On Sunday 15th September players from our Under 11 development skills programs and competitions participated in an Under 11's Gala day at Bankstown Stadium.  This annual event is a great precursor to the Spiders Representative season, with children getting to experience what it would be like to play representative basketball.

As we did last year again we entered two boys and a girls team, who attended a team training session the Sunday beforehand to practice "team shapes and patterns of play" and to get to know their new team mates and play together.

Our boys teams each played three round games and the girls played four games, with our teams playing against some very strong basketball academies (West Sydney Wolves and Bankstown). All teams performed very well and showed improvement in their team work during the day, with our girls team going through to play in the final.

A huge thank you to our team coaches (Carlo, Leigh, Pheonix and Nic); Margaret who in addition to helping the day run smoothly for us, also took team photographs and action shots throughout the day; and our parents who assisted with game bench duty.

Sunday' Game results

Girls
Pooh Bear defeated Spiders Blue 8 – 2
Spiders Blue defeated Boo Boo Bears 22 – 0
Spiders Blue defeated Bruins White 12 – 0
Spiders Blue defeated Sutherland Dolphins 11 – 6
Spiders Blue defeated Care Bears 18 – 9 (Semi-Final)
Bruins Blue defeated Spiders Blue 18 – 8 (Grand Final)

Boys
Spiders Orange defeated Yogi Bears 32 – 8
Bruins Blue defeated Spiders Orange 20 – 12
Bears defeated Spiders Orange 22 - 14

Bruins White defeated Spiders Brown 22 – 2
Wolves Gold defeated Spiders Brown 23 – 15
Spiders Brown defeated Humphrey B Bears 14 – 12