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WYNYARD BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC.

2012 OFFICIALS

Patron: Mr. Darryl Wilson

President: Michael Rowlands

Vice President: Michael Johnstone

Secretary: Sue Young

Treasurer: Karen Lee

Committee: Ann Hawley Steve Gleeson

Sharee Poke David Russell

Dean Cornwall Stacey Poke

Sue Cornwall Leanna McGaffin

Andrea Radford Damien Hoiberg

Sharon Groenewege Tania Johnstone

Alana Alderson Belinda Whiley

Senior Intertown Co-ordinator: Ann Hawley

Junior Intertown Co-ordinator: Sharon Groenewege

Coach Manager Position

Senior Mens: Sam Armstrong Michael Johnstone 3rd

Peter McGaffin

Senior Womens: David Russell Robyn Edwards 2nd

U/22 Mens: Scott McGaffin

U/22 Womens: Michael Johnstone

U/18 Boys: Michael Rowlands 3rd

U/18 Girls: Michael Johnstone 2nd

U/16 Girls: David Russell Andrea Radford 2nd

U/14 Girls: Stacey Poke and Danielle Radford 7th

U/14 Boys: Michael Rowlands 5th

U/12 Boys: Stuart Lee 5th

U/12 Girls: Ellyse Gamble and Mikaela Scholes 7th

Statisticians: Anne Poke, Kim Armstrong & Donna Gleeson

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NWBU-Under 14 Boys

Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Devonport 14 13 1 878 434 54

Burnie 14 12 2 806 498 52

Somerset 14 10 4 897 599 48

Smithton 14 9 5 905 705 46

Wynyard 14 6 8 740 668 40

Ulverstone 14 4 10 528 876 36

Penguin 14 1 13 443 995 30

Latrobe 14 1 13 406 828 30

NWBU-Under 12 Girls

Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Ulverstone 14 13 0 865 212 52

Penguin 14 12 1 491 279 50

Burnie 14 8 6 437 428 44

Devonport 14 7 7 465 431 42

Smithton 14 7 7 470 429 42

Somerset 14 6 8 396 425 40

Wynyard 14 1 13 180 572 30

Latrobe 14 1 13 136 664 30

NWBU-Under 12 Boys

Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Burnie 14 13 1 896 343 54

Devonport 14 13 1 689 349 54

Ulverstone 14 10 4 769 463 48

Smithton 14 8 6 918 476 44

Wynyard 14 6 8 551 557 40

Somerset 14 4 10 378 747 36

Penguin 14 2 12 309 755 32

Latrobe 14 0 13 128 948 26

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Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Devonport 12 12 0 871 522 48

Burnie 12 10 2 914 526 44

Latrobe 12 8 4 627 713 40

Wynyard 12 6 6 778 665 36

Somerset 12 3 9 582 839 30

Penguin 12 2 10 638 895 28

Ulverstone 12 1 10 547 797 24

Smithton 0 0 0 0 0 0

NWBU-Under 18 Boys

NWBU-Under 16 Girls Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Somerset 14 12 2 871 483 52

Wynyard 14 12 2 660 538 52

Devonport 14 9 5 658 586 46

Ulverstone 14 8 6 632 642 44

Burnie 14 8 6 702 699 44

Penguin 14 4 10 538 697 36

Smithton 14 2 12 543 710 32

Latrobe 14 1 13 537 786 30

NWBU-Under 14 Girls

Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Ulverstone 14 13 1 1026 372 54

Penguin 14 12 2 936 392 52

Devonport 14 11 3 689 406 50

Smithton 14 7 7 544 624 42

Somerset 14 6 8 506 598 40

Burnie 14 5 9 423 618 38

Wynyard 14 2 12 409 813 32

Latrobe 14 0 14 221 931 28

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Presidents Report 2012 WOW!! What a year in basketball 2012 has been. Our Senior Women had a sensation-

al year nearly winning this year’s NWBU Title. We were just pipped at the post by

Devonport – not without its own controversy. Our Men were knocked out in the Prelimi-

nary Final also to Devonport by a team that were much hungrier than ourselves.

As players we all ponder on what could have been. It is important we continue to set

high expectations for ourselves & strive hard for betterment of the club – At Wynyard

we have a culture of hard work gets its reward. At Wynyard we set a standard of

leadership & at Wynyard we differentiate ourselves by challenging ourselves by step-

ping outside the comfort zone. As President I am extremely proud of what both teams

have achieved – I thank both Coaches David Russell & Sam Armstrong, for their com-

mitment to season 2012. For the players I ask you to go away & come to preseason

remembering the feeling you had in July.

