Fundraising - we need your help!

Hi Team

 

We need your help. Fundraising is a key aspect of our club.  As we become bigger we need more funds and people to assist.  We cannot continue to rely on the same people all the time to do so much.

 

I am organising a fundraising committee and have planned a meeting on Monday 22/7/13 at the Coburg Basketball Stadium office @ 6 pm.

 

I would like to invite parents and friends of our club to come along.  I am certain that we have a lot of talented people with time to assist and some wonderful ideas waiting to be asked. These people may not be interested in team management but could help in this area.  It is ideal if Liz and I could also step back and assist rather than manage the committee.  Perhaps some of you might be able to do this or assist with ideas, help organise a fundraising activity

 

Remember this date and lets try and fill that that room!

Have a enjoyable weekend

 

Regards

Wilton

Team Update Lightning & Colts - plus a thanks to all helpers!

Hi Team

 

Firstly a big thank you to all who did a double shift at the basketball and the sausage sizzle.

Not sure who or how much but to each of you thank you.  Another exceptional effort by some exceptional people.

This, off course does not exclude those who were at the basketball helping due to the absence of the sausage sizzle volunteers and our regular hard working coaches and team managers.

I collected all the team sheets and will get a copy to you.

 

Please remember that any player who did not sign will need to complete the back of the scoresheet on the first game they play as a new player with full details.

 

Our under 10 boys have grown beyond one team and I have more boys thinking about joining.  I have needed to enter a second team 'Newlands Colts'.  I am hoping to arrange for their first game to be on returning from holidays. I am looking for a coach and team manager for this team.  If you know of possible coaches please see me. Training will be at 4pm on Mondays at the stadium.  The under 10 boys will stay as they are until the 13th of July.  That is no change until the 13th.

 

The 2 teams will be:

 

Lightning

Duncan

Aidan

Gabe

Harper

Rohan

Hamish

2 more players needed

 

Colts
Khalid

Sean

Nicholas

Xavier

Oscar

Available new players

 

With 6 and 5 in the 2 teams and heading into Winter we will need to get more players so please keep an eye out for more.

 

Regards

Wilton

Games Saturday 29th

830 Panthers C3, Lightning WP

9:15 Opals C4

10:00 Leopards C4, Pumas WP

11:30 Diamonds C3, Lions WP, Victory CSHS

12:15 Spirit C2, Kings WP,

1:00 Knicks v Tigers C3

1:45 Cougars C1, Titans C2, Grizzlies v Power C3

2:30 Thunder C2

3:15 Crocs C3

4:00 Magic C2, Storm C3

Byes Colts

Games Sat 22nd

830 Leopards C1
915 Lightning WP
1000 Pumas C2, opals C3, wolves WP, panthers c4
1045 victory c3, lions WP
1130 diamonds c3
1215 kings c3, spirit c4
100 Knicks c1, tigers c2
145 grizzlies c4
230 Thunder c3, power v titans c1, cougars c2
315 storm c2
400 magic c4
445 crocs c3

New Teams

Latest Newlands President update. here it comes.

We entered another 2 junior teams on Saturday. Our teams now are :

Panthers (8 girls),
Leopards (NEW 8 boys)
Lightning (10 boys)
Opals (10 girls)
Lions & Victory (12 boys)
Pandas & Wolves ((NEW) 12 girls)
Spirit & Kings (14 boys)
Diamonds (14 girls)
Grizzlies Cougars, Power, Thunder & Titans (16 boys)
Knicks & Tigers (16 girls)
Magic & Storm (18 boys) and
Crocs (20 boys).

That is a total of 21 teams. We have positions available in all age groups except 18 boys.

We need under 8 & 16 boys, under 14 &16 girls for this week. Put the word out and see what you can do to help.

Apart from our junior teams we also have 3 adult (2 men & 1 ladies) teams playing on Tuesday nights. Help us further grow by inviting your siblings, neighbours and friends to join us.

