Can you handle... The Sting w w w.scorpionsbasketball.com July 2011 Newsletter Dates to remember SCYC AGM Coming up in August basketball finals 6th - 24th September Girls Semi Final 6-7th September Boys Semi Final 10th September Girls Preliminary Final 13-14th September Boys Preliminary Final 17th September Girls Grand Final 20th-21st September E L A S R From the Presidents... Hi All SCYC Families, As you all know at the recent AGM Sam Wheeler and myself (Shelley Taylor), became incoming Presidents of our Basketball Club. We both have been involved in the club at a miniball level for a number of years now and both have children still currently playing miniball and also playing in u9 s and u10 s. We both have a long history at being involved with basketball at a domestic and representative level for over 45 years (that s collectively, not each we are not that old, even though our kids think we are!) With this experience and involvement in the game we hope to bring a lot of enthusiasm and success to SCYC. We are both eager to learn new things and hope that we can continue to build on this fantastic family club that our previous presidents and committee have worked so hard to achieve. Our current committee has some new faces and some ongoing members on it, and as a group we are all keen and eager to have a fantastic year. We are also more than happy to get input from our players, coaches and families with any suggestions or feedback they may have. We have our meetings monthly and if you have anything that you would like to raise please feel free to contact us via email or phone at anytime. Sam and I would like to officially welcome everyone to the club and hope that you continue to enjoy your basketball experience with SCYC. A D N AGE Boys Grand Final 24th September Miniball Presentation Day Sat. 17th September Sunday 6th November Volunteers Needed!!! Contact Damien Law for further details via Scorpion s email Cadbury chocolate drive is coming up in the very near future All of our teams for the current season are currently doing extremely well, with 12 of our teams in the top four on the ladder. Keep up the good work and remember to have fun. Regards, Shelley Taylor and Sam Wheeler (Presidents, SCYC Scorpions Basketball Club) s pio n e r o c S n di s a h c Me r S a l e Fo r Scorpions Hoodies $45 Keep warm this Winter in one of the Scorpions Hoodies. Scorpions Hoodies are available by order. Buffalo Cellular Balls $20 A great price to members, and a fundraiser for the youth club. Standard colour and also pink balls available in junior and miniball sizes, 5, 6 and 7. Scorpions Drink Bottles $5 each or free for 1st season players Scorpions Player s Uniforms Tops $38 each Shorts $36 each Both top and shorts in one transaction $74 Scorpions Bags: Named $45 or Un-Named $35 To place an order email Cathy Davidson at scorpionsbasketball@hotmail.com Scorpions basketball, SCYC, PO Box 100, Croydon Vic 3136, Email: scorpionsbasketball@hotmail.com Web: w w w.scorpionsbasketball.com
New Committee Members... Congratulations and welcome aboard to our new and existing committee members. We d like to thank the following people for showing passion and a dedication to making sure that the SCYC Scorpions is a well managed club with all our members interests at the forefront. A great big thank you to our departing committee members, and especially Matt Bass - former President who will remain on the General Committee. Thank you all for your hard work. New Committee Head of Basketball (President) Assistant Head of Basketball (Assistant President) Secretary Registrar Boys Coordinator Girls Coordinator Miniball Coordinator Promotions Newsletter Website Grants Trophies Uniforms K&MDBA Representative Youth Club Representative Fundraising General Committee Shelley Taylor & Sam Wheeler David Williams Sara Stelfox Scott Stelfox Joan Liston Cathy Davidson Kath Blackman Damian Law Michelle Allen Gabby Ficker Melissa Astle Michelle Harris Cathy Davidson Shelley Taylor Scott Stelfox Sam Wheeler Matt Bass Michelle Van De Velde Denis Liston Yvette Higgins A Big thank you to all committee members for your help and continued support for the South Croydon Youth Club. We look forward to another rewarding year with our incoming committee. All levels of support from committee members, basketball members, and their families is greatly appreciated. and the winner is... Pattie Rouget U18 ARes Congratulations Pattie on winning the 1st Class Cinema Experience Raffle Enjoy Pattie! Car Boot Sale... We are considering holding a Car Boot Sale in the near future. Would you be interested in having a stall? This would be dependant upon the number of people interested in selling. Please register your interest with Sam Wheeler mobile: 0423 052 208 or scorpionsbasketball@hotmail.com Are you interested in becomming a Referee? Would you like to earn some extra money? Why not become a referee? We need Scorpion representation at the Kilsyth Association. If you re interested in stepping in the refereeing world then all you have to do is leave a stamped, self addressed envelope in the box at Kilsyth Stadium - (near Reception at the front). When a new clinic is scheduled to commence Sharon Arnold will post all the details out to you. These clinics are not just restricted to players - anyone can participate. Volunteers Needed for the Maroondah Festival... Sunday November 6th at Croydon Town Park... Are you able to spare 1 or 2 hours between 10am and 5pm to promote this wonderful club of ours? Are you able to tell people how much fun it is to be a member of the South Croydon Youth Club and play basketball for the Scorpions? If you are able to help out or would like more information please contact Damien Law, Promotions at scorpionsbasketball@hotmail.com
