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MEDIA RELEASE

The season may have just finished but preparation is well under way for the 2008 South East Australian Basketball League campaign at Southern Districts Basketball Association based at the Clem Jones Centre in Carina.

“We are happy to announce that Bruce Andrews returns to the fold after a season within the QABL to coach our development team in the under 20 age groups in the newly formed Southern Queensland competition. His squad will be made up of some of Queenslands finest young players” offered General Manager Allan Ladewig. “Joining him in the coaching ranks we see long time player and supporter Corey Burrell taking up the reigns of the under 20 men. He will be under the watchful eye of State Under 20 men’s coach Spartans legend, Damien Anderson” he went on to add.

Ensuring that the Arrow Caravan & Towbar Spartans and the Carina Leagues Club Lady Spartans have a solid base from which to select next years squads from a new format attracting teams from as far away as Caloundra has started in the new Carina Leagues Club “A” grade competition on Monday nights.

“The off season for us is all about next year now and we have done a lot of works behind the scenes to make sure in 2008 we are the best we can be both on and off the floor’ stated Allan Ladewig.

“In the juniors we have done a huge amount of work and we are sure that in all age groups both make and female, we will be successful in all grades. This coming season in Queenslands largest junior competition the BQJBC we will have more teams competing then any other Association. At the recent grading event we were one of only three Associations that had a team accepted for the Premier League”.

“The Association has its Presentation night coming up on October fourth at the Carina Leagues Club and we will be making some huge announcements concerning new sponsorship plus the formation of a local business group who will be the driving force in years to come of our SEABL campaign allowing us to concentrate on the juniors” stated President, Charles Ellis. “We are all looking forward to 2008 the year that we look to again dominate basketball in Queensland”.

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PRESENTATION NIGHT 2007 held at the Carina Leagues Club

The night started at 6:30pm with gurests arriving to join members in a great night. Special guests the Honourable Member Chris Bombolas and Mr Rowland Cowan Life Member CHCWA along with the President of Carina Leagues Club Mr Wade Core.
Acknowledgement went to Life Members Wendy O’Brien, Ian (Wally) Battis, Rhondda Ladewig, Steve Lennon and Karen Ellis with apologies from Life Member and Major sponsor Mr. Barry Barker.

The year was summarisedwith great achievement for club and membership being:-

Joined SEABL
4 Carina Leagues Lady Spartans off to WNBL
Arrow Caravan & Towbars Spartans in Seabl finished 4th
Chris Goulding made Australian Emus which finished 5th world Championship
Bruce Coach Month and also Australian University Head Coach
Adam Gibson made Australian mens team which toured China and also won many players week.
Sam Mackinnon, best player in Australia, joined our ranks to help out
Bullets used our venue for pre-season

The coming year was also explained. In 2008
· New SEABL Board being set up
· Donna is currently looking for players to fill the gaps in Lady Spartans.
· Bruce has stepped down due to work commitments
· Arrow Caravan & Towbars have committed for next 4 years.


Awards National
SEABL East Men’s 2007 Steals Leader Peni Nasalo


Awards Queensland
Basketball Queensland Junior Male Athlete of Year Chris Goulding


A short video presentation from “Preston Photographics” was shown.


Special Award
Wade Core Carina Leagues Club
Chris Bombolas State Government


All sponsors were then presented with a blocked team photograph as a thank you for the past year.


Award Sponsors
Davies Knox Maynards
Southern Districts Bible Church
Compete
Global Fine Foods
Trimline Painting
Hotel Carindale
Arrow Caravan & Towbars
Carina Leagues Club
Quest Newspaper Group
Preston Photographics
Intensity Sportswear

Association Awards
MA Kelly Award Most promising player from under 12 age grouping. Tim Frith

Junior Bench Year Alice Rozynski

Senior Bench Year Ray Vanderwolf

Bench Supervisor Year Terry O’Brien

Statistics Year Adam Tipping

Junior Referee Year Cameron Praeger

Senior Referee Year Aaron Gilboy

Referee Educator Year Carina Crockford

Volunteer Year Wendy O’Brien

Junior Coach Year Brad Hamson

Junior Manager Year Lindsay Burrell

Senior Manager Year Simon Pearson



SEABL Awards Lady Spartans

Most Improved Rachel Prior

Best Defence Cassie Smith

Spartans MVP Shona O’Bree



SEABL Awards Spartans

Most Improved Matt Edmonds

Best Defensive Player Gerard Leonard

Spartans MVP Adam Gibson



Senior Association Awards

Junior Presidents Trophy Michael Norman

Presidents Trophy Lindsay & Julie Burrell

Spartans Life membership Graham Harding

Spartans Life Membership Adam Tipping

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2008 - PRESEASON

TRIALS FOR WOMEN



COACH: DONNA RINALDI

WHEN: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13th

WHERE: MEET AT COURT 1 at 5.30pm

BRING: TOWEL, RUNNING GEAR AND WATER BOTTLE

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TEAM MANAGERS

END OF YEAR
A reminder that the season is coming to an end and that the new season nominations will be out next week. They must be submitted by dates set to ensure we operate as best we can.

