2
WYNYARD BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION INC.
2012 OFFICIALS
Patron: Mr. Darryl Wilson
President: Michael Rowlands
Vice President: Michael Johnstone
Secretary: Sue Young
Treasurer: Karen Lee
Committee: Ann Hawley Steve Gleeson
Sharee Poke David Russell
Dean Cornwall Stacey Poke
Sue Cornwall Leanna McGaffin
Andrea Radford Damien Hoiberg
Sharon Groenewege Tania Johnstone
Alana Alderson Belinda Whiley
Senior Intertown Co-ordinator: Ann Hawley
Junior Intertown Co-ordinator: Sharon Groenewege
Coach Manager Position
Senior Mens: Sam Armstrong Michael Johnstone 3rd
Peter McGaffin
Senior Womens: David Russell Robyn Edwards 2nd
U/22 Mens: Scott McGaffin
U/22 Womens: Michael Johnstone
U/18 Boys: Michael Rowlands 3rd
U/18 Girls: Michael Johnstone 2nd
U/16 Girls: David Russell Andrea Radford 2nd
U/14 Girls: Stacey Poke and Danielle Radford 7th
U/14 Boys: Michael Rowlands 5th
U/12 Boys: Stuart Lee 5th
U/12 Girls: Ellyse Gamble and Mikaela Scholes 7th
Statisticians: Anne Poke, Kim Armstrong & Donna Gleeson
15
NWBU-Under 14 Boys
Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Devonport 14 13 1 878 434 54
Burnie 14 12 2 806 498 52
Somerset 14 10 4 897 599 48
Smithton 14 9 5 905 705 46
Wynyard 14 6 8 740 668 40
Ulverstone 14 4 10 528 876 36
Penguin 14 1 13 443 995 30
Latrobe 14 1 13 406 828 30
NWBU-Under 12 Girls
Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Ulverstone 14 13 0 865 212 52
Penguin 14 12 1 491 279 50
Burnie 14 8 6 437 428 44
Devonport 14 7 7 465 431 42
Smithton 14 7 7 470 429 42
Somerset 14 6 8 396 425 40
Wynyard 14 1 13 180 572 30
Latrobe 14 1 13 136 664 30
NWBU-Under 12 Boys
Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Burnie 14 13 1 896 343 54
Devonport 14 13 1 689 349 54
Ulverstone 14 10 4 769 463 48
Smithton 14 8 6 918 476 44
Wynyard 14 6 8 551 557 40
Somerset 14 4 10 378 747 36
Penguin 14 2 12 309 755 32
Latrobe 14 0 13 128 948 26
14
Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Devonport 12 12 0 871 522 48
Burnie 12 10 2 914 526 44
Latrobe 12 8 4 627 713 40
Wynyard 12 6 6 778 665 36
Somerset 12 3 9 582 839 30
Penguin 12 2 10 638 895 28
Ulverstone 12 1 10 547 797 24
Smithton 0 0 0 0 0 0
NWBU-Under 18 Boys
NWBU-Under 16 Girls Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Somerset 14 12 2 871 483 52
Wynyard 14 12 2 660 538 52
Devonport 14 9 5 658 586 46
Ulverstone 14 8 6 632 642 44
Burnie 14 8 6 702 699 44
Penguin 14 4 10 538 697 36
Smithton 14 2 12 543 710 32
Latrobe 14 1 13 537 786 30
NWBU-Under 14 Girls
Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Ulverstone 14 13 1 1026 372 54
Penguin 14 12 2 936 392 52
Devonport 14 11 3 689 406 50
Smithton 14 7 7 544 624 42
Somerset 14 6 8 506 598 40
Burnie 14 5 9 423 618 38
Wynyard 14 2 12 409 813 32
Latrobe 14 0 14 221 931 28
3
Presidents Report 2012 WOW!! What a year in basketball 2012 has been. Our Senior Women had a sensation-
al year nearly winning this year’s NWBU Title. We were just pipped at the post by
Devonport – not without its own controversy. Our Men were knocked out in the Prelimi-
nary Final also to Devonport by a team that were much hungrier than ourselves.
