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62 — Centralian Advocate, Friday, December 13, 2013 SPORT Ellis and Preece lead way in classy walloping BASKETBALL Nick Kossatch LEAGUE Women pacesetters Wallabies Storm (LW) remain as the only unbeaten side after a 51-point thrashing over the fourth-placed Wallabies Storm (LRW). In one of the more one-sided contests, the League Women ver- sion of the Storm were too classy for its League Reserve counter- parts as Michelle Ellis and Jaiden Preece scored 39 points between them in its 65-14 win. Ellis stroked 20 points with Preece scoring 19 points and Trevina Byrne helped herself to eight points. Only Teha Day (six points) and Shay Warburton, with five, put any scoreboard pressure on for their team. Twenty-three points to Memo Magic’s (LW) Jordann Hickey helped it to an easy 44-18 win against Wallabies. The Magic extended their lead at each break in an even contrib- ution from all of their players. Tegan Hatzmilhail also was solid for the winners with nine points but the story was different for the Wallabies, who failed to have anyone with real impact. Memo Jets overcame a quarter- time deficit to overpower bottom side Wallabies Thunder (LRW) by 29 points. The Jets roared with a 17-2 second stanza to break the game open, from which the Thunder could not recover. Memo Jets’ win was orches- trated by 20 points from Shemaih Parai and Lauren Parai (13). Tiani Pon shot 11 points for Wallabies Thunder and Margaret Smith put in nine points. Rockets Saints returned to the winner’s list with a stirring 51-43 win against Memo Magic in League Men. Sean Wilkinson (13 points) got the Saints off to a good start in the first quarter with six points as his team led 12-5 at the break. The Magic fought back through dynamic youngster James Melky and it was still in the game despite trailing by 11 points at half time. Tyson Mann and Lewis Chown were terrific for Rockets Saints scoring 13 and 11 points respect- ively as it staved off a challenge from the Magic. Melky, on the back of his brilliant 25-point game in the League Reserve Men the previous night, continued his form with four triples en-route to 19 points. Melky’s team-mate Travis Mar- tin continued his consistent season with 15 points. The Saints are now just one game behind second-placed Wallabies Storm after pace- setters Nyewente beat the Storm 60-53. It was an entertaining game but Nyewente always had the edge with William Foster again setting the standard with 18 points. Foster got great support from Tristrum Watkins (16 points) and Greg Drew (eight). The Storm’s Jaye Swan shot 16 points and Chris Atkinson had an nine-point second half to finish with 14 points. Brothers smashing their PBs SWIMMING NIck Kossatch ALICE Springs swim- mers Charlie and Harry Newton had successful meets in the last of the Power and Water compe- titions for the year. The brothers warmed up for their next swim in Port Augusta with Charlie swimming four personal best times, in- cluding slashing 17sec off his previous mark in one of his favourite events, the 400m freestyle. Harry followed the ex- ample of his brother, tak- ing 2sec off one of his favourites, the 200m indi- vidual medley. Other swimmers to show outstanding results were McKealy Tiller, tak- ing 22sec off her personal best time in the 100m backstroke. Tira Kyreakou shaved 6sec off her personal best in the 100m backstroke and Kirby Patterson- Fahy 10sec off her pre- vious personal best in the 200m individual medley. Erica Portelli bettered her previous personal best time by 9sec in the 200m individual medley and Megan Bilato stripped 3sec seconds off her personal best in the 100m breaststroke. Of the other Alice Springs swimmers, Abbey Brown set a new personal best time by 4sec in the 400m freestyle and Jarrod Cross was outstanding by shaving off 22sec from his personal best in the 100-metre backstroke. Josh Haywood set a new personal best, improving by 5sec in the 50m breaststroke, and Thomas Hooton also took off 5sec from his previous personal best in the same event. Coach David Chalker said all the Alice Springs swimmers set high stan- dards. ‘‘All swimmers swam well and those that did not achieve PBs swam very close to them with a mere 100th of seconds being the difference,’’ Chalker said. The last formal training session for the year is next Friday with an amended training sched- ule over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. An event filled with fun TRIATHLON Nick Kossatch Jasper Edwards, Kathy Moylan, Glenn Edwards and Deb Page prepare for Moylan’s Mayhem on Sunday Picture: PHIL WILLIAMS ABOUT 30 triathletes across all ages will compete in Moylan’s Mayhem, a fun- based but competitive triathlon event now in its fifth year on Sunday. Founder and competitor Kathy Moylan said entrants could start from either cyc- ling, running or swimming at the Alice Springs Aquatic and Leisure Centre. ‘‘A lot of fun, people to fall off their bikes and people to swim amazing times in the 100m sprint swims and people to have smiles on their faces at all times,’’ Moylan said. Registrations are avail- able up until just before the event. ‘‘Rego sign-ins start at 5.45am with race briefing at 6.15am and then it’s 60 min- utes of mayhem, 6.30am to 7.30am, followed by break- fast, giveaway prizes for everybody and results.’’ Moylan said the triathlon was designed for people looking for extra fitness or those who wanted to focus on particular aspects of a triathlon. She is hopeful Jordyn Kindness will compete, alongside promising young- ster Jasper Edwards and James Steer. Glenn Edwards is one of the more senior competitors and said he had been doing triathlons for ‘‘six or seven years’’ and competed in sev- eral triathlons every year, as well as the ones he does volunteer work for. ‘‘Something different, I’ve always been a runner and I’ve never been a swimmer and always enjoyed the bikes, so it’s sort of a com- plete fitness package I suppose,’’ he said. ‘‘Plus when I first started we had young kids and it was good for them to get into a sport like that and they’ve kept with it, which has been good.’’ Anyone’s guess as Panthers, Norths fight for top spot BASEBALL Nick Kossatch PANTHERS and Norths meet in what is expected to be a tight baseball match tonight from 9pm at Lyel Kempster Field. The battle is on for top spot between Panthers, Cubs, Norths and Demons, who were forced to forfeit last week against Norths. Norths’ playing coach Nathan Bell expects a tough contest. ‘‘It comes down to defence and offence and if you minimise the errors it’s bound to come down to a tight game,’’ he said. Panthers had an easy win the last time the teams met, something Bell hopes won’t be repeated. Cyril Dixon and William Fitz remain unavailable because of work commitments and injury. Bell said Stephen Bell and Brett Trindle again loom as key players for his team. Nathan Bell’s opposite number David Kerrin said: ‘‘If we can keep our errors to a minimum and get runners into scoring position, we hope to come away with the win before the break.’’ Venom will have gained enor- mous confidence from its fighting effort against Cubs last week. Tonight, from 7pm, it meets a Demons side reeling from its forfeit a week ago. Demons’ playing coach Jackson Ankers said his team will be close to full strength. ‘‘We’ll definitely be fielding a strong team. Venom are getting better each week so we are still going to go out there and play the best that we can,,’’ he said. Scott Miller and Brodie Rosier are important players for the Demons, according to Ankers.

