Wondering Coach
Years ago
In June I'll be taking my team over to Mildura, for my first time, could someone with prior experience at that carnival fill me in with some details of the carnival, and what I can expect from it?
Cheers
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Years ago
div 3-4 tourney.
cold at night
playing in mildura's back yard with their rules
expect 4-5 games - usually 2-3 v mildura teams and 2 v adelaide teams.
personally i prefer melbourne (nunawading will have grades suitable for D 3-4-5 teams - depends what you want - quicker / cheaper trip than melbourne
Whaleoilbeefhooked
Years ago
Compared to Nunawading:
More suited to lower Div 2, Div 3 / 4
Much cheaper and shorter trip time
Usually about 5 minutes to the stadium.
Less stress and intensity
Great opportunity for kids to bond better and their families to get to know each other away from the grandstands.
Numuawading offers a much higher level of competition but that comes at a cost in both dollars and time.
Both tournaments use Victorian rules ie. no shot clock, zones allowed for all age groups
Lioness
Years ago
Good fun carnival the people are great and you will play a couple of Mildura teams who are some of the best in Vic country, so saying its a Div 3 comp is fine as long as you want to get spanked by the local teams.
Easy to get anywhere around Mildura, we have been twice and the kids loved it as we did.
.
Years ago
dont think there is u20.
usually the mildura teams are watered down rep teams.
seem to recall -
one was mildura, other workers club or similar and occasionally a redcliffs team ?
all rep style teams
asb
Years ago
I highly recommend this carnival,low cost,easy to get around to the courts most times in one location.
In the younger age groups 12 and 14 there still is a lot of number of teams participating older age groups the number of teams can sometimes be thin. Mildura is approx 4 hours compared to Melbourne which is over 8 hours driving. Having been to both carnivals the Mildura one is way less stressful.Mildura suits more the div 3 and some div 2 teams. If you play A grade in Mildura don't think the games will be easy because you could end up playing their rep sides.
K-B
Years ago
Went last year with the kids , had a good laugh at the masters carnaval they run at the same time at the same stadium, bunch of older (lol) players running around and some were pretty good and have played at a high level but the very colorful trash talking was what my kids thought was very funny. It was a great fun carnival and will be going again this year.
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