Central Districts Club Bulletin

August 2008

Dates to Remember

17thAugust Junior Selection Trials CDBC JUNIOR SELECTION TRIALS INFORMATION

24th August TEAM PHOTO SCHEDULE Photo Day for All Teams UNIFORMS NOW AVAILABLE AT STARPLEX 30th August Senior Presentation Dinner JUNIOR AND SENIOR PRESENTATION NEWS

14th September LIONS PLAYERS ON THE RISE Junior Presentation & Annual General Meeting

18th September News from the President for the club. A draft is available for members to consider and the committee would appreciate and Junior State League G.F. Hello Lions Supporters encourage your feedback. Copies of the Plan, which The Olympics Games are upon us is presented in a simple 3 page format, will be 4th October and its time to get behind the athletes who Murray Bridge Carnival available on the club web site and from committee compete. Many of us will have our favourite members or from STARplex reception from Sunday 5th October Aussies but don’t forget to acknowledge the 10th August 2008. Comments and questions on the U14 Girls National Club athletes from other countries many of whom draft can be emailed to me at Championships Starplex do not get the levels of support and [email protected] or dropped into STARplex development available in . The reception marked for the attention of Dale Martin by Games should demonstrate the very highest no later than Monday 25th August 2008. levels of sportsmanship and I hope that like A reminder that the National U14 Girls me you will applaud the efforts of all Basketball Championships will be at STARplex in the competitors. next school holidays from October 5th to 11th 2008. I The AGM which has been set for th encourage club members to get along to see some of Sunday 28 September 2008 will be my last the games and to assist where you can. The as president of the Club. After seven years it Championship is a real opportunity for Lions junior is time to handover and let someone else players to see Australia’s best U14 girls teams Club bring fresh ideas and vision to this role. I am compete and for Lions coaches to view game very pleased with the passion and strategies and approaches. Photos determination of the current Club Committee The National U18 Championships have also members and their willingness to roll up their been granted to the hosting consortium of Centrals, All Players sleeves and work together towards a North and Woodville basketball clubs and will be held All common vision. With this leadership Centrals next year at STARplex from April 18 to 26. This is can become the leading basketball club in another great opportunity for our club to see Teams South Australia. Having appreciated the Australian elite junior athletes compete and a real choices you have made as club members in coup for basketball in the north. Again I cannot electing a competent committee at the last emphasize enough the importance of club promotion AGM I would encourage you to again and member involvement in these events as they will, consider who should fill the vacancies at the like the Olympics, increase our appreciation of how forthcoming AGM. Make your vote count and th the game is played. Sunday 24 enjoy the benefits of electing a quality Yours in basketball committee who will do their best for the club. August Dale Martin The Club Committee has discussed President an exciting new Strategic Plan (2008 - 2011)

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Central Districts Basketball Club President Dale Martin 8522 7516 (B) Secretary: John Lambert 0422 041 396

Club Photo Day 24th August Selection Trials for 2008/09 Summer Please ensure you are ready in full club playing uniform Season (BLUE) 10 MINUTES before your allocated time slot. Blue playing Selection Trials for the upcoming summer season will be held in shorts, blue playing top. Coaches & managers are requested to at Starplex on Sunday 17th August. A $50/player Registration wear their blue polo shirts. Fee must be paid at the time of the trials. Your coach/team manger will take you into the area where Players who are unfinancial will be ineligible to participate in the photos are to be taken. No one other than the coach, team trials. manager and players are permitted in the photography area. You will receive your photo order form in the week starting 4th ƒ The $50 Registration Fee will be deducted from Summer August. Please ensure this is completed with correct money Subscription fees if you are successfully placed in a team. enclosed and handed to your team manger prior to the photo being OR taken. No orders will be taken if the form is ƒ The $50 Registration Fee will be considered payment for an incomplete or not paid for. Associate Membership (allowing you to received coaching Natasha Bertram (with the view of playing at district level at Central Districts in 9:15am Under 12 Boys Toby future.) 9:30am Under 14 Girls Grahame OR 9:45am Under 18 girls div 3 Gareth ƒ The $50 Registration Fee will be reimbursed if you are not 10:00am Under 14 div 3 Boys Phillip successful in selection for a team and would not be interested 10:15am Under 14 Div 1 Boys Matt in an Associate Membership 10:30am Under 20 Boys Div 1 Tony 10:45am Under 18 Boys Div 1 Ricky Age groups are identified for players: 11:00am Under 18 girls div 2 Teegan ƒ Born in 1998/99 Under 10 ƒ Born in 1997/98 Under 12 11:15am Under 16 Boys Div 1 Andrew ƒ Born in 1996/97 Under 14 11:30am ABA Women Winston ƒ Born in 1994/95 Under 16 11:45am ABA Men Scott ƒ Born in 1992/93 Under 18 Group Photo All players, coaches, team 12:00pm ƒ Born in 1991/1990 Under 20 (Men) mangers and committee members. ƒ Born in 1991/1990/1989 Under 21 (Women) 12:15pm Div 5 women Dave 12:30pm U16 Boys Div 2 Barrie Each age group will have a ½ hour registration period followed 12:45pm Men 2 Gareth by a 1 hour trial. A short information session for players and 1:00pm Men 3 Gareth parents will then occur in the classroom adjacent to Court 1. 1:15pm Men 4 Gareth 1:30pm Men 5 Gareth Times are as follows.