As players we all ponder on what could have been. It is important we continue to set
high expectations for ourselves & strive hard for betterment of the club – At Wynyard
we have a culture of hard work gets its reward. At Wynyard we set a standard of
leadership & at Wynyard we differentiate ourselves by challenging ourselves by step-
ping outside the comfort zone. As President I am extremely proud of what both teams
have achieved – I thank both Coaches David Russell & Sam Armstrong, for their com-
mitment to season 2012. For the players I ask you to go away & come to preseason
remembering the feeling you had in July.
For the Volunteers & Committee members, I thank you so much for your assistance
with the daily running of the club. It can be humbling to watch people just get in &
get things done. I have been extremely pleased with the people we have on board
at this level. We have strong interest for assistance at our club again next year but as
the saying goes “Many hands make light work!” couldn’t be more true.
For our terrific sponsors – On behalf of all of our Club thank you so much for what has
been a record year in sponsorship & revenue. Be assured the money raised will be
spent responsibly; we have clear guidelines on how our money will be spent moving
forward. We understand that we are encroaching on some difficult times for some
industries & wish you the best for the remainder of a reasonably young financial year.
We appreciate your commitment & hope you can jump on-board for Season 2013.
Our commitment to sponsorship and the Naming Rights, Gold, Silver & Bronze Sponsor-
ships will be looking to increase our offerings. We hope you enjoy the night & I look
forward to seeing you all for a drink. Please review all of our sponsors in this newsletter
& shop & spend money there please – your support of them is so important to our
club!
So what’s the future of our club? Well it’s going to be Junior Development & spread
the word that Wynyard Basketball is doing exactly that. First draft of 2013 budget has
provided significant investment in JD. We hope to have more skilled, experienced
and trained coaching staff for our inter-town roster. We will continue to participate
strongly in State & Regional Tournaments and investing in equipment to make better
basketballers. We are also working on providing a part-time role as a Junior Develop-
ment Officer if we can get the funding.
We now have a live website www.wynyardwildcats.com.au where people can buy
merchandise, season tickets at reduced prices, registration of players & general
communication from our club.
We are looking at opportunities to shop online through to our sponsor websites.
We will be working with our Council to try & upgrade our facilities.
So continue to expect changes at our Club, we are growing & we want you onboard
to help us prosper.
In closing, thank you & your families for all your support this year: to the Club & to me
personally as 1st year President. Enjoy the night & please make yourself open for intro-
duction to our entire Club. Drive safely & enjoy your night – It’s a night for YOU!
Deepest Thanks & Kind Regards
Michael Rowlands, President.
4
Wynyard Wildwomen Coaches Report After being appointed Women’s coach for 2012 I was looking forward to
the new season after our 4th placing in 2011. With most of our young side
continuing on this year with another year of experience under their belt
things were looking exciting. This year we were without Veronica Wright
(yr off), Shantrell Moss (USA), Jemma Dick (retirement), Laura Sullivan
(travelling) and Clair Jones (injured). We introduced 8 new players to our
squad, Kylie McCauley (Hobart), Danielle Ewington (Somerset), Talissa
Wilson, Chloe Gillett, Lashai Howard (Burnie), Sophie Townsend, Ellyse
Gamble, Bailey Groenewege (Wyn Juniors), as well as the return of Briana
Hutton after her early exit last season due to her and Garth’s 2nd child’s
arrival. With so many new players of different size I had a challenge to
find new structures that suited our individual talents as well as our new
teams strengths at both ends of the court to which our ladies worked very
hard on the court in practise to work as one unit where everyone was on the
same page. But for this to work even better we also had to gel as a group
off the court being such a new bunch. So throughout the year we had sever-
al gatherings so the ladies could get to know each other off the court as
well as on, hopefully from a coach’s point of view to get them to play with
passion for each other. Our season although getting results on the court we
also had our fair share of injuries, resulting in players missing games as
well as trainings. Players were unable to train due to work commitments
and sickness made it hard at times to get to the standard we were after on
game nights. By far our biggest disappointment was injury to Talissa at a
time in which she was showing us all how well she can play at senior level.
To her credit she has showed great resolve and maturity to deal with every-
thing she has gone through still with a smile upon her face.
Finishing the home and away roster games with a 19-2 record we were
quite satisfied to hat we had achieved to this point. Unfortunately things
didn’t fall our way when it most counted in that we dropped the most im-
portant game of the year by 1 point. I would like to thank Robyn Edwards
for once again living beyond expectations for what she does for our team.