Games for 15th June

830         Panthers v SFBlue C1

915        Opals v SFWhite C3, Lightning v NRWhite WP

10:00     Pandas V NRRed C2,    Lions v StRaph2 WP,   Victory v SJNBLue CSHS

1130       Diamonds v StPauls C2,     Spirit v SJNBLue C3

1215       Kings v SJNYellow C3

1:00        Grizzlies v NRRed C1, Cougars v SU2 C4

145         Titans v FlamesR C3, Tigers v SJNJets C4

230         Power v StFWhite C1, Thunder v StFBlue C3

4:00        Magic v Storm C4

445         Crocs v StFWhite C2

Byes      Knicks

               

C1 to C4 are Courts 1 to 4 at the Stadium

CSHS = Coburg Senior High School

WP = West Preston

Game Venues - Team Sheets

Hi Everyone,

Please note the following:

1. Coburg Senior High (ALVA GVE ,Coburg) is now being used as a 6th court.  This has been used in the past and only new players will not be familiar with its location.  Please make sure to ask your team manager or coach if you don't know the way.  It will be used more as the competition continues to expand..

2. Team Managers: The team sheets must be in to me no later than next Monday.  We will be receiving a fine if there are not in on the following Saturday and I need to have them prior to make sure that are club records are also up to date.  This stops errors in the future with players ages, addresses and singlet numbers.

3. We need players for under 12 boys, under 14 girls and under 8s.  These teams are short of players although under 8s will have enough for this week, I'm looking at making another team.

If you need assistance with any of the above please contact me and I will do my best to assist.

Regards

Wilton 

Newsletter June 2013

Around Our Club 

WELCOME to our June newsletter.
A new season begins as we wave goodbye to the past season. The new season while being exciting will alsobe challenging but as always Newlands will rise to the challenge and once again make it a successful andrewarding time.
TEAMS
We will continue to grow in the number of teams we have this season. Our growth is enormous. We haveentered 19 teams (possibly 20) in the junior competition this season, last season we had 16. Our ladies andmen’s team start playing on Tuesday nights and another part of Newlands history is being created. I would liketo wish all our teams’ success and excitement for the new season.

FINALS
Congratulations to all teams.
Results were:
Panthers (under 8) – Finals participationLightning (under 10 boys) – Did not qualifyLions (under 10 boys) – Grand finalistOpals (under 10 girls) - Grand finalistVictory (under 12 boys) - Did not qualifyPandas (under 12 girls) - Did not qualifySpirit (Under 14 boys) - Grand finalistThunder (Under 14 boys) - Premiers
TROPHY PRESENTATION FUNCTION

Cougars (Under 14 boys) - PremiersKings (Under 14 boys) - Did not qualifyDiamonds (Under 14 girls) – Semi finalistsPower (Under 16 boys) - Premiers
Storm (under 16 boys) - PremiersGrizzlies (Under 16 boys) - PremiersRockets (Under 16 girls) - Semi finalistsMagic (under 18 boys) – Semi finalists

What a terrific time we had.
All players received their participation trophies. Referee trophies
award voted by the referees after each game. Votes were counted for the whole year. The committee havedecided that this award will stop for this year.
Winners were:
Panthers (under 8) – Rohan Dawson
Lightning (under 10 boys) – Gabe Menuel
Lions (under 10 boys) – Bilal El-Haouli
Opals (under 10 girls) - Sophie Palantzis
Victory (under 12 boys) - Joseph Habchi & Taylan Izlemak
Pandas (under 12 girls) - Emily Lane
Spirit (Under 14 boys) - Stefan Vlahopoulos & Zakaria Nasba
Thunder (Under 14 boys) - Rohan Murfitt

were also awarded as a special achievement

Cougars (Under 14 boys) - Donovan StewartKings (Under 14 boys) - Michael BerdakenDiamonds (Under 14 girls) – Bridget GattPower (Under 16 boys) - Habib HabchiStorm (under 16 boys) - Kyle ThomasGrizzlies (Under 16 boys) - Adam MarracheRockets (Under 16 girls) - Bridget GattMagic (under 18 boys) – Vito Carbone

