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Friday December 17 7.30pm Bendigo Basketball Stadium

Powercor is energising regional Victoria by supporting the WNBL Bendigo Bank Spirit. As your local electricity distributor, Powercor looks after the poles, wires and equipment that deliver electricity to every home and business across Bendigo and the Loddon region. By sponsoring the Bendigo Bank Spirit, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also building a healthy and active Victoria.

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We’re working double overtime to bring the Spirit Bendigo Bank and Bendigo Bank Spirit have joined forces to bring U another action packed season. But when it comes to playing basketball, we know our

limitations as bankers. That’s why we’re happy to be courtside, proudly supporting the Bendigo Bank Spirit. To find out what our full range of banking products and services can do for you, drop into your nearest Bendigo Bank branch or phone 1300 BENDIGO (1300 236 344).

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Power to the Spirit

The Victorian Government, through Regional Development Victoria, is proud to be a major sponsor of Bendigo Spirit. Regional Development Victoria is committed to working in partnership with industry, councils and communities to drive new growth and investment opportunities across provincial Victoria.

Regional Development Victoria | 46 Edward Street, Bendigo Tel: 5442 4100 | Fax: 5442 5452 | Email: rdv@rdv.vic.gov.au | www.rdv.vic.gov.au

Photos: Andrew Perryman Bendigo Weekly

The holiday season has been good to the Bendigo Spirit. After collecting two critical wins last weekend against the West Coast Waves and Adelaide Lightning, the Spirit has elevated itself to third place on the WNBL ladder with an 8-5 record through 10 rounds of the season. With one game left on the slate before the holiday break, nothing would serve as a better Christmas present for the team than a win over the Townsville Fire to ensure a third place standing going into 2011. Guard Kristi Harrower picked up player of the week honours for Round 10 after a successful weekend that saw her put the game into overtime against the Waves with a three-pointer at the buzzer. Harrower finished with 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds against the West Coast before putting up an equally strong 17 points, 10 assists and five rebounds in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win in Adelaide. With Harrower finding her proper form, the Spirit appears to be even more dangerous as they find themselves in good position to earn a finals berth. The team has also taken full advantage of playing four of their past five games at home, losing only to Bulleen during that stretch. The schedule appears to get more challenging following tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game against the Fire, though, as Bendigo takes their home court for the last time until late January as they play three consecutive road games followed by a bye week when play resumes after the break. For now, though, all focus turns to the Fire, a talented team but one also that has struggled to find consistency on the court. The north Queensland based team has recorded a win against top-tier Dandenong but has also suffered numerous

disappointing defeats. At 4-8, Townsville sits just eighth on the ladder. Veteran Jo Hill leads the Fire, averaging 13.8 points per contest. Amy Lewis and Rachel Flanagan also score more than 13 points per game. While the Fire defeated the Rangers at New Projects Australia Stadium in Round 4, the only other team that Townsville has managed to conquer is the lowly AIS, whom theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve defeated three times already this season. No matter the opponent, though, the Spirit will continue to focus on improving their own form, knowing that if they play up to their potential, the results will follow. After a slow start last weekend against Adelaide, Bendigo recognized that they may have been fortunate to still pull out the win, recovering in the second half to avoid falling victim to an upset. Knowing the importance of stringing together four complete quarters against any opponent in the WNBL, the Spirit should have plenty of motivation to get themselves an early Christmas present and some well deserved time off for the holidays. Prediction: The Spirit gets off to a hot start, keeping the Fire at a distance to end 2010 on a high note.

Joe Turner of Bendigo Spirit Media

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Women's National Basketball League Monday, December 13, 2010

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TEAM STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON ONLY (TEAM, SINGLE YEAR)

Bendigo Spirit 2011 Field

(Regular Season Games)

Rebounds

3 point

F/Throws

Points

TOT

PPG

MIN

Chelsea Aubry Jane Chalmers Antonia Edmondson Jasmine Finnigan Eleanor Haring Kristi Harrower Tess Madgen Heather Oliver Gabrielle Richards Jaclyn Smith Cortney Williamson Andrea Wilson Kelly Wilson

12 11 12 12 12 11 12 9 12 2 2 1 12

125 18 57 39 35 157 175 23 88 1 2 0 98

49 5 23 12 16 50 71 7 43 0 1 0 34

39 28 40 31 46 32 41 30 49 0 50 0 35

37 7 18 16 1 55 39 13 3 0 0 0 31

8 1 4 2 0 9 13 3 2 0 0 0 9

22 14 22 13 0 16 33 23 67 0 0 0 29

37 11 24 26 17 18 30 6 33 3 0 1 33

12 3 8 6 5 53 15 3 4 0 1 0 24

1 0 3 5 3 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 1

2 4 5 5 1 12 15 3 10 1 0 0 6

22 6 18 10 10 35 25 8 16 0 2 0 26

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18 6 19 9 10 13 24 6 40 0 1 0 15