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62 — Centralian Advocate, Friday, December 13, 2013

SPORT

Ellis and Preece lead way in classy wallopingBASKETBALL

Nick Kossatch

LEAGUE Women pacesettersWallabies Storm (LW) remain asthe only unbeaten side after a51-point thrashing over thefourth-placed Wallabies Storm(LRW).

In one of the more one-sidedcontests, the League Women ver-sion of the Storm were too classyfor its League Reserve counter-parts as Michelle Ellis and JaidenPreece scored 39 points betweenthem in its 65-14 win.

Ellis stroked 20 points withPreece scoring 19 points and

Trevina Byrne helped herself toeight points.

Only Teha Day (six points) andShay Warburton, with five, putany scoreboard pressure on fortheir team.

Twenty-three points to MemoMagic’s (LW) Jordann Hickeyhelped it to an easy 44-18 winagainst Wallabies.

The Magic extended their leadat each break in an even contrib-ution from all of their players.

Tegan Hatzmilhail also wassolid for the winners with ninepoints but the story was differentfor the Wallabies, who failed tohave anyone with real impact.

Memo Jets overcame a quarter-time deficit to overpower bottomside Wallabies Thunder (LRW) by29 points.

The Jets roared with a 17-2second stanza to break the gameopen, from which the Thundercould not recover.

Memo Jets’ win was orches-trated by 20 points from ShemaihParai and Lauren Parai (13).

Tiani Pon shot 11 points forWallabies Thunder and MargaretSmith put in nine points.

Rockets Saints returned to thewinner’s list with a stirring 51-43win against Memo Magic inLeague Men.

Sean Wilkinson (13 points) gotthe Saints off to a good start in thefirst quarter with six points as histeam led 12-5 at the break.

The Magic fought back throughdynamic youngster James Melkyand it was still in the game despitetrailing by 11 points at half time.

Tyson Mann and Lewis Chownwere terrific for Rockets Saintsscoring 13 and 11 points respect-ively as it staved off a challengefrom the Magic.

Melky, on the back of hisbrilliant 25-point game in theLeague Reserve Men the previousnight, continued his form withfour triples en-route to 19 points.

Melky’s team-mate Travis Mar-tin continued his consistentseason with 15 points.

The Saints are now just onegame behind second-placedWallabies Storm after pace-setters Nyewente beat the Storm60-53. It was an entertaining gamebut Nyewente always had the edgewith William Foster again settingthe standard with 18 points.

Foster got great support fromTristrum Watkins (16 points) andGreg Drew (eight).

The Storm’s Jaye Swan shot 16points and Chris Atkinson had annine-point second half to finishwith 14 points.

