Grading Game 2

Wow what a close game and comeback by the girls.

Outstanding 2nd game Chloe- amazing goals

Great dribbling And driving Jaz

Enjoy your new coaches and I’ll see you all in 6 weeks

Mr F

Grading game 1

Nothing much has changed with the girls.

Straight back into it.

Amazing shooting Kira.

Great first game Chloe. Great to have you on the team.

SUMMER SEASON 23/ 24

 Welcome Emeralds to the Summer Season.

Reminders

1- Please register before round 1 https://www.playhq.com/basketball-victoria/register/4fcf81-99e14ebb

2- No training first Monday back ( an extra week break after our long winter season)

3- Game 1 is Tuesday 3rd Oct- 5.20 pm Scoring roster will be mailed out soon.

THANK YOU

 These words are priceless

Thank you

Grand Final W 16-12

No words tonight

Just pics

Words later

Award Winners Winter Season

Congratulations to our Winter Season Awardees

Kira - MVP

Aaliyah - Coaches Award

Two terrific seasons. Let's finish it off Tuesday night.

Well Done Girls

Great Session with Mark

Qualifying Final W 20-19

A very  tough physical game but our girls did it.

Grand Final bound. 11 in a row

1 to go girls.

To Jaz and Freya

You played your part tonight no matter how small. Stay positive and keep getting to training and working on aspects we discuss. 

Dani you were huge tonight. You matched their physicality. You lead the way for us.

Viv that last scramble for the ball was brilliant.

We love your efforts

Aaliyah you did your role well. You keep improving every week.

Charlotte helped us tonight but her court time also didn’t go to plan. With Kira’s injury and Ruby not well  we needed Charlotte. Thank you for turning up Charlotte.

Ruby your spirit and passion keep us together.

Keep it up …you are our spiritual leader.

Kira… what a massive effort. Thank you and well done. Simply brave and determined.

The game was not how we play but we were able to scrap it out. 

There will be two sessions next week.

Monday - invitation only-3.45-4.30 ( check you email Friday)

Tuesday - Compulsory full training session for everyone 3.45-4.45 with Mark 

Rnd 12 W 34-15

Terrific team game again!

I am so proud of you all

Dani the best gane I’ve seen you play. Simply outstanding.

Kira - Top scorer in the league with 166 points. Congratulations on all your hard work to improve your shooting.

Freya- Great Free Throw! Loved seeing you achieve this.

Next week we play for a spot in the GF. We have won 10 in a row now. We will win 12 in a row by end of season.

Remember our mantra!

We turn up as a disciplined team to training and game.

Rnd 11 W 26-13

Great team game Girls

We are locked in on our training and game attitude for the next few weeks.

Top Game Dani- great drives!

Excellent D and interceptions Aayliyah.

One more game to go until finals.

Win it and we get the double chance.

Let’s go girls!

See you all at training Monday

Our championship coach

A big congratulations to our very own coach Mark Alabakov on winning the NBL 1 Championship on the weekend with the Lady Braves. Mark also was awarded coach of the year after they braves finished the season 23-0. Our Emeralds are so lucky each week to have his experience, professionalism and teaching available to them.

Well Done to Kira on cheering the Braves home on the night in Melbourne and getting to hold the trophy. Amazing!

Rnd 10 W 21-20

What a gutsy win!

Great character and fight shown tonight

That’s what we need every week.

Thank you Kira on taking the court tonight when you weren’t 100%. The team really appreciate it.

Amazing rebounding interceptions Dani.

You were amazing tonight under big pressure from the coach too.

Freya great D. Keep up the pressure side of your game.

It helps us every week.

Jaz great hustle and offensive game tonight. Loved it!

Viv your fight was fantastic. We need it each week. Keep it up.

Ruby great composure to hit those free throws.

Fantastic defensive pressure on the ball.

Rnd 9 W 25-17

We were challenged tonight and recouped to take the win. Terrific effort by the girls to stick to our structures.

Tonight we sit 2nd on the ladder by 1%

The next few games are important for us to secure the double chance.

We have now won 7 straight which is a terrific effort.

Great games Kira and Ruby

Excellent D Viv

Thank you Charlotte for helping us out again.

Rnd 8 W 35-8

A terrific team game tonight.

We played the best team game I have seen all season.

Aaliyah- amazing D and great goals

Ruby- fantastic rebounding

Kira - great drives

Jaz- great dribbling and passing inside

Viv- terrific D as always

Dani- great drives

We now sit 2nd on the ladder

Let’s keep getting to training and improving on all our focus areas.

Rnd 7 W 28-14

From what I hear the girls all played very well tonight. I may have to bring in an assistant coach more often.

Thank you very much Nicole for covering for me tonight.

Congratulations Kira and Dani for great scoring games. Training begins again Monday in the gym as we head towards finals.

Round 6 W 20-18

Wow! What a game!

That was a terrific win. Great game for our first one back. Lots of elements to keep improving.

Kira amazing game winner and free throw. 

Your shooting is terrific.

Great D Aayliah.

Thank you Charlotte for helping us out tonight!

