Jack Toft
Years ago

R18 – The Last Act of Defiance

The final minor round is here and with some teams already firmly out of the finals, all they can hope for is the last act of defiance to finish off the season. It's also the last ABA game for a few players, some by choice, some not.

Mavs - Panthers @ Hills
Women: A massive sigh of relief from Mt Barker tonight as the season finishes. The Mavs will need to ponder a number of questions in the off season. South likely to wrap them up like a present and hope for losses to North and Centrals for a 5th spot.
Men: In the absence of their NBL contingent Mavs will struggle. It was a bit of a fiery game for South last week and the Mavs could do well to niggle to get a reaction, but it should all be in vain as South rack up a consolation win to round off a season for both teams that promised so much, but delivered like Arthur Daley.


North – Eagles @ Hillcrest
Women: North are 5th at the moment, but need to win tonight and need Centrals and South to lose to stay there. Eagles got a scare from the Lionesses last week and were fortunate enough to be wearing their brown knickers at the time. Eagles probably prefer to face North or South in finals over Centrals, so will North get a "surprise" win at home? Could all be in vain if Centrals win because the Lionesses have the split, but someone better learn the Heimlich Maneuver just in case.
Men: North could consider themselves lucky to be in finals this year. They gave the competition a 4 game headstart and seemed in more strife than a one armed bomb disposal expert before they worked out what basketballing was about. Eags booked their spot in the 5 early with the Rash letting his on court performance do the talking. Despite what some would argue is one of the weakest lineups in the 5, the Rockets plucked the Eagles at Wayville last time they met and tonight have a good chance of dining on an eagle parmie schnitty before their journey into finals. Another game of cat and mouse in the tin shed tonight with both teams not wanting to risk injury to players, or exposure of their finals plans. Chances are the Eagles are a little better prepared this time and will bring the fire extinguishers.


Norwood – West @Mars
Women: Nothing like a big blockbuster game on the eve of the finals to get the juices flowing. Norwood have had a fantastic season, Westies should be happy with their season as well with a number of solid performances including the highest score (122). Norwood have got Westies covered this season and should be careful not to show their best hand to West prior to finals.
Men: Vintage Cooper last week. Why isn’t he running around the NBL dunking on everyone? Oh that’s right, he has a "real job" now. Regardless of the result, the Flames will not be outdone by the Ladies and will make it dual minor premierships for the Club – a 1 in a 100 chance and credit to both teams. West will find it hard to nurse an away win tonight.

Sturt – Tigers @ Pasadena
The night is raising money for Men’s cancer, so all I can say is “pull your finger out” and donate to a good cause.
Women: Tigeresses won’t make finals and have lost some momentum as they head into this tough ask in the final round. They would have more hope of becoming a Jess Riseley facebook friend and her rolling up in her Territory than snaring a win tonight.
Men: It’ll be like pulling the wings of flies tonight for the Sturt boys. Team Tiger is like Tiger Airways - well and truly grounded with cabin crew to lock doors and cross check. Sturt should be on top of Mount Diddy as they enter yet another finals campaign. The bubbles are on ice and should be quite chilled by September 3rd.


Lions – Warriors @ Starplex
Women: All the Lionesses need to do tonight to guarantee finals is get a win. Any win will do. A crushing win, a come from behind win, a win after the buzzer, a one point buzzer beater, or a fall over the line win. They are on equal wins with North at the moment, but have a + 39 advantage on the split. Watch out for black cats, cracked mirrors and ladders. I reckon Toddy has hidden all the knives, matches and wrapped them in bubble wrap this week just in case. Woodville will be greated with a Mardi Gras atmosphere and may be over-run by a team hungry for finals action. The only question is after being outright bottom for the last ten years, how will the fans react when the Lionesses actually get into finals?
Men: If the Lionesses win, then the atmosphere at Starplex will be electric. Matty Atkins plays his last ABL game tonight in what appears to be a dead rubber with only club pride on the table. This game won’t be the prettiest, but Woodville would be well advised to catch the Lions off guard early if they want to chalk up a win. The Lions will be looking to chair off Matty from a winning court so this game won’t be over until the final siren. Sentimental dreamers will be tipping a Lions win.

That's the end of the minor rounds, so long and thanks for all the fish.

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Rock  
Years ago

Well done, Jack! Some hilarious similes and metaphors in the report. Liked the brown knickers bit, esp.

I trust you will keep us informed through the major rounds...

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Jack Toft  
Years ago

Yes, I'll keep doing the finals reviews

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superslooper  
Years ago

South women can't make finals: season series = Centrals 3-1, South 2-2, North 1-3: number of wins comes before point diff

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Anonymous  
Years ago

The Central's umps will ensure a win...bye the rest.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

now lets wait and see who gonna leave club or finsh playing this season.

