Days of pool parties

Friday night on the town

Barbeque with modelling show

Club Retreats

Just to name a few.

Can he retire officially ?

Station Hill will play Grazettes Nets ( 1 – 1) and Spartans will play Market Hill ( 1 – 1).

I will not predict who the winners will be but i will assure you that both games will be very competitive.

However the Braves team wish the Spartans the best of luck in their game.

What was the protest about?   During a playoff game it was noticed that a player who had played a number of games in the premier division games was included.  A call was made by the Coach to Mr Garrett requesting that he investigate the number of games the player had played in that division.  He returned the call two days later confirming that the player did play in the premier division and that he had in fact played six games.   He then told me that the Club had applied for permission from the B.A.B.A and that it was granted.

The rule states that a player is allowed to play a maximum of three games in the upper division.  However on playing the fourth game he must remain in this division.  The other rule states that a player registered in an upper division cannot play in a lower division.  This player was registered in the premier division.

The above rule is the first commandment of basketball.  All the players know of this rule.  Yes every year someone breaks this rule and gets away with it.  This player has played eight of nine games in zone B of division three.  The members of the Braves believe that because of the above rule that the quarter series should be awarded to the Braves.

The Braves team then submitted a letter of protest to the B.A.B.A.  A meeting was called with both teams present.  A proposal was made to play the series over with the player who breached the rule absent.  The two teams opted to meet again with their teams and respond in two days.

The St Johns team accepted the proposal and the Braves rejected it.  A  B.A.B.A decision is now pending.

1…..Station Hill. (12/1)       2…..Warriors  (10 /3 ).    3…..Patriots  (9 /4)   .  4…..Spartans  (8/5) +40 NP.   5…..Markethill   (8/5) -1 NP   and  6…..Grazettes Nets  (8/5) -14 NP .

That mean Station Hill and Warriors will draw byes.

Patriots will play Grazettes Nets and Spartans will play Markethill in the quarter finals.

It would be good if the team can watch some of these games.

(1)  Royals.  (2)  Grazettes Nets.  (3)  Braves.  (4)  Belfield.

Zone B

(1)  Clapham Bulls. (2)  St Johns Sonics (3) Warriors  (4) Senators.

Match ups.

Royals  vs  Senators.

Clapham Bulls vs Belfield.

Checker hall Braves vs  St Johns sonics.

Grazettes Nets vs Warriors

As you can see it is going to be an entertaining series.

The young Braves will come up against a team that will give them their sternest basketball test yet. They must remember that last year in a practise game at Gall Hill they played against this team and handled their full court press quite well.  At that time we play with some members of our u21 team.  Lessons were learnt, Players have matured and one year of experience gained.  Now we meet officially for the first time, both teams seeking a finals birth.  Will this be a David and Goliath battle?

A St Johns Sonics player on hearing the news stated that the Zone A teams better be prepared to face the up tempo games of the zone B teams.  This is the general feeling of most observers.  They are  saying  that the standard of the zone A was very weak.  All predict that the four teams in finals will be zone B teams.

The end of the world has been predicted more than 1oo times and you are reading this now.  Braves, put on your game faces.  We have survived many of these predictions before.  Brush off  your uniforms, get your socks ,shoes ,ankle guards we have 2 games to play.  Remember David had no experience, no weapons and all the bets would have been on his opponent.  The same description could be applied to the young Braves lads.  I don’t have to say what the result was.  So St Johns Sonics are you prepared for David of the north who want to graduate to Intermediate?  

Lets start the war chant. Whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo St Johns Sonic we are ready for you . Come.

(1) Clapham Bulls.  (2)  St Johns Sonics. (3) Warriors    (4) Senators. 

Later today the Zone a will be finalized as Royals will play Station Hill Cavaliers at the Gym and Grazettes Nets will play Cougars at Friendship at 8pm.  The result of these games will determine the first, second and third positions in this zone.

Up to this point the teams who have made the final four of each zone are known but their positions are yet to be finalized.  In zone A the teams are, Checker Hall Braves, Royals, Belfield and Grazettes Nets.  In zone B the teams are Clapham Bulls, Warriors, St John’s Sonics and Senators.  In zone B Clapham, Warriors and St Johns have all lost one game while Senators lost three.  In zone a Braves and Grazettes Nets have lost two games, Royals have so far lost one but have two games to play and Belfield have lost three.

All four teams in zone B are experience teams who finish in these position every year.  They contain many ex nationals and retired premier league players and will start as favourites to be the teams in the finals.

The teams in zone B, with the exception of the Royals team, are less experience.  They contain a number of players who only started playing about five years ago.  They are expected however to show up and be worthy opponents.

The playoffs will be fantastic in 2010.