PAGE 50 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, December 3, 2013
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Mirboo North Junior Basketball THE Mirboo North Junior Basketball Grand Final night was held on Friday, November 22 with great success. Aqua and Purple played out an exciting, high energy game
in the under 10s grand final. Purple lost its go to player Royden to a bloody nose in the warm up. This rattled the team. Luke and Jack managed to shoot some settling goals to get them ahead early. Aqua through William and Liam started putting full court pressure on Purple and the
Gippsport most disciplined player scholarship: girl’s nominee Tahlia Irwin, Under 10s coordinator Kylie Cannizzo and boy’s nominee and winner Ben Phillips.
Under 13 runners-up: Orange, back, from left, Kieran Mc Greesh, Trevor Hart, coach Luke, Nicholas Sanders, front, Blake Rudling, Stephanie Parker and Eryn Elger.
TIDES Here is an easy guide to tides in your area. To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below. Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90
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scores were tied again. Willow and Meg rebounded strongly for Aqua competing with Keegan from Purple who used his height to block some close shots. Matthew played a consistent game for Aqua while Joel and Isabella forced some turn over’s with their effective hassling for Purple. Wade worked very hard and was unlucky to get fouled out early. Flynn played a great defensive game trying to stop Aqua’s “go to” player Ethan who still managed some effective goals. Royden dribbled strongly out of defence and set up his teammates for some undefended goals. Purple’s strong team game, plus the luck of goals dropping on the night, took it to a 27-15 win in a high skilled affair. Most valuable player was awarded to Jack Couper. Red and Orange came together in a whirl of colour to provide spectators with a great game of basketball in the Under 13s Mixed Grand final game. The red team came out with a blast taking the lead early on in the game with the orange team taking time to dispense with its nerves and settle to its game. The orange team settled, putting scores on the board late in the first half. Great match ups were seen across the playing field, especially with the tallest players from each side providing plenty of action under the ring. But size was no barrier for any of the players who drove the ball hard down the court towards their goal with the opposition blocking their way. All players had a shot at goal, and while some shots just teased the ring others were sure things. Spectators were given plenty of tense moments with players providing tension on the court as they fought to gain possession of the ball. In the second half, orange had re-gained its confidence
and came out strong against a determined red team. The red team looked like a well oiled machine with the players executing some exciting offensive plays and running a tight defence. The orange team, that was down a player and had no sub, battled on and strived hard to chase down the lead the red team had. At the final siren the red team was in front and scored a well earned win. Orange was disappointed of course but took heart in the
fact it had played its hardest. Congratulations to both teams. Red 31 defeated Orange 15 Most valuable player was Henry Turner. With the Pumas and Cougars playing off for the under 17 premiership win it was destine to be a good game. Cougars started slow with Pumas getting the pounce on them in the first 10 minutes of the game. Jesse Buxton was leading Pumas attack scoring the first seven points of the game. With points at 16 - 9 at
half time Pumas had made impact on the game leading them towards a victory. Cougars however started with a strong second half with scoring spread evenly over their players building their score gradually to within two points in the second half, unfortunately for Cougars the Pumas made another break and in the final minutes leaving Cougars only getting back to within three points at the final siren. Final Score 30 - 27 with Pumas victors for the game,
Jesse Buxton receiving MVP with his 23 point impact on the game. It was a great end to the season of a very successful under 17 competition. Well done to all players and coaches involved. The committee would like to thank all involved in our spring season for 2013, players, parents, coaches, scorers, umpires and spectators. They wish everyone a happy and safe festive season and look forward to seeing your sneakers courtside in 2014.
Under 10 runners-up: Aqua, back, from left, Ethan Woodall, Willow Thomson, Meghan Harris, Matthew Smith, coach Julie Lewis, front, Wade Thomson, William Lewis and Liam Hillman.
Under 13: Gippsport Award recipient for Most Disciplined Player was Jack BurgessPincini.
Under 13 encouragement awards: Ben Reville (Boy’s) and, absent, Mia Renouf (Girl’s).
Under 10 premiers: Purple, back, from left, Jack Couper, Luke Menary, Keegan McGreesh, Royden Carter, coach Jodie Pincini, front, Flynn Burgess-Pincini, Isabella Randall and Joel Menary.
height (metres)
Add one hour for daylight saving
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0026 0553 1207 1801
1.57 0.71 1.36 0.16
0118 0646 1303 1855
1.66 0.63 1.41 0.11
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1.71 0.55 1.46 0.09
0254 0825 1445 2036
1.73 0.48 1.49 0.11
0340 0914 1535 2126
1.71 0.42 1.49 0.17
0424 1003 1627 2215
1.67 0.37 1.46 0.26
0508 1053 1724 2303
1.61 0.34 1.42 0.37
All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM
Under 17 premiers: Puma’s (Black), back, left, Samuel Mc Car- Under 17 runners-up: Cougars (White), back, from left, Hayden thy, Jesse Buxton, Declan Allen, Tim Belton, Matt Sanders, front, Jones, Jake Porter, Jarred Best, Darcy Mackenzie, Zac Porter, front, Wallace Mackenzie, Jacob Best and coach Belinda Porter. Michael Butler, Cody Rudling and coach Piers Buxton. Under 13 premiers: Red, back, from left, Clancy Peters, Ella Thompson, Henry Turner, Josh Hillman, Ari Welburn, Gavin Hart, front, Jaime Chilla and coach Danny Chilla.
Under 17: Gippsport Award recipient for Most Disciplined Player was Ben Taylor.