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Centralian Advocate, Friday, September 13, 2013 — 61 SPORT Geddes all geared up Successful Finke Desert Race driver Billy Geddes plans to add riding a bike to his 2014 challenge Nick Kossatch ‘ I’m looking forward to doing something different and it’s about promoting the sport and what we want to do ’ FINKE 2014 will experience something that has never been attempted before courtesy of Billy Geddes. It will feature terra therma and air but the main motive for Geddes is to complete Austra- lia’s toughest desert race. Geddes will start his campaign essentially to promote the sport and just surviving the race, twice, is the aim. The thrill of competition has driven Geddes to new heights and he fell in love with Finke in 2010 when he helped out his mates who were competing at the event. Geddes has been racing in the past three Finke events and finishing in the top 10 in the car category in all the races since. He will drive in his Geiser Bros Trophy Truck to Finke and then fly back to Alice Springs in a helicopter. Following his arrival by heli- copter Geddes will then ride a motorbike back to Finke. He will repeat the dose on the second day and it will certainly test out his endurance as some competitors struggle with the gruelling track in just one race. Geddes said the motorbike leg will pose as his biggest challenge and his commitment to date has been meticulous. He has been in training for the past year and by the time Finke 2014 arrives, all the hard yards will hopefully come to the fore, over land and on it. His request to ‘‘do something that has not been done before’’ has been granted a seal of ap- proval by Finke Desert Race president Antony Yoffa. ‘‘I’m looking forward to doing something different and it’s about promoting the sport and what we want to do,’’ Geddes said. ‘‘Finke is a one-off kind of race and is so fast. ‘‘Basically I hope to survive the whole thing and no one’s ever done it before and it’s hard enough to finish once and to do it twice is the motive.’’ Two-time King of the Desert Toby Price will give Geddes plenty of support with his inti- mate knowledge of the track and what is required to counter it. Geddes thanked all the great support from his sponsors Toyo Tyres, Brown and Hurley Kenworth, Off Road Car Sell and Stuart Highway Cara- van Park. ‘‘Pit crew are also the people to get it happening,’’ Geddes said. The 2014 Tatts Finke Desert Race will run across the Queens Birthday long weekend from Friday, June 6 until Monday, June 9, 2014. Wallabies in rare form for grand final Nick Kossatch WALLABIES Storm are through to the League Reserve Women basket- ball grand final after notching up a comfortable 14-point win against Rockets Farno in the second semi final on Tuesday night. The Storm’s Michelle Ellis was again a dominant force scoring 26 of her team’s 43 points. It capped off a big week for Ellis who was awarded the Club Eastside Alice Springs Netball Association Player’s Player trophy last Saturday night. She has the chance to have two premiership medals in the space of a week. After Ellis scored five of the Storm’s seven points in the first quarter, the team established a 14-point lead at half time and from that point the Storm was never headed. Jaiden Preece put away 10 points for the Storm that will now enjoy the extra week off before the grand final. Teniwa Ford (15 points) and 10 points to Ari Whakaruru were Farno’s better players. The first semi final produced a thrilling one-point win to the Wallabies Thunder against Memo Mustangs 34-33. The Mustangs came storming back in the last quarter in a 15-8 run with Dody Stephens (20 points) and Pauline Hickey’s five final quarter points almost getting it over the line. Kiara Russell-White was consistent throughout for Wallabies Thunder with 16 points and Jolene Preece able support with eight. Nyewente and the Rockets put on an entertaining shooting fest in the League Men second semi final but Nyewente had the last laugh with a 81-66 win. William Foster turned it on with 22 points for Nyewente and he received excellent support from Reggie Smith Jr (18 points) and a 17-point haul from Nigel Lockyer Snr. Schaylen Parai shot 18 points for the Rockets that featured two triples, Same Heke (13 points) and Chaz Solomon stroked 10 points (two triples). Wallabies Storm knocked Rockets Saints out from going deeper into the finals with a three-point win despite the Saints’ Trent Abbott’s six-three pointers in his 20 points. The Storm’s 57-54 win was on the back of a strong final 17 to 12 final quarter where Matthew Axten (12 points) took control. He scored eight points for the term to spearhead the revival. Team mates Archford Mazai top- scored for Wallabies Storm with 13 points while Jaye Swan and and Jordan White combined with 22 points between them. Rockets