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HABA Newsletter MARCH 2012 Website: www.haba.sportingpulse.net Phone: 5382 0135 Email: [email protected] Postal Address: P.O. Box 249, Horsham, 3402 If you have any information to provide for future newsletters, Find Horsham Amateur please forward to [email protected] Basketball Association and click “LIKE” to keep up with the latest news, events and photos. March Madness Date of Events It has been an extremely busy February/March with a huge number of things happening around the HABA. Just to outline what has been happening the HABA held the Regional 8 Womens CBL Team Interest Ball Championship, have had Squad playing in numerous tournaments and State th Meeting 28 March 7.30pm Championships, NITP Selections, Wimmera Regional Sports Expo Day was held at the Mitch Creek School Holiday stadium, the BigV Wimmera Roadways Horsham Hornets have begun their quest for a Clinics 13th and 14th of April championships and just recently the HABA held it‟s AGM. Looking forward we have the BigV Hornets v Pakenham Under 14 Skills Day in Hamilton, Domestic Grand Finals, more BigV Horsham Hornets and HABA Players Represent State Saturday 14th April, 7.30pm on top of all this we need to register everyone for our 2012 Domestic Winter Competition. U12 Future. Stars 31st March – 2nd We also have a fantastic event in the school holidays with Horsham‟s very own NBL young April – Shepparton gun Mitch Creek coming back on the Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th of April to U14 Gold Star Classic April 13th – conduct skills clinics. At this stage Mitch will be bringing one of the all time greatest NBL April 15th - Ballarat imports Al Green along to help coach and pass on his knowledge young up and coming basketball stars. Please see page two for all the details. Under 14 Skills Day 24th March - Hamilton Domestic Grand Final Day – 25th Registrations March As most of you are aware the HABA are now taking registrations for our 2012 Domestic Winter Competition. All information on age groups, nights of competition and costs can be found on our website at www.haba.sportingpulse.net. You can register via direct deposit online at anytime or register at the stadium via EFTPOS, cash or cheque. We are holding registration time next week from Monday 26th March until Friday the 30th March between Inside This 4.00pm – 6.00pm. If we can get as many registrations in these time slots it will help us plan Issue competitions a lot better. Also remember if every player who registers before the school holidays (6.00pm Friday 30th March) will receive a 10% discount loyalty card to use at Mitch Creek School 2 Holiday Clinics Sportspower. If you have registered before the school holidays please pick up a card at the stadium or call and leave a message and card will be posted to you. You will also go in the 8 Ball Pool 2 running to win three awesome prizes: Championships st U16 State 1 Prize: Pair of Size 13 Basketball Shoes signed by Horsham’s very own NBL young 2 Championships Review gun Mitch Creek Coaches Corner 3 Focus Dribbling 2nd Prize: $250 Sportspower Voucher Hornets Rookie League 3 3rd Prize: Horsham Hornets Merchandise Pack Womens CBL Team 3 (Jumpers, Beanies, Socks, Singlets ect) Hornets Rookie League 4 AGM Review 5 Squad Coach Positions 5 Big V Hornets 6 HABA Schools Program 6 Page 2 HABA Newsletter Mitch Creek Holiday Clinics!!! The HABA are extremely excited to announce Horsham very own NBL player Mitch Creek will be coming back to Horsham on Friday the 13th and Saturday the 14th of April to conduct junior clinics. Mitch will be fresh off his second NBL season and at only 19 the sky‟s the limit for the extremely athletic forward (Type Mitch Creek Dunks into YouTube and you will see what I‟m talking about). At this stage Mitch will be bringing one of the all time greatest NBL imports Al Green along to help coach and pass on their knowl edge to Horsham‟s young up and coming basketball stars. Mitch will have some signed giveaways and will be available to sign autographs before and after the sessions. Please make a note of the following dates and times: Friday 13th April: Mitch Creek goes upstairs for the strong slam dunk against the Townsville Crocodiles in an NBL game in Adelaide. Session 1: Kids aged 10 and Under 10.00am – 11.00am Session 2: Kids aged 11 – 14 11.30am – 1.00pm This is a tremendous opportunity for young players to meet and be coached by an NBL superstar. Bookings are essential as there will be limited places Session 3: Kids aged 11 – 18 5.30pm – 