MENTAL HEALTH ROUND
ELTHAM NUNAWADING SPECTRES
SATURDAY 13th APRIL 2024
WELCOME
Welcome to round 2 of the NBL1 South 2024 season. Today we welcome the Nunawading Spectres in a special NBL1 ‘Mental Health Round.’ You will notice the players wearing green socks today to support this great initiative.
Last weekend we saw a sell-out crowd of 1,200+ people to our season opener against the Diamond Valley Eagles here at Montmorency Secondary College.
We have had a mixed bag of results to start the season and you can expect a good show from both our squads tonight against the Nunawading Spectres
The Women’s game will feature an abundance of young talent from the Spectres including former Wildcat import Louise Forsyth, who we welcome back with open arms today The Spectres started their season 0-2 and will be eager to get a big win today led by Batabe Zempare, Louise Forsyth and Bride Kennedy-Hopoate However, your Wildcats are in the same boat hunting their first win and you can expect an elite performance tonight on both ends of the court Lily Scanlon, Hailey Leidel and Rebecca Pizzey will be instrumental tonight!
The Men’s game will be a beauty. The Spectres come to town full of confidence with big wins over Ringwood and Melbourne last week. Eltham will need to contain the import duo of Trendon Hankerson & Jalen Johnson to get a ‘W’ here.
The ‘Big 5’ need to be great tonight, and they will be! Look for Sam Whelan, Ovie Magbegor and Zak Cunningham to be the difference here.
Welcome to all who are attending the game in person or watching via live stream. We wish all teams the best of luck in what will be two elite basketball games and we encourage you all to cheer on your team loud, proud and respectfully.
Go Wildcats!
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PARTNERS
Shannon Dufficy
Rebecca Pizzey
Erin Riley
Lily Scanlon
Eleanor Trout
Lilly Amor
Kayla Salmons
No. Age Position Name Team Staff Guard Guard Guard Forward Forward/C Guard/F Guard Forward Guard Centre Guard/F Name Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Chiro Matt Bongetti Hunter Santamaria Carly Stones Debbie Coulson Jodi Vine Brett Cole 3 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 21 24 25 25 20 27 25 22 23 17 19 21 26
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Ally Bates Taylah Wynne Georgia Koopmans
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No. Age Position Name Team Staff Guard Guard/F Guard Forward Forward Forward Guard/F Guard/F Guard Forward Guard/F Name Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Physio Paul Flynn Libby Schoenfeld Gail Macfarlane Casey Giles Elsie Bodna James Jansz 4 7 11 12 20 21 22 25 33 34 55 27 25 22 27 18 29 27 22 24 23 21 Rachel Antoniadou
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No. Age Position Name Team Staff Name Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Team Manager Chiro Craig Stratford Chris Cameron Steve Smith Jodi Vine Brett Cole 0 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 12 15 20 25 Sam Whelan Ralph Bissainthe Joshua Sykes Zahn Agosta Sam Short Angus Glover Zac Anderson Zak Cunningham Owen Foxwell Lachlan Wood Mitch Blackburn Ovie Magbegor 26 24 27 19 26 25 20 22 20 21 20 26
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Nunawading Spectres NBL1 Men No. Age Position Name Team Staff Name Head Coach Asst Coach Team Manager Team Manager Physio Andrew Cutler Ed Niu Roger Skofic Ryan Rowley James Jansz 0 4 7 8 9 11 14 16 20 25 33 Guard Centre Guard Guard Guard Guard Forward Guard Centre Forward Forward Guard Jack Gandolfo Ellis Biggar Trendon Hankerson Jordan Geer Kingsley Box Christian D’Angelo Daniel Baxter Tiernan Stynes Nic Tata Jalen Johnson Alec Mulqueeney Curtis Brecko 25 21 23 27 22 20 27 19 24 26 25 21
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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
