no sure where you rumour starts but i believe it is a requirement of our central conference to have men and women playing.

like riverland who were comp in the men but not the women they were not allowed to enter just the men.

I'd be very very surprised if that was the case.

Yeah Not True ... Look for the Women to show Inprovement this season New Players New Coach .. Dont expect them to Be a pushover this Year

centrals women have picked up a/couple of players from Warnambool (sp?), Jye's old stomping ground.

Yes, they have picked up 2 players from Warrnambool. Names are Louise McLean and Jae Conn, who both have been VERY successful players at American colleges. They are both guards, and should be two of the top players in the league. Hopefully they will have some decent players to play with...if they do, they will be very tough to beat.

"they will be very tough to beat."

gotta crawl before you can walk.

Kylie Taylor

Any Infromation on these Players what college Stats ?? it can only be good for the whole comp to have centrals Have a team that can compete

I don't know too much about the players they had last year, but obviously their record wasn't too great. I'm just sayin that these 2 new girls will really help out the team, and hopefully turn things around.

Jae Conn - played at University of Akron (Div.1)

Louise McLean - played at Colby Junior College in Kansas and was named to the All-American team -- she was offered a scholarship to Nebraska (Div.1) but turned it down to return home to Australia

they should be licking their lips with excitment in lioness town

So we have Proved the Rumour Is quite wrong ... Intrested to hear where it started ....

Check out this Link

http://gozips.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/conn_jae00.html

Her Stats look quite Impressive

Good research about Jae Conn. I have seen her play, and she is a very good player with alot of athletic ability. I think she will be a great scorer, especially with Louise McLean probably playing point guard.

I have also seen Louise play, and she is an amazing point guard. She sees the floor very well, is a great passer, and can score when needed.

Obviously the Lady Lions have no place to go but up, and I think that these two girls will help that transition greatly! Best of luck to them!

when are they playing the 18s guys?

Last Year the Under 14s would have won ... Played them Back when i was in under 18 the girls take it seriously and So do the guys the guys dont want to lose to girls well i kno i didnt

i dont know how they will be playing on Sunday as the 18's boys have a game at wayville at 12.45pm

I'm with you Tom

I hope they recruit a bunch of players and send themselves out the back door. Considering BASA (I still refuse to call it BSA like I refuse to call the Lightning the Blokes) is on it's knees, They need to call in all the clubs money. And I think that thiose clubs who cannot pay should not be allowed in the competitions until they do.

There is alot of fear out there in basketball land.

Why: These people come here and shoot down Centrals without knowing how/why/how much.... I think Centrals are putting down some foundations to grow and become successful and this is evident in their improved results at a junior and senior level in recent times.

If your thoughts were not driven by fear but for the interest of basketball you would get the facts and discuss those.

Have I been living in a differetnt universe. BSA is broke now. We have called in the auditors becasue of clubs continuously trying to BUY an ABA Championship. Last year Centrals nearly became insolvent due to their senior team costing so much.

If you can't now see that Centrals, and any other club for that matter would be better off developing local competition domestic and miniball., As these competitions p[roduce further revenue streams for the clubs long term sastainability. Focusing incomes out on the largest revenue area "juniors" then you deserve to be insolvent, which is exactly what will happen if Centrals and others who try and buy a senior team.

ABA basketball DOES NOT make ANY club in SA money. It never will. If you can't afford it now, don't do it.

As of June, their will be a major restucturing of basketball in SA. I am sure that a component of this would be that clubs will be more accountable as to their payments to BSA. I for one think that it would be tragic that any member club was shown the door dur to poor management, but overspending in the current enviroment is the best way for that to happen for any club.

#68359 - ah, it's the annual "Centrals laying the foundations, we're all scared of them" post!!
I had Feb 23 in the pool....

Improved results? Whereabouts? Two years ago Centrals WON the Under 12 girls. Last year they came mid-tablish (or at least not top 3). Both of these years they qualified for the Classics - and didn't take up the offer either time (as far as I'm aware, certainly didn't last year). They don't even have div 1 Under 12 or 14 boys, and their 16 boys are not of div 1 standard.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not hoping the club folds or anything, far from it. But to suggest people pick on them because they're scared of them is pretty far-fetched. Nearly everyone I know treats Centrals with equal measures of pity and mild amusement. Certainly not fear.

68382, they cant win. They nominate teams in U12/U14s in lower divisions, making the comp more competitive and if they nominate teams in div 1 then they are destroying the competition.