TIDY IS BEST
Guys the Association runs on a very tight budget so we all need to pull our weight when it comes to the little things. If you or your team pulls out chairs or rubbish bins as part of on court training please put them back. If your team needs rings wound down on court 2 you must put them back up.

DUNKING IS NOT ALLOWED
If junior or senior players are caught shooting around on the court 2 lowered rings they will be suspended without warning. This includes representative players. For seniors on standard rings you may dunk in a game but hanging off rings during warm up or game will result in a suspension. This is an occupational health and safety issue and is now the policy of Basketball Australia.

SIN BIN
Get a technical foul in any game and you will sit out the next five minutes.

UNIFORMS
All teams need to be in full uniform. Players not in full gear will have a 5 point penalty applied to score sheet. No exceptions.

BLUE CARD
All persons, including parents must have a Blue Card to coach or manage a junior team here next year. Please apply for the card now to save teams missing out on your valuable support in 2008.

JUNIOR SIGN ON 2008
The junior sign on for 2008 will be Saturday 2nd February from 8am till 11am at stadium. Clubs must have someone in attendance for the three hours.

LIBRARY RESOURCES
Currently we are amassing books and tapes, which can be used in coaching juniors. If you have something that you can donate please drop it off at the office. It will be a free service operating from our store on court 2.

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BASKETBALL MEMBERS

On behalf of the Board of the Camp Hill Carina Welfare Association I apologise for the current car parking situation. I promise we are doing all that we can to fix the situation.

To assist everyone in understanding exactly what is going on I offer the following information for your advice.

The gate in Zahel street will remain locked in respect to the local community who live in Zahel Street and Daniell Street. I am sure all would agree that the impact of having cars parked outside your home and across drive ways, sometimes in an illegal manner is totally unacceptable. We would not accept such a situation in our home streets and we do not expect the local community to suffer or be endangered.

Those people climbing through the hole in the fence are doing so at their own peril. The access point is not a designated entry point to the grounds and those who continue to do so will be requested to leave the grounds in future. You are endangering the lives of children through such actions.

The baseball car park is closed during baseball season and will remain so. The damage that had occurred to cars in the past warrants such action and again I am sure no one wants to come out and find their car damaged by unknown persons. We did try to cover the car park at great expense but in the end this proved unsuccessful so we have removed the cover.

Probably the biggest impact currently affecting our car park shortage is that we in fact are trying to improve the size and standard of the existing car park. The recent wet weather stopping the completion of work we were doing to improve the access at the end of the baseball car park and at the back of the stadium. Hopefully this work will be finished within the next two weeks.


Rowland Cowan
Board CHCWA

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SEABL APPOINTS GENERAL MANAGER



SEABL has appointed former Championship coach Mark Chivers to the newly created position of League General Manager.



The Chairman of the SEABL (the South East Australian Basketball League), Mr. Hugh McMenamin, said the position had been created as part of the League’s new business plan being adopted by the SEABL Board.



The new General Manager will primarily focus on delivering the next phase of the strategic plan and will be responsible for: actively marketing the League; seeking and developing sponsorship opportunities; working closely with the member clubs to ensure the League continues to provide a satisfactory environment for them to compete in; and, importantly strengthen the Leagues standing in the Australian basketball community, most specifically the relationship with the sports governing body, Basketball Australia.



Mark Chivers had a highly successful coaching career with the Hobart Chargers and is also a highly successful businessman.



In his most recent role Mark was the General Manager of the Hobart Motor Yacht Squadron and spent five years improving the clubs financial performance whilst raising the clubs profile within the Australian Yachting community.



“Aside from Mark’s business pedigree he brings with him a passion for SEABL and strong desire to ensure the future growth and success of our great League,” McMenamin said.



Mark will begin his role on January 21st.



Mark Quinn and Michael Aylen will continue in their current roles as League Manager and as Finance Officer respectively.



For more Information

Hugh McMenamin

South East Australian Basketball League

President

Phone: 0419 893 995






MARK QUINN
League Manager
SEABL
Tel: + 61 3 9521 9545
Fax: + 61 3 9521 9686

Keep up to date with Australia's Premier Winter Basketball League at www.seabl.com.au

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TWENTY FIVE YEARS

Who would have thought twenty five years ago the amalgamation of the Inala Aliens and the Generals Basketball Clubs would have created such a power in the Queensland basketball community.

Starting operations at the QEII sporting complex, now home to the Queensland Academy of Sport, the two clubs united and affiliated with Basketball Queensland on the 2nd August 1982.

Since then they have moved to the Rowland Cowan Stadium at the Clem Jones Youth Centre where they operate a four court stadium with plans for another two air conditioned courts.

In the nineties they became the largest ever Association in Queensland with nearly 3500 members operating at numerous venues.

Today, rather then numbers, they pursue excellence and have even joined “Australia’s Premier Winter Basketball League” the South East Australia Basketball League where they compete against teams from at far away as Hobart in Tasmania and Mt Gambier in South Australia.