Rebecca Dick for coming in late to add coaching strength to our team for
the final series. Thanks to all our sponsors and supporters for the support
throughout the year, to everyone that made the games happen. Hopefully
the loss urges the girls to have the want, passion and pride to work even
harder to get the ultimate prize. Accept the CHALLENGE, get on board
for the ride, cant come soon enough.
David Russell 13
Teams Played Won Lost For Against Points
Ulerstone 21 19 1 1783 1410 78
Wynyard 21 17 4 1994 1553 76
Burnie 21 14 7 1745 1757 70
Devonport 21 11 10 1589 1548 64
Somerset 21 7 14 1569 1700 56
Latrobe 21 7 14 1477 1770 56
Smithton 21 5 16 1496 1747 52
Penguin 21 4 16 1607 1775 48
NWBU—Senior Men
NWBU—Senior Women
Teams Played Won Lost For Against Points
Wynyard 21 19 2 1461 1101 80
Devonport 21 17 4 1457 1170 76
Penguin 21 11 10 1385 1254 64
Latrobe 21 11 10 1339 1286 64
Smithton 21 11 10 1368 1381 64
Ulverstone 21 9 12 1177 1254 60
Somerset 21 4 17 1256 1583 50
Burnie 21 2 19 1132 1546 46
NWBU-Under 18 Girls
Team Played Win Lost For Against Points
Devonport 12 10 2 699 531 44
Wynyard 12 9 3 609 511 42
Somerset 12 8 4 753 734 40
Penguin 12 7 5 645 614 38
Ulverstone 12 4 8 621 626 32
Burnie 12 3 9 609 722 30
Latrobe 12 1 11 468 666 26
Smithton 0 0 0 0 0 0
12
Adam Brooks Group
Bates Plumbing
Bit Sharpening Services
Buchaneers for Seafood
Dr Lisa Turner
Engineering Comp
Hair Eclipse x 2
IGA Wivenhoe
Irrigation Tas
J&K Moore (petrol)
KAW Fitness
Lady Bugs Cafe
Plaster Designs
Premier Motors Mazda
Ray White Real Estate - Burnie
Renaissance Hair & Beauty
Richard Jones Joinery
Somerset Discount Tyres
Tastex Linings
Westside smash Repairs
Wynyard Basketball Kiosk x 2
Wynyard Health & Fitness
Wynyard Transport
Player Sponsors
Junior Sponsors
B&E
Patreena's Flower Studio
Save a Buck
THANKS TO OUR SPON-
Dargavel Windows
Sports First
Zest Wealth Advisors
Seabreeze
Cat Underground Mining
Rod Glover Legal
Coastal Kitchens
Decadent Hair & Beauty
Newmans Furniture House
Richard Jones Joinery
Tile Mart
Wynyard Sports & Toys
Adam Brooks Group
IGA Supermarket Wynyard
Club Sponsors
Active Accountants
Coastal Physiotherapy
Dixons Pharmacy
Fairford Pty Ltd
Irrigation Tas
L J Hooker
Lynx Café
Nigel Voss Flooring
Pease's Shoe Store
Save a Buck
Steve Baker Electrical
Wynyard Hydrotherapy
Wynyard Newsagency
Wall Sign Sponsors
5
Wynyard Wildcats Coaches Report Firstly I would like to thank the Wynyard Basketball Club for giving me the oppor-tunity to coach a group of guys I have the upmost respect for, as people and as basket-
ballers. While the end result for 2012 was below our expectations and standards I thank every one of my players for their contribution to our program. Some would say
we had an ok year finishing second and making the preliminary final but I know my
team was gutted with the result. This result raised such questions as has the men’s pro-gram finally turned a corner? Are we not as good as we use to be? Has complacency
crept in? Are we getting to old? I answer these questions with the following.. Most
people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win,” one of my favourite quotes from Bobby Knight. Gut wrenching 400m runs followed by hills and agility
ladder work, time trials through Shorewell park reserve, tractor tyre pulling, team bootcamp sessions and team beach work sessions like no other. This preseason
showed me I had a group of guys committed to 2012. I’m sure most of the guys would
look back and think it was the hardest preseason they had ever undertaken. At the forefront throughout the preseason was our oldest player. Standards were set and eve-
ryone had an idea of what level was acceptable. The one thing I love about the men’s program is the culture that surrounds the group, everyone knows what is expected.
