Players, coaches, families and friends gathered at Diamond Valley Sports and Fitness Centre for the M&M Printworks 2018 Spring NJBL Boys & Girls Grand Finals. Thirty-seven games were fiercely contested on Saturday for the boys, with seventeen excellent games being played out for the girls across Sunday. It was great to see the amount of support for teams in all age groups that had won the right to play off over the weekend. The level of basketball was outstanding and for the best part of the weekend, sportsmanship was a highlight.

Presenting the Runners Up, Premiers medallions, along with the GF MVP trophies at the Presentation Ceremony were Diamond Valley’s Youth League and Elite League Men’s & Women’s players including Matt Reynolds, Darcy Harding, Joel Rimes, Nathan Arcangel, Willem Cornelissen, Lochie Govett, Mark Girolami, Luke Liesegang, Nathan Poelsma, Emma Parks, Abby Hildebrand, Ash Boek, Meg Crupi and Hope Terdich. A big thank you to everyone who helped on the BBQ including Braden Cotter, Jason Van Hout, Dylan Dunstan, Ryan Bowkett, Casey DeWacht, Lukas Kafritsas and Scott Smith.

Thank you to Craig at Greenhill Engravers for once again doing a fantastic job with the Grand Final medallions and trophies.

To all Junior Domestic Clubs, their players, parents and coaches, thank you for your efforts and support throughout the season and to all the volunteers from clubs that helped with introductions and presentations on both Saturday and Sunday. Thank you to the Grading Secretaries, who spent time to make each competition as fair as possible.

We would like to recognise our volunteers on the day; Melanie Paino, John Bowell, Stuart Callaghan, Sandra Macneil, Kayleen Jones, Kim Maloney, Gen O’Connor, Renee Stojanovic, Cath Brazzale, Terry Twomey, Sandi Hoggan, Steve McCabe, Debbie Keogh, Heath Gifford, Trish McKinnon and Liza Sobol who assisted with presentations and court announcements. With absolute thanks, you all did a great job.

Well done and thank you to all court supervisors, scorers and referees who officiated each match in a very professional manner and ensured the days ran smoothly.

Congratulations to the following teams and MVPs:

U10 Girls A – Cougars 1 (30) V Yarrambat 1 (22)

MVP - #23 Nella Fakalata – Cougars 1

U10 Girls B – Eltham North 1 (26) V St Helena 1 (22)

MVP - #14 Sienna Campbell – St Helena 1

U10 Girls C – Hurstbridge 1 (15) V Wattle Glen 1 (7)

MVP - #42 Asha Melbourne – Hurstbridge 1

U12 Girls A – Yarrambat 1 (51) V Greenhills 1 (22)

MVP - #25 Emily Andrews – Yarrambat 1

U12 Girls B – Hurstbridge 1 (44) V St Martins 1 (27)

MVP - #54 Sonny Glynn – Hurstbridge 1

U12 Girls C1 – Wattle Glen 1 (47) V Greenhills 3 (37)

MVP - #23 Mia Gainsmith – Wattle Glen 1

U12 Girls C2 – Rosanna East 1 (13) V St Marys 4 (9)

MVP - #10 Kaley Wright – Rosanna East 1

U12 Girls D – St Marys 6 (26) V Laurimar Thunder 3 (14)

MVP - #16 Hailey Launikonis – St Marys 6

U14 Girls A – Rosanna East 1 (31) V Eltham North 1 (28)

MVP – #6 Alyssa Pearce – Eltham North 1

U14 Girls B – Yarrambat 2 (28) V Diamond Creek 2 (21)

MVP - #25 Lily Keith – Yarrambat 2

U14 Girls C –St Marys 2 (40) V Yarrambat 3 (15)

MVP - #10 Isabella Kos St Marys 2

U14 Girls D – Wattle Glen 1 (35) V St Thomas 2 (25)

MVP - #8 Macalla Mclennan – Wattle Glen 1

U16 Girls A – St Mary’s 1 (44) V Eltham North 1 (35)

MVP - #24 Georgia Kitchell – St Mary’s 1

U16 Girls AR – Hurstbridge 1 (46) V Apollo 1 (40)

MVP – #6 Monique Ramsay – Hurstbridge 1

U16 Girls B – Diamond Creek 1 (52) V Eltham north 2 (44)

MVP - #7 Kiana Sheehan – Diamond Creek 1

U16 Girls B2 – Yarrambat 1 (48) V Laurimar Thunder 1 (29)

MVP - #43 Caitlin Amos – Yarrambat 1

U18 Girls A – Eltham North 2 (75) V Yarrambat 1 (23) GAME RESCHEDULED

MVP - #86 Teah Reichert – Eltham North 2

U18 Girls B – Yarrambat 2 (58) V Diamond Creek 1 (44)

MVP - #77 Athansia Theochari – Yarrambat

 

 

U10 Boys A – Laurimar Thunder 1 (42) V Apollo 1 (22)

MVP - #89 Fletcher Carrick – Laurimar Thunder 1

U10 Boys B1 – St Thomas 1 (32) V Greenhills 1 (26)

