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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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2024 YOUTH LEAGUE HOME FIXTURE
Knox Raiders
Keysborough Cougars
Nunawading Spectres
Casey Cavaliers
Dandenong Rangers
Keilor Thunder
Ballarat Miners
Sandringham Sabres
Diamond Valley Eagles
Waverley Falcons
Melbourne Tigers
YOUTH WOMEN
Keilor Thunder
Frankston Blues
Waverley Falcons
Kilsyth Cobras
Knox Raiders
Bendigo Braves
Melbourne Tigers
Diamond Valley Eagles
Sandringham Sabres
Nunawading Spectres
Altona Gators
12:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 2:30pm 1:30pm 1:30pm 1:30pm FIXTURE
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MEN DATE
7:00pm 2:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 12:30pm 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 12:30pm 4:00pm* 1:30pm Game played at Montmorency Secondary College Eltham High School (Withers Way, Eltham)
Josh Campbell
James Toohey
Zahn Agosta
Harry Stones
David Mutavdzija
Connor Maclean
Zac Anderson
Zak Cunningham
Riley Castles
Jake Sapiano
Sam Alexander
Kofi Aden
Mitch Blackburn
No. Age Position Name Team Staff Forward Guard/F Guard Guard Guard Guard/F Guard/F Forward Centre Centre Forward Guard Guard/F Guard/F Centre Name Head Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Chiro Rod Degenhardt Andrew Dixon Jhye Burton Brett Cole 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
O’Neill
Eltham Wildcats Youth Men
Callum
Brodie Schaefer - Vesely
Knox Raiders Youth Men
Ripleigh
Dennis
Matt Hedley
Adam Slavnic
Noah Haines
Dan Mazur
Josh Leonard
Rod Ali
Josh Woodford
Joshua Roche
Ryan Baker
Harry Baker
No. Age Position Name Team Staff Guard Guard Guard Forward Guard/F Centre Guard Guard Guard Forward Guard/F Guard Name Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Gerard Leonard Matt Patterson Kallum Topp Mel Hedley 1 2 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 20 18 21 18 20 19 18 20 18 17 18
Hayes
Ameti
Eltham Wildcats Youth Women
Meg
Eleanor
Kiara
Ruth Burrows
Neala Hameister
Reese Cameron
Phoenix Pedgeon
Hayley Sparks
Addison Knight
Charli
Proudly supported by No. Age Position Name Team Staff Guard Guard Forward Guard/F Forward/C Forward Forward Guard/F Forward Centre Guard Forward/C Guard/F Name Head Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Chiro Scott Delzoppo Elyce Barbin Linda Mountford Brett Cole 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
Weddle
Jamie
Stagoll
Trout
Mountford
Taylah Babic
Filliponi-Haines
Delzoppo
Mia
Frankston Blues
Youth Women
Felicity Hilford
Jaime Paxton
Annabel Fitter
Georgia Mann
Zoe Harvey
Zoe Schonfelder
Eliana Bravington
Eden Taylor
Keely Paxton
Bella Betinsky
Kassie Boorer
Alexandra Mason
No. Age Position Name Team Staff Name Head Coach Asst Coach Asst Coach Team Manager Tony Jackson April Whinston Byron Carpenter Raelene Harvey 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 20 22 42 Guard Forward Forward Guard/F Guard Forward 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