Saints other top point- scorers were Tyson Mann (13 points) and Stefan Yamada (10 points). Fab four hockey stars Bethany McDonald, Madlen Jones, Josh McDonald and Manekha Byerley are Alice Springs representatives in NT teams Picture: CHARLIE LOWSON Nick Kossatch YOUNG Alice Springs hockey players Madlen Jones, Josh McDonald, Bethany McDonald and Manekha Byerley are living proof that Alice Springs is a healthy breeding ground in the sport. Jones, 14, plays senior hockey for local team Diva and is going to Brusselton, Western Aust- ralia to compete with the Northern Territory state under-15 team at the end of the month. She will be playing in the Australian National Cham- pionships, which will be her third tournament. Jones is a striker and has been playing the sport since the age of eight. Fourteen-year-old Josh McDonald is off to Darwin for the under-15 Boys National Championships. The Desert Sharks fullback/ halfback said that it was going to be an exciting opportunity to hone his skills. ‘‘I’ve been playing for six years and mum got me into playing when she was younger,’’ McDonald said. He said that playing for Australia was motivation and it would be his third represent- ative outing, having played with the under-13 state team last year. Josh’s older sister Bethany McDonald recently competed with the Northern Territory under-18 team in Canberra but unfortunately the team fin- ished last. Bethany hopes to play at representative level at the under-21 level and plays locally for the Desert Sharks. ‘‘I’ve played hockey for six years and I play centre half here but when I was in Can- berra played at half and as a striker,’’ she said. Backyard hockey did happen when Bethany and Josh were younger but not so much now as the pair take their game to a whole new level. Centrals hockey player Manekha Byerley, 24, jets off to Hobart at the end of Sept- ember as a part of the women’s Australian Hockey League Territory state team called the Territory Pearls. It is her first time represent- ing this team after playing at state level. She said the recent coaching clinics by Kookaburra player Des Abbott and ex-Hockeyroo coach Dave Bell have been a boost to local hockey. ‘‘They both were really im- pressed in the skill level of the players here and they really excelled,’’ Byerley said. She has been playing the sport for 18 years taking it up during her early years at school.
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Geddes all geared up
Successful Finke Desert Race driver Billy Geddes plans to add riding a bike to his 2014 challenge
Nick Kossatch
‘I’m looking forward
to doing something
different and it’s
about promoting the
sport and what we
want to do
’
FINKE 2014 will experiencesomething that has never beenattempted before courtesy ofBilly Geddes.
It will feature terra thermaand air but the main motive forGeddes is to complete Austra-lia’s toughest desert race.
Geddes will start his campaignessentially to promote the sportand just surviving the race,twice, is the aim.
The thrill of competition hasdriven Geddes to new heightsand he fell in love with Finkein 2010 when he helped out hismates who were competing atthe event.
Geddes has been racing in thepast three Finke events andfinishing in the top 10 in the carcategory in all the races since.
He will drive in his Geiser BrosTrophy Truck to Finke andthen fly back to Alice Springsin a helicopter.
Following his arrival by heli-copter Geddes will then ridea motorbike back to Finke.
He will repeat the dose on thesecond day and it will certainlytest out his endurance as somecompetitors struggle with thegruelling track in just one race.
Geddes said the motorbike legwill pose as his biggest challengeand his commitment to date hasbeen meticulous.
He has been in training for thepast year and by the time Finke2014 arrives, all the hard yardswill hopefully come to the fore,over land and on it.
His request to ‘‘do somethingthat has not been done before’’has been granted a seal of ap-
proval by Finke Desert Racepresident Antony Yoffa.
‘‘I’m looking forward to doingsomething different and it’sabout promoting the sport andwhat we want to do,’’ Geddessaid. ‘‘Finke is a one-off kind ofrace and is so fast.
‘‘Basically I hope to survive thewhole thing and no one’s everdone it before and it’s hardenough to finish once and to doit twice is the motive.’’
Two-time King of the DesertToby Price will give Geddesplenty of support with his inti-mate knowledge of the track andwhat is required to counter it.
Geddes thanked all the greatsupport from his sponsorsT o y o T y r e s , B r o w n a n dHurley Kenworth, Off Road CarSell and Stuart Highway Cara-van Park.
‘‘Pit crew are also the people toget it happening,’’ Geddes said.
The 2014 Tatts Finke DesertRace will run across the QueensBirthday long weekend fromFriday, June 6 until Monday,June 9, 2014.