For the Volunteers & Committee members, I thank you so much for your assistance

with the daily running of the club. It can be humbling to watch people just get in &

get things done. I have been extremely pleased with the people we have on board

at this level. We have strong interest for assistance at our club again next year but as

the saying goes “Many hands make light work!” couldn’t be more true.

For our terrific sponsors – On behalf of all of our Club thank you so much for what has

been a record year in sponsorship & revenue. Be assured the money raised will be

spent responsibly; we have clear guidelines on how our money will be spent moving

forward. We understand that we are encroaching on some difficult times for some

industries & wish you the best for the remainder of a reasonably young financial year.

We appreciate your commitment & hope you can jump on-board for Season 2013.

Our commitment to sponsorship and the Naming Rights, Gold, Silver & Bronze Sponsor-

ships will be looking to increase our offerings. We hope you enjoy the night & I look

forward to seeing you all for a drink. Please review all of our sponsors in this newsletter

& shop & spend money there please – your support of them is so important to our

club!

So what’s the future of our club? Well it’s going to be Junior Development & spread

the word that Wynyard Basketball is doing exactly that. First draft of 2013 budget has

provided significant investment in JD. We hope to have more skilled, experienced

and trained coaching staff for our inter-town roster. We will continue to participate

strongly in State & Regional Tournaments and investing in equipment to make better

basketballers. We are also working on providing a part-time role as a Junior Develop-

ment Officer if we can get the funding.

We now have a live website www.wynyardwildcats.com.au where people can buy

merchandise, season tickets at reduced prices, registration of players & general

communication from our club.

We are looking at opportunities to shop online through to our sponsor websites.

We will be working with our Council to try & upgrade our facilities.

So continue to expect changes at our Club, we are growing & we want you onboard

to help us prosper.

In closing, thank you & your families for all your support this year: to the Club & to me

personally as 1st year President. Enjoy the night & please make yourself open for intro-

duction to our entire Club. Drive safely & enjoy your night – It’s a night for YOU!

Deepest Thanks & Kind Regards

Michael Rowlands, President.

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Wynyard Wildwomen Coaches Report After being appointed Women’s coach for 2012 I was looking forward to

the new season after our 4th placing in 2011. With most of our young side

continuing on this year with another year of experience under their belt

things were looking exciting. This year we were without Veronica Wright

(yr off), Shantrell Moss (USA), Jemma Dick (retirement), Laura Sullivan

(travelling) and Clair Jones (injured). We introduced 8 new players to our

squad, Kylie McCauley (Hobart), Danielle Ewington (Somerset), Talissa

Wilson, Chloe Gillett, Lashai Howard (Burnie), Sophie Townsend, Ellyse

Gamble, Bailey Groenewege (Wyn Juniors), as well as the return of Briana

Hutton after her early exit last season due to her and Garth’s 2nd child’s

arrival. With so many new players of different size I had a challenge to

find new structures that suited our individual talents as well as our new

teams strengths at both ends of the court to which our ladies worked very

hard on the court in practise to work as one unit where everyone was on the

same page. But for this to work even better we also had to gel as a group

off the court being such a new bunch. So throughout the year we had sever-

al gatherings so the ladies could get to know each other off the court as

well as on, hopefully from a coach’s point of view to get them to play with

passion for each other. Our season although getting results on the court we

also had our fair share of injuries, resulting in players missing games as

well as trainings. Players were unable to train due to work commitments

and sickness made it hard at times to get to the standard we were after on

game nights. By far our biggest disappointment was injury to Talissa at a

time in which she was showing us all how well she can play at senior level.

To her credit she has showed great resolve and maturity to deal with every-

thing she has gone through still with a smile upon her face.

Finishing the home and away roster games with a 19-2 record we were

quite satisfied to hat we had achieved to this point. Unfortunately things

didn’t fall our way when it most counted in that we dropped the most im-

portant game of the year by 1 point. I would like to thank Robyn Edwards

for once again living beyond expectations for what she does for our team.

Rebecca Dick for coming in late to add coaching strength to our team for

the final series. Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters for the support

throughout the year, to everyone that made the games happen. Hopefully

the loss urges the girls to have the want, passion and pride to work even

harder to get the ultimate prize. Accept the CHALLENGE, get on board

for the ride, cant come soon enough.

