Jodie, Jess k, Jess M, Lauren, Nicole, Alice, Kara, Kirsty W, Jamie and Alana

wow, some surprises there

surprising not to see porter, sterrey or adamak on the list

apparently they are too 'injured' to be in the team.

i understand that there are risks involved including players that have been injured, but kirsten is now back playing apparantly with little trouble.

Surely in this situation you have to include the better player because at this stage they look as though they would be able to play by the time nationals comes around. if not, thats what reserves are for. look at the u/18 boys team

maybe alana being a first year has something to do with the decision? thinking ahead perhaps
don't agree but would explain alot

bottom line - amy and kirsten should be in the team.

Both Amy and Kirsten have only themselves, their club and their club coach to blame.

Anybody and I mean ANYBODY who expects to, not train for their State sessions. Not train for their SASI session, and then play State Champs for their club are kidding themsaelves. Then if they go and miss more State and SASI sessions, they will NOT make State teams no matter how good they think they are.

And the fact that people want to come on here, AGAIN after the exect same thing happened with the boys and cry foul shows that the parents, club coaches and players have not worked out the level of commitment that State coaches expects.

People need to take a long hard look at the advice they are giving these kids.

yeah, right on, especially if its their knee!

i was under the impression Amy had done everything required until a recent injury at State Champs, which has caused her to miss the past couple of weeks, she has made it back from a reconstruction and she get crucified for that

kirsten has missed that past couple months after an injury at netball nationals, bad timing i guess, but she is back now and the team has minimal height....

both of them would run thru brick walls for their teams... a very strange decision considering how many girls have sat our sessions for niggling injuries all this year (often just to rest to play some aba)

How miss informed are you!

Amy has done a magnificent job of recovering from a knee reconstruction. But that has nothing to do with a State team selection in my opinion. But rather choices made by players regarding putting club games importance in front of State team trainigs.

If players do not train the week before State Champs due to injury. But then are able to play in everygame at State Champs. Then again are unable to train the week after the State Champs. It is very easy for a coach to perceive that they are just not putting in at training. If that is running through a brick wall for your State Team then you have got to be crazy. And what is worse is that their coach allowed them to play and should take responsibility for they current situation.

It is people like you who try to justify these types of poor decisions about what is important that cause kids like these to miss out on opportunities.

I for one would have been dissapointed if players were able to make these types of decisions and still make a State team. Well done to Damien on selecting players who have shown the type of unselfish attitude that should be rewarded.

so that would similar to the number of players sitting out state training to play ABA

i thought amy got injured during state champs

Amy did get injured DURING state champs and tried to play on for her team as best she could, and kirsten played very minimal minutes! I think you have got your facts wrong!

Both can play and should be in the team without doubt.

what teams are all these girls from?

kirsten and amy are from west

If people who are in contention for spots on the State team are trying to "play through" serious injuries then maybe they dont have the kind of brains that being a State rep requires.

looks like a nice 7 to 8 player rotation for the coach to run should be easy......certainly easier than a 9 to 10 deep rotation that could use all players to try to make up for their lack of height....

anon - don't beat around the bush, just tell us you think your daughter should have made it. We all know that's what you're thinking!

Informed,

Kirsten played more than 15 minutes in each of the games against STurt including the 3/4 playoff.

well they did only have 2 west girls to choose from for the centre position. Maybe they should have asked more people to trial or suggested to some other talented talls they could make it..coz what i have heard, some of the talls didnt bother trialling because they didnt think they had a chance..now they are left with an inexperienced tall who has just come from div 2 to a state team...

good on her for beleiving in herself and giving it a shot then!

Who are the emergencies - and how close to selection where they?

re: U18 girls state team announced (#83412)
Both (amy and kirsten) can play and should be in the team without doubt.

Umm, both DIDN'T play their last trial before selection due to injury.

i think Zara is emergency as well

#83489

yes kirsten missed the last trial game, but she was actually fit to play, she wasn't allowed to as Damian made the ruling if you didn't train the weekend prior, you can't play that week. Fair ruling, but unlucky for kirsten

Great post Kirsten. Goodluck with your team at classics and goodluck to you in the future. You obviously have ability, just show the selectors what they are missing out on hey!

#83523,
Why didn't she train the weekend prior? Due to injury? If so, she didn't play due to injury as was said yes?
And if she was "too injured" to miss training, but not to play in the trial, then.........

As a player who was selected i would ask people to leave this subject be. We knoe we'r small, but we've all got our qualities. We dont need to be hearing this type of stuff going into a national championship. We have faith in ourselves, we have ffaith in each other and we have faith in our coaching staff. Some of us were just as emotional as the reserves gearing the team, we are a close group and it was hard to accept that some of our friends didnt make the team. I beleieve that the team that was elected has the full support of the reserves as that is what they have shown us. If you dont want to support us, come watch us play and we'll show you why we were selected.

#83544

how close to kirsten are you? obvioulsy not at all, as you would know that she was following her physio's instructions.

congrats to the 10 that made the team and here's hoping to a very successful week.

Commiserations to the 5 girls that missed out, particular the two above mentioned girls who are both great players and people, sounds like it was particularly close for spots in the team.

just one quick question, when was the last time that a player made a state team when not involved in SASI?

mike florence did this year as well.

happens sometimes. not often but its not extremely rare.

Cortney Hargraeves in Under 16 girls this year!

mike florence is in sasi...last year rhino form southern made the team and i think started a few games or at least played a fair bit of time and wasn't in sasi...happens every now and then.