Bullets U/12 Girls Div 1

U12 Girls Bullets Dominate Mount Gambier

There was a great deal of positivity amongst the U/12 Bullets girls heading into the first game. Millicent were out to settle a score following their defeat in the Grand final at the Murray Bridge Carnival. Both teams played good defence with Bullets scoring first and with strong consistent defence they finished 22 – 12. Portland were our next opponent and again the girls showed their worth with great defence and good passes taking them to the finish line with a very convincing win. Sunday saw Mt Gambier bring a hard, fast and physical game to the court as they have on previous occasions. Bullets gave their all with some great rebounding and lay-ups that ended with a score, another good win for Bullets 26 – 20. Great Southern brought their best game to this round scoring first and continuing to make their shots. The Bullets had to work extra hard in defence to get the ball back. GS were leading first 3 quarters but both teams were determined to win which made for an exciting game with Bullets finishing with a 2 point lead 26 – 24. Bullets met Mt Gambier in the grand final and knew it would be another tough battle. A very physical game with both teams with both teams in foul trouble quite early in the game. It was a very fast paced game where girls on both sides were scrambling for every loose ball. Strong man on man defence and some good positioning from the team saw our girls have another big win to clench the final. Well done girls and a big thank you to our coach Marc Maddaford and team manager Tracey Long.

The Bullets U12girls have now won both the Murray Bridge and Mount Gambier carnivals so far and now look forward to the Great Southern Carnival. Well done girls, parents and helpers.  

 

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Back: Tracey Long (TM), Marc Maddaford (Coach)

Middle: Jatora Seidel, Kaylah Schulz, Rachel Paech, Paris Holland-Long, Kiara Woodhouse, Molly Maddaford

Front: Jemma Chapman, Chloe Yeates, Kiarra Paech

MURRAY BRIDGE BULLETS UNDER 14 GIRLS MEDIA REPORT

In their first game of the season on Sat night at the new Unity Stadium, Coached by Lorelle Barton & Emma Harrison, Bullets Under 14 Girls Div 1 consisting of Shayelan Paech, Tia-Jae Conway- Jaensch, Emma Jacobs-Barden, Tayla Groves, Rhiannon Yeates, Charley Traeger, Helene Altmann & Emily Paech played Millicent A Team. Bullets started with strong attack to the basket and were tight in defence against Millicent. Bullets had control of the game for the first three quarters, and were unlucky in the last couple of minutes, when the scores were tight and Millicent grabbed a couple of shots to put their team at the front for the first time in the game and sealed it at the final siren to win against the Bullets girls 35-32.

Bullets were able to take the win from both sides played on Sunday. The games against Eastern Hills and Millicent B saw some excellent passages of play in each game. The Under 14 Girls displayed some spectacular skill & determination for their age. Results: vs. Eastern Hills 62-27, Millicent B 34-20.

Bullets met Eastern Hills again and played confidently to gain themselves a grand final game on Monday winning 41-9 and came up against the Millicent A team. Bullets lead the game to the end, despite big efforts from the Millicent girls who were accurate shooters and outstanding in defence.

Fantastic effort for their first carnival of the season, Bullets Under 14 girls brought home the medal by defeating Millicent A 22-12.

 

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Back L – R: Shayelan Paech, Helene Altmann, Emma Jacobs,

Mid L- R: Charley Trager, Coach – Lorelle Barton,

               Coach – Emma Harrison, Tia Jae Conway-Jaensch,

               Tayla Groves,

Front L – R: Rhiannon Yeates, Emily Paech

 

Under 12 Boys Div 1

 

The Mount Gambier carnival is always one that we look forward to competing in and it was evident that there has been great improvement from our last carnival. Jack Laube was a new player to the team and really stepped up to the challenge rebounding well under the ring which was great support for Dylan Schenscher and Kyle Dalitz. Riley Smelt and Daniel Altmann drove the ball strongly and often found the basket with positive results. William Crane, Alex Hein and Kobe Allen applied pressure mid court resulting in many turnovers and were able to bring the ball down the court with confidence often converting.

 

We played Mount Gambier, Hamilton, Naracoorte and Eastern Hills – although we didn’t win a match we were very competitive and made our opposition work hard for their win.