David Russell 13

Teams Played Won Lost For Against Points

Ulerstone 21 19 1 1783 1410 78

Wynyard 21 17 4 1994 1553 76

Burnie 21 14 7 1745 1757 70

Devonport 21 11 10 1589 1548 64

Somerset 21 7 14 1569 1700 56

Latrobe 21 7 14 1477 1770 56

Smithton 21 5 16 1496 1747 52

Penguin 21 4 16 1607 1775 48

NWBU—Senior Men

NWBU—Senior Women

Teams Played Won Lost For Against Points

Wynyard 21 19 2 1461 1101 80

Devonport 21 17 4 1457 1170 76

Penguin 21 11 10 1385 1254 64

Latrobe 21 11 10 1339 1286 64

Smithton 21 11 10 1368 1381 64

Ulverstone 21 9 12 1177 1254 60

Somerset 21 4 17 1256 1583 50

Burnie 21 2 19 1132 1546 46

NWBU-Under 18 Girls

Team Played Win Lost For Against Points

Devonport 12 10 2 699 531 44

Wynyard 12 9 3 609 511 42

Somerset 12 8 4 753 734 40

Penguin 12 7 5 645 614 38

Ulverstone 12 4 8 621 626 32

Burnie 12 3 9 609 722 30

Latrobe 12 1 11 468 666 26

Smithton 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Adam Brooks Group

Bates Plumbing

Bit Sharpening Services

Buchaneers for Seafood

Dr Lisa Turner

Engineering Comp

Hair Eclipse x 2

IGA Wivenhoe

Irrigation Tas

J&K Moore (petrol)

KAW Fitness

Lady Bugs Cafe

Plaster Designs

Premier Motors Mazda

Ray White Real Estate - Burnie

Renaissance Hair & Beauty

Richard Jones Joinery

Somerset Discount Tyres

Tastex Linings

Westside smash Repairs

Wynyard Basketball Kiosk x 2

Wynyard Health & Fitness

Wynyard Transport

Player Sponsors

Junior Sponsors

B&E

Patreena's Flower Studio

Save a Buck

THANKS TO OUR SPON-

Dargavel Windows

Sports First

Zest Wealth Advisors

Seabreeze

Cat Underground Mining

Rod Glover Legal

Coastal Kitchens

Decadent Hair & Beauty

Newmans Furniture House

Richard Jones Joinery

Tile Mart

Wynyard Sports & Toys

Adam Brooks Group

IGA Supermarket Wynyard

Club Sponsors

Active Accountants

Coastal Physiotherapy

Dixons Pharmacy

Fairford Pty Ltd

Irrigation Tas

L J Hooker

Lynx Café

Nigel Voss Flooring

Pease's Shoe Store

Save a Buck

Steve Baker Electrical

Wynyard Hydrotherapy

Wynyard Newsagency

Wall Sign Sponsors

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Wynyard Wildcats Coaches Report Firstly I would like to thank the Wynyard Basketball Club for giving me the oppor-tunity to coach a group of guys I have the upmost respect for, as people and as basket-

ballers. While the end result for 2012 was below our expectations and standards I thank every one of my players for their contribution to our program. Some would say

we had an ok year finishing second and making the preliminary final but I know my

team was gutted with the result. This result raised such questions as has the men’s pro-gram finally turned a corner? Are we not as good as we use to be? Has complacency

crept in? Are we getting to old? I answer these questions with the following.. Most

people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win,” one of my favourite quotes from Bobby Knight. Gut wrenching 400m runs followed by hills and agility

ladder work, time trials through Shorewell park reserve, tractor tyre pulling, team bootcamp sessions and team beach work sessions like no other. This preseason

showed me I had a group of guys committed to 2012. I’m sure most of the guys would

look back and think it was the hardest preseason they had ever undertaken. At the forefront throughout the preseason was our oldest player. Standards were set and eve-

ryone had an idea of what level was acceptable. The one thing I love about the men’s program is the culture that surrounds the group, everyone knows what is expected.

My focuses as a coach lied know further than the next challenge at hand. Very cliché

but I coach one week at a time and our preparation always followed suit. Trainings were always competitive and everyone challenged everyone on a consistent basis.