Uniform Newsflash 8.30am U/10 –U/12 Boys and Girls Registration 9.00am U/10-U/12 Trials Blue playing singlets, white training tops, blue shorts and bags are now available to purchase through the Starstore – Starplex. 9.30am U/14 Boys and Girls Registration The process for ordering will be: 10.00am U/14 Trials 1. Take your new registration card (this will be supplied to all

players shortly) to the uniform shop. 10.30am U/16 Boys and Girls Registrations 2. Complete the order form and pay for uniform to store staff. 11.00am U/16 Trials 3. Collect order from store.

At this stage Polo tops will still be ordered through the current 11.30am U/18 Boys and Girls Registration channels. 12.00pm U/18 Trials Please note if you do not have you registration card when ordering uniforms then you will not be able to order the uniform. 12.30pm U/20-U/21 This is too ensure that everyone ends up with the correct playing Men and Women number. Registration

1.00pm U/20-U/21 Trials Opening Times: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri ~8:00am - 5:30pm

Thurs ~ 8:00am - 7:00pm Sat ~ 9:00am - 12:00pm Sun ~ CLOSED

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Central Districts Basketball Club President Dale Martin 8522 7516 (B) Secretary: John Lambert 0422 041 396

ABA Women’s Report College Scholarship Players Required Congratulations to Andrew Bolton from the Under 20s Our Club will have a Division 4 Women’s side next season and ABA Squad. Andrew has been successful in his quest for a [to be coached by Karin Roberts (Robbo)] as well as Division 1, 2 US Basketball Scholarship; he was noticed at our 2008 and 5. International Hoops Camp and will enter Junior College next We have three player vacancies in Division 1, three in year. We hope your future preparations go well Andrew and Division 2 and three in Division 4 at this stage. look forward hearing about your journey. ‘Be Part Of The Pride!’ We would also like to acknowledge the great work of Should anyone be interested in filling any of these the organisers for this camp for bringing international quality vacancies or simply training with us on Thursdays at Mawson coaching to our club. Lakes or Sunday mornings at STARplex please contact Winston Folland on 0407 557 175. Central Districts Players included in SA Winston Folland Squads The South Australian Adelaide Lightning spots some Lions Sports Institute recently identified Talent! players from the Under 14 Boys and Congratulations to Charlea Taylor, one of our young stars Girls to get involved in the Talented in the women’s ABA side. Charlea, at only 16 years old has been Athlete Program. Players were asked to join the Strike Squad. This is the training and selected from the Talent Identification Camp held back in April development team for very successful WNBL side the Adelaide this year. We would like to congratulate Samantha Saunders Lightning. and Nathan Carlin who will be taking part in skill development Obviously Charlea’s passion and talent for basketball and sessions held at S.A.S.I. on Saturday afternoon. some very nice statistics over the past season have been spotted by coaches and selectors across the state. Winston must be very Fundraising proud. We look forward to hearing about Charlea’s progress in the Thank you to the families who supported the club so future. generously with the Cadbury Freddos this season. We would like to announce that Kalan Moore from the Under 18 Div 1 team Presentation Dinner! won the incentive prize of FREE FEES SUMMER 08/09. A reminder for ALL our club members. The ABA/Senior Unfortunately there are still outstanding chocolates or Presentation Dinner is open to everyone. It will be held in the money. Please return them to your Team Manager or money to Starplex Theatre on Saturday August 30th. If you would like tickets Starplex immediately. please ring Harry on 0417282018 to secure your seat and book a table. It’s always a great relaxing night so come along and share in Fees the celebrations. Outstanding Subscription fees continues to be an issue. The Management Committee are committed to successfully Under 16 & 18 National Championships controlling the finances of our club. Unfinancial players will not Team Members & Results be able to participate in Junior Selection Trials. Please contact Natasha and make suitable arrangements. All payments can be U18 Girls: SA Metro 5th & SA Country 3rd made at the Starplex reception counter just let them know it is for U18 Boys: SA Metro 2nd & SA Country 11th Centrals Basketball Subscription Fees and you will be asked to U16 Girls: SA Metro 2nd & SA Country 6th complete a remittance form. U16 Boys: SA Metro 4th & SA Country 7th Central Districts Website Manager Required National Championships are also used as a The club needs a committed person or persons to take selection trial for Development Squads and over the clubs website. The person will need to make a National Teams. Congratulations to Daniel commitment for twelve months to maintain the website and keep Carlin who was one of two South Australians it up to date with all the latest news and happenings at the club. to gain selection in the , The website is easy to maintain with no HTML experience Australian Development Camp and has needed. Adding articles is simple and can be done in only a few been named as a reserve for the Australian minutes. I will train the person and provide backup if needed. Team to compete in the FIBA Youth Tournament in Anyone interested in taking on one or both of these task September. please contact John Lambert [email protected]

