Nothin' But News #14

[Warwick Janetzki <giants@icplus.net.au>]

This is an e-mail that we get. As it comes up to the World championships
it will have stuff on ben pepper, you can subscribe to it yourselves if
you're into international basketball. thought some of you may be
interested.

Warwick


Basketball Australia wrote:
> 
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> "Nothin' But News" - Your Telstra ACN Network News Update from
> Basketball Australia and Nothin' But Net. Volume XIV - 10 January 1998
> ***********************************************************************
> Welcome to the fourteenth edition of "Nothin' But News".  Basketball
> Australia's weekly newsletter is mailed direct to all ACN members and
> those on the Nothin' But Net Infolist. "Nothin' But News" reports the
> latest news about the Telstra ACN. Other regular features include news
> and reports about Australian and International basketball.
> 
> CONTENTS
> 
> -- WELCOME BACK
> -- TEAM TALK - BA NEWS
> -- TEAM TALK - IN OUR BACKYARD
> -- OZ97 VIDEO OUT NOW
> -- ACN NEWS
> 
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> WELCOME BACK!
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> So that was Christmas?  Best New Year wishes to all our readers and to
> Australian basketball supporters everywhere.  Welcome to a World
> Championship year for the Boomers and the Goldmark Opals; to one-and-a-half
> NBL and WNBL seasons in a year as they change to Summer; to more great
> basketball on your courts and on ours.
> 
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> TEAM TALK  AT BA
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> 
> NEW APPOINTMENTS IN OUR OFFICE
> Following the appointment of Gary Evans as High Performance Manager last
> year, BA has re-structured its participation section.  Tracy Lawrence has
> been promoted to Participation Manager, with responsibility for overseeing
> BA's participation programs, including the disability programs.  Tracy was
> formerly the Co-ordinator for Basketball for People with a Disability.
> Natalie Stewart, who has been our Marketing and Promotions Executive, has
> been appointed Events and Tours Administrator.  Natalie will be responsible
> for national championships and incoming tours.  Megan Lupton has been
> appointed to a newly created Administrative Assistant position.  Megan
> comes to BA fresh from completing her BA at the University of Technology
> Sydney.
> 
> NEW VIDEO ANALYSIS SYSTEM
> The Goldmark Opals will soon take delivery of a new video analysis system,
> the Sportscode 2000.  Developed in Australia by Digital Sports Systems, the
> system will be used by the Opals' team staff for scouting, team and
> individual player evaluation and to create video playbooks for the team.
> It is a portable system, and will go with the Opals on every tour and camp.
>  Funding from the Australian Sports Commission has made the purchase
> possible.  Find out more about the system at www.dss.net.au.  (Tell 'em we
> sent you!)
> 
> SMITH'S BOOMERS' SPONSORSHIP ENDS
> After a two-and-a-half year relationship, the Smith's Snackfood Company and
> the Boomers have parted company.  Basketball Australia is currently holding
> discussions with a number of companies interested in sponsoring the
> Boomers, currently ranked 4 in the world, as they prepare for this year's
> World Championship and the 2000 Olympics.
> 
> TIMMS MISSES OPALS' BRAZIL TOUR
> The Goldmark Opals' starting point guard, Michele Timms, will miss the
> Goldmark Opals' two game series and training camp in Brazil due to illness.
>  Preliminary tests have diagnosed Timms with pneumonia.  She is in hospital
> at her home base in Phoenix, Arizona.
> 
> The loss is a disappointment to Head Coach, Tom Maher, who is also without
> Oapls' regulars Trish Fallon (pregnancy), Shelley Sandie (ABL) and Sandy
> Brondello (Germany).
> 
> The week in Brazil includes two games against the Brazilian National Team
> (currently ranked number two in the world) on 10 and 11 January and a three
> day intensive training camp.  It is part  of the team's preparation for the
> World Championships, 26 May - 7 June, 1998 in Germany.
> 
> Sydney Flames star Annie La Fleur has replaced Timms on the tour.  The
> Opals' squad also includes Gina Stevens, coming back since contracting a
> virus a year ago and Rohanee Cox, a member of the silver medal Under 20
> Women's Team in her senior debut. The team is:
> 
> Robyn Maher  (Sydney Flames)
> Michelle Griffiths (Sydney Flames)
> Annie La Fleur (Sydney Flames)
> Carla Porter (Adelaide Lightning)
> Lauren Jackson (AIS)
> Kristi Harrower (Melbourne Tigers)
> Gina Stevens (Perth Breakers)
> Rohanee Cox (AIS)
> Rachael Sporn (Adelaide Lightning)
> Jo Hill (Adelaide Lightning)
> Jenny Whittle (Perth Breakers)
> Alison Cook (Bulleen Boomers)
> 
> You can find the results of the Opals' games on the Nothin' But Net Web
> site at www.basketball.net.au from 12 January (Australian time).
