangs made best use of their home court advantage to overcome the higher placed Sutherland Sharks in the Waratah Australian Basketball League (WABL) last weekend. The eighth placed Mustangs sped out of the blocks to lead the 4th placed Sutherland Sharks by 29 – 20 after the first quarter. At half time the Mustangs had stretched their lead to 52 – 39.
In the third quarter the Sharks fought back to reduce the margin to 7 (77 – 70) but the Mustangs raced away in the final term by 30 – 15 to take the match 107 – 85. Top scorers for the Sharks were Blake Henricks (20), Steven Hall (15), Luke Davies (13) and Ben White (13). For the Mustangs Joshua Clifford led the way with 33followed by Andrew Mortimer (24) and Daniel Proctor (20).
The Sharks women’s team had a bye for the round. Next Saturday May 30, the Sharks teams take on the Sydney Comets at Sutherland Basketball Stadium with the women’s game tipping off at 5pm and the men’s at 7pm.
For more Sutherland basketball stories go to: http://sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=2131
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
Sutherland Shire to host Basketball at Sydney’s World Masters games
Sydney is hosting the 2009 World Masters Games and basketball is going to be taking part, utilising six venues across Sydney. There is still time to form a team and register for the event.
The nominated venues include two Sutherland Shire venues at Menai and Sutherland. The venues are:
Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre, Cambridge Park
Sutherland Leisure Centre, Sutherland
Menai Indoor Sports Centre, Menai
Bankstown Basketball Stadium, Condell Park
Hills Sports Stadium, Castle Hill
Thornleigh Indoor Sports Centre ‘The Brickpit’, Thornleigh
Divisions:
Men and Women 30+ and 35+ and possibly a wheelchair division
Men and Women 40+, 45+ and 50+
Men and Women 55+, 60+, 65+ and 70+
Competition Dates: 10-18 October 2009.
A Grade – Premier: This elite grade is for teams consisting of players with international or national experience. At least two players should have international experience (played for their country). The other team members are expected to be at a state/ province/ elite Club player level.
B Grade – Competitive: This grade is for those players who compete in a high standard of domestic level basketball, such as A Grade in their local competition, and athletes who have represented their club or town in state/ province competition.
C Grade – Recreational: This grade is for those players who participate in non-competitive and/or lower grade leagues and for social and casual players.
There will be only one grade for the 70+ age category.
Registrations for all 31 sports including basketball close on July 31. There are still plenty of opportunities to nominate your team. For more on the 2009 World Masters Games and the 31 sports go to: http://www.2009worldmasters.com/
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/
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