John Lambert

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Junior Teams on the Move Tournament which will take place in at the end of JUNIOR TEAMS ON THE MOVE September. This squad will form the base of the team for the 2011 U19 World Championships. At this stage, Daniel will be 4 junior teams heading for winter finals! one of the few under age players competing for an eventual spot in the U19s in 2011 and will have his work cut out for him over the coming years to get in ahead of the other athletes, one year older than him in many cases. In 2006 Daniel was on the fringe of our Central's U14 Div 1 team that was struggling in the local competition and when we asked him a year later to try out for the U16 SA Metro team in 2007 he didn't even really comprehend what he was going to try out for or even whether he should try out. History will show he did try out and since then he has made some great strides. Andrew Jantke says “I attended and assisted the rd ƒ Under 12 Boys sitting 3 on the ladder. coaching staff at the trials in 2007 and felt he probably would ƒ Under 12 Div 2 Boys just took out the Grand Final in the not make the team but the coaching staff would keep him West Adelaide Carnival. around for as long as possible to develop him for the year ƒ Under 14 Boys Div 3 played made the semi Finals in the after. However, under the State coach and current Adelaide Barossa Carnival. 36ers Assistant Coach Liam Flynn, Daniel got better with every rd ƒ Under 16 Div 4 Boys sitting 3 on the ladder. session and got picked for the team as a bottom aged player, th ƒ Under 18 Girls Div 3 are sitting 4 winter season which is a feat and looking back on how far he had developed rd ƒ Under 18 Girls Div 2 are sitting 3 winter season in that time blew me away.” Remember when you see the junior coaches and Daniel has made the SA Metro U16 team for two players give them a pat on the back let them know how you years running, playing in Gosford(NSW) and Perth, he appreciate what the have done. performed well in some big games at the recent Australian Gareth Pennington Nationals in Perth, made the Allstar 5 at the Basketball SA Talent Identification Camp and has been putting in some very Senior Finals News strong performances in the local District competition level. DIVISION 3 Men finished equal top of Northern and Daniel has a relaxed, friendly demeanour rarely Southern Pools winter season. Last year the DIV 3 men also complains about his relatively heavy basketball training regime made the summer Finals 07 but lost in the Semi Final. and never passes up the opportunity for extra individuals. They have taken out the Men’s Australia Day Grand Final the Coach Jantke says “I have been worked with and/or played last two years with a number of talented players trying to crack it at the top DIV 5 Women Finished 5th in their FIRST SEASON Great level during my 20 + years of district basketball involvement. I effort. Will be in the finals,. believe Daniel's work ethic, coachability, ability to continually DIV 5 Men Finished 5th. Look forward to the finals with one add new dimensions to his game and outstanding support game to go. network (in his parents and team mates) will help him develop Times and venues for senior finals are up on the Club to the next level where other players are not able to. Daniel is Notice board. They would love to see you there. The senior never afraid do an extra individual session and over the past 6 lower division teams have being doing us proud over the last 6 months has regularly done an extra 1 or 2 individuals per years. week, where his intensity shines through, in addition to his DIV 5 teams have been in all but two finals rounds already relatively heavy training regime. At other clubs I have (one summer and one winter) they took out the winter 2006 seen elite athletes have to deal with the many “haters” who grand final with a 26 game winning streak that year. knock their elite players and try to play politics. Centrals is Show your support, come and see them play. different in this respect. At Centrals Districts Basketball Club Gareth Pennington Daniel has a great support network in his family and friends. His parents were elite athletes themselves and epitomise how Central’s Player Chasing his Hoop Dreams to deal with coaches and support their child in their At the start of the year all players in our U16 Div 1 endeavours. Many of his team mates, I believe, have been Centrals team were asked to write down their short/mid/long inspired by Daniel and worked hard to make it into the SASI terms goals. A certain Centrals player has this month taken a program.” step forward towards one of his goals of one day, maybe, Daniel is acutely aware he has to continue to make donning the Green and Gold and representing Australia in significant strides if he is to succeed at the National, and basketball. perhaps one day, International level. I am sure we can speak The player is Daniel Carlin, who has been invited to on behalf of his team mates, and their parents, coaching staff the Australian Emus Development Camp at the Australian and all club members when I wish Daniel good luck as he Institute of Sport in Canberra in September. This camp is to continues his journey of fulfilling his goals to one day play for help the team prepare for the FIBA Oceania Youth Australia.

