Business end of season starts Mya to rep in netball too!

BY VELMA GARA

It is down to the business end of the NBL1 North season where the top eight teams from both the men’s and women’s competitions will have to play their best basketball game on the night or be eliminated.

Four clubs did exceptionally well to have both their teams in the playoffs – Gold Coast Rollers, Logan Thunder, South West Metro Pirates and Darwin Salties.

Other teams making up the Top 8 were:

Men - Ipswich Force, Mackay Meteors, Cairns Marlins and USC Rip City.

Women - Northside

Wizards, Rockhampton

Cyclones, Southern District

Spartans and Townsville

Flames

First Nations players to continue into the play-offs included Tidjane Diop, Christopher Cedar, Alana Fraser, Deba George, Nathan Jawai, Curt Ah Wang, Anthony Mundine III, Verle

Williams, Jessica McDowellWhite and Indiah Bowyer.

The top four teams on the ladder have the opportunity to host a game at their home court, with all games to be held this Saturday night.

Meanwhile the NBL1 North Awards Night was held last Monday night in Brisbane.

Cairns Marlins coach Kerry Williams (above) was a finalist for the Coach of the Year Award category and Dolphins guard Shaneice Swain was a finalist for the Youth Player of the Year category.

The finals series: game on!

WOMEN’s Games:

• Northside (1st) vs Townsville (8th)

• Logan (2nd) v Gold Coast (7th)

• Rockhampton (3rde) v Darwin (6th)

• SW Metro (4th) v Southern Districts (5th)

MEN’s Games:

• Gold Coast (1st) v Rip City (8th)

• Logan (2nd) v Darwin (7th)

• Ipswich (3rd) v Cairns (6th)

• SW Metro (4th) v Mackay (5th)