2018 Senior and Under 18 Junior Country Championships

30th January, 2018

2018 Senior and Under 18 Junior Country Championships

SA Country Basketball would like to thank all of the participating players, coaches, managers, referees and score bench officials for their support and participation in the Senior & U18 Junior Country Championships held in Adelaide on 26th – 28th January, 2018.

In particular, Beth Serle, Malcom Penno, Graham Catto, John Spooner and Elyse Hicks who managed venues, Mike Gibson, Nick Gilling, Jo Duncan and Matt Ryan for recruiting, appointing and managing the officials for the weekend with the assistance a great number of volunteers from the Associations that participated.

The work in preparation for the weekend took several weeks and we thank Beth and Elyse for their outstanding contribution and Basketball SA for their assistance.

We would also like to acknowledge the support of our sponsors; Sports Centre and Spalding. Their support allows us to maintain fees to a minimum and to use of their products to improve the quality of the event.

Thank you Titanium Security Arena and The ARC Campbelltown for their support and provision of facilities and to Sports Medicine Australia for the provision of Sports Trainers.

Most importantly, thank you to the Associations and all families for their support of the event.

Fast facts:

  • 12 Divisions
  • 21 Associations represented
  • 56 Teams
  • 14 Associations played in Grand Finals
  • 7 Associations won Championships (Mount Gambier (2), Barossa (2), Bordertown (2), Great Southern (2))
  • 7 Associations were runners up

Congratulations to the Most Valuable Players for the Championships:

  • Women’s A – Abigayle Mader (Barossa Valley)
  • Women’s B – Hannah Lehman (Riverland)
  • Men’s A – Lewis Ridley (Great Southern)
  • Men’s B – Bailey Nicholas (Yorke Valley)
  • Men’s C – Tim Leach (Bordertown)

Congratulations to the Most Valuable Players in the Grand Final:

  • Women’s A – Abigayle Mader (Barossa Valley)
  • Men’s A – Simon Berkefeld (Mount Gambier)

An update is included below on the John Spooner trophy, with a winner to be confirmed following the under 12, 14 and 16 Championships in March. The John Spooner trophy is awarded to the Association with the most Division 1 minor round wins in the Junior Country Championships each year. The top 10 Associations and their number of wins follow:

Rank

Association

Number of wins

1

Mount Gambier

5

2

Barossa Valley

3

2

Eastern Hills

3

2

Whyalla

3

5

Naracoorte

2

5

Strathalbyn

2

7

Great Southern

1

7

Millicent

1

7

Port Augusta

1

7

Port Pirie

1

 

Congratulations to the following teams and individuals:

Competition

Winning team

score

 

Runner-up team

score

U18 Div 1 Men

Barossa Valley

50

defeated

Whyalla

27

U18 Div 2 Men

Murray Bridge

67

defeated

Riverland

43

U18 Div 3 Men

Bordertown

39

defeated

Roxby Downs

22

U18 Div 4 Men

Strathalbyn

31

defeated

Light

25

U18 Div 1 Women

Mount Gambier

42

defeated

Strathalbyn

28

U18 Div 2 Women

Millicent

34

defeated

Riverland

20

U18 Div 3 Women

Great Southern

37

defeated

Port Lincoln

36

 

Competition

Winning team

score

 

Runner-up team

score

A Grade Men

Mount Gambier

58

defeated

Eastern Hills

45

                                MVP Tournament: Lewis Ridley (Great Southern)

                                MVP Grand Final: Simon Berkefeld (Mount Gambier)

B Grade Men

Yorke Valley

37

defeated

Eastern Hills

23

                                MVP Tournament: Bailey Nicholas (Yorke Valley)

C Grade Men

Bordertown

37

defeated

Eastern Hills 2

33

                                MVP Tournament: Tim Leach (Bordertown)

A Grade Women

Barossa Valley

37

defeated

Yorke Valley

26

                                MVP Tournament: Abigayle Mader (Barossa Valley)

                                MVP Grand Final: Abigayle Mader (Barossa Valley)

B Grade Women

Great Southern

48

defeated

Eastern Hills 2

37

                                MVP Tournament: Hannah Lehman (Riverland)


Julie Anderson

Executive Officer

SA Country Basketball




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