It goes without saying that the junior program at Southern Districts is second to none with one of Queenslands largest school based programs in operation. The Underpinning program conducted every year in support of the Queensland Academy Sport is also the largest.

This year to celebrate the success of the Association a dinner is planned for the 23rd August at the Carina Leagues. Tickets will be on sale from March 10th from the office.

Past players and members are welcome to attend, however limited seating is available so get in early.

Regards

Charles Ellis
President
SDBAL

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Keep your eyes on www.sdspartans.basketball.net.au

Announcement about And1 coming soon.

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Spartans have a gun team this year, if their team list is credible .....

Guards
Gibson
Demos
Williamson
Allsop
Goulding
Gurney
Nasalo

Forwards
Garlepp
Ammar
Broom
Edmonds

Bigs
Brown
Morton

Vern is going to have a tough time trying to get minutes for all those boys!!!

Southern Districts Spartans will be hosting this years And1 Elite basketball camp on April 7th & 8th. Players must be of standard to be elegible for selection to tour the USA in December 2008.

Head Coach will be Sedale Threatt former LA Lakers star.

Intereested appliacants can go to www,ausbasketball.com.au or call 03 9348 1364.

Age group must be 13 or over
NBA style drills
Gauranteed Improvement
Tour is for 15 to 18 year olds

Watch this space for news coming about the 26th April game against Mt Gambier. All the basketball community should attend the night.

COACH / MANAGER / PARENT


On Saturday 26th April the Association will be doing a special ANZAC presentation prior to the SEABL men’s game. The night is sponsored by Carina Leagues Club.

All juniors and coaching staff are asked to attend that night wearing their black Spartans shirt. We also encourage as many members of the community as possible to be in attendance.

This is to become an annual event and something that we feel is important to our young members in recognition of our history and the role that ANZAC day plays in our community.

The doors will open at 5:30pm for the game when the Arrow Caravan & Towbar Spartans play South Australian powerhouse the Mt Gambier Pioneers.

We ask that everyone be seated by 6:30pm when the promotion will start.

This night is not just about basketball but a huge thank you to those that went before in great sacrifice for our country.

Please talk about this to as many people as possible so all of our community becomes involved.

Any enquiries please contact the office on 3843 3133.



Yours faithfully




Allan Ladewig
General Manager

TO ALL





Southern Districts Basketball is sad to advise that Mr Hugh McMenamin the Chair of the South East Australian Basketball League passed away earlier today.



The Arrow Caravan & Towbar Spartans and the Carina Leagues Club Lady Spartans will wear black arm bands at this weeks games in honour of a great man. A minutes silence will also take place prior to the men’s game.



At this time no additional information is confirmed. We will place all information on our website as it becomes available.




Best Regards,





Allan Ladewig

Southern Districts Basketball Association

Spartans: Lest We Forget

Since 1915, one day in the year has involved the whole of Australia in solemn ceremonies of remembrance, gratitude and national pride.

That day is Anzac Day – 25th April.

Why does a nation pause to remember this day? It is because that day, 25th April, 1915, was the day when Australia as a nation faced supreme test of quality and courage, the landing on the beach at Gallipoli of Australian and New Zealand soldiers.

Ninety-three years later, the Arrow Caravans & Towbars Spartans will pay tribute to the Anzac’s at their home clash against the Mt Gambier Pioneers on Saturday 26th April 2008.

In a special production headed up by Spartans Life Member, Steve Lennon, and backed and supported by Spartans General Manager Allan Ladewig and Spartans Operations Manager Big Joe, the tribute will be all bells and whistles to recognise the special occasion.

But the trio are keeping tight lipped about details.

“It’s something I thought would be appropriate. It’s a great avenue to educate the kids who may not know what the Anzacs were about, the why, the who and the when,” Lennon said.

“It’s more for recognition of the occasion also, from the kids to the adults, it’s a great opportunity to remember and more importantly recognise,” Ladewig added.

The tribute will take place just after team introductions, (6:40pm) in the darkness of the night and will go for approximately five minutes.

Special thanks must go to the visiting Mt Gambier Pioneer team for working with the Spartans in making this tribute possible.

“I emailed them to inform them of what we wanted to do and they were more then supportive of the event,” Big Joe said. “They didn’t have to, but they expressed they wanted to be a part of it, so special thanks to Coach Ray de Wit and his players,” he added.

The SEABL conference Management and staff have also fully supported the tribute.

Spartans; Lest we forget

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For further information please contact:
Allan Ladewig: 07 3398 2790 Email: sdbal@bigpond.net.au

Stay tuned for some news on proposed USA tours by SDBAL in 2009. Hopefully approved by BA and BQ by end Septembe, with applications called soon after.

International standard coaching plus preparation included for those lucky enough to be accepted after applying. Professional standard managers for all teams.

Hopefully each team will get 8 games. Last tour we saw Cameron Tragardh being chased by USA Colleges and we will issue information to them again.

Three teams to be promoted in cross ages. Women from 15 to 18. Two mens teams. One from 14 to 16 age group and one from 16 to 18 age group.

Tour will include stop over in LA for Disneyland and othet attractions.

Stay tuned.