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anon  
Years ago

thats bad luck for south women. vicky has done a great job with this group.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

south have finished where they have always finished - out of contention. For progressive clubs, a great job is when you finish top , a good job is when you make the five and below that is not worthy of comment.

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anon  
Years ago

well from what i have seen in previous years, this has been a vast improvemnt in more ways than one. obviously you do not know the meaning of contention.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

superslooper you idiot. if centrals lose, south women take fifth spot.

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Opti  
Years ago

if South win and Warrior. Think great chance this will happen - i hope

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Filthy Mexican  
Years ago

Actually superslopper is correct in a 3 way tie, if that happens +/- doesn't matter and results would be based on the above calculation. South cannot make finals in the women's, this year anyway

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anon  
Years ago

on the split, south kills the other 3 teams! thats how it should be calculated! very unfortunate if that is the case filthy.

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Filthy Mexican  
Years ago

I agree unfortunate, but at the end the 1 point loss to centrals in round 1 cost the panthers the season. I would much rather the team with the wins make finals though and centrals deserve their spot with 2 wins over north and a win over south

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anon  
Years ago

yes they deserve it for sure filthy. its a bit much to say that the first 1 point loss cost them the season. They had a number of close ones that unfortunately didnt go their way. Great second half of the season tho. Come a long way since years previous.

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Filthy Mexican  
Years ago

Youre correct, I should have said any of those close losses cost south their spot in finals, 1 more win over the year and we would still be having this conversation, win the centrals game and finals are a lock. I am interested to see how many panthers girls stay on board for next year, they had a the most talent at marion since vikki and jenni haggar were playing 1 on 1. Additions of keane and Nelson were good additions to the group

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anon  
Years ago

thats been a few years now, and since then south seemed to go a little down hill. Atleast this year there has been more talent introduced and produced. A step in the right direction.

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Mike Chuck  
Years ago

re anon: unfortunately it's not how it works... otherwise, league-wide, it wouldn't matter how many games you won, just the amount you won them by... can you imagine how different the league would look if it was calculated on percentage... Centrals 3-1, South 2-2, North 1-3 = Centrals would go through on head-to-head

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anon  
Years ago

chuck i believe that we are just talking about a 3 way tie on win/loss. not just general margins. that would be silly!

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Mike Chuck  
Years ago

@ anon: exactly my point... e.g. in the NBL, if 36ers and Perth had have finished on equal wins, 36ers would have got the higher seed, cos they won 3-1, even though perth had +15 advantage.

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clayts  
Years ago

Worth highlighting the point reagarding Matt Atkins' final ABL game.

As both a former team mate and opponent of mine, he was very respected and probably the best pure shooter the Lions have had in the last 15 years. A great team mate who over the years single handedly won games at both ABA and Reserves level.

It is a shame that he never experienced team success as a reward for playing his entire ABA career with Centrals.

Hope the boys can pull together and send him off with a win.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

What bright spark appointed Ireland to the women's game at starplex?

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Norwood Stats  
Years ago

Norwood women 65 def West 54 - including 23 points in 5 mins in the 2nd q.

Norwood Men 64 def West 60

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Jack Toft  
Years ago

Live stats at Norwood down again?

The crash could be as a result of that porn filter on the internet connection

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Norwood Stats  
Years ago

Dont know what the issue is. Everytime we go to start webcasting, we click on the "make web things go now" button, and all that happens is the software 'hangs'.

I have tried Googling for answers, nothing comes up, I believe Sturt are having the same issue.

Next step is to try a complete uninstall and reinstall the software. Unfortunately game situations are the only way I can test it to see if it is working or not....trust me I would much rather have it working!

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Anonymous  
Years ago

Never sturt are so perfect they don't have any issues just ask Ian

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North men over eagles again

But eastern men with no Nbl players over south, jack madgen 44 pts and 9 reb.

Money well spent at Marion, not

Well done jack

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Sturt Stats  
Years ago

Same issue at the Sabre Cave. Would love to be webcasting but unfortunately LiveStats hangs any time we try.

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what the!  
Years ago

Sorry clayts, Steve pilkington turned back the clock at starplex and denied atkins the win in his final game! with 28pts and 10rebs in 22mins,and got the warriors the win by 1 point from the foul line in the dying seconds great game to watch!!!!!!!

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VALE  
Years ago

SHOULD be acknowledge that the era ends at Woodville with this to be the last game Lynne Holland coaching in acting or senior role for all her distractors she has been loyal, hard working and focussed on the progress of Juniors and been up against the odds with little support.
this post belated though it maybe needs to be recorded

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