If your feedback was constructive, knowledgeable or not contradictory to yourself then we might assume it was not driven by fear.

The teams in lower divisions in younger age groups are actually doing OK.

So anything not constructive is driven by fear? Jeez, in that case I've been petrified of Centrals for at least 10 years.....whilst never losing to them.

I will answer that by posing a question:

Why would you try and destroy a mostly junior club by making non-constructive comments if you have nothing to fear? I can only see two possible answers:
1. You dont have anything better to do?
2. Fear that the club will become strong?
3. You dont think before you open your mouth/post to a forum about if there is actually any point to what you are doing?
Anymore possibilities or which one is it?

make that 3 possible answers ...

don't think Woodville owes BSA money either so if there are two clubs that don't owe money maybe its not forestville and sturt or is there 3 clubs

4. Continued amusement that you think we take your club seriously, let alone are scared of them.

Or perhaps merely stating the fact that we hear this from Centrals every year - and every year we see no evidence of it.

Perhaps instead of responding to bait on this forum, you could put some thought into why so many people drive straight past the StarPlex to play (or have their children play) at North or Norwood. Perhaps they think that they will be better seviced there?

1. You dont have anything better to do?

Is basically the same as:

4. Continued amusement that you think we take your club seriously, let alone are scared of them.

I will answer your question with another question.

1. Can anybody show me a correlation between Senior team results and increased revenue for a club? This thought i an aberation!

2. How many junior players need to leave Centrals before they realise that they have a serious problem at junior level? And it is usually there better players!

3. Why oh why do we hear the same thing year in year out without anything to back it up? Last year all we heard was how Centrals were going to win the ABA and the money would flow into improving their juniors, with masses of players coming out to play!

Err Im not sure anyone made any of those crazy claims...

The state governemnt threatened to call in the loan because BASA looked to be having a $1.2 Million lose when they had budgeted on $280K. That a number of clubs owe $80K shows that this contributes to a large slice of the reason for the State Government intervention.

Clubs need to be punished if they do not pay their BASA fee's.

#68825.
You are asking for everyone's "petty" opinions? Why would you care? Oh that's it, because you apparently have no idea why players drive straight past the StarPlex!!! THAT'S why Centrals will continue to be considered a joke by the rest of the clubs.
It has nothing to do with other clubs' success (tho that stems from the reason), or of your fantastic new ABA team, it's about the service provided to juniors for the money paid. And it's better at other clubs. You had a successful U12 girls team 2 years ago - did others come to Centrals to join this success? No, some of those there actually left to play elsewhere. Somewhere where they may be able to play Classics against the best opposition. Better service! I feel for some of the coaches at Centrals who seem to be doing their all (current U18 boys coach and last years 20s coach) to develop their players, but they are starting so far behind.

And if we weren't smart or derogatory, how could we show how SCARED of Centrals we all are?

Anonomous,

If Centrals want to be a succesful club in the future they need to start by putting their resources into juniors. Especially U/10's and U/12's.

1/ They need to work with Starplex on employing a Junior Development Officer. Somebody to run coaching clinics at ALL the local schools.

2/ Then use these clinics to recruit kids into competitions. Centrals need to run an U/8 and U/10 competition out at Starplex. Hire the courts on Saturday morning. Get 25+ kids for each, Boys or Girls it doesn't matter.

3/ Run training session for these kids 1 night of the week. Continue increasing the numbers until you have enough for a boys and girls competition.

4/ Then enter these teams into the BASA competition. If they are finishing in the top 4 move them up a grade. If they are in the bottom 4 move them down a grade.

5/ Stop paying money to your ABA team that will NEVER increase your income, but rather focus your resources, financial and volunteer on providing a good service, to these players.

6/ Work hard on coach education by finding coaches that are willing to attend SASI and Senior training session on a weekly basis. Continue to push players into SASI even when those that do leave the club. Give families every oppotunity to attend tournaments and prais etheir efforts.

7/ Within 10 years you will have a larger playing base as well as loyal club families. Through into U/16's.

8/ Within 20 years you will have enough talent to supply your ABA teams without needing to pay people money to play for them.

Unfortunately, people at clubs do not consider this to be an easy way of developing a club. Because it is not. The only problem is the short cut route that is currently being used.

1/ Buy ABA players from interstate or other clubs.

2/ Try and win an ABA Championhip.

3/ Hang your hat on how much the club has improved.