Anonymous
Years ago

Un 19 gems squad for next camp released on BNSW


Four NSW girls have been selected in the Gems squad to attend camp in Canberra on 20th-23rd Sept, 2014.


Congratulations to:

Montana Farrah-Seaton

Jasmine Forcadilla

Elizabeth Tonks

Tahlia Tupaea

Below is the entire squad

RACHEL ANTONIADOU
16/10/1996
VICC
Dandenong Rangers
St Pauls Anglican Grammar

CHLOE BIBBY
15/06/1998
VICC
Horsham/ Dandenong Rangers
Methodist Ladies College

MADELEINE DENNIS
14/01/1997
WAM
Kalamunda
Mount Lawley HS

MEG ESSEX
29/10/1996
QLD
Ipswich
West Moreton Anglican College

MONTANA FARRAH-SEATON
27/11/1996
NSWC
Commercial Club Bandits
Catholic College Wodonga

JASMINE FORCADILLA
17/09/1997
NSWC
Gosford City
CCAS Erina

ELLA HELLESSEY
14/05/1997
VICC
Southern Peninsula
Padua College

CHANTEL HORVAT
1/06/1998
VICC
Geelong/ COE
Geelong College/ Canberra High

MACKENZIE HOYCARD
29/10/1998
WAC
Goldfields
John Paul College

ANNELI MALEY
01/09/1998
VICM
Eltham/ COE
Eltham High/ Canberra High

CARLY PERSO*
17/01/1997
VICC
Wangaratta Hustlers
Galen Catholic College

MIKAYLA PIRINI
29/06/1996
WAM
Willetton/ West Coast Waves
Willetton Senior High

LAUREN SCHERF
7/03/1996
VICM
Dandenong Rangers
Catholic Ladies College

ALEXANDRA SHARP*
04/02/1997
VICM
Diamond Valley/ COE
Our Lady of Mercy/ Canberra High

DEMI SKINNER
9/04/1997
SAC
Central Districts
Trinity College

ALANNA SMITH
10/09/1996
VICM
Nunawading Spectres
Wesley College

ELIZABETH TONKS
24/05/1997
NSWC
North Sydney/ Coffs Harbour
Loreto Normanhurst

TAHLIA TUPAEA
01/06/1997
NSWM
Sydney Uni Flames/ Penrith
St Mary's Senior HS

KRISTY WALLACE*
3/01/1996
QLDS
Southern Districts/ COE
John Paul College

*Players are injured/unavailable for camp

Head Coach - Paul Goriss
Assistant Coaches – Jonathan Goodman and Larissa Anderson
Manager – Michele Menso
Doctor – Dr Maja Markovic
Physiotherapist – Jessica Thornton (2014)

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Hmmm no froling sisters...

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Are they not already 19?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

They will be at college in USA so to Kristy Wallace but think she has negotiated with Baylor to allow her to play which is what was being said re all the men going to USA college unless they make prior arrangements then you may not see them in the men's un19 squad

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Anonymous  
Years ago

No Frolings are 96

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Anonymous  
Years ago

My squad would be:

we need alicia at PF, keely at SF and we also need fareo as back up PF.

scherf and smith the centres.

wallace and antoniadou the pg and sg (both can play either) with 1 of pirini or tupaea as the other ball handler.

seaton and sharp playing the other sg spots

maley and horvat playing the other sf spots


PG/SG Wallace 5'11/PG Tupaea 5'9
PG/SG Antoniadou 5'9/SG Seaton 5'10/SG/SF Sharp 6'1
SF Froling 6'2/SF Maley 6'1/SG/SF Horvat 6'0
PF Froling 6'3/PF/C Fareo 6'3
C Scherf 6'5/PF/C Smith 6'3

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Horvat is young, didn't make u/17 worlds and you are asking her to step up to u/19 age group?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Is that the same Tupaea that was just at the u17 worlds or is there another?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

yes very same. So im guessing you would take pirini?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Absolutely anyone with some court vision who passes early and creates for their team-mates, although that rules out most girls who play 1 & 2.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

are you saying wallace and antoniadou dont make early passes?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Not at all, I am just scarred from watching our u17 worlds team this year, I thought maybe they'd changed the rules and we got points for dribbling.

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anonymous  
Years ago

Antoniadou has the ability to create and bring players into a game looks after the ball really well and can shoot from anywhere especially the 3 but doesn't look to shoot first which can be a downside to her game.
Wallace can create her own shot though does get a lot of turnovers from her passing which could be combination of receivers not ready and bad passing but dynamic player just the same.
Pirini is a great passer though takes too long to make her mind up has good mid range shot.
Tupeua not what id call a point guard. Bit too slow and takes way to long to get organised after watching un17s

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anonymous  
Years ago

484697 .... hahaha points for dribbling id have to agree

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Anonymous  
Years ago

yeah, you are right in saying that we had alot of poor early performances at the u17 tournament, but for the u19's we are really only looking at 4-5 players in the age group running the point guard position.

