So, who was in the all-time teams?

What did they have to celebrate? They've never won anything apart from 3 or 4 championships...Wow!

Perhaps it was good night for all but when they become a big time club with a tradition they can have a proper show!!

The fact that Sturt have had a player at every Olympics since inception is stupid....Your talking about 2 players....Smyth and Maher. When you can boast as many Olympians as other clubs then you can start talking. If your going to piss in the tall grass, then you better have long legs...

Anons

You are counting Mal & John Heard & Albert who were all Uniting Church players...Sturt wasn't even around then.Check your facts yourself...fools.

Sturt may have eventually came out of Uniting Church but when your club changes its nickname every decade your tradition tends to get murky...DOuble Blues, Pioneers, Sabres...etc etc.

Angela MArino!!!! She just stepped off the plane and you count her as an Olympian for Sturt? Surely you would have to be playing for the club when you went to the Olympics. Clutching at straws I think.

And as far as your famous womens players playing at World Championships, well I guess you could count them on a couple of fingers...if you guys can count that far.

It's actually not every Olympics, but its pretty close:

1960 Heard, Heard
1964 Heard
1968 Leslie
1980 Smyth, Davies
1984 Smyth, Davies, Mickan
1988 Smyth, Mickan
1992 Smyth
1996 Maher
2000 Maher
2004 Maher, Summerton, Marino, Lucas

It wasn't a contest to see who's better, who's best or compare ours to other clubs or about "claiming" players. It was a Celebration of United Church and Sturt History, and a way to re-unite people who haven't been in the same room together for up to 40 years.

I am sure that some people will find some things about the night they didn't like, but the overwhelming feeling was extremely positive and at times very emotional. To see legends of the sport who are not playing an active role with the club at the moment like Pat Mickan, Albert Leslie, Mal Heard, Ilze Nagy, Bill Jones, Dean Kinsman all speak on the night so positively and from the heart was a sign of how much the night meant to a lot of people.

By the way the Legends teams were:

Women
Lynette Parnell
Glenys Bauer
Michelle Gillings
Ilze Nagy
Heather Mickan
Pat Mickan
Jane Barton
Marie Stevens
Kylie Newbold
Laura Sumerton

Men
John Heard
Mal Heard
Colin Dabinett
Albert Leslie
Phil Smyth
Steve Johansen
Dean Kinsman
Jason Williams
Brett Maher
Bill Jones

Bob Russell and Lynette Parnell gave everyone a real insight into what is was like in the early days and were absolute stars on the big screen. Well done to all involved. It was a truly memorable night. The closing montage had grown men and women weeping!

Your claiming Ian Davies as an Olympian!!!! For Sturt!!! He was here for 1 year and that wasn't even an Olympic Year!!!!

And what happened to the rep at every Olympics???? Missed a few did we?

Good on you all for what would have been a good night but stop raving on like usual, that STurt is the be all and end all of SA Basketball. Its not.

Oh please stop....all this laughing is not good for me.

Mouse, I don't think you get it. It's not about comparing Sturt to others, or "claiming" players. Of the 200 people in the room last night, they all had one thing in common. They have been at one time involved in United Church or Sturt. Many of them have no active role in the sport at the moment. Many others actually do have an active role with other clubs. That's not the point. It was a celebration Sturt's history and about bringing people together. Other clubs may have been going longer, shorter. Won more Championships, less Championships, more or less Olympians, have more or less attractive colours. Who cares? It was about Sturt recognising the contribution of so many fine people who make up the club's history. And it was a great night.

Congrats on getting it right Sturt. To acknowledge those of the past is fantastic. I saw Mal Heard's photo in the paper this week re the Commonwealth Games. He and John both played with my father and I was then privileged to have Mal as a coach in U12s, and then John refereed us for many years.

Congratulations to the Heards ..... and to Sturt.

[And Mouse, I'm not Sturt supporter, trust me.]

Mouse enough know, eat some cheese and have a nap

It's great to see club's proud of their history. The organisation required to stage big events such is this is huge and they should be congratulated. I hope my club does something like this at some stage.

Well done

This was suppose to be a thread to inform the basketball public of what happened at this event and then also share in the terrific memories that we all NOT chest beat about which club has more Olympians or championships etc. All the district clubs have fine histories and recent successes...we are more then allowed to post on how we have managed to celebrate them, and so are any other club as well.

Mouse, you post with no courage, intelligence or integrity and have just shown yourself to be a "small" person to everyone on this forum. I challenge you to put your name to your post and then we can all put your comments into the insignificant context they deserve. I am quite confident you wont be doing that any time soon so maybe everyone else can go back to talking about the night itself.

My other favourite parts of the night:

- Steve Bowley, sporting a Bob Marley knitted beanie, leading the way on the bongo drums as part of the band that played on the night
- Potsie's interview of his Mum (and Sturt legend) Glenys. Champagne comedy by the Bauers!
- The final video montage- WOW! Monz and Channel 10 did an awesome job on this.
- Dean Kinsman's presence. It was so great to see Deano back at the club and be apart of the spirit of the night.
- Graham Burdon tearing up the dance floor at the end of the night. Who knew he had the Patrick Swayze moves in his repoitore!

Lets try and keep this post 'on topic' if possible.

Hey Mouse, found a site for you.......getalife.com......sheesh, obviously a great night was had by those who attended, why come on here and try to make an arguement out of something they want to share? When whoever it is you are associated with Mouse, celebrates a milestone as this, lets hope karma prevails.

cant believe wade hampton didn't make the legends team.......... sorry just thought i would try and add to the laughs, after all thats why they put jason williams in the team isn't it?

Jase starts his Mt Gambier A grade career this week with the Panthers, with the Millicent/Mt Gambier comp up and running.

For those that really know Jase from his junior career through to present day, you would know that the accolade is well deserved.

i know i was at the dinner and it was bloody unreal from what i could see and remember after all those jugs of beer on my table.

Potsie, good to see you post here.

Did anyone think to inform the legends who weren't there on the night, that they'd made the all-time team? Just a thought .....