South Croydon Youth Club News... Dear Members and Families, Hi my name is Denis and I have been President of our Youth Club for two years. I have a fantastic group of people helping run our club. Vice President: Matt Bass Secretary: Cathy Davidson Treasurer: Kerry Sheppard COM Representative: Denis Liston Basketball Representative: Scott Stelfox General committee: Joan Liston, Amanda Howell, Peter Feller CLUB ROOM: I would like to invite all members to come down and relax while your child is training in our club room. We have tea and coffee available also heating to keep you warm. You can watch TV, we have colouring paper and pencils for the children. Our rooms are open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between 4pm - 9pm. We ask that if you are the last team training for that night that all electricity is switched off and that all doors are locked. We are now sharing our room temporarily with Maroondah Calisthenics who rent the stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Over the next few months there will be new lock up cupboards installed in our room by the council. The Future of South Croydon Youth Club: We are looking to the future for our club and would like Cheong Park to be brought up into the 2000 by upgrade the facilities for everyone at Cheong. South Croydon Youth Club AGM: I will be stepping down as President this year and wish to thank everyone for doing the best for the club and wish the future committee the best for the future. The Youth Club s AGM is coming up in August 2011. We encourage all members to come and attend and come on the committee and have your say. All positions will be open. The committee positions are: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Committee Of Management Representative, Basketball Representative and General Committee. Positions descriptions / nomination forms will be available at the club room. Regards Denis Liston. S.C.Y.C. President Team Coordinators Girls: Cathy Davidson 0401956787 or Scorpions email, Boys U8/7 Miniball: Kath Blackman - Scorpions email, Boys: Joan Liston 0448 743 732 or Scorpions email. Contact: scorpionsbasketball@hotmail.com. We would like to congratulate all players on a fantastic summer 10/11 season. Winter 2011 season is going well with lots of wins under our SCYC Club colours. Players: Would you like to earn some money? Become a referee we need Scorpion representation at the Kilsyth Association. Congratulations to our many representative players who made it into the 2010/11 teams, what a incredible effort. Good luck for the rest of the season. Coaches and Team Managers: We would like to say a big thank you to all coaches and team managers without you fantastic volunteers our job would be so much harder. Thank you Kristy Sealey: for taking on the coach s coordinator job, so coaches contact Kristy if you have any questions. Contact: scorpionsbasketball@hotmail.com. Good luck to all players and their teams for the winter season 2011. Thanks Team coordinators. www.scorpionsbasketball.com New Balls... We are fortunate at the moment to have a number of new basketballs available to coaches for training sessions in the Cheong Park Stadium. As these balls are only for training sessions only the coaches are permitted to access the cupboard in which the balls are kept. It is then the responsibility of the coach to make sure that each ball they have taken and used is returned to the cupboard. Hopefully this will help to alleviate the problem of new balls going missing. Thanks... A great big thank you to GRV Printers who have produced the new format newsletter for you. 1 ROSE AVENUE, CROYDON T: 9725 4522 F: 9725 8869 GRV Printers & Associates Design: Complete design and artwork facilities, desktop publishing, typesetting, artwork and prepress output for high quality printing. Print: Full colour brochures, reports, presentation folders, books and booklets, catalogues, flyers, price lists, annual reports, business forms, corporate stationery, invoice and order books, business cards, letterheads, continuous stationery, labels, stickers, manuals, note pads, wedding invitations, envelopes, newsletters and more. Gavin Rice 9725 4522 www.grvprint.com.au
Under 7 Miniball - Lizards Sam - Coach I m very lucky to be coaching this miniball team. They are a great bunch of kids. Everyone trains hard, plays well and are always smiling. Sam asked her team... What do you think is the best thing about basketball? What do you love? Ella - 55 I love shooting L-R: Hann ah, Ella, Keely, Sam, Eli jah, Dawinn, A idan & M arcel. Zak - Abse nt on the da y Dawinn - 11 Hannah - 10 Aidan - 40 I love bouncing the ball I love shooting I love playing the game Elijah - 13 Keely - 32 Marcel - 16 I love dribbling I love shooting I love shooting goals As a team we want to learn basketball skills, make new friends and have fun. Go Who?... Go Scorpions! Under 12 B Girls Greg - Coach We have had a couple of exciting new girls in our Under 12 B team this year Aleijah and Isabel that have jelled into the team very well and is a fantastic effort to be playing with such confidence in their 1st season of Under 12 s B Grade. Hayeon playing her second season of basketball is growing in confidence every week and Kieley, Hayleigh, and Sarah playing consistant basketball every week in their last season of Under 12 s. The team, coach and parents are hopefully looking forward to playing in the finals which would be a fantastic result for the majority of the team playing B grade for the second season only. The girls were asked... What do you think is the best thing about basketball? What do you want to achieve? L-R back: Kieley, Ha yeon, Ale front: Hay ijah leigh, Sara h, Greg & Isabel Hayeon - 37 Kieley - 24 Hayleigh - 22 I enjoy playing games, meeting new friends and having fun I enjoy playing on the team and having fun with my friends I enjoy having a go and having fun with my friends Aleijah - 40 Sarah - 21 Isabel - 5 I enjoy making new friends and learning new skills I enjoy having fun and learning new skills I enjoy the teamwork. I want to be a WNBA player
SCYC Scorpion s members and families Parents please ensure your children read and fully understand the Players Code of Conduct below. continued overleaf
SCYC Scorpion s members and families Parents please ensure you read and fully understand the Parents Code of Conduct below. continued overleaf