 

 

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Back L – R : William Crane, Riley Smelt, Alex Hein, Kobe Allen

 

Front L- R : Coach: Kris Dalitz, Daniel Altmann, Dylan Schenscher, Jack Laube

                   Kyle Dalitz, Manager : Petrina Altmann.

 

U12 Boys Div 2 Bullets

 

The majority of this team were first time players for Bullets, the team was made up of Jack Laube, Nantan MacNeill, Liam Mc Donald, Connor Oxton, Connor Stephens, Jordan Tabe and Thandu Wratten.

The 1^st game against Central Districts was a fast paced introduction to the carnival for the team, who had not played together before. This game was an opportunity to see how each other played and work out a game plan for the weekend. Bullets were outclassed by CD losing 46 to 8. Bullets fought hard in the second game against Millicent, showing some great defensive pressure to keep their opponents score to a minimum. There were some great passages of play where the boys worked well as a team, in the end going down 25 to 12. The highlight of the weekend was a win in game 3 against Eastern Hills in a nail biting game. The boys came out strong and with confidence against an evenly matched side. Bullets, showing great team work, in a very exciting game winning by 1point. Monday saw the boys playing in the 1^st Semi Final against Millicent. Millicent started out strong gaining a lead in the first half the boys couldn’t peg back. The boys showed some great team effort and determination; they definitely improved over the weekend but went down in the final 33 to 11.

 

 

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Back L-R:   Coach Matt McLoughlin, Liam McDonald, Connor Oxton, Jack Laube, Nantan Mac Neill

Front L- R: Thandu Wratten, Jordan Tabe, Connor Stephens

U12 Boys Div 2 Bullets

 

The majority of this team were first time players for Bullets, the team was made up of Jack Laube, Nantan MacNeill, Liam Mc Donald, Connor Oxton, Connor Stephens, Jordan Tabe and Thandu Wratten.

The 1^st game against Central Districts was a fast paced introduction to the carnival for the team, who had not played together before. This game was an opportunity to see how each other played and work out a game plan for the weekend. Bullets were outclassed by CD losing 46 to 8. Bullets fought hard in the second game against Millicent, showing some great defensive pressure to keep their opponents score to a minimum. There were some great passages of play where the boys worked well as a team, in the end going down 25 to 12. The highlight of the weekend was a win in game 3 against Eastern Hills in a nail biting game. The boys came out strong and with confidence against an evenly matched side. Bullets, showing great team work, in a very exciting game winning by 1point. Monday saw the boys playing in the 1^st Semi Final against Millicent. Millicent started out strong gaining a lead in the first half the boys couldn’t peg back. The boys showed some great team effort and determination; they definitely improved over the weekend but went down in the final 33 to 11.

 

 

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Back L-R:   Coach Matt McLoughlin, Liam McDonald, Connor Oxton, Jack Laube, Nantan Mac Neill

Front L- R: Thandu Wratten, Jordan Tabe, Connor Stephens

UNDER 14 BOYS DIV 1

Mt Gambier Carnival 2011

Bullets first game against Eastern Hills was a very tough start to the carnival, Eastern Hills applying pressure right from the start made it very difficult for Bullets to score consistently. Bullets going down 17-42.

The next game was a very competitive game against Mt Gambier. Both teams worked hard all game both in defence and offense which saw an even contest right to the very end, Foul shots in the last 10 seconds saw Mt Gambier win by .1 point, 29-30.

Game 3 was up against Portland. After an even start Portland settled quickly and with strong defence forced turnovers, allowing them to score. Bullets endeavoured to catch up with persistence but were out scored   Bullets lost 33-56

Bullets final game was a cross over game against a very experienced and well drilled Great Southern who finished top in their pool. Scoring was very difficult but, to the boys credit as with all games over the weekend they never gave up and tried hard right to the end going down 17-61

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Back L to R: Coach: Shane Hunter, Ethan Oxton, Brady Wrigley, Riley Merritt,             Brayden Martin, Team Manager: Maree Martin

Front L to R: Brayden Kartinyeri, Connor Smelt, Nick Wright

 

 

 

Murray Bridge Bullets Under 14 Boys Div 2

 

The first game against Port Fairy saw a lot of nerves from the Bullets players, resulting in simple mistakes and Port Fairy getting control of the game early in the piece. The second half of the game saw the boys pull off some great defence, going down fighting losing the game 6 – 42.

