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If you watched the Women’s NCAA Final Four like we did, you would have loved watching the incredible performance of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. Her 40 point triple double was something else. Seeing the Hawkeyes uniform gave us some great memories of 2016 when the Hawks had an Iowa star of our own. Melissa Dixon played just the one season with the Hawks but she was fantastic on and off the court. Dixon was a star at Iowa averaging over 17 points per game and no doubt absolutely loves watching her old school in the National Championship. That means her 2 Hawks teams have played in National Championship in the
Get ready for an exciting matchup as the Ringwood Hawks host the Kilsyth Cobras in what promises to be a thrilling encounter at Norwood Secondary College.
The Hawks return to Norwood for the first time this season, having hosted our first home game of the season at The Rings against the Hobart Chargers on Sunday. Which was an encouraging win.
With a short turnaround for both teams (the Hawks having also played last Friday at Diamond Valley and Kilsyth having hosted Sandringham on Friday and playing at Knox on Saturday), this game promises to be an intense battle between two talented teams, with both sides chasing the win amongst a busy stretch of games (the Hawks also playing Eltham on Friday once again at Norwood and Kilsyth playing at Nunawading on Saturday).
The Hawks play the Cobras for the first time since opening night last season where the Hawks started their season off with a win. The script has been flipped this year, with the Hawks dropping the opening game of the season on the road against Waverley whilst the Cobras came away with two home wins to start the season against Geelong and Dandenong but last weekend dropped 2 games to Sandy and Knox.
The Cobras bring a similar core of local players back, such as Carly Turner, Georgia Booth, Isis Lopes, Nikita Young and Sarah Haberfield whilst adding import forward Alexa Hart (from NBL1 North Club Mackay), Emilee Harmon (Dandenong Rangers), Jacinta Vandenberg and Youth League star Bella Clark.
The local rivalry reignites and it will be an exciting contest. Thank you for coming out to support the ladies. Go Hawks!
Head Coach Jeremy O’Toole Assistant Coach Peter Hynson Development Coach Grace Bignell Team Manager Allyson Nicholls Physio Physica at Ringwood No. Full Name Age Height Position 2 Kayla Vitale 19 168 Guard 3 Zoe Jenkins 20 174 Guard 5 Kiahna Liddy 21 173 Guard 6 Shelby Britten 26 164 Guard 7 Toni Farnworth 35 182 Forward 13 Kate Spillane 32 172 Guard 16 Piper Dunlop 19 185 Forward 21 Marena Whittle 29 183 Guard 24 Jacqueline Trotto 24 180 Forward 25 Hailey Wynd 21 180 Forward 30 Ella Ogier 21 180 Guard 91 Sian Gillam 25 168 Guard Tayah Kelly 22 163 Guard Katrina Warton 18 175 Guard Katie Karajic Powell 21 182 Centre Louise Karajic Powell 21 177 Centre Steph Georgantas 18 183 Forward 2023 Ringwood Hawks Coaching Staff NBL1
No. Full Name Age Height Position 1 Miranda Gartner 21 170 Guard 2 Sarah Haberfield 23 170 Guard 4 Nikita Young 24 174 Guard 5 Erin Burgoyne 23 170 Guard 9 Isabella Clark 20 174 Guard 11 Isis Lopes 22 180 Guard 13 Georgia Booth 20 172 Guard 15 Jacinta Vandenberg 31 200 Centre 20 Alexa Hart 28 189 Forward 22 Emilee Harmon 31 189 Forward 25 Gemma Hancock 19 191 Centre Head Coach Hannah Lowe Assistant Coach Cara Jeffers Assistant Coach Paris Joannidis Assistant Coach Matthew Dwyer Team Manager Aimee Page 2023 Kilsyth Cobras Coaching Staff NBL1
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* *This is ANZAC Round for all NBL1 divisions and to commemorate the occasion, this year we will be awarding an ANZAC medal to the player who most exemplifies to qualities of the ANZACS. There will be a medal presentation immediately after the completion of the Women’s and Men’s game.
*Did you know that ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps? It was formed in Egypt December 1914 and operated during the famous Gallipoli campaign.
*The ANZAC medal is shaped as a Red Poppy. The Poppy is a well known symbol of the armed forces community. They represent both remembrance and hope for a peaceful future.
*How about the show DJ Vasiljevic and Jon Lawton put on last Friday night. DJ is only playing a few games before heading to Miami so the Hawks might consider themselves unlucky to have drawn him (second year in a row) and his 40 points. Lawton was not overshadowed though nailing 34 put throw in 9 dimes.
*Marena Whittle turned up for her first game of the season last Friday and didn’t the Hawks ladies look different. Whittle cruised to 29 points and 15 boards and the Hawks cruised to a 13 point win on the road.
*It has been a wild few weeks in the men’s NBL1 South division with just 3 teams left undefeated . Pre season favourites Mt. Gambier sit on top but surprisingly its Kilsyth and Eltham that are the other two unbeatens. Both those two teams visit the Hawks at Norwood this week in what will be two incredible games of Basketball.
