2023 BIG V GAME BOOKLET - ROUND 9

VJBL TEAMS OF THE WEEK

We welcome the players, coaches and families from the following teams who will actively participate in the BIG V Game Night experience tonight!

GAME – UNDER 12.3 BOYS

YLM YLM GAME – UNDER 12.5 BOYS

D1M GAME – UNDER 12.2 BOYS

WESTFIELD DONCASTER, 619 DONCASTER RD, DONCASTER

COACHES CORNER – PREVIEW FROM THE COACH

We’re very excited to be playing in front of our fans this Saturday and we’re looking forward to the game vs Hume.

Our Boomers are coming off a great win last week at home against Camberwell (97-83), in a game we controlled and pretty much had the lead from start to finish. Special mention needs to be made to Marcel Haj’s 35-point performance which put him in the Big V Blue Carpet for Round 8, but the whole team played very well on both ends of the court, limited the influence of Camberwell’s top players and set the tone early on with its aggressive defence.

The absence of Josh and Jaime Uhr-Henry meant we had a shorter rotation of bigs but, even though Camberwell managed to get 27 offensive rebounds (51 in total), we did quite well overall with a smaller line-up.

Today we’re coming up against the top-ranked team in the league; the Broncos have won 9 of their 10 games in the league so far and they are certainly a team to look out for, as they have a lot of quality players in their roster.

Hume is averaging 96.1 points per game, which proves the team’s scoring capacity; more impressively, Hume is also averaging a whopping 58.1 rebounds per game (21.7 offensive, 36.4 defensive), meaning that defence and rebounding will be huge factors in determining tonight’s winner.

Corey Fiddes is the clear stand-out in Hume’s line-up and is arguably one of the top 5 players in the entire league, good for 20.7 points, 16.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game; it goes without saying he is the one who makes Hume tick and will be a major issue for our team.

Other than Fiddes, the Broncos get a lot of production out of Elijah-Taye Saifaleupolu (17.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg), Sam O’Toole (16.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg) and Ben Galea (13.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg), so we really cannot afford to let any of these players find their groove offensively if we want a good chance at winning the game.

We know we have our work cut out for us and we can’t stress enough how important our fans’ presence and support will give our boys extra motivation to win another game. Our young team is progressing very well and we want to keep winning games while improving individually and collectively; only one win separates 2nd from 7th in the ladder, so it’s very important that we build a winning streak and we will do everything we can to win another game in front of our fans.

ALEX WILSON – YL1M HEAD COACH

YOUTH LEAGUE 1 MEN PROUDLY SPONSORED BY

ROUND 8 RECAP

Bulleen 97 def Camberwell 83 Haj 35pts & Stewart 20pts

No Name Height Age Position 1 Nathan STEWART 190cm 21 Guard 2 Cooper FERDINANDO 185cm 19 Guard 3 Tom GIANNATOS 180cm 21 Guard 5 Sam HOLLAND 188cm 20 Guard 6 Joshua UHR-HENRY 200cm 21 Forward 7 Michael HARDMAN 189cm 19 Guard 8 Ollie SLAWINSKI 193cm 19 Grd/Fwd 9 Jaime UHR-HENRY 208cm 19 Centre 10 Fraser TRENFIELD 208cm 22 Centre 11 Jack HOOLE 190cm 18 Guard 14 Marcel HAJ 193cm 19 Forward 16 Michael ZUKERMAN 188cm 22 Guard 21 Bailey MILLIGAN 196cm 17 Forward 26 Jake MAWBY 195cm 18 Forward 35 Sam ALEXANDER 185cm 17 Guard Team Staff Name Head Coach Alex WILSON Assistant Coach Mike TZOUNIS Team Manager Fedaa HAJ

YOUTH LEAGUE 1 MEN

No Name Height Age Position 6 Ben Galea 181cm 20 Guard 9 Eden Hobbs 190cm 17 Guard 11 Sam O'Toole 191cm 20 Forward 12 Oliver Dennehy 193cm 16 Forward 17 Morris McCallum 198cm 17 Forward 20 Lance Povh 183cm 17 Guard 24 Dylan Wijayanayake 190cm 19 Guard 25 Harris Saldic 198cm 17 Forward 26 Spencer Taylor-Jones 198cm 23 Centre 28 Connor Ogilvie 196cm 22 Centre 30 Anthony Mariani 192cm 21 Forward 45 Dehryse Matuita 185cm 20 Guard Team Staff Name Head Coach Simon GRAY Assistant Coach Steve PASLAWSKYJ Assistant Coach Brian OGILVIE Team Manager Paul O’TOOLE

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COACHES CORNER – PREVIEW FROM THE COACH

Welcome to all of our Boomers fans as we embark on a mission to clim b back up the standings and cement ourselves in top 5 finals contention.