My focuses as a coach lied know further than the next challenge at hand. Very cliché
but I coach one week at a time and our preparation always followed suit. Trainings were always competitive and everyone challenged everyone on a consistent basis.
Everyone bought in to our system and all you want as a coach is a group of players
that are coachable and believe in what you are trying to put in place. The team that hit the floor every week was a good blend of youth and experience highlighted by the
most talented 15 year old in the state in Kyle Clark through to league MVP Ben Arm-strong who I feel had one of his best seasons in the past 3 to 4 years. I am proud that
our men’s team have been able to retain our local players and that we can still call our-
selves an all local product. I would like to thank my experienced players Bj, Scotty, Lee, Rowly and Stu Turner for challenging me as a coach and as a player and leading
the way both on game nights and at practice to the younger members of our team. I would also like to thank Ethan Johnstone Nick Taylor, Kyle Clark, Stuart Lee and
Sam Douglas for allowing themselves to be coached and mentored by myself and our
senior players. They are all quality young men with bright futures and are always wel-come in our program. Thank you finally to Trout, Pete Gaff and Jeff Taylor for their
continued support of our men’s team and these three guys are just as much part of the
team as the players. 2012 has challenged me as a coach and I understand and accept results lay squarely on my shoulders. As a team we now have fresh challenges ahead
and a common goal of once again establishing our team as the best in the NWBU. In regards to questions raised by other parties I would say go ahead ask questions,
make statements but write the Wynyard’s men program off at your own peril!!
BRING ON 2013.
Sam Armstrong
6
Wildcats: Senior NWBU Men’s 3rd place
Wildwomen: Senior NWBU Women’s Runners Up
U/18 Girls: Junior NWBU Runners Up
U/16 Girls: Junior NWBU Runners Up
Sam Armstrong: 400 NWBU Games
Michael Rowlands: 200 NWBU Games
Danielle Ewington: 150 NWBU Games
Stuart Turner: 150 NWBU Games
David Russell: 100 NWBU Games (coach)
Ethan Johnstone: 100 NWBU Games
Danielle Radford: 50 NWBU Games
Kelsey Johnstone: 50 NWBU Games
Ben Armstrong: Runner Up Advocate Player of the
Year Award
Stacey Poke: Runner Up Advocate Player of the
Year Award
Kylie McCauley: Runner Up Advocate Player of the
Year Award
Australian Kyle Clarke (3 on 3)
Representatives: Rebecca Dick (3 on 3 Coach)
State Team U/20 Girls Chloe Gillett
Representatives: U/18 Girls Kelsey Johnstone
U/16 Girls Danielle Radford
Michael Johnstone (coach)
U/16 Boys Kyle Clarke
SEABL Representatives: Stacey Poke (Tornadoes), Kylie
McCauley (Chargers), Ben
Armstrong, Lee McGaffin (Thunder)
Junior North-West U/14 Boys Mitchell Rowlands, Eric
Representatives: Spinks, U/12 Girls Emily Doig, U/12
Boys Tane Routledge, Ben Chettle,
Connor Bakes
ITCP Scholarship Kyle Clarke (TIS), Kelsey Johnstone,
Holders: Danielle Radford, Sophie Townsend
11
Quiz
1.What year did the NWBU competition as we know it now start? ________________
2. Who are Wynyard’s 3 major sponsors this yr?
______________________________________________________ 3. The Wynyard men have been runner up 8 times and the women runner up 8 times, how many finals has each team won? ____________ 4. At what age did Lee McGaffin start playing basketball for the Wildcats? ______ 5. Which man and woman scored the most points in one game for Wynyard
this year? ____________________________________________________ 6. Who wore player number 4 for the under 14 girls this year?
____________________________ 7. Which Wynyard Players have played 150 NWBU Games this yr?
______________________________________________________________ 8. What number did Ethan Johnstone wear for the Wynyard men’s team?
