U16 Boys - don't be so quick to write off the lesser VC teams. Afterall, Sturt only just got over West Adelaide at the Easter Classic who themselves only narrowly defeated an undermanned and undersized Waverley side that is currently bottom of VC with a 0-4 record!

Don't forget that both West & Sturt were missing key personnel over the weekend, too.

Lets just remember that sandrigham did not live up to expectations in the recent easter classic weekend in the u/18boys.
Sandringham will cause no teams trouble, frankston will be the team to beat over there with sturt again contenders from SA.
I am predicting that there may be some dark horses from SA that will cause a few upsets and give some quality sides a run for their money

Live up to whose expectations? They were without their best player (and one of the best U18s in the country, even as a bottom age) & still knocked off the eventual champs by 12 in the round games.

They just ran into a hot shooting SASI team & it killed their chances.

Don't forget, Sandy did take out the Eltham tourney.

I don't think they'll be runaway winners, nor overwhelming favourites, but they're bound to be around the mark, I'd say.

They just ran into a hot shooting SASI team & it killed their chances.

No, their inept coach killed their chances. His arrogance at not even taking into account the possibility of losing their last pool game, and not knowing his "magic number" to still qualify is laughable. I feel for the players, it is not their fault that their starters were sitting whilst they gave up late baskets to SASI, and for such a good team they deserve better!

Would their inept coach rule them out of contention for a classics title?

Is it terrible form for the coach to not know the split? Absolutely. Would I write them off from classics contention because of it? Nope.

Although, perhaps their chances would increase if their U14s fail to qualify for classics...

And also - would one of their main rivals coach be any better in the Frankston bloke?

He had his starters resting well into the 4th term, in the belief it was the 3rd quarter.

Some smart cookies floating around...

Could anyone from victoria help me with this question.

For the classics......after what round in champianship do they pick who goes through to the tournament.
And what do you have to be ranked on the ladder to go through like is it the top 3 or the top 4?

I know for sure that it is top four from each pool, making eight teams in total from vic. I'm not 100% on the round though. I know there are normally complaints that some teams have had easier fixtures, eg, haven't had to play the top team, so I think it is somewhere near round 7 or 8 that the classic spots are decided

Anon (#129093)

Thanks a heap mate.....been a brillant help. cheers

If any one knows exactly what round they pick the teams to go to the classics could you please let me know?

Thanks

ROCKETS WILL DOMINATE

In what male or female, and what age group.

Anyone heard of Dante Exum from Weribee, supposed to be one of the best juniors in the country. Son of Cecil.

Where are the interstate sides coming from to make the semi's in U12 Boys?

Sturt struggled at Eltham/Dandenong to start with. At the Norwood tournament, Blackburn, Melbourne and Eltham finished in the top 3 with the SA teams trailing behind. None of those 3 are supposedly ranked in your top 4 Victorian teams. i fail to see how tey will realistically make up the difference on the top Victorians.

Agreed though, that the 4 mentioned Victorian sides are reasonably even although if you were to take the Australia Day tournament into account Bulleen defeated Frankston by a comfortable margin if i remember correctly.

In U14 Boys Eltham only just recently defeated Werribee so keep that in mind.

I think you will find most years the Victorian sides are selected after Round 9 when everyone has played each other oncein their conference.

Last year was different due to the Commonwealth Games shuffling our fixture dates around meaning round 9 was only 2 or so weeks before the Classic.

This statement is true I presume that you are talking under 12's But just remember there are two teams that did and can bet beat those two teams With or with out players?

anonymous
Don't forget that both West & Sturt were missing key personnel over the weekend, too.

Did you want to make that a little clearer?

Which 2 teams beat which 2 teams in U12s?

Sturt looked disappointing in January but would be interested to know if they were missing players then as well as during the Easter tournament. Should prove to be a solid competition.

All that talk about Werribee and they have lost another game on Friday night! The younger age groups should be full of top games!

So far this year Sturt is looking disappointing in both Under 12 and Under 14 boys compared to last year.

Lets hope it is temporarily and they can lift again to the same standards as last years teams.

Show it anyway
Under 12's
Lets put it this way strut did have players out true, and west's best player was injured the point is southern beat them both with injured kids to.

Let's just see how the winter season unfolds.

The accepted teams are now listed on the vjbl.com.au website