Having only taken over the Men’s head coaching duties last Tuesday, it was a whirlwind week of resetting and galvanizing the playing group with minimal preparation prior to heading on the road to face a seasoned Gippsland team who won the Division 2 championship last year and has started the season 5-3 after being promoted to Division 1 in the offseason.

Internally there was a genuine desire within our locker room to start afresh and raise the bar with standards and team cohesion which put us in a great position in front of a vocal Traralgon crowd and to go into half time down 45-39 the belief was there that we were capable of not only competing but had earned respect from our opposition.

Ten minutes later it was that belief that helped us surge ahead to go into the final change with all momentum after holding them to 16pts for the quarter while we poured in 26pts ourselves and took a 4pt lead with one final push the only thing standing in the way of doing what seemed unthinkable a week prior.

As captain Evan Solakidis drained back to back threes and we extended the lead to 12pts with six minutes to play the fairytale started to slip as we tightened up offensively and the raucous crowd carried United as they made big plays down the stretch to win 87-80.

While it was hard to process for the guys in the moment, it was a line in the sand night where the team now believe a new season has begun and anything is possible from this point. It was special to see Solakidis lead from the front in both a playing and emotional sense with 26pts (6/13 3PT) while the Uhr-Henry brothers were rock solid with 15pts each and Riley Johnson played his best game for the club with 8pts & 10rebs holding down the paint.

Tonight we welcome the Coburg Giants, who are a veteran group coming in after two consecutive losses and will be eager to turn around their fortunes with an identical season record (3-6) to us.

French native Romaric Zaire (18ppg & 8.7rpg) has been busy since joining the team recently while Patrick McBrearty (16ppg) is a volume shooter who has the green light and veteran Mweemba Maluma orchestrates their style of play by doing a little bit of everything statistically.

We invite everyone to stick around after the game as the players will be happy to spend 10 minutes out on the court chatting to the fans and getting some shots up with kids after the final buzzer.

Thanks for your support.

RYAN ROGERS – D1M HEAD COACH

DIVISION 1 MEN

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ROUND 8 RECAP

Bulleen 80 def by Gippsland 87

Solakidis 26pts, Jo.Uhr-Henry & Ja.Uhr-Henry 15pts

No Name Height Age Position 2 Peter DENG JR 196cm 23 Grd/Fwd 3 Mack KANELLOS 192cm 26 Guard 4 Callum O’NEILL 194cm 18 Grd/Fwd 5 Joshua UHR-HENRY 200cm 21 Forward 8 Evan SOLAKIDIS © 192cm 28 Grd/Fwd 9 Jaime UHR-HENRY 208cm 19 Centre 11 Jack HOOLE 190cm 18 Guard 22 Riley JOHNSON 200cm 30 Centre 24 Mitchell WHITE 198cm 31 Fwd/Cnt 27 Connor MAKAROUNIS 191cm 18 Guard 56 William ALHADDAD 190cm 36 Guard Team Staff Name Head Coach Ryan ROGERS Assistant Coach TBA Team Manager Jordan ROGERS

DIVISION 1 MEN

No Name Height Age Position 8 Jarryd Reid 193cm 28 Forward 9 Mweemba Maluma 186cm 35 Guard 11 Stefano Manca 196cm 33 Centre 14 Theodore Hurdley 196cm 23 Forward 19 Damien O'Keefe 182cm 31 Guard 22 Kobe Pearson 190cm 21 Guard 30 James Henderson 173cm 25 Guard 36 Justin Eckhardt 191cm 40 Guard 45 Tim O'Donovan 194cm 27 Forward 51 Patrick McBreaty 187cm 30 Guard 53 Todd Kernaghan 178cm 33 Guard 55 Romaric Zaire 195cm 26 Forward Team Staff Name Head Coach Matthew FALCKH Assistant Coach Jacob NUTT Team Manager

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BOOMERS 2023

PLAYER PARTNERSHIP

OVERVIEW:

Bulleen Boomers Big V Players commit an enormous amount of time and effort into ensuring they are able to compete in Victoria’s Premier Basketball League.

PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS:

• FOUR season passes allowing entry to all Big V home games including finals

• Your business/family/team name will appear in all BIG V home game programs next to the name of your sponsored player

• Your business/family/team name and logo will be included next to your sponsored player’s ‘Player Profile’ on the Bulleen Boomers website

• Acknowledgement of your business/family/team name as your sponsored player enters the court during pre-game introductions at Big V home games

• Invitation to all club events during 2023

• Invitation to the Bulleen Boomers BIG V 2023 Awards Function

PLAYER BENEFITS:

Your contribution as a Player Partner helps us facilitate a professional program with first aid, uniforms, travel assistance and apparel for the duration of the 2023 season, to ensure that they can perform to the best of their abilities on the court

Cost: $495 Inc GST