Brotherssmashingtheir PBsSWIMMING

NIck Kossatch

ALICE Springs swim-mers Charlie and HarryNewton had successfulmeets in the last of thePower and Water compe-titions for the year.

The brothers warmedup for their next swim inPort Augusta withCharlie swimming fourpersonal best times, in-cluding slashing 17sec offhis previous mark in oneof his favourite events,the 400m freestyle.

Harry followed the ex-ample of his brother, tak-ing 2sec off one of hisfavourites, the 200m indi-vidual medley.

Other swimmers toshow outstanding resultswere McKealy Tiller, tak-ing 22sec off her personalbest time in the 100mbackstroke.

Tira Kyreakou shaved6sec off her personal bestin the 100m backstrokeand Kirby Patterson-Fahy 10sec off her pre-vious personal best in the200m individual medley.

Erica Portelli betteredher previous personalbest time by 9sec in the200m individual medleya n d M e g a n B i l a t ostripped 3sec seconds offher personal best in the100m breaststroke.

Of the other AliceSprings swimmers, AbbeyBrown set a new personalbest time by 4sec in the400m freestyle and JarrodCross was outstanding byshaving off 22sec from hispersonal best in the100-metre backstroke.

Josh Haywood set a newpersonal best, improvingby 5sec in the 50mb r e a s t s t r o k e , a n dThomas Hooton also tookoff 5sec from his previouspersonal best in the sameevent.

Coach David Chalkersaid all the Alice Springsswimmers set high stan-dards.

‘‘All swimmers swamwell and those that didnot achieve PBs swamvery close to them with amere 100th of secondsbeing the difference,’’Chalker said.

The last formal trainingsession for the year isnext Friday with anamended training sched-ule over the Christmasand New Year holidayperiod.

An event filled with funTRIATHLON

Nick Kossatch

Jasper Edwards, Kathy Moylan, Glenn Edwards and Deb Page prepare for Moylan’s Mayhem on SundayPicture: PHIL WILLIAMS

ABOUT 30 triathletesacross all ages will competein Moylan’s Mayhem, a fun-based but competitivetriathlon event now in itsfifth year on Sunday.

Founder and competitorKathy Moylan said entrantscould start from either cyc-ling, running or swimmingat the Alice Springs Aquaticand Leisure Centre.

‘‘A lot of fun, people to falloff their bikes and people toswim amazing times in the100m sprint swims andpeople to have smiles ontheir faces at all times,’’Moylan said.

Registrations are avail-able up until just before theevent.

‘‘Rego sign-ins start at5.45am with race briefing at6.15am and then it’s 60 min-utes of mayhem, 6.30am to7.30am, followed by break-fast, giveaway prizes foreverybody and results.’’

Moylan said the triathlonwas designed for peoplelooking for extra fitness orthose who wanted to focuson particular aspects of atriathlon.

She is hopeful JordynKindness will compete,alongside promising young-ster Jasper Edwards andJames Steer.

Glenn Edwards is one ofthe more senior competitorsand said he had been doingtriathlons for ‘‘six or sevenyears’’ and competed in sev-eral triathlons every year, aswell as the ones he doesvolunteer work for.

‘‘Something different, I’vealways been a runner andI’ve never been a swimmerand always enjoyed thebikes, so it’s sort of a com-plete fitness package Isuppose,’’ he said.

‘‘Plus when I first startedwe had young kids and itwas good for them to getinto a sport like that andthey’ve kept with it, whichhas been good.’’

Anyone’s guess as Panthers, Norths fight for top spotBASEBALL

Nick Kossatch

PANTHERS and Norths meet inwhat is expected to be a tightbaseball match tonight from 9pm atLyel Kempster Field.

The battle is on for top spotbetween Panthers, Cubs, Northsand Demons, who were forced toforfeit last week against Norths.

Norths’ playing coach Nathan

Bell expects a tough contest. ‘‘Itcomes down to defence and offenceand if you minimise the errors it’sbound to come down to a tightgame,’’ he said.

Panthers had an easy win the lasttime the teams met, something Bellhopes won’t be repeated.

Cyril Dixon and William Fitzremain unavailable because of workcommitments and injury.

Bell said Stephen Bell and Brett

Trindle again loom as key playersfor his team.

Nathan Bell’s opposite numberDavid Kerrin said: ‘‘If we can keepour errors to a minimum and getrunners into scoring position, wehope to come away with the winbefore the break.’’

Venom will have gained enor-mous confidence from its fightingeffort against Cubs last week.

Tonight, from 7pm, it meets a

Demons side reeling from its forfeita week ago. Demons’ playing coachJackson Ankers said his team willbe close to full strength.

‘‘We’ll definitely be fielding astrong team. Venom are gettingbetter each week so we are stillgoing to go out there and play thebest that we can,,’’ he said.

Scott Miller and Brodie Rosier areimportant players for the Demons,according to Ankers.