Basketball, Soccer, Rugby League and World Games

Newcastle women basketballers push Bruins / Maitland Mustangs fly past Hornets in WABL basketball / Cardiff and Broadmeadow draw in Women’s soccer / Newcastle Junior Rugby League competitions extended / Registration for Sydney’s World Masters Games closes on July 31 / Sport and Recreation’s SW activities

Newcastle women basketballers push Bruins

In their last match of the season the Newcastle Hunters women’s Waratah Australian Basketball League (WABL) team took on the ladder leading Bankstown Bruins. As expected, the Bruins took a lead into the main break (28-23). The Bruins continued their dominance by winning the third quarter by 22-15 to lead by 50-38 going into the final period.

A strong finish by the Hunters saw them win the 4th quarter by 24-17 to reduce the gap but unfortunately the margin was too much and they lost their final match of the season by 67-62. Kristen Forbes (21) and Katie-Rae Ebzery (14) were the top scorers for the Hunters while Jamie-Lee Samuels dominated the point scoring for the Hornets.

The Hunters women’s team finished 7th just one position outside the play-offs. The Newcastle WABL men had a bye on the final weekend of the preliminary rounds and finished 10th overall.

For more on WABL basketball go to: http://www.waratah.basketball.net.au/fs_home.asp

For other basketball stories on representative and wheelchair basketball as well as other districts go to: http://sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=288

Mustangs fly past Hornets in WABL basketball

The Maitland Mustangs finished their WABL season with a convincing win over the Hills Hornets last weekend. While the Mustangs only led 44-41 at the main break, they were too strong coming home to win the last two quarters by 27-21 and 29-23 to take the match 100-85.

To finish off their season, top scorers for the Mustangs were Joshua Clifford (21), Mathew Dick (20) and Butch Hays (15). The Mustangs finished in 7th position just missing out on the six team play-offs.

Cardiff and Broadmeadow draw in Women’s soccer

The top two teams clashed in round 17 of the Northern NSW women’s premier league last weekend. As expected it was a hard fought clash and the game ended in a nil all draw.

In other matches Valentine defeated Adamstown 2 nil while Maitland easily defeated Merewether who only had nine players for the match. For a full review of last weekend’s round 17 in Northern NSW football’s Women’s Premier League go to: http://www.northernnswfootball.com.au/News/News%20Item.aspx?ItemID=272&page=News

To find out the latest news for Northern NSW Football including inter-district competitions go to: http://www.northernnswfootball.com.au/default.aspx

Newcastle Football is one of six associations under the umbrella of Northern NSW Football. The other Associations are Football Far North Coast; Football Mid North Coast; Hunter Valley Football; Macquarie Football; North Coast Football; Northern Inland Football.

In other news Westfield Young Matildas Head Coach, Alen Stajcic, has selected a 23-player squad to compete in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Women’s Championship to be held in the Chinese city of Wuhan from 1 to 12 August, 2009, including Herald Women's Premier League players Emily van Egmond and Gema Simon. For more on the competition go to: http://www.northernnswfootball.com.au/News/News%20Item.aspx?ItemID=262&page=News

Newcastle Junior Rugby League competitions extended

The Newcastle Schoolboys Junior Rugby and the Hunter Valley Competitions have been extended 1 week till the 1st August. Grand Finals will now be held 29th August. The grounds for the semi-finals and finals have now been allocated.

To find out more and other news for Schoolboys Rugby League in Newcastle go to:
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2358-0-0-0

Must register for Sydney’s World Masters Games by July 31

Time has almost run out for Newcastle sportsmen and women to register for Sydney’s World Masters Games in Sydney. Over 6700 people have registered for the World Masters games in Sydney on October 10 -18, 2009. Over 28 sports will cater for participants of varying standards and ages.

For example, tennis has singles, doubles and mixed doubles in ten year age brackets from 30+ to 80+ with A grade for competition players and B grade for social players and beginners. Basketball will cater for social to elite teams from 30+ to 70+ in 5 year ranges.

Other sports include archery, basketball, football (soccer), netball, swimming and touch football

Registrations close on July 31. For more details go to the World Games web site: http://www.2009worldmasters.com/default.aspx

What's on around NSW with Sport and Recreation

NSW Sport and Recreation runs programs that will help you get active, improve your fitness or try a new sport. For more details of what’s on in the region go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/active/whatson.asp