*The Women’s conference also has just the 3 unbeatens with Mt. Gambier again sitting on top, with Bendigo and Waverley just behind them. The three winless teams are more the story with Geelong, Casey and Hobart yet to open their account.
Thanks to our great photographers who are the best in NBL1.
NBL1 basketball continues tonight, and we welcome the fans to the first of our 4 ‘Norwood’ home games for season 2023. We love playing a handful of games here each year and, for the 3rd time in as many seasons, welcome our local rival the Kilsyth Cobras. The win/loss sits at 11, with the boys taking the victory way back in Round 1 last season.
Our Hawks squad is in the middle of a demanding stretch of games, beginning with games at Diamond Valley last Friday and home to Hobart on Sunday. As well as tonight’s game, we finish off with another game at Norwood this Friday night v Eltham – 4 games in 8 days! Kilsyth are also in a similar stretch of games, and it may be the survival of the fittest to see who takes the chocolates tonight.
Our opponents tonight are coming off a very successful 2022 season where they were only a handful of points away from a Grand Final berth. They are led by a number of homegrown Cobras, with Corey Jeffs (15 pts and 9 rebs pg), Adrian Tomada (19.5 pts and 4 asts pg), Ben Ursich (16 pts and 5 rebs pg), Mitch Dielmans (8.5 pts and 3 asts pg) and sharpshooter Jamie Ahale (14.5 pts and 4 rebs pg) causing headaches for their opponents this season. You add in veteran big man Tim Lang, the returning Auryn MacMillan, and Knox recruit Abe Nyok, and the Cobras have talent all over the floor.
We’ll be looking for an even contribution tonight from all our players to get this victory. There has been a big emphasis on team defence this season and we will certainly need to be on our game to stifle a very potent Cobras team. Offensively, we will be looking for big games from our US imports Jonathan Lawton and Kyle Daggett who have both started the season exceptionally well. Adrien Sturt is slowly finding his feet after time away from the game and is due to have a big impact at both ends of the floor. The ‘bench’ crew of Shaun Clarke, Matt Roberts, Simon Grant and Luke Shelley will be chomping at the bit to provide a spark for the team.
Once again, we thank all our amazing sponsors for their tremendous support and a huge thanks to our loyal fans who have come out to support both teams tonight. Let’s be loud and help get us over the line!
GO HAWKS!
No. Full Name Age Height Position 3 Jonathan Lawton 26 190 Guard 4 Matthew Roberts 23 183 Guard 5 Luke Shelley 31 189 Guard 7 Harrison Sealey 19 183 Guard 9 Jack Barry 28 183 Guard 10 Matthew Fennell 35 196 Forward 20 Adrien Sturt 36 210 Forward 21 Sebastien Lees 22 188 Guard 24 Shaun Clarke 33 204 Centre 35 Angok Angok 22 198 Forward 45 Simon Grant 31 195 Forward 50 Lachlan Ahale 22 192 Guard 99 Kyle Daggett 24 198 Forward Bailey Hamilton 20 198 Forward Bayley Rough 23 198 Forward Head Coach Damien Smith Assistant Coach Mark Sutton Assistant Coach Sam Philp Assistant Coach Luke Brodie Team Managers Jack Relph and Ty Relph Physio Physica at Ringwood 2023 Ringwood Hawks Coaching Staff NBL1
No. Full Name Age Heigh Position 0 Hamish MacDonald 22 197 Forward 3 Jamie Ahale 24 195 Guard 4 Mitchell Dielemans 24 172 Guard 5 Adrian Tomada 27 181 Guard 6 Benjamin Ursich 26 195 Forward 7 Corey Jeffs 28 200 Forward 8 Abraham Nyok 25 203 Centre 10 Patrick Emery 30 184 Guard 13 Shaun Atkins 26 180 Guard 15 Tim Lang 36 206 Centre 20 Dyson Sumsion 24 180 Guard 22 Nick Feller 25 200 Forward 25 Brad Heywood 22 180 Guard 34 Ben Bara 21 175 Guard Head Coach Peter Godfrey Assistant Coach Mat Shepard Assistant Coach Zac Wuersching Assistant Coach Shaun Atkins Team Managers Ian Burgoyne Physio 2023 Kilsyth Cobras Coaching Staff NBL1
The Hawks have had some amazing import talent over the years. This guy was one of the best and even this season he is still having an Impact.
Nate Champion played his College ball at Lemoyne in New York and incredibly today he is now the schools Head Coach.
In his Coaching journey, Nate coached a young man at Florida Southern University who he described as a pure scorer and a class act. Nate’s recommendation was enough for new Hawks Coach Damien Smith who signed Jonathan Lawton for NBL2 2023.
Nate won a Championship with the Hawks in 2016 and has remained a great friend of the program ever since.
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