56 10 20 30 4 43 54 6 48 0 0 1 31

74 16 39 39 14 56 78 12 88 0 1 1 46

12 4 28 9 4 43 54 7 31 0 0 0 20

10 2 19 3 3 35 38 6 24 0 0 0 13

83 50 68 33 75 81 70 86 77

116 13 69 29 35 144 193 23 112 0 2 0 90

10 1 6 2 3 13 16 3 9 0 1 0 8

29 10 17 16 12 37 30 9 22 4 3 4 28

Spirit Opponent

13 13

882 835

340 348

39 42

241 186

58 50

24 27

260 216

151 174

24 65

70 65

194 186

0 0

169 138

332 324

501 462

227 252

164 174

72 69

902 920

69 71

Ladder Update Ladder Update

Results Week Results of of Week 10 10 Forimmediate immediate release: For release:

December 13, 2010 Monday, Monday, December 13, 2010

Friday 1010 December 2010 2010 Friday December

AIS (28) 56 defeated AIS (28) 56 (R Cole 15 O Thompson 14 T Roberts 6)

defeated

*Canberra (56) (56) 96 *Canberra 96 (J Bibby 38 C Wilson 18 S Batkovic 14)

(J Bibby 38 C Wilson 18 S Batkovic 14)

(R Cole 15 O Thompson 14 T Roberts 6)

MVP:

*Logan (26) 57 defeated (26) (R Camino 14 S Graham*Logan 13 O Andrew 9)

defeated

Bulleen (29) 73 Bulleen30(29) 739 H Zavecz 7) (E Cambage J O'Hea

(E Cambage 30 J O'Hea 9 H Zavecz 7)

57 (R Camino 14 S Graham 13 O Andrew 9) MVP: West Coast Waves (24) 62 defeated (T Bevilaqua 18 M MarshWest 13 S Norwood 12) Coast Waves (24) 62 (T Bevilaqua 18 M Marsh 13 S Norwood 12) (c) 2002 ProWess Systems - All Rights Reserved www.pro-stats.com MVP:

MVP: defeated

*Bendigo (25) 69 (C Aubry 19 T Madgen K Harrower 15) *Bendigo (25) 17 69

(C Aubry 19 T Madgen 17 K Harrower 15)

MVP:

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Saturday 11 December 2010

Saturday 11Coast December West Waves (35) 2010 77

*Dandenong (41) 72 (T Gahan 17 J Foley 13 S Woosnam 13) defeated *Dandenong (41)

defeated

(S Norwood 24 R Mercer 13 T Bevilaqua 11)

72 (T Gahan 17 J Foley 13 S Woosnam 13)

West Coast Waves (35) 77 MVP: (S Norwood 24 R Mercer 13 T Bevilaqua 11)

AIS (29) 61 MVP: (T Roberts 16 O Thompson 10 S Blicavs 10) defeated AIS (29) 61

defeated

*Sydney (34) 83 (A Denson 26 E Afeaki 15 K Ebzery 14)

MVP:

(T Roberts 16 O Thompson 10 S Blicavs 10)

Sunday 12 December 2010

Bulleen (45)

MVP:

(E Cambage Bendigo (33) 76 19 E Penaluna 14 R Jarry 14) () Bendigo (33)

* denotes home team ()

MVP:

*Townsville (22) 62 (R Flanagan 17 A Lewis 15 J Hill 11)

defeated

Bulleen (45) 86 Sunday (E 12 December 2010 Cambage 19 E Penaluna 14 R Jarry 14)

defeated *Adelaide (38) 69 () MVP:

defeated

MVP:

*Townsville (22) 62 (R Flanagan 17 A Lewis 15 J Hill 11) *Adelaide (38) ()

defeated

MVP: * denotes home team

Plyd

Won

# CANBERRA

# BULLEEN

1 Plyd 2

# BENDIGO

# DANDENONG

# LOGAN

##SYDNEY DANDENONG

6 5

# CANBERRA # BULLEEN

# BENDIGO

# WEST COAST WAVES

Lost

Last Five

Streak

Home

Away

% Pts

5-0 Won 5-0

won 9 Lost won 9

Last 5-0 Five 5-1

4-1

won 2

3-3

5-2

98.0

2-3

lost 2

4-2

3-3

115.1

2-3

lost 1

4-2

2-3

102.1

127

3-2

won 2

3-2

won 1

2-3 2-3

1-4

lost 2

14 11 13

13 9 8 7

1 2 5 5

5-0

8-1 131.3 Streak 4-1 117.3

93.00 Home 82.00 62.00

Away

5-0

8-1

5-1

4-1

3-3

5-2

3-4

4-4lost 2 99.0 2-3 91.6

46.00 4-2

3-3

3-4

1-4

42.00 4-2 33.00

2-3

5-0 4-1

won 9

% Won

won 9 won 2

58.00 55.00

# LOGAN

# TOWNSVILLE

##ADELAIDE SYDNEY

138

1-4 6

lost72

2-4 3-2

0-4won 2 87.6

2-3 20.00

4-4

##AIS WEST COAST WAVES

1213

0-5 5

lost79

1-6 3-2

0-7won 1 70.5

7.00 ď&#x20AC; 3-4

2-3

# TOWNSVILLE # ADELAIDE # AIS

12 4 # denotes playoff position assured 10 2 14

2-3

lost 1

99.2

1-4

lost 2

3-4

1-4

lost 2

2-4

0-4

0-5

lost 9

1-6

0-7

# denotes playoff position assured

4. 4 Heather Oliver

HEATHER OLIVER

CENTRAL KITCHENS

5. 5 Andrea Wilson