MVP - #5 James Georgeson – St Thomas

U10 Boys B2 – St Martins 2 (21) V St Martins 3 (18)

MVP - #38 Aidan Anderson – St Martins 2

U10 Boys C1 – St Helena 2 (31) V St Thomas 2 (20)

MVP - #16 Jordan Groves – St Helena 2

U10 Boys C2 – St Joseph’s 2 (20) V St Marys 3 (13)

MVP - #62 Samuel Charles William – St Joseph’s 2

U10 Boys D1 – St Mary’s 4 (19) – St Helena 4 (9)

MVP - #8 Brodie Mossop – St Helena 4

U10 Boys D2 – St Thomas 4 (21) V Wattle Glen 1 (16)

MVP - #12 Rhys Colledge – St Thomas 4

U12 Boys A – Greenhills 1 (36) V Marymede 1 (29)

MVP - #46 James Allison – Greenhills 1

U12 Boys AR – Eltham North 1 (46) V Yarrambat 1 (33)

MVP - #7 Jack Hartney – Eltham North 1

U12 Boys B1 – St Thomas 1 (40) V Power 1 (36)

MVP – #45 Ethan Arnell – St Thomas 1

U12 Boys B2 – St Helena 1 (31) V Apollo 2 (26)

MVP - #4 Angus Mcclellan – St Helena 1

U12 Boys C1 – St Helena 2 (37) V Laurimar Thunder 2 (34)

MVP - #32 William Walkley – St Helena 2

U12 Boys C2 – Laurimar Thunder 3 (29) V Eltham North 4 (26)

MVP - #6 Raleigh Malcolm – Eltham North 4

U12 Boys C3 – Wattle Glen 2 (35) V Watsonia Warriors 3 (19)

MVP - #34 Benjamin Jackson – Wattle Glen 2

U12 Boys D1 – Yarrambat 5 (26) V Apollo 5 (19)

MVP - #58 Cody Carman – Yarrambat 5

U12 Boys D2 – Watsonia Warriors 6 (26) V Apollo 7 (16)

MVP - #2 Lachlan De Luca – Watsonia Warriors 6

U14 Boys A – Marymede 1 (35) V Eltham North 1 (31)

MVP - #23 Jensen Miles – Marymede 1

U14 Boys AR – Northern Saints 1 (43) V Power 3 (40)

MVP - #50 Dimitar Talevski – Northern Saints 1

U14 Boys B1 – Diamond Creek 1 (48) V Power 1 (38)

MVP - #23 Riley Moran – Diamond Creek 1

U14 Boys B2 – Hurstbridge 1 (50) V Eltham North 3 (25)

MVP - #1 Will Smith – Hurstbridge 1

U14 Boys C1 – St Thomas 3 (39) v Eltham North 2 (38)

MVP - #12 Gianni Filippini – St Thomas 3

U14 Boys C2 – Yarrambat 4 (47) V Greenhills 3 (22)

MVP - #10 Ryan Johnson – Yarrambat 4

U14 Boys D1 – Watsonia Warriors 2 (39) V Cougars 2 (21)

MVP - #17 Hunter Riley – Watsonia Warriors

U14 Boys D2 – Yarrambat 6 (31) V Eltham north 6 (23)

MVP - #58 Kyan Carman – Yarrambat 6

U16 Boys A – Greenhills 1 (86) V Northern Saints 1 (39)

MVP - #24 Noah Todd – Greenhills 1

U16 Boys AR – St Mary’s 1 (66) V Greenhills 2 (40)

MVP - #11 Lachlan Batchelor – St Mary’s 1

U16 Boys B – Apollo 1 (49) V Diamond Creek 1 (44)

MVP - #11 Daniel Hasic – Apollo 1

U16 Boys C1 – Apollo 2 (45) V St Helena 2 (39)

MVP - #14 Bailey Goulimis – Apollo 2

U16 Boys C2 – St Martins 1 (57) V St Helena 3 (44)

MVP - #42 Caleb Brugerman – St Martins 1

U16 Boys D1 – Laurimar Thunder 2 (40) V Northern Saints 2 (26)

MVP - #10 Luke Luscombe – Laurimar Thunder 2

U16 Boys D2 – Diamond Creek 4 (55) V Apollo 6 (49)

MVP - #45 Brett Larkin – Diamond Creek 4

U18 Boys A – Greenhills 3 (46) V Plenty Knights 1 (35)

MVP - #6 Liam Doherty – Greenhills 3

U18 Boys AR – St Marys 1 (68) V St Thomas 1 (41)

MVP - #8 Nicholas Bartalotta – St Mary’s 1

U18 Boys B – Hurstbridge 1 (34) V St Marys 2 (30)

MVP - #11 Declan Jones – Hurstbridge 1

U18 Boys C1 – St Helena 2 (46) V Hurstbridge 2 (43)

MVP - #14 Ethan Longley – St Helena 2

U18 Boys C2 – Greenhills 4 (46) V Diamond Creek 2 (28)

MVP - #52 Lachlan Fowler – Diamond Creek 2

20U Boys A – Diamond Creek 1 (99) V Diamond Creek 2 (55)

MVP - #55 Oscar Crosby – Diamond Creek 1