NEW PLAYERS

We have positions available in most teams and are always looking to bring new players into our club. Teamsthat require immediate players are under 8, under 14 and 16 girls. Under 8s currently have 12 players but weare hoping few some more so we can have 2 teams. Invite your friends along to training. Let’s continue to sharethe excitement, our game and club with others. We are also looking for recruiting ideas.
TEAM OFFICIALS
Our coaching staff except is nearly settled. Under 16 boys Titans still require a coach. If you know of someoneprepared to volunteer to help please see me. Greg (Grizzlies assistant coach) and myself are currently sharingthe position while looking for a coach who can fully commit to the team.
We are looking for a Group Co-ordinator for our young teams and some Team Managers are also still required;see Liz or myself if you can assist. We are also looking for scorers and committee persons.
SAUSAGE SIZZLE
All the wonderful things that happen around our club would not be possible withoutfundraising. We are looking for someone to co-ordinate our fundraising activities. Ifyou can assist in this area please see Liz or myself.
Our next fundraising activity is a sausage sizzle at Masters Hardware in Preston onthe Saturday the 22nd of June. We will require you to assist as it is on a Saturdayand most of our normal volunteer workers will be required to coach or teammanage on the day. Don’t wait to be asked see Liz or me early; I am sure that
over the last few months you have seen the benefits of these activities. It is all for our children that we continueto work hard. Your assistance would be appreciated.
GRANT
We recently applied for a community grant with the Satterley Property Management who are the new CoburgHill Estate developers on the old Kodak site in Elizabeth St. We asked for and received money to purchasesome more white alternative tops. Please join me in thanking them for their generous gift. I know that you willall see the benefits of the tops.

BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to the following club members
June. 9th Tilly Meneul
18th Duncan Cameron18th Julia Pavlovski20th Rhys Richards22nd Eva Bazzanella

23rd Emily Lane24th Kyle Thomas26th Taylan Izlemak15th Olivia Pascuzzi

If I have missed anyone, please let me know and have a great birthday.
HAPPY BASKETBALLINGWilton 

Newsletter May 2013

Around Our Club
WELCOME to our May newsletter.
What an exciting time of the year. Finals are here and we can also look forward to our presentation on May 25th.
I am continually amazed at the achievement of our club so read on and find out what makes Newlands so special.
If you can, come along and support our many teams in the finals. The support we have given our teams in the past hasbeen exceptional, don’t disappoint all our teams this year. Come along and cheer.
I have also attached on page 3 a poster. Please circulate this in your local community.
CHOCOLATE DRIVE
Our chocolate drive is has completed. Thank you to all that rolled up theirsleeves and helped. Our contest was won by Chris Pavlovski and asecond prize was awarded to Liz Nichols. The money we raised will helpour presentation while it also gave players an opportunity to get a club drinkbottle for selling a box. If you have not returned your money please do so.
LADIES BASKETBALL
We will be entering a ladies basketball in the senior completion on Tuesday nights starting 4/6/13. The team isnow near full. The following season we will be entering a mixed and men’s team. Our goal is to continue togrow our number of adult teams and therefore providing opportunities for all the community to become involved.Our players are now getting older and within a few years will be able to continue with our club as young adults.
COACHES/TEAM MANAGERS
We are looking for new junior coaches and Team managers. Our growth is enormous. Next season we willenter at least 18 teams. At this time last year we had 11 teams playing. Just for a moment stop and reflectwhat that means. Our number of players has nearly doubled during this time. That is absolutely amazing. Offcourse we do have growing pains/concerns along the way but we are doing our best to sort them out as we go.We always need help within our club and currently need some team officials that is coaches, team managers,scorers and committee people. All team officials require ‘working with children’ cards and the club can assistyou in this process.
TROPHY PRESENTATION
You are invited to our annual trophy presentation on Saturday the 25th of May. It will start at 5.30 pm at the DonBosco Youth Centre in Sydney Road Brunswick. There will be no basketball games that weekend. There willbe no fee charged as entry is free.
All current players will receive a participation trophy. A referee award trophy is also presented to a player ineach team. This player is selected over the year by the referees providing votes after our games. It is not forthe best player but the best achiever as voted by the match day referees on a 3/2/1 basic. They are tallied forthe complete year to calculate the winner.
Come along and join us and invite your friends.
Parents are asked to bring a desert plate. The club will be providing pizzas, drinks and entertainment.
MERCHANISE STAND
Newlands merchandise is still on sale during training in the foyer on Mondays. Club merchandise include pens,drink bottles, sweat towels, sweat band sets, hoodies and T shirts. Orders for new uniforms can be placed andmembership paid.