Everyone bought in to our system and all you want as a coach is a group of players

that are coachable and believe in what you are trying to put in place. The team that hit the floor every week was a good blend of youth and experience highlighted by the

most talented 15 year old in the state in Kyle Clark through to league MVP Ben Arm-strong who I feel had one of his best seasons in the past 3 to 4 years. I am proud that

our men’s team have been able to retain our local players and that we can still call our-

selves an all local product. I would like to thank my experienced players Bj, Scotty, Lee, Rowly and Stu Turner for challenging me as a coach and as a player and leading

the way both on game nights and at practice to the younger members of our team. I would also like to thank Ethan Johnstone Nick Taylor, Kyle Clark, Stuart Lee and

Sam Douglas for allowing themselves to be coached and mentored by myself and our

senior players. They are all quality young men with bright futures and are always wel-come in our program. Thank you finally to Trout, Pete Gaff and Jeff Taylor for their

continued support of our men’s team and these three guys are just as much part of the

team as the players. 2012 has challenged me as a coach and I understand and accept results lay squarely on my shoulders. As a team we now have fresh challenges ahead

and a common goal of once again establishing our team as the best in the NWBU. In regards to questions raised by other parties I would say go ahead ask questions,

make statements but write the Wynyard’s men program off at your own peril!!

BRING ON 2013.

Sam Armstrong

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Wildcats: Senior NWBU Men’s 3rd place

Wildwomen: Senior NWBU Women’s Runners Up

U/18 Girls: Junior NWBU Runners Up

U/16 Girls: Junior NWBU Runners Up

Sam Armstrong: 400 NWBU Games

Michael Rowlands: 200 NWBU Games

Danielle Ewington: 150 NWBU Games

Stuart Turner: 150 NWBU Games

David Russell: 100 NWBU Games (coach)

Ethan Johnstone: 100 NWBU Games

Danielle Radford: 50 NWBU Games

Kelsey Johnstone: 50 NWBU Games

Ben Armstrong: Runner Up Advocate Player of the

Year Award

Stacey Poke: Runner Up Advocate Player of the

Year Award

Kylie McCauley: Runner Up Advocate Player of the

Year Award

Australian Kyle Clarke (3 on 3)

Representatives: Rebecca Dick (3 on 3 Coach)

State Team U/20 Girls Chloe Gillett

Representatives: U/18 Girls Kelsey Johnstone

U/16 Girls Danielle Radford

Michael Johnstone (coach)

U/16 Boys Kyle Clarke

SEABL Representatives: Stacey Poke (Tornadoes), Kylie

McCauley (Chargers), Ben

Armstrong, Lee McGaffin (Thunder)

Junior North-West U/14 Boys Mitchell Rowlands, Eric

Representatives: Spinks, U/12 Girls Emily Doig, U/12

Boys Tane Routledge, Ben Chettle,

Connor Bakes

ITCP Scholarship Kyle Clarke (TIS), Kelsey Johnstone,

Holders: Danielle Radford, Sophie Townsend

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Quiz

1.What year did the NWBU competition as we know it now start? ________________

2. Who are Wynyard’s 3 major sponsors this yr?

______________________________________________________ 3. The Wynyard men have been runner up 8 times and the women runner up 8 times, how many finals has each team won? ____________ 4. At what age did Lee McGaffin start playing basketball for the Wildcats? ______ 5. Which man and woman scored the most points in one game for Wynyard

this year? ____________________________________________________ 6. Who wore player number 4 for the under 14 girls this year?

____________________________ 7. Which Wynyard Players have played 150 NWBU Games this yr?

______________________________________________________________ 8. What number did Ethan Johnstone wear for the Wynyard men’s team?

______________________________________________________ 9. How many and who senior players have children?

______________________________________________________________ 10. What statistics did Kyle Clarke top in at the Australia National Under 16

Championships this year?_________________________________________

11. Which Opals Women from the recent Olympics played for the Tornadoes in the past (there is 2)?_____________________________________________

12. What placing did the Australian Boomers finish this year at the London Olympics? ________________

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Men’s NWBU Best & Fairest Voting Ben Armstrong 58 Sam Armstrong 39 Lee McGaffin 15 Kyle Clarke 10 Stuart Turner 8 Sam Douglas 7 Michael Rowlands 3

Men’s Advocate NWBU Voting Ben Armstrong 43 Sam Armstrong 22 Lee McGaffin 13 Stuart Turner 7 Sam Douglas 2 Michael Rowlands 1

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Women’s NWBU Best & Fairest Voting Stacey Poke 55 Kylie McCauley 36 Briana Hutton 18 Melissa-sue Allen 10 Kelsey Johnstone 6 Talissa Wilson 4 Chloe Gillett 3 Danielle Radford 3 Sophie Townsend 1

Women’s Advocate NWBU Voting Kylie McCauley 37 Stacey Poke 37 Briana Hutton 10 Danielle Radford 6 Melissa-sue Allen 5 Talissa Wilson 2 Kelsey Johnstone 1 Chloe Gillett 1