You forgot Forestville
5 prem, 8 R/u

who got best players for all those?

interesting to see north with the most prems, good to see someone other than sturt taking the bacon

sturt only 1 girls prem - bit of a change - but that strong group comes together as top agers this upcoming season

Norwood got smashed in the 20s. sweeeeeet

But 5 of Sturts Winners came from Div 1. As well as winning 2 div 2 grand finals with 7 runners up in the GF.

Where as North had only 3 GF winners in div 1 and 4 in div 2 with 3 runners up in the GF.

I would not say that North performed better. Just better in lower divisions.

Statistics; you can read what you want into them. Several comments:-

1. If the Sturt "system" is the model that everyone should be changing to then why the difference in performance between boys and girls? Is it a system or is it luck with the kids playing for the club or a bit of both?

2. I refer back to an earlier topic where an apparent parent of a Sturt u14 girl labelled the forestville team as chokers and unable to win the important games (I think the name was "To the Point") Can this criticism now be given to the Sturt club generally with them falling short in most of the GF's they contested? I think statistically forestville had a better win/loss ratio.

I don't think that Sturts 'system' is actually about winning grand finals. More about developing players for the next level.

If we don't win another GF but conitnue to produce more State and National players then we will be happy.

Anon 97711
I quote from Sturt's objectives as published:
"CLUB OBJECTIVES

To main on-court success at all levels.

To maintain and expand a professional and efficient administrative base to support Sturt club members.

To establish the Pasadena Stadium as the physical, social and spiritual home of the Sturt Basketball Club."

Somehow what you are saying doesn't line up with the club's objectives!

I think branding players as chokers is a touch heavy, and I don't think there is a player or team alive, in any sport, who/which hasn't had one or two poor games throughout their season and sometimes in big ones.
Sure you can focus on the classics and state champs, even set for them but is that the end goal?
Is the winter premiership less valuable than either of the previous titles? Is qualfying for club nationals the goal or is winning it? Is finishing in 2nd or 3rd in State teams a success or failure?
Perhaps Van Earl Wright your team might be better "setting for September" because thats when you win both winter Premierships and club nationals.
That said, I think that all the garbage about any team choking should be flushed down the toilet where it belongs.

Westies played well in the Under 20 Boys Grand Final.
They have a very good team !

Who played well in the Under 18 Div one Final ?

North Girls all played fairly well, West girls had a couple who played well.

Sturt Boys Mitch had a fairly good game Claybron did a great swat at one stage. Ben did alright. Tom wasn't at his usual brillance.
For Norwood 51 Ben Howell played very well, so did Owen, Josh, Andy.

Did Ben Howell make the State Under 18 team ?
Looks like he had a very good season.

How come the Sturt Boys in the Under 18 Div. 2 didn't turn up for the presentations ?

The North Girls seem to have done fairly well.

Some of the Sturt Div 2 Boys must have thought they should have been playing in the Div 1's.
So they didn't want to see them.

Good talented players don't tend to choke, and they tend to be successful as they go through the grades.
Look at Westies Under 20 Boys, I think they have been in the finals at every year level.
Same with Norths Under 20's last year.

Westies have some very tall and talented Girls in the Under 18 Div. 3 side.
I think some of them will go on and play at Higher levels.

One of the Westies girls in the Div 3 Under 18's was just 14 !
She will probably train with SASI.

Which Westies Girl are you talking about ?

I think that she was number 4
Beaufoy, can't remember her first name.

the state team was an absolute travesty, ben should of made it

Excellent results for Torrens Valley Cougars. Not bad for a low profile club.

Wasn't Al Green Coaching one of the Cougars teams ?

Yes, U16 Boys Div 3.

well under 16 girls north great job lost again well brenton you chocked again

Anon #97828 - always easy to blame the losing coach. Do you think that maybe the North girls didn't have a good game and/or Norwood were just too good on the day?

Pickles, Just worry about your own club! 10 Boys 2 and 21 girls 2 is hardly inspiring for Club that boasts they are going places.

North Girls did a great job really considering the guards head is so big since coming back from State she forget that others are in the team and the other State girl is so inconsistent you gotta wonder. The big head has to look at herself before she goes down even further dragging everyone with her...
Norwood won they played better for sure but really those things on ya head...please not a good look. The NBC doesnt want to have that tag...that took away from the win you silly girls..

Krissy
Do you know number 4's name ?
Well done on being undefeated during the season.

I heard about what happened to the west girls that won the grand final in 18 3's but didnt get put up a division and teams that were below them got put up wat is with that. I support the girls and i think that they should move up were they belong they were undefeated all season... come on someone do something about this mistake.

Lol I'm guessing Krissy, Binky and the last Anonymous are all the same people. 3 posts on an old topic all within 10 mins of each other haha.

Your club has a div 2 side entered.
Most of the 1/2 would have been going up to under 21,s
Why then is your club not promoting you to the div 2 spot or the div 1's for that matter.
Who is filling the 1,2 slots(1st years maybe coming up from under 16's.)

WHY DOESN'T WEST ADELAIDE ORGANIZE A PLAYOFF WITH THE OTHER DIV 2 SIDE
ARE THEY SCARED OR ARE THEY HIDING SOMETHING?????????????

Why are you whinging on here? Take it up with your coaching director.

west should have a 2 Div 2 teams

however perhaps if it wasn't insisted that you stay together as a team, at least some of them would already be in div 2... this is not the first time this has happened.... and look what happens if you are willing to go with the flow and change from playing with the same people..... for example individuals move up in grades, play with different people and make a state team in a couple of years.....

it is not a viable option for a club to keep the same players together in the same team every year, there are other players involved...... your call

MAYBE SOME OF THE PLAYERS ARE WILLING TO PLAY AT HIGHER GRADES WEST ADELAIDE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE OR NOMINATE WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE THAT HASNT HAPPENED

hahah so im big headed am i? don't see how that works. funny how its a team game and we lost as a team.one player doesn't make a difference.you win as a team, you lose as a team.yea congrats to the norwood girls, iv'e got no excuses, they had a great day and we didn't. at least iv'e got the guts to admit that. i think you're just one of those people who gets the satisfaction of putting down someone else because youv'e got nothing better to do. so next time you put someone down- make sure you know them well enough to judge them

yeah funny how you blame the guard & the inconsistant other player, norwood were better on the day,you are obviously jealous of these two girls who were good enough to make state, or maybe you were one that was dropped from state.. any way lets see what the new season brings maybe your the big head!!!!!

sorry uncle aurthur you need to get your facts right

Was the criticism of the North or Norwood players

it was of the north players

Seems to me that 2 very good sides played and one team had a better day. On any given day either side could beat the other. Norwood copped a lot of crap about the princess stuff and answered it fairly well, the coach has copped plenty and also answered well. Now its up to North to come back hard in the 18's and earn the bragging rights back.
As for the players who were bagged on both sides, it's up to you to decide if there is any truth in what's been said about you and if so do something about it.If there is no truth in it, Ignore it completely and don't dignify the criticism with a response.