 

BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to the following club members
April
5th Dylan Ashmore8th Nathan Zanin
9th Michael Cikes
9th Sophie Palantzis10th Madeline Nichols10th Rebecca Nichols

11th Rohan Murfitt
13th Habib Habchi
13th Jayden Clemmets15th Jessica Connor
15th Mathieson Zuccato19th Donovan Stewart
21st Espoir Ndimugwadndi

If I have missed anyone, please let me know and have a great birthday.

Wilton

Newsletter April 2013

Around Our Club 

WELCOME to our April newsletter.

Hope you all enjoyed the Easter and school holidays. The season is winding up and all our teams are now preparing for the coming finals. Recently I was reminded about the growth in our club and the amount of people at training. I took time to reflect this as I have been making enquiries about hiring another venue for training as we have out grown the number of courts available at the stadium on Mondays. Next season we plan on entering 17 teams and must be able to provide training facilities for them. On reflecting I remembered when we first started training, it was with 3 players on half of court 4 on a Tuesday afternoon. So we have gone from 3 players at training to what we have now. Wow, what a reflection. Have a look around you next time you are at training and appreciate the hard work of every member of our club, you all should be proud of our achievements. Please remember that our success is not measured by the number of premiership but the number of players who turn up each week.
Good luck to all our teams for the upcoming finals. Go Newlands, we are all proud of each and every person associated with our wonderful club.
CHOCOLATE DRIVE
Our chocolate drive has been a success although we have some boxes remaining and some people still to return their money. Please see Vivian at training if you wish to return chocolate money or take another box. The winner of the competition will be announced when all boxes are sold.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Positions are still available on both the Junior and Senior committees. Meetings are conducted monthly on Monday after training. Come along and learn more about our club please remember that it is your club as well. Come along and help direct this great club because it belongs to all of us including you. You are challenged with the responsibility of ensuring our club remains the best. Please see myself or Liz for further details about these
positions.
MERCHANISE STAND
Newlands merchandise is still on sale during training in the foyer on Mondays. Club merchandise include pens, drink bottles, sweat towels, sweat band sets, hoodies and T shirts. Orders for new uniforms can be placed and membership paid.
COACHES
We are looking for new junior coaches. I have commenced planning for next season so if there is anything you would like me to know please contact me.
TROPHY PRESENTATION
You are invited to our annual trophy presentation on Saturday the 25th of May. It will start at 5pm at the Don Bosco Youth Centre in Sydney Road Brunswick. There will be no basketball games that weekend. There will be no fee charged as entry is free. We will be conducting a raffle to assist with fundraising.
All current players will receive a participation trophy. A referee award trophy is also presented to a player in each team. This player is selected over the year by the referees providing votes after our games. It is not for the best player but the best sportsperson.
LADIES BASKETBALL
We will be entering a ladies basketball in the senior completion on Tuesday nights. Game time will be between 6.30 and 10 pm. If you are interested in playing see Daphne (under 16 Grizzlies coach) for further details.
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to the following club members
April
14th Tony Talk 29th Sunday Murphy
If I have missed anyone, please let me know and have a great birthday.

HAPPY BASKETBALLING Wilton