Eltham Wildcats Big V Game Booklet - Sunday 24th March

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Welcome to the traditional home of the Eltham Wildcats (Eltham High School) for Big V (u23) Youth League action. We welcome Knox and Frankston to the North-East today where we expect two elite games of youth basketball.

The Youth Men opened their 2024 campaign last week in style with an 18 point win against our friends from the Diamond Valley. Today features another challenge & a very formidable opponent in the Knox Raiders. In round one the Raiders won a double-overtime thriller against the Nunawading Spectres with Adam Slavnic (30 points/21 rebounds) and Daniel Mazur (27 points/15 rebounds) completely dominating the game. Stopping Slavnic & Mazur is a must, but for the Wildcats we need Zahn Agosta, Sam Alexander and Zak Cunningham to continue their brilliance while bringing others into the game.

The Youth Women will look to bounce back after a disappointing result last week against the Keilor Thunder and you can bet Coach Scott Delzoppo has the girls fired up and ready to compete at a high level today. But they won’t be the only ones with the Blues coming into town after a tough loss against Altona in round one. Expect our senior players Jamie Weddle, Kiara Mountford, Ruth Burrows and Charli Filliponi-Haines to set the tone on both ends while new additions of Eleanor Trout and Taylah Babic to build on their performances from last week.

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FIXTURE 2024 YOUTH LEAGUE HOME FIXTURE

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

YOUTH MEN Sun 24th March Sun 7th April Sun 21st April Sun 28th April Sat 11th May Sat 25th May Sat 1st June Sun 23rd June Sun 30th June Sun 7th July Sun 14th July

Knox Raiders Keysborough Cougars Nunawading Spectres Casey Cavaliers Dandenong Rangers Keilor Thunder Ballarat Miners Sandringham Sabres Diamond Valley Eagles Waverley Falcons Melbourne Tigers

12:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 2:30pm 1:30pm 1:30pm 1:30pm

YOUTH WOMEN Sat 16th March Sun 24th March Sun 7th April Sun 21st April Sun 28th April Sat 11th May Sat 25th May Sat 15th June Sun 23rd June Sat 13th July Sun 21st July

Keilor Thunder Frankston Blues Waverley Falcons Kilsyth Cobras Knox Raiders Bendigo Braves Melbourne Tigers Diamond Valley Eagles Sandringham Sabres Nunawading Spectres Altona Gators

7:00pm 2:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 12:30pm 4:00pm* 1:30pm

Eltham High School (Withers Way, Eltham) Game played at Montmorency Secondary College

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Eltham Wildcats Youth Men

No.

Age

Position

Name

1 2 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 22 30 35 44 45 53

19 18 22 19 20 20 19 20 22 19 18 18 16 18 20

Forward Guard/F Guard Guard Guard Guard/F Guard/F Forward Centre Centre Forward Guard Guard/F Guard/F Centre

Callum O’Neill Josh Campbell James Toohey Zahn Agosta Harry Stones David Mutavdzija Connor Maclean Zac Anderson Zak Cunningham Riley Castles Jake Sapiano Sam Alexander Kofi Aden Brodie Schaefer - Vesely Mitch Blackburn

Team Staff

Name

Head Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Chiro

Rod Degenhardt Andrew Dixon Jhye Burton Brett Cole

Knox Raiders Youth Men

No.

Age

Position

Name

1 2 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

18 20 18 21 18 20 19 18 20 18 17 18

Guard Guard Guard Forward Guard/F Centre Guard Guard Guard Forward Guard/F Guard

Ripleigh Hayes Dennis Ameti Matt Hedley Adam Slavnic Noah Haines Dan Mazur Josh Leonard Rod Ali Josh Woodford Joshua Roche Ryan Baker Harry Baker

Team Staff

Name

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager

Gerard Leonard Matt Patterson Kallum Topp Mel Hedley

Eltham Wildcats Youth Women Proudly supported by

No.

Age

Position

Name

4 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 17 22 23 28 30

22 22 17 22 21 17 17 15 19 15 19 23 19

Guard Guard Forward Guard/F Forward/C Forward Forward Guard/F Forward Centre Guard Forward/C Guard/F

Jamie Weddle Meg Stagoll Eleanor Trout Kiara Mountford Ruth Burrows Neala Hameister Reese Cameron Phoenix Pedgeon Hayley Sparks Addison Knight Taylah Babic Charli Filliponi-Haines Mia Delzoppo

Team Staff

Name

Head Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Chiro

Scott Delzoppo Elyce Barbin Linda Mountford Brett Cole

Frankston Blues Youth Women No.

Age

Position

Name

2 3 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 20 22 42

Guard Forward Forward Guard/F Guard Forward

Felicity Hilford Jaime Paxton Annabel Fitter Georgia Mann Zoe Harvey Zoe Schonfelder Eliana Bravington Eden Taylor Keely Paxton Bella Betinsky Kassie Boorer Alexandra Mason

Team Staff

Name

Head Coach Asst Coach Asst Coach Team Manager

Tony Jackson April Whinston Byron Carpenter Raelene Harvey

Guard/F Guard/F Guard/F Guard/F Guard

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ABOUT US The Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club had humble beginnings from basketball activities within Eltham High School. After a series of informal games against various schools, the first two teams were entered into an organised competition, the Presbyterian Men’s Basketball Association in the winter season of 1965.

From these beginnings, the Club, has developed and grown to now cater for 6,000+ participants, both male and female of all ages. It has a turnover of $4 million and a team of paid employees working out of offices at Eltham High School & Montmorency Secondary College. This team is underpinned by a large group of casual employees and dedicated volunteers. We provide pathways for players, coaches, technical officials and administrators starting with our extensive range of beginner programs, our junior domestic Wildcat teams (playing in the EDJBA), our junior championship teams (playing in the VJBL) and our local adult competitions held Monday - Thursday nights.

At an elite level, the club has men’s and women’s teams playing in the Youth (u23) competitions run by Basketball Victoria’s ‘Big V’. In 2018. the Eltham Wildcats were accepted as a foundation member of the inaugural NBL1 competition, the premier winter competition in Australia and supported by the National Basketball League.

The Club exists to serve the surrounding community through the provision of opportunities for recreation, enjoyment and the pursuit of excellence, for all those who wish to participate, irrespective of age, gender or ability. For these reasons, the Club runs a diverse programme to cater for the variety of interests of the members of the community.

We’ve hosted our annual January basketball tournament for over 50 years, in conjunction with Dandenong Basketball Association since 1996. It is the largest junior basketball tournament in the world with participants from all over Australia and New Zealand. In recent times, we’ve seen teams compete from USA, China, FIJI, Lithuania and Singapore.

The 2024 event had 15,238 players playing for 1,673 teams.