WE WANT YOUR OPINION!

The Management Team of Central Districts Basketball Club are requesting each family to complete this survey to help us find out what you like, what you don’t like and ways in which we can improve your club.

Names are optional however we would appreciate as much detail as possible and you will only be contacted if we require further clarification on any matter. Please note that only the one member of the management committee will be privy to your private details and all will be shredded once the information has been gathered. The information will not be used for any other purpose other than assisting your representatives in producing elite basketball and a successful club.

PLEASE RETURN COMPLETED FORMS TO THE SEALED BOX NEAR THE PIGEON HOLES THAT ARE PUT OUT ON

SUNDAY’S. NO SURVEYS WILL BE COLLECTED AFTER SUNDAY 24TH AUGUST AT 12:00PM.

Surname: ______Christian Name: ______Please circle appropriate responses.

1. Number of players participating in the club: 1 2 3 4

2. Age group of players: under 12 below under 14 under 16 under 18 under 20/21 20’s and above

3. Player 1: male/female Player 2: male/female Player 3: male/female Player 4: male/female

4. How many years/ months have you been at Centrals? ______

5. How did you find out about Central Districts Basketball Club? Newspaper Friend Another club/association Starplex Other (Please specify)______

6. How did you find the registration process? (a) Obtaining registrars details: Excellent Good Poor N/A (b)Obtaining relevant paperwork: Excellent Good Poor N/A Any other comments: ______7. Did you find the information pack useful? Yes No Didn’t get one

8. Do you find the location of our home ground/court convenient? Yes No

9. Do you know what the fees cover? Yes No Would you like to know if you don’t? Yes No

10. Do you have any thoughts on how we could promote the club and recruit more players? ______11. What do you like best about the club? ______12. What do you like least about the club?______13. Do you find the newsletter useful? Yes No What else would you like to see in the newsletter? ______14. When was the last time you looked on the website? In the last week within the last month, within the last three months Never Do you find it useful? Yes No

15. Have you volunteered at an event held for the Central Districts Basketball club in the last 12 months? Coach Team Manager BBQ ABA games Other (please specify)______If not, why? Haven’t been asked Don’t want too Hasn’t been convenient

16. Any other comments improvements or concerns: ______

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LOOK FORWARD TO COLLATING THE RESULTS.