7.00pm due to court availability. Please register and pay via direct deposit or pay at Saturday 14th April: the Horsham Basketball Stadium. A registration form will be available on our website www.haba.sportingpulse.net : Session 4: Kids of all ages 3.30pm – 5.00pm Cost: $15 per session if registered and paid before Thursday 12th April 5.00pm Regional 8 Ball Pool $20 per session if arrive on the day and not on the registered list. Championships Teams from all over the South West of Victoria converged on Horsham to compete in the Regional 8 Ball Pool Championships on the 17th, 18th th and 19 of February. The HABA in conjunction with the Horsham 8 Ball Pool Association hosted the event which attracted over 250 participants and many more spectators. The HABA catered for all the food and beverages for the 2 and half days which was a huge effort. The quantity of food consumed was amazing with over 80kg of hot chips cooked, 60kg of roast beef, 300 steaks, 45kg bacon, 300+ eggs, 50+ loafs of bread, 400 + rolls along hundreds of dim sims, sausage rolls and pies. If you though the food numbers were large the bar number were just as impressive with well over 2,500 cans of alcohol sold over the two and half days. The event was a raging success with some participants claiming it the best Championships they had been to in over 20 years. The event was such a success the vent will be back in Horsham in 2015 which is a massive boost for the HABA and the Horsham community. The HABA would like to thank all the volunteers which made the event such a success. For all the photos from setup to the final day please visit our Facebook page Horsham Amateur Basketball Association and The view from the grandstand of the Regional 8 Ball Pool in “LIKE” to keep up to date with what‟s happening within the HABA. full swing. It was an actioned packed 2 ½ days. Page 3 HABA Newsletter Under 16 Boys and Girls State Championships Review The HABA have recently had both their Under 16 Boys and Girls Squad teams compete in their respective State Championships. The Under 16 Boys headed off to Bendigo to compete in the Under 16 Div ½ Championships over the 25th and 26th of February. The boys entered the Championships hoping to finish in the Top 10 after a strong tournament season which involved 4 Grand Final berths out of 5 tournaments. The teenage Hornets finished second in pool four after winning two of their three preliminary games on Saturday. This gave them a top eight finish and earned them a division one quarter final spot against Bendigo. Bendigo proved too strong, winning 51-40. In their preliminary games, Horsham lost to Warrnambool 31-23, defeated Corio Bay 39-34 and defeated Warragul 45-32. Horsham assistant coach Leigh Tucker led the Hornets in coach Damien Kilpatrick's absence. Tucker said the Hornets performed well in a strong competition. "We finished fifth in division one which was fantastic," he said. "We lost a close one against Warrnambool. We gave them a start we shouldn't have given them and that was the same against Bendigo. "We gave them a 15-2 lead." Tucker said guards Darcy Tucker and Ben Lakin and tall Ryan Armstrong were Horsham's most consistent performers. Overall it was a fantastic result and a great reward for all the hard work the players, parents and first time coach Damien Kilpatrick put in throughout the year. The Under 16 Girls made their way to Bendigo to compete in the Under 16 Girls Div ¾ Championships over the 17th and 18th of March. The girls went into the Championships quietly confident after beating some fancied rivals during the Tournament season and they were starting to click at the right time. Well that confidence was channelled into some terrific basketball with the girls going through the preliminary rounds with devastating ease and remaining undefeated. The girls beat Castlemaine 63 – 23, Hamilton 44 – 22 and Colac 33 – 22. They cruised passé Maryborough on the Sunday 58 – 15 before dismantling Moe 38 – 25 to advance to the Division 3 Grand final showdown with Colac. Whilst the girls went into the game brimming with confidence they knew they still needed to execute well to get over the line. Execute they did as the girls handled Colac‟s pressure well down the stretch to claim the Division 3 State Championship 41 – 36. Coach Sharon Fedke said she was ecstatic and extremely proud of her girls who dug deep when it counted to pull off a memorable win. It was a fantastic way to reward all the players, parents and experienced coach Sharon Fedke for the countless hours they have put in over the year.