What 3 out of 5 would you take out of wallace, antoniadou, tupaea, pirini and rocci. (ortlepp and forcadilla are primarily sg's)

In my opinion the first 2 are locks. (wallace and antonidaou)

tupaea has played wnbl and so has pirini. rocci's speed is her main strength but lacks size and experience.

Tupaea has good size for a point guard (5'9 compared to 5'7 and 5'6) and is strong, fending off pressuring guards. She does have better ball handling than the other 2 and is a much better defender. Thats why I would take her as the 3rd point becuase seaton and sharp would not be able to run the point either.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

You are right, most of wallace's turnovers are due to other players not being aware.

She had really good chemistry with alicia froling and I think scherf and froling would be a fantastic front court. (both of them have good basketball iq and sure be aware of those unique passes.)

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Rocci isn't in the mix for this next group and compared with the likes of antoniadou Wallace and Pirini, is not quite up there yet, but good little guard and think she did well at un17s, although bit turnover prone. Sherf and Antoniadou will be a better pairing than Wallace and Sherf only due to the fact they are team mates at Dandenong in both SEABL and WNBL, plus Vic un20s, and with Larissa Anderson as coach it would be fair to say she would be working on these two with a likely match. Shame frolings aren't there as then yes you'd have Wallace and frolings to play with too. But at least you have good ball handlers in this group for guards which can only help the others who end up at the camp with them.
Interesting list though not many in the top age group at all.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

without the sisters, the chances of making the finals are slim.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

it looks like alicia has an injury to her arm. broken?

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anonymous  
Years ago

I seriously don't think the absence of the Froling sisters will cost them finals. But yes it would have been handy to have them. They have Sherf and Smith who are equally as efficient in fact I'd say more so than the Frolings. Alicia had a reco on her wrist/arm and is out for a while. Keeley had reco on knee and is also still out so neither would have been available for oceania even if they hadn't gone to usa.

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interested  
Years ago

who are the u19w coaches and assistant coaches?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

^Read the first post top to bottom.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

best starting 5.
1.5. PG/SG wallace
1.5. PG/SG antoniadou
3. SF k.froling
4. PF a.froling
5. C scherf

without the sisters (because of smu commitments?)
1.5. PG/SG wallace
1.5. PG/SG antoniadou
3. SF maley
4. PF fareo
5. C scherf

without fareo (because of lsu commitments?)
1.5. PG/SG wallace
1.5. PG/SG antoniadou
3. SF maley
4. PF hellessey
5. C scherf

without wallace (because of baylor commitments)
1. PG Antoniadou
2. SG Seaton
3. SF Maley
4. PF Hellessey
5. C Scherf


smith is a lock for the other centre.
sharp is a lock for the other shooting guard.
the others positions are debateable

Hopefully all the collage players will be able to play in the u19 tournament.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

They must win Oceania first to qualify for world, the team will be picked for that tournament in Fiji from sept camp, so going off the list frolings are not even on the list. Though Wallace is but asterisk next to name to say un available for camp but obviously available for selection for Oceania, unlike frolings or Fareo. Smith is by far a stronger 4 than Froling and Fareo,so I'd replace her into the starting 5 in the 4 spot over anyone else. Sharp also out for camp due to injury. So reading from this list it looks possible that frolings may not even be available for worlds should they qualify,if this list is the full squad? Hope that's not the case as they are strong players. But this college business certainly puts a clog in the works !!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Smith is a capable pf but rebounding is her strength. We need a back up centre and froling and Fareo can only really play pf.

Essex is no centre, nor is hellessey. Hoycard could play centre but I'd much prefer a front line of

Pf froling/Fareo
C scherf/smith

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Smith is not a strong C at all, not compared with Sherf, but she's an excellent 3/4 very mobile and great shot

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Anonymous  
Years ago

who would you take as the 2nd centre? she cant play the whole game. Put 2 power forwards on ?

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Surely there were more than 7 top age players available to choose from in Australia. What about Meiking she's a definate 5

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Dont think Smith is getting enough credit here. She has been very injury prone which is why she hasnt put up huge numbers at nationals like Scherf has.
Look at her minute to point/ rebound ratio in SEABL, Nunawading don't seem to play there young players big minutes. Especially when you have the likes of Allen/Zavec etc
She should be the starting 4 over Froling. Froling's are good players but not great for team chemistry off the court from what I have heard

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Agree smith is an outstanding athlete that has had injury after injury, but think you will find she will be a big part of the un19 gems, I'd say Sherf , Smith, Wallace, Antoniadou, and Frolings will be the main stay of this group for worlds. All consistently strong good athletes well locked into their playing positions.

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