> 
> WARM UP WITH SAM MACKINNON
> Basketball Australia has two great new posters available.  One is a
> recruiting poster for referees  great for local associations and clubs.
> The other has been produced by the Australian Physiotherapy Association and
> features a huge Sam Mackinnon dunk on the Lithuanian National Team.  The
> posters are available to basketball players, fans, and administrators, as
> well as schools and clinics. To get them, contact Basketball Australia.
> There will be a small charge for postage and packing.
> 
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> TEAM TALK  IN OUR BACKYARD
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> 
> TICKET PRICES  1998 MEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
> The Hellenic Basketball Federation has provided Basketball Australia with
> the following information regarding series tickets for the 1998 Men's World
> Championships, to be held in Athens in July:
> 
> "1.  A full series of top category tickets for all the games of your
> national team including the finals costs 180,000 drs.  These tickets
> correspond to very good seats, in the centre of the court.
> 2.  A full series of A category tickets for all the games of your national
> team including the finals costs 135,000 drs.
> 3.  A full series of B category tickets for all the games of your national
> team including the finals costs 99,000 drs.
> 
> In the case you wish to attend all the games in both stadia (8 games per
> day) the additional cost is:
> Top category and A category tickets - 75,000 drs
> B category tickets - 54,000drs
> 
> The tickets, which are sold only in full series, can be reserved by paying
> 50% of their cost.  The tickets reservation will be made on first come
> first served basis.
> 
> The deadline for the applications for tickets reservations is April 15,
> 1998.
> 
> For further assistance, especially in the case you need to make room
> reservations as well, you may contact the Official Travel Agency of the
> World Championship  Travel Plan, Chr. Lada 9, GR-10237.  Tel 30-1-3333 300
>  Fax 30-1-3221 448."
> 
> As at 7 January the rate of exchange is $1AUS = 182 drs.
> 
> HOW MUCH?
> Ernst and Young have released the preliminary findings of its study into
> the economic value of sport and recreation in the ACT.  It found that in
> 1995/96 the sport and recreation sector contributed $824 million, provided
> 7,000 full and part-time jobs and provided the government with one of its
> best returns on investment.  The population of the ACT is about 300,000, or
> less than 2% of the Australian population.  Of course, the National Schools
> Basketball tournament has since been added to the ACT events calendar, so
> the value will be even greater from now on!
> 
> COME IN TASSIE!
> Basketball Tasmania has just produced the first issue of its new
> newsletter.  Its stated aim is to "improve communication between Basketball
> Tasmania and the associations throughout the state and circulate relevant
> information".  There can't be too much of that, so we look forward to a
> long running series.
> 
> HE JUST WANTS TO PLAY
> >From the Canberra Times on-line at www.canberratimes.com.au:
> "An Australian high-school basketball player who sued a Californian Sports
> Federation after it banned him from playing sport has gone back to court
> seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages.  John Ryan, a power
> forward with the NSW under-18 team last year, filed the damages claim this
> week.
> 
> "The Ryan case has become an embarrassment for the Rancho Buena Vista
> School District, near San Diego.  It began six months ago when parents
> complained during a summer basketball tournament that the 195cm 18-year-old
> Australian would take the place of an American on the basketball and
> football teams. Ryan was eventually banned from playing sport by the
> Californian Interscholastic Sports Federation which governs high-school
> athletics in the state. Ryan refused to give up his quest to play and took
> the federation to court - winning the case two weeks ago when a Superior
> Court judge ruled the Federation had wrongly made Ryan ineligible.
> 
> "During the court battle a football coach who approved Ryan's stay at the
> school was fired and later re-instated after an emotional public rally.
> There was also an investigation into why three other Australian exchange
> students with top-level basketball skills had mysteriously attended the
> school in recent years.
> 
> "Ryan is negotiating with the immigration service to extend his stay until
> he completes high-school exams in April. The school has allowed him to try
> out for the basketball team this Saturday."
> 
> A BULL RUN
> Wall Street's bulls have nothing on the basketball team of the same name in
> Chicago.  Its recent home win against the Phoenix Suns gave the Bulls their
> 500th consecutive home sell-out.
> 
> Meanwhile, Luc Longley had one of his best games in the NBA, helping the
> Chicago Bulls to their 12th straight home win, a 114-100 victory over the
> Milwaukee Bucks. Longley scored a career-high 24 points, matched a career
> best with eight assists and grabbed nine rebounds for the Bulls, who won
> for the ninth time in 10 games.  Longley seems to be having his best season
> yet in the NBA as he nears the end of his current contract with Chicago.