Wallabies inrare form forgrand finalNick Kossatch
WALLABIES Storm are through tothe League Reserve Women basket-ball grand final after notching up acomfortable 14-point win againstRockets Farno in the second semifinal on Tuesday night.
The Storm’s Michelle Ellis wasagain a dominant force scoring 26of her team’s 43 points.
It capped off a big week for Elliswho was awarded the Club EastsideAlice Springs Netball AssociationPlayer’s Player trophy last Saturdaynight.
She has the chance to have twopremiership medals in the space of aweek.
After Ellis scored five of the Storm’sseven points in the first quarter, theteam established a 14-point lead athalf time and from that point theStorm was never headed.
Jaiden Preece put away 10 pointsfor the Storm that will now enjoy theextra week off before the grand final.
Teniwa Ford (15 points) and 10points to Ari Whakaruru wereFarno’s better players.
The first semi final produced athrilling one-point win to theWallabies Thunder against MemoMustangs 34-33.
The Mustangs came storming backin the last quarter in a 15-8 run withDody Stephens (20 points) andPauline Hickey’s five final quarterpoints almost getting it over the line.
Kiara Russell-White was consistentthroughout for Wallabies Thunder
with 16 points and Jolene Preece able
support with eight.
Nyewente and the Rockets put on
an entertaining shooting fest in the
League Men second semi final but
Nyewente had the last laugh witha 81-66 win.
William Foster turned it on with 22points for Nyewente and he receivedexcellent support from Reggie SmithJr (18 points) and a 17-point haul fromNigel Lockyer Snr.
Schaylen Parai shot 18 points for theRockets that featured two triples,Same Heke (13 points) and ChazSolomon stroked 10 points (two triples).
Wallabies Storm knocked RocketsSaints out from going deeper into thefinals with a three-point win despitethe Saints’ Trent Abbott’s six-threepointers in his 20 points.
The Storm’s 57-54 win was on theback of a strong final 17 to 12 finalquarter where Matthew Axten (12points) took control.
He scored eight points for the termto spearhead the revival.
Team mates Archford Mazai top-scored for Wallabies Storm with 13points while Jaye Swan and andJordan White combined with 22points between them.
Rockets Saints other top point-scorers were Tyson Mann (13 points)and Stefan Yamada (10 points).
Fab four hockey stars
Bethany McDonald, Madlen Jones, Josh McDonald andManekha Byerley are Alice Springs representatives in
NT teams Picture: CHARLIE LOWSON
Nick Kossatch
YOUNG Alice Springs hockeyplayers Madlen Jones, JoshM c D o n a l d , B e t h a n yMcDonald and ManekhaByerley are living proof thatAlice Springs is a healthybreeding ground in the sport.
Jones, 14, plays senior hockeyfor local team Diva and is goingto Brusselton, Western Aust-ralia to compete with theNorthern Territory stateunder-15 team at the end ofthe month.
She will be playing in theAustralian National Cham-pionships, which will be herthird tournament.
Jones is a striker and hasbeen playing the sport sincethe age of eight.
Fourteen-year-old JoshMcDonald is off to Darwin forthe under-15 Boys NationalChampionships.
The Desert Sharks fullback/halfback said that it was goingto be an exciting opportunityto hone his skills.
‘‘I’ve been playing for sixyears and mum got me intopla y in g when she wasyounger,’’ McDonald said.
He said that playing forAustralia was motivation andit would be his third represent-ative outing, having playedwith the under-13 state teamlast year.
Josh’s older sister BethanyMcDonald recently competedwith the Northern Territoryunder-18 team in Canberra butunfortunately the team fin-ished last.
Bethany hopes to play atrepresentative level at theunder-21 level and plays locallyfor the Desert Sharks.
‘‘I’ve played hockey for six
years and I play centre half
here but when I was in Can-berra played at half and as astriker,’’ she said.
Backyard hockey did happenwhen Bethany and Josh wereyounger but not so much nowas the pair take their game toa whole new level.
Centrals hockey playerManekha Byerley, 24, jets offto Hobart at the end of Sept-ember as a part of the women’sAustralian Hockey LeagueTerritory state team called theTerritory Pearls.
It is her first time represent-
ing this team after playing at
state level.
She said the recent coachingclinics by Kookaburra playerDes Abbott and ex-Hockeyroocoach Dave Bell have been aboost to local hockey.
‘‘They both were really im-pressed in the skill level of theplayers here and they reallyexcelled,’’ Byerley said.
She has been playing thesport for 18 years taking itup during her early yearsat school.
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