Cougar Times U P C O M I N G EVENTS VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 J U N E 2 0 1 3 Bunnings BBQ 10-06-13 Cougar News Trivia Night On Saturday the 15th June The Youth League 4.30pm and Big First of all, congratulations goes to the Celtics on V 8.30pm take on the Casey Cavaliers at Cranbourne so come 27 –07-13 winning this years Family Fun Day Tournament. along make some noise and cheer the boys on. Presentation Day Then on Sunday 16th June, come down to the Den (Springers) to see KC the 12-10-13 I've got a theory that if you give Cougar make a special ap- 100 percent all of the time, pearance as the Youth somehow things will work out in League take on the Southern the end. Peninsula Sharks. Larry Bird (Pictured from left to right Al Granger, Nedim Jusic, Kilmer Sliwinski, Darren Fitzgerald, Kyle Humphrey. A great day was had by all. An exciting new 3 on 3 competition has started at our Heatherhill Stadium so if you or your friends would like to Over the past month our Cougars have put in join please contact Maurice Alvarez at: some great performances from The Big V down to [email protected] INSIDE THIS the Under 14’s, winning many close games aiming to cement a position in the top 4 early in the sea- In the next couple of weeks should see the launch of our new ISSUE: son in preparation to make a run at the finals. We web site so look out for it and let us know what you think, also if you have any articles that you would like to include in Quiz 2 have some very talented ballers at this club so the newsletter , please feel free to contact me at: Sponsors Page 3 come and watch some fantastic basketball and support our mighty Cougars as they strive for that [email protected]. VJBL 4 Championship. Go Keysie!! 5 Game Day 6 Family Fun Day 7 A word from the President Ladders 8 Exciting times are on the horizon at Keysborough, in association with development staff at Basketball Victoria we have developed a 9 'Strategic Plan' as the next step in our growth. This plan represents a wide range of outcomes and strategies that will be ongoing over the course of the next 3 years. There will be flexibility and scope for the Association to re-evaluate strategies and outcomes if the direc- Advertise Your 10 tion of the Association requires it. Business The Plan is able to be refined to reflect current learning's and experiences, along with the opportunity to develop further strategies and priorities as they emerge. The Association's Plan is supported by six key pillars: Ladders & 11 People Player of the Inclusion Month Growth Facilities Coaches Corner 12 Awareness Parkmore & Quiz Answers Leadership The complete plan is able to be viewed and downloaded from our website. Our new junior program offering free Thursday afternoon training at Keysborough College has grown quickly and comprises nearly 50 young children from surrounding schools. These children are really enjoying their time at training and we hope to get some of them 'game ready' by the time term 3 rolls around. Many thanks to Maurice Alvarez, Jo Ellis and Kevin Benn for the hard work being put into this program, keep up the great work. Unfortunately, clubs like ours just don’t grow on their own! To make our club bigger & stronger we need the voluntary help of as many parents and individuals as possible. Please contact the club if you would like to help in any way, provide a service we might be able to use, or may want to “have a say” and join the committee. Any assistance is very much appreciated. Gary Nichol P A G E 2 On Saturday 1st June our Youth League had two special guests lending a hand against Camberwell. Nicolas Anbar & Simon Tan are two of our boys from the KBL that were selected by Youth League Captain Brent Russell, Vice Captain K.B.L. Domestic Simo Pajdic & Player Nathan Krause. Firstly the boys got to go into Competition the change room for the pre-game talk by Coach Craig Smethurst. They warmed up with the team on court , and stood as part of the Sick of paying $40 , team for the singing of the National Anthem. Nicolas and Simon gave $45 or even $50 for the players high fives as they ran on to the court,. During the game team sheet? they handed out drinks as players needed them as well as help the coaching staff with various duties. They also got to share the after No more!! game spread with both teams. Nicolas and Simon did a great job, Get your friends, both the Coaching Staff and the players really enjoyed you guys be- Family and work ing there. Next time it could be you that the players pick to join us on friends down to KBL game day so train hard and have fun, hope to see you soon. and get a team started today!! With a relaxed and family atmosphere NBA Quiz but a very strong competition which 1.What player has played on the most teams? makes it a unique yet 2.Who was the first NBA MVP? enjoyable time!! 3.Who was the first ever All-Star game MVP? Contact - 4.What team has the most playoff appearances? Maurice Alvarez 5.Who is the only current team to have only 1 playoff appearance? 0419100597 David Cowell 6.What current team has the worst franchise W-L percentage? 0438569822 7.Who has the most career rebounds? Simo Pajdic 8.What player has the most steals in a single season? 0434187985 Keysborough 9.What player has the most career points? Basketball Association 10.Who has the most coaching wins? 11.What player has the most career personal fouls? 12.What player has the highest career FT percentage? 13.Who is the only player to win 2 NBA championships as a player-coach? 14.What player holds the record for most consecutive double-doubles in one season since the NBA/ABA merger 15.What team has the best record in one season? If you want consistency, then you perform. This is 16.What team has the worst record in one season? a performance job. You 17.Who has the most career points in the playoffs? get paid to perform. Your 18.What player has the most blocked shots in one season? money is guaranteed, but your minutes are not. 19.What team holds the record for the most points scored in one season? Isiah Thomas 20.What team holds the record for the most steals in one season? Endeavour Hills C O U G A R VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 P A G E 3 Endeavour Hills P A G E 4 VJBL-Season 2013 Under 14-1 I have been told about the dreaded Cougars curse, being ahead all game and losing it in the last quarter by a point or two. Unfortunately it appeared to have passed down to our number 1 under 14 boy’s team. After tonight’s round we have won four games and lost 5. The games we have lost have seriously only been by one or two points and we have been up until the end of the third quarter. f you look at the points for (382) and points against (358) you would think we would be on top of the ladder. We have actually scored the most points out of all the teams!! Our boys are on the young side of the under 14’s and most have not played rep basketball before, so they are doing a magnificent job. Under the one and only Mo’s guidance we think we have found a method to overcome the curse. We play each quarter as if it is a new game and it is starting to work. The boys should finish round 10 in 5th place and Obstacles don't have to each new week sees them stepping up the ladder. Jo Ellis-Team Manager stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn Under 14-2 around and give up. After a rough start during the grading game and the season, the boys have changed eve- Figure out how to rything around and started a good winning streak and placing themselves in the top half of climb it, go through it, the ladder. With every game the guys are fighting every challenge that comes their way. or work around it. Neil Liyanage—Coach Michael Jordan Under 16-1 The boys continue to improve every week and in recent weeks have had convincing wins to secure second place on the ladder. Beginning the season with a very new squad has presented a challenge for all the boys but they now take to the court displaying some good team orientated basketball. This Friday we play Port Phillip who are currently top of the ladder so the challenge for the boys is to continue improving and playing solid de- fence. With a win this Friday night top place is in our grasp so good luck boys and GO GOUGARS!!! Jodie Campain—Team Manager Under 16-2 So far through the first half of the Cougars two under sixteen boys season the team has had a number of close games that have not gone our way. Unfortunately the team has had one of our players with a plaster cast on his arm, Justin Tchia, recently unavailable to play.