> 
> With more than 30,000 votes Longley is currently fourth in the Eastern
> Conference and eighth overall in balloting among the centres for the NBA
> All-Star game on February 8 in New York.  Vote now
> <http://www.nba.com/interactive/00421380.html> to select the starters for
> the 48th annual NBA All-Star game.
> 
> DUNKING TAKES ANOTHER
> A 19 y.o. youth died over the New Year period whilst attempting a slam-dunk
> on a backyard hoop.  In the second such tragedy in recent months, the
> backboard's brick supports gave way under the weight of the dunk.  The
> death has increased calls for the banning of the 'slam-dunk' from
> Australian basketball. A coroner's inquest into the death continues.
> 
> AND THE WINNER IS.SYDNEY (AGAIN)
> Sydney will host Gay Games VI in September 2002.
> 
> The Games should attract 11,000 athletes in the 30 official sports and a
> further 3,000 cultural participants.  It will also attract 25,000 visitors
> to Sydney, injecting some $80m into the local economy.  Along with the
> World Masters Games in Melbourne in 2002, the Gay Games will be one of the
> largest sporting events after the 2000 Olympics.
> 
> Basketball is one of the 30 official sports.  At the last Gay Games in New
> York in 1994, just under 30 teams participated in the basketball
> competition.  Similar numbers are expected in Amsterdam (Gay Games V) in
> August 1998.  The organisers of Sydney 2002 expect similar numbers
> participate, many from overseas.
> 
> The Gay Games is a gay and lesbian organised event open to everyone.  The
> Games are based on principles of participation, inclusion and personal
> best, ensuring that basketballers of all levels can participate.  These
> principles applied to the Games in Sydney will mean greater involvement of
> women, greater participation by athletes with disabilities and
> opportunities to reach out to athletes in the Asia/Pacific region.
> 
> Basketball Australia, the governing body for basketball in Australia,
> encourages participation in basketball at all levels.  The Gay Games'
> principles of are participation and personal achievement, are in line with
> Basketball Australia's philosophies.  BA will provide, in an advisory
> capacity, technical and planning expertise of BA staff and reach out to the
> basketball community to assist in making the basketball program a complete
> success.
> 
> For more information on the Games, contact Basketball Australia 
> ausbasket@basketball.net.au  or the Sports Director of Gay Games VI, Stuart
> Borrie  sborrie@ozemail.com.au
> 
> Alternatively, you can look up the Gay Games VI web page on
> www.sydney2002.org.au
> 
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> IN CASE YOU FORGOT: OZ 97 - LIVE IT AGAIN!
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> 
> Basketball Australia has released a highlight video featuring the
> Australian 22 and Under Men's Team and their historic gold medal
> achievement at the recent World Championship (OZ97) in Melbourne. The video
> includes three hours of exciting footage from all games played by the
> 'Crocs' including thrilling victories over the USA, Argentina, and the
> history making win over the undefeated Puerto Rico. The 'Gold Medal Story'
> is an ideal Christmas gift for the basketball enthusiast. The video retails
> at $24.95 plus postage and handling and includes a free poster of the World
> Champions. To order your copy, phone direct on 1800-817-474 and quote the
> catalogue number 101319
> 
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> ACN NEWS
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> 
> MODEMS FOR QUEENSLAND ASSOCIATIONS
> This week BA delivered to Queensland Basketball association modem &
> Internet access kits for 9 of its associations. To get your association
> on-line with a modem and 6 months free Internet access for $30, call
> Richard Groves at Basketball Australia on (02) 9369-5522.
> 
> INFOLIST SERVICE
> The number of subscribers to the Basketball Australia infolist e-mail
> service is increasing at a constant rate.  We now have more than 420 people
> on our infolist.  All Basketball Australia media releases and the Nothin
> But News newsletter are distributed via the infolist.  If you are receiving
> this newsletter by fax and would prefer it to be e-mailed to you, subscribe
> from the Nothin' But Net website.
> 
> MORE BASKETBALL JOBS
> Visit the ACN Employment Page at www.basketball.net.au/acn.htm for recent
> postings of basketball- jobs, such as those just advertised by the NSW
> Pacific Conference for senior country titles coaches for Terrigal in April.
>  There are 4 positions to be filled for open men's and women's, u23 men's
> and women's teams.  All tour expenses are paid for coaches.  Contact- Ron
> Vanderjagt. ph/fax. 02-65624440.  Closes Friday 30 January 30.
> 
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