Next up was Millicent who started well making Bullets work hard. Millicent was up by 20 at half-time. The second half saw Bullets combine well as a team and apply some great pressure, unfortunately still going down 16 – 31.

Game three was against Naracoorte and although the boys tried hard, scoring was difficult. Bullets defence improved in the last half. Stopping Naracoorte from scoring so easily, Bullets still struggled to get the points on the board, going down to a well drilled team 3- 75.

Game four saw Bullets pull together as a team, but still could not match Mount Gambier’s skills. Down by 22 at half time the Bullets gave all they had, however great driving and strong play saw Mt Gambier power away to win 13 -54.

The final game was against Keith and again Bullets gave all they had to keep a tight game. They were unable to convert the points on the board. Great defence by Bullets in the second half saw Keith start to struggle. Unfortunately however rushed shots and passes created errors in the Bullets game, with the final score 27 – 72.

 

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Back L to R : Coach: Mitch Stansbury, Daniel MacNeill, Joesph Cox, Max Carter

 

Front L to R : Kenton Millikin, Jake Woodhouse, Leam Clarke, Aiden Rawlins

 

Bullets Under 16 Boys Division 2

 

The Under 16 boys division 2 team of Luke Wagenkneckt, Tyson Moffat, Khian Rigney, Josh Harris,

Tyson Wright, Reece Knitschke and Matt Hartman, played together for the first time on the long weekend at the Murray Bridge Carnival. Their 1^st game against Strathalbyn was well fought in defence, with great pressure applied by both teams but saw Strath taking the game away 33 to Bullets 19. This lead up game proved vital in the following two games. In the first saw Bullets in a tight thrilling game against Eastern Hills 1. Bullets started strong with great rebounding at both ends of the court. They continued this way keeping up the defensive pressure to win the game 38 to 31. The next game against

Eastern Hills 2 saw the good team work continue to improve. Bullets showed great determination, driving hard to the basket and fantastic defense, winning the game 35 to EH 12, seeing Bullets enter the Semi Final against Eastern Hills 1.

The Semi Final started with Eastern Hills 1 applying strong pressure to Bullets. Although Bullets came back with strong team work and great defence, EH 1, were to strong under the basket shooting faultlessly. EH1 won the game 34 to Bullets 19. The boys did a great job for their first carnival, paving the way for better things in the coming year.

Bullets Under 16 Boys Div 2

Mt Gambier Carnival 2011

 

Bullet started off the carnival with a magnificent win against Mt Gambier, Bullets’ 49 to Mt G 21. They then came up against Bordertown, Bullets shot the opening goal, before Bordertown applied a lot of pressure causing Bullets’ to make mistakes, with fouls causing trouble for Bullets. Final score Bullets 23 to Bordertown 34. Bullet vs. Eastern Hills, Bullets started the game strong with great offensive and defensive play by both teams. At quarter time Bullets were 10 with EH at 11. The second quarter saw Bullets stepping up the pace, scoring the first 5 goals. Fantastic rebounding by Bullets saw the half time score Bullets 21 EH 13. The second half saw EH put the pressure on , Bullets kept on defensively, having a 5 point lead going into the final quarter. Bullets kept going and won the game comfortably, Bullets 41 to EH 30.

The Quarter Final against Naracoorte, saw Bullets get into foul trouble early, with the ball not making the basket. At quarter time Bullets were down 8 nil. The second quarter saw Bullets drive hard to the basket, while really stepping up the defense. Naracoorte did not score this quarter. The third quarter both teams really stepped up, working hard in defense and offence, with Bullets down by 2 going into the final quarter. Bullets lifted the tempo and got in front with some excellent shooting, Naracoorte never gave up, final score 18 ALL! With three minutes overtime to be played, very close, both teams worked hard in defence, Naracoorte scored a goal , Bullets had 1 foul shot. Sadly Bullets lost by 1, but full credit to be given to the boys on a great nail biting game.

 

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Back L To R: Coach: Kyle Logan, Tyson Moffat 11, Luke Wagenknecht 7, Reece Knitschke 10, Matt Hartman 52,

 

Front L to R: Chad Ytsma 53, Kiahn Rigney34, Tyson Wright 15