______________________________________________________ 9. How many and who senior players have children?
______________________________________________________________ 10. What statistics did Kyle Clarke top in at the Australia National Under 16
Championships this year?_________________________________________
11. Which Opals Women from the recent Olympics played for the Tornadoes in the past (there is 2)?_____________________________________________
12. What placing did the Australian Boomers finish this year at the London Olympics? ________________
10
NA
ME
T
OT
AL
G
am
es
A
VE
RA
GE
S
R
bd
s
As
s
Pts
P
layed
R
bd
s
As
s
Pts
Danie
lle R
adfo
rd
90
42
149
20
4.5
0
2.1
0
7.4
5
Sta
ce
y P
oke
140
85
376
21
6.6
7
4.0
5
17.9
0
Elly
se G
am
ble
2
0
0
12
0.1
7
0.0
0
0.0
0
Melis
sa S
ue A
llen
70
32
71
15
4.6
7
2.1
3
4.7
3
Ta
yla J
on
es
0
0
1
2
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.5
0
Danie
lle E
win
gto
n
5
1
8
10
0.5
0
0.1
0
0.8
0
Sop
hie
Tow
nse
nd
21
9
55
19
1.1
1
0.4
7
2.8
9
Kels
ey J
ohnsto
ne
57
28
133
18
3.1
7
1.5
6
7.3
9
Lasha
i Ho
ward
32
6
10
16
2.0
0
0.3
8
0.6
3
Tallis
sa W
ilson
17
4
39
7
2.4
3
0.5
7
5.5
7
Chlo
e G
illett
43
19
70
19
2.2
6
1.0
0
3.6
8
Mel S
co
lyer
49
11
49
21
2.3
3
0.5
2
2.3
3
Bria
na H
utto
n
111
62
120
15
7.4
0
4.1
3
8.0
0
Lis
a W
alk
er
7
0
6
14
0.5
0
0.0
0
0.4
3
Baile
y G
roe
nw
ege
6
5
8
16
0.3
8
0.3
1
0.5
0
Kylie
McC
aule
y
293
37
366
17
17.2
4
2.1
8
21.5
3
7
NA
ME
T
OT
AL
G
am
es
A
VE
RA
GE
S
R
bd
s
As
s
Pts
P
layed
R
bd
s
As
s
Pts
Sam
Arm
str
ong
71
60
422
17
4.1
8
3.5
3
24.8
2
Lee M
cG
aff
in
131
47
207
16
8.1
9
2.9
4
12.9
4
Scott M
cG
aff
in
75
57
199
21
3.5
7
2.7
1
9.4
8
Eth
an J
oh
nsto
ne
12
7
12
19
0.6
3
0.3
7
0.6
3
Mic
ha
el R
ow
lan
ds
127
13
142
20
6.3
5
0.6
5
7.1
0
Stu
art
Turn
er
65
56
254
20
3.2
5
2.8
0
12.7
0
Ben A
rmstr
ong
95
139
521
20
4.7
5
6.9
5
26.0
5
Sam
Dougla
s
116
8
88
20
5.8
0
0.4
0
4.4
0
Stu
art
Le
e
19
3
24
21
0.9
0
0.1
4
1.1
4
Nic
k T
aylo
r 4
3
20
21
0.1
9
0.1
4
0.9
5
Kyle
Cla
rke
81
9
105
16
5.0
6
0.5
6
6.5
6
8
Men’s NWBU Best & Fairest Voting Ben Armstrong 58 Sam Armstrong 39 Lee McGaffin 15 Kyle Clarke 10 Stuart Turner 8 Sam Douglas 7 Michael Rowlands 3
Men’s Advocate NWBU Voting Ben Armstrong 43 Sam Armstrong 22 Lee McGaffin 13 Stuart Turner 7 Sam Douglas 2 Michael Rowlands 1
9
Women’s NWBU Best & Fairest Voting Stacey Poke 55 Kylie McCauley 36 Briana Hutton 18 Melissa-sue Allen 10 Kelsey Johnstone 6 Talissa Wilson 4 Chloe Gillett 3 Danielle Radford 3 Sophie Townsend 1
Women’s Advocate NWBU Voting Kylie McCauley 37 Stacey Poke 37 Briana Hutton 10 Danielle Radford 6 Melissa-sue Allen 5 Talissa Wilson 2 Kelsey Johnstone 1 Chloe Gillett 1