Gosford City Basketball & Sports Stadium

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Gosford City Rebels 
proudly hosted the Basketball NSW Central Junior League Grand Finals August 2, 2009 at Bridgecoast Stadium, Terrigal.

Thirty teams from throughout the region converged at Terrigal on Sunday to compete in one of the ultimate events on the junior basketball calendar. Competing associations from Maitland Mustangs (1), Cessnock Cobras (2), Central Coast Waves (1), Tuggerah Lakes Lakers (3), Newcastle Hunters (10) and Gosford City Rebels (13) amassed as CJL Grand Final fever hit with the first game tipping off at 9.00am.

Gosford City Rebels had a fantastic medal haul with eight teams winning and whilst 5 teams came Runner Up the competition was fierce with three of those teams definately in the hunt going down by less than 10 points. These phenominal results will see five Division 1 teams 12W1, 14M1, 16W1, 18W & 18M1 automatically progress through to the second round of State Championships with the 12M, 14W1 & 16M1 joining them due to the wildcard. U12's & U14's will be travelling to Orange whilst U16's & U18's will compete at Bathurst August 15 & 16. All Division 2 teams who made it through to the Grand Final will compete in the inaugural State Cup being held August 22 & 23 including winners U14W2, U16W2 & U18M2 and Runners Up U14M2 & U16M2. Host associations are Niagara Park for the U12's & U14's and Terrigal for the U16's & U18'sl.

An army of volunteers engulfed the stadium all day and associations have been forwarding their congratulations on a job well done! A special mention must go to the members of the Gosford City Rebels Committee who are amazing at hosting special events. Central Coast Crusaders Scoretable Officials who volunteered as the Chairperson for every game. The 26 Referees who also participated in the biggest event of the year and their superviors Jenny Shepherd and Sue Martens for their expertise. Basketball NSW Official - Debbie Keirs for organising the presentations as well as her assistance on the day plus Bruce Keirs and Rebecca Keirs for their ongoing support. Many thanks to everyone involved, we couldn't host major events without your involvement.

Game #	Time	Grade	Team A	Team B	Referee	Umpire	Chariperson
439	900	12W2	Mustangs 46	Cobras 39	Holly Maxwell	Zac Turrise	Shirley Hillmann
440	930	12W1	Rebels 57	Waves 44	Linda Malone	Matt Helier	Greg Stevenson
441	930	12M1	Rebels 58	Hunters 63	Taylor Cawsey	Daniel Oysten	Anne Carroll
442	1030	14M2	Rebels 31	Hunters 50	Dylan McKechnie	Cameron Scott	Sharon Bell
443	1030	12M2	Cobras 40	Hunters 56	Cassie Costovski	Nicky Logan	Jenny Weston
444	1100	14M1	Rebels 62	Hunters 57	Phil Wishart	Ben Tull	Greg Stevenson
445	1100	14W1	Hunters 52	Rebels 31	Josh Knight	Holly Maxwell	Lyn Taylor
446	1200	16W2	Rebels 61	Hunters 45	Jake Norford	Rhys Richards	Carol Goodier
447	1200	14W2	Rebels 49	Hunters 29	Jess Wafer	Elliott Smith	Christine Desmond
448	1230	16W1	Lakers 48	Rebels 58	Cohen Smith	Karl Davidson	Jenny Weston
449	1230	16M1	Hunters 66	Rebels 57	Linda Malone	Cassie Costovski	Lyn Taylor
450	1345	18M2	Rebels 91	Hunters 84	Matt Hellier	Mark Harris	Carol Goodier
451	1345	16M2	Lakers 65	Rebels 61	Karen Lyth	Les Johnson	Greg Stevenson
452	1415	18M1	Rebels 91	Lakers 55	John Newman	Joe Kelley	Christine Desmond
453	1415	18W	Hunters 73	Rebels 82	Tom Freeman	Jake Norford	Lyn Taylor