BASKETBALL

CGGS competes in the ACT Junior Girls Basketball Competition. This season, CGGS has 15 teams entered into the competition, which is coordinated by One Basketball Canberra. The Fixtures list and results can be viewed at their website by clicking here: One Basketball Canberra

JUNIOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Sue Geh Cup Final

Our Year 5/6 Basketball team will be playing in the Sue Geh Cup Basketball Final this Saturday night, 15 November at the AIS Arena. The game will be an opener to the Canberra TransACT Capitals v Dandenong Rangers WNBL game. Tip Off is 5.20pm. We wish the team good luck.

CGGS Year 5/6 Basketball Team:

Keely Lodding, Alana Dalgleish, Olivia Simpson, Hannah Blewitt-Gray, Edne Milne, Grace Woonton, Taylia Sarris, Joanna Chalker, Jessica Vials and Sophie Clarke.

Greg Cross

Basketball Coordinator

Posted CGGS Newsletter 32 - 31 October 2008

Basketball Winners - Sue Geh Cup

On Thursday 23 October, Jessica Vials, Eden Milne, Sophie Clarke, Grace Woonton, Alana Dalgleish, Hannah Blewitt-Gray, Joanna Chalker, Taylia Sarris, Olivia Simpson and I played in the Sue Geh Cup at the Tuggeranong Basketball Stadium in the Year 5/6 competition.

Sue Geh was a local Canberra woman who was about seven feet tall. She played with the Australian Institute of Sport and with the Australian opals in the 1980s. Due to a heart condition she passed away in her early thirties. As a mark of respect, Basketball Canberra named the competition after her.

We played four games against St Francis Assisi, Monash, Charles Conder and Curtin winning all four games. We then played in the grand final against St Clares Assisi which we also won. By winning the Southside competition we now play the winner of the Northside competition which is Burgmann as an opener to the Canberra Capitals game on 15 November - so please come along and support us.

We all had a wonderful time and would love to do it again. This is what some of the players had to say about the day:

“Today was very exhilarating, I had fun playing in a team with my friends”.

“I really enjoyed today and would love to do it again. Thanks to our coach Shauna Lodding and all the parents who came along. Their help made the day even more enjoyable for all the girls who participated”. 

We would all thank Shauna Lodding for giving up her time to coach us.

Keely Lodding
Year 6 student

Posted CGGS Newsletter 31 - 24 October 2008

Posted CGGS Newsletter 29 - 26 September 2008

SENIOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL

This Saturday 27 September, our Basketball players who will be travelling to the USA in December are conducting a shoot-a-thon. It will start at 8am and finish by 6pm here in the CGGS Gym.

If you are interested in coming and supporting the players during this time, it would be much appreciated by all involved.

Jenny Hunter
Co-curricular Sports Coordinator

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Posted CGGS Newsletter 28 - 19 September 2008

Junior School Grammar Blue – Basketball

The Grammar Blue basketball team has had a great year and we were very lucky because we played in the basketball Grand Final last Saturday. We had all practised a lot!

Even though we lost we had a lot of fun and played as a team and that is all that matters to us.

After the game we were screaming like mad because we were so happy with ourselves just to get to play in the grand final.  All the players in Grammar Blue never thought we would get that far!

Thanks to Lucy and Katrina, our coaches, and also to our manager Bev Turner and to our sports teachers.  We had a great season!

Alice Dyer 4B

Senior School Basketball - Sunflowers win shoot out at Belconnen

The touring Japanese Jomo Sunflowers concluded their tour of Australia with an entertaining 107-101 over a Canberra Invitational line-up at Belconnen Stadium. The invitation team contained Lauren Simpson (12D).

Canberra’s team included four of this year’s new look Capitals side and a selection of local ABA and U20 players and accordingly was happy to try and outrun the always up-tempo visiting side. Jomo Sunflowers 107 (Hiromi Suwa 28, Rika Tanaka 13, Ryoko Utsumi 14, Akane Nihara 10) defeated  Canberra Invitational Women 101 (Jess Bibby 33, Michelle Musselwhite 29, Chantella Perera 15, Nicki Graham 7, Nat Hurst 5, Kristen Langhorn 3, Lauren Simpson 3, Jes Wheeler 3, Ella Ward 3)

(extract from: http://www.act.basketball.net.au/fs_newsitem.asp?id=81331&orgID=10&Oname=One+Basketball+Canberra&O1c=12&O10c=2) 

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Posted CGGS Newsletter 27 - 12 September 2008 

JUNIOR SCHOOL BASKETBALL NEWS

The Junior School will be entering a basketball team into the Sue Geh Cup – a basketball competition for Year 5/6 students.

This will be held on Thursday 23 October 2008. Students wishing to be part of this team (eight players) should attend trials on Monday 22 September at the Senior School Gym at 3.40pm.

Greg Cross
Basketball Coordinator

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Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 15 - 30 May 2008

Senior School USA Basketball Tour

Students who have expressed an interest in the USA Basketball Tour are asked to attend a Basketball trial next Monday evening 6.30pm – 8pm in the CGGS Gym.

We need to look at all players who have expressed an interest in being part of the USA Basketball Tour to establish the final two teams. It is very important that you attend if you wish to be considered. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you are unable to attend.

Jenny Hunter
Co-curricular Sports Coordinator

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Posted CGGS Newsletter No. 12 - 9 May 2008

ASC BASKETBALL

Last Thursday 1 May, CGGS sent three teams to compete in the Associated Southern Colleges Girls’ Basketball Competition.

The results are as follows:

• Years 7 and 8 team – second place
• Years 9 and 10 team – second place
• Years 11 and 12 - third place

All students played with great spirit and represented their school with pride.

Jenny Hunter
Co-curricular Sports Coordinator 

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Posted: CGGS Newsletter No. 9 - 4 April 2008

Junior School Basketball

Basketball Finals are on this weekend. We wish all teams the best of luck

Monarch         play off for 7^th position           Sunday 1pm at Tuggeranong

Mercury          play off for 3^rd                         Saturday 3pm a Tuggeranong

Silver Stars      play off for 5^th                         Saturday 3pm a Tuggeranong

Koalas              play off for 3^rd                         Friday 5.30pm at Belconnen

Emus               play off for 1^st                         Friday 5.30pm at Tuggeranong

Roos                play off for 7^th                         Saturday 1pm at Tuggeranong

Koalas              play off for 3^rd                         Saturday 12noon at Tuggeranong

Panthers          U10 have no finals                  Saturday 12noon at Tuggeranong

Gorillas             play their last game              Saturday 1pm at Tuggeranong

Greg Cross
Basketball Coordinator

Please click here to return to CGGS Newsletter 34 - 16 November 2007

Soon interested students will be asked to sign up online for Winter Basketball. Before you commit to playing you will need to be aware of the following changes

There will be set training times for the Winter Season - they are:

U16 and U18 Division 2 teams Mondays, 6.45pm to 8pm
All U16 Division 3 teams Thursdays, 4pm to 5pm
All U18 Division 3 teams Thursday, 5pm to 6pm

All Basketball players' parents and interested CGGS Community are invited to a meeting on 29 March, 6.30pm to 7.30pm in the Gym classroom - all welcome.

At this meeting you have a chance to meet our new Coaching Coordinator, see an overview of the Basketball program and have some input toon how we continue to move the program forward.

Jenny Hunter
PDHPE Teacher
Senior School