Round 5 W 25-3

A much better effort this time round by the girls. I was very proud of them. They were switched on from the start. Terrific games from Jaz and Aayliah tonight.

Enjoy the break now. Reminder we play in week 3 of the Hols. I will send a reminder.

Round 4 W 21-16

It took a bit of grumpiness from the coach to stir the girls up and they responded. Our second half was much better in terms of intensity and effort. We are all at an age now where we can take on feedback and are expected to make an effort to act on it. We will keep at this approach so we keep improving. 

Terrific game Viv with 5 points

Great driving and free throws Ruby

Terrific dribbling Jaz

Great shooting Freya

Good hustle Aayliah

Great dribbling Kira

Great rebounding Dani

Rnd 3 W 13-11

Wow what a close game.

Great to get the W in another scrappy game.

Great hustle Ruby and Terrific rebounding Jaz

No training next week

Enjoy the break.

Rnd 2 L 20-8

Probably the worst spectacle of game we have ever played in. Another strong passing netball team. 

To our credit we out scored them in the second half. Their size and physicality was difficult to handle.

A big congratulations to Aayliah on her first goal tonight. Terrific effort. 

A reminder no Training Monday owing to exams 

Rnd 1 L 29-24

Firstly thank you very much to Mr and Mrs Collins for stepping in at the last minute as sickness hit the Flanagan household.

We really appreciate you helping out the girls. I understand it was a great game.

Congratulations Kira on a big scoring game and Charlotte, Freya , Dani and Viv on all hitting the scoreboard.

If you are unwell for any upcoming games please let me know ASAP.

Game 3 L 48-5

A really tough gane against a Div 1 team that didn’t let up all night. Congrats to the girls for battling on.

Terrific efforts all night Dani

Great driving Aaliyah

Game 2 W 16-14

The scrappiest game we have been involved with for a long time. We will keep working on improving fundamentals.

Great game winning goal Charlotte

Terrific D Freya

Great hustle Ruby

Game 1 W 42-17

Terrific to be back on court. The girls played well.

Congratulations to Aaliyah on her first game. Terrific to have you on board. Great shooting Kira and excellent strong driving Dani.

This season we will take the next step in our offensive game learning to screen and swing the ball with confidence to create more open scoring opportunities.

First Training Back

Mark had us working on Coordination and dribbling tonight.

Welcome to the Winter Season Emeralds

 A special welcome to Aaliyah who joins the Emeralds for the Winter season.

Girton Emeralds U14G - Division  3 Coach: Paul Flanagan Manager: Paul Flanagan	Singlet
Kira Collins - 8 Jones	25
Charlotte Williams - 8 Jenkin	13
Ruby Flanagan - 8 Jenkin	12
Vivienne Steel - 8 Millward	40
Harjas Kaur - 8 Jenkin	11
Danielle Hodges - 8 Riley	30
Freya Sampson - 7 Jones	10
Sarah Crowley - 8 Jones	23
Aaliyah Greenwell - 8 Frew

Thank you Emeralds

What a lovely surprise to receive this today from Mrs Williams on behalf of everybody.

Chocolates, coffee, coffee mug with a very special inscription and most importantly very kind words in the card.

Thank you to all parents for entrusting me with your daughters. I do very much enjoy coaching them all.

Have a lovely Easter break and I am really looking forward to our Winter season ahead.

Paul

Prelim Final

Congratulations girls on a well fought out game.

You did an amazing job against girls that were 2 yrs older than you.

I am very proud  of you all and your efforts and endeavour all year. Enjoy a break and camp and I look forward already to our winter season.

Summer Season Awardees

Congratulations to our Summer Season Award winners presented today.

MVP- Danielle

Coaches Award-Kira

It was wonderful to see the entire team at presentations acknowledging their teammates.

Well Done girls

Game 17- W 22-19

Well done tonight to all the girls.

A great team effort. We were down a couple of sickies but managed a great win.

Top Shooting Kira

Excellent driving Ruby

Great passing Jaz

Amazing rebounding Dani

Great dribbling Viv

Terrific defending Sarah 

Look forward to getting Charlotte and Freya back for our Final next week.

Game 16 L-23-30

Really tough game tonight for the girls.

Injuries, sickness and concentration caught up with us.

One game to go before finals.

Game 15- L 20-26

Tough game against the top team

Terrific game Kira

Amazing rebounding Charlotte

We will keep working on our plays and passes at training.

Game 14 L 23-31

A tough physical game tonight

I was very proud the way our girls took it right up to the top team.

Outstanding game Freya 

Amazing hustle Charlotte

Game 13 W 25 -14

We started flat tonight and the game was played that way.

Top games Sarah and Jaz 

Big game next week vs the top side.

Game 12 W 26-8

Terrific team game again tonight!

Our pressure was fantastic

Great driving Danielle

Excellent dribbling Jaz

Great shooting Kira

Great hustle Ruby

Amazing interceptions Charlotte

Great goals Freya

Terrific defending Sarah 

Great driving Viv

Game 11 W 50-13

Great to be back on court.

All the girls played well tonight.

Terrific driving at the ring Danielle

Great shooting Kira