OPAL NEWS

Make the play you see not the play you want

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Game 9 W 24 - 6

What a wonderful game by the girls.
Terrific to have them all back together on court.




Maggie- Great Game - you are improving every week and it is so exciting for our team.

Avni- Great Hustle we love your shooting ability and stealing.

Kira- Good to have you back. We’ve missed your dribble and shot making.

Charlotte- unbelievable rebounding tonight. Keep that up. I love it!

Viv- Ohhh how we missed your defensive pressure. So glad you are with us not against us.

Ruby- We love how you never give up. Terrific intensity.

Have a great break girls.

Hope Santa brings you a new Basketball or a hoop!
Send me a pic if he does!







Merry XMAS

Thank you to all parents for driving us around and scoring each week.

We are all very appreciative.



Thursday, December 12, 2019

Game 8 L 14-8

Thank you to Ruby, Octavia and Harriet who helped us out this week. We really appreciated your support.

A tough game for the girls tonight. Not all were well and we were beaten by a better team on the night.

Final game next week.

I have all players as available so looking forward to a full team again.

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Game 7 W 20-0

Terrific endeavour and enthusiasm tonight against our friends and peers.

Great rebounding Charlotte and Maggie
Excellent D   Ruby and Viv.
Top dribbling Kira and Av

Thank you Trish for all your time with us in basketball. All the best in Melbourne. We will miss you.

Final Training Friday

Bye next week














Monday, November 25, 2019

Farewell

Unfortunately we are saying farewell to two of our teammates.

Trisha is heading to Melbourne for school. She has been an amazing Bball career developing many skills.
She has one of the best lay ups in the game and will be missed. Hopefully she can return on the 11thDec to help us out as we are very low in numbers.
All the best Trish at your new school.


Shanali has sadly succumb to her injuries. She has had terrible luck the last two seasons with her finger and now foot. We hope we can see you again some time in the near future Shanali.


That leaves us down to 6 Emeralds leading into XMAS. Please no broken bones over the holidays.

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Game 5 W 24-4

Another top game by all the girls.
I’m very pleased with their development and some of the new plays we are trying and learning.

Top shooting tonight Av
Great rebounding Charlotte 

Training as normal Friday




Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Game 4- W 20-10

Another great team game.
It is wonderful to see our passing improving each week. Some great team goals tonight.

Welcome back Avni.

That ends grading. I have asked that we stay in this Div 2 competition.


Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Game 3 W 17-8

Top game by all the girls tonight.
Great passing.

Great D Maggie and Ruby
Excellent shooting Charlotte , Kira and Viv.

No Training Fri












Monday, November 4, 2019

No Training Friday

There is no Training Friday owing to Senior School Exams set up in the Gym.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Game 2 Draw 6-6

Another hot scrappy game. It was great to welcome Maggie tonight. She will be a wonderful asset to the Emeralds.

Terrific first game Mag
Excellent drive Trisha
Top dribbling Kira

No game next week- Bendigo Cup
Training 4.30 Fri at Gym

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Game 1 D 6-6

A very scrappy start to season
Lots to work on again
All the best to Shanali who looks to have a bad injury.

The next few weeks we have players in and out for various reasons.

Please ensure you check my emails as scoring rosters could change significantly.


Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Grand Final

So very proud of all our girls.
So much determination and never say die attitudes!








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Thursday, September 12, 2019

Pizza at the break up





Thursday, September 5, 2019

OPAL UPDATE

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Game 17 W 12-4

We are into the Grand Final
Well done girls
Another game where your concentration for the entire game paid off.

Every week we all contribute and that’s what is special about our team.

I will mail out our training schedule Thursday.

Grand Final is in a fortnight

Win lose or draw we will book a table for tea after the Grand Final.



Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Break Up


Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Game 16 W 20-6

Wow wow wow

If we bring that effort and concentration every week who knows what could happen.


Trish super defending
Viv you did a top job - super effort
Ruby- Great game after early fouls
Kira- top shooting - 100 goals every weekend please
Charlotte- great steals- your hustle is terrific.
Av- Great dribble and layups


I am very proud of the girls on making finals.
They are improving each week.
No more to learn now at this point in the season. Now we just implement all we know with effort and concentration.






Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Game 15 W 31-3

Not sure how we explain this game.
It had a bit of everything.
We are trying to sharpen up for Finals.

Great shooting Ruby and Av

We have 1 game to go before finals.
We are trying to get everyone fit and healthy for finals.

This Friday is grading for Summer Season.

There will be no Training Fri 30 Aug as most Year 4 girls are on the excursion to the Zoo.



Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Game 14 L 13-16

What a top effort by our girls.
We played the top team with only 5 girls.

Everyone played a great role.

We have plenty to look forward to with finals ahead
We enjoyed pizza before ensembles.



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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Game 13 W 15-4

Another really scrappy game
Not much fun to watch.
Our girls just keep doing the basic things right.
Top game Viv
Excellent shooting Kira.

No Training Friday as most of our girls are in Melbourne with Performance Choir.



Friday, August 2, 2019

Great session with Sam







Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Game 12 W 25-6

Tremendous game by all the girls.
Great shooting Av
Excellent D Viv.







Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Game 11 W 8-4

A messy game but we stuck to our basics and got the W.
Lots of fouls from Av and Ruby early. 
Great shooting Trish 



Friday, July 19, 2019

Training

A reminder our training finishes at 4.30 each Friday





Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Game 10

A very close game. Sorry I missed it.
Thank you to Mrs Flanagan and Mr Collins for helping out.

Don’t forget training Friday







Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Game 9 W 34-2

Terrific passing and teamwork tonight.
Wonderful to see this developing.
Everyone scored again tonight which is a great indicator of our team play.














Friday, June 14, 2019

Great Training Session