The Road to the ABA National Finals

[MRobbo]

The Road to the ABA National Finals has began with conference finals beginning over the weekend.

This year the top 8 mens and womens teams will play over two weekends August 18/19 and August 25/26.

Here are the updates from the respective conferences

SEABL (all finals are on Saturday July 28)
EAST MEN
Major Semi Final
Geelong vs Canberra at the Arena,Geelong 7:30pm
Elimination Semi Final
Frankston vs Southern Districts at Frankston 8pm

SOUTH MEN
Major Semi Final
Bendigo vs Hobart at Schweppes Centre,Bendigo 8pm
Elimination Semi Final
NW Tasmania vs Kilsyth at Devonport 7pm

WOMEN
Major Semi Final
Ballarat vs Bendigo at WIN Minderdome,Ballarat 7:30pm
Elimination Semi Final
Knox vs Kilsyth at Knox 8pm

BIG V
MEN
Results from last weekend
Qualifying Final
Dandenong 90 def Sandringham 81
Elimination Finals
Waverley 135 def Melbourne 128 (Overtime)
Hume City 96 def Warrnambool 95

Fixture for Semi Finals (games to be played on Saturday July 28)
Dandenong vs Hume City at Dandenong 8pm
Sandringham vs Waverley at Sandringham 8pm
(Winners advance to best of 3 Grand Final Series)

WOMEN
Best of 3 Semi Finals
1st Semi Final
Hume City 74 def Sandringham 62
(Game 2 and 3(If Reqd.) at Broadmeadows at 6pm Saturday and 1pm Sunday)
2nd Semi Final
Waverley 66 def Melbourne 62
(Game 2 and 3(If Reqd.) at Venuto Club at 6pm Saturday and 1pm Sunday)

CENTRAL ABL
MEN
Elimination Final
West Adelaide 104 def Sturt 97
Qualifying Final
North Adelaide 104 def Forestville 96

Semi Finals Fixture (Both games on Saturday July 28)
Major Semi Final
Norwood vs North Adelaide at Mars Stadium,Marden 8:15pm
Elimination Semi Final
Forestville vs West Adelaide at Wayville 7:30pm

WOMEN
Elimination Final
North Adelaide 69 def South Adelaide 54
Qualifying Final
West Adelaide 69 def Norwood 60

Semi Finals Fixture (Both games on Saturday July 28)
Major Semi Final
Sturt vs West Adelaide at Pasadena 6:30pm
Elimination Semi Final
Norwood vs North Adelaide at Mars Stadium,Marden 8:15pm

QABL (Finals begin Friday August 3)

WARATAH
Finals begin this weekend (no info available as this time)

 

[Dal-Las Mav'a Riq]

Party on Wayne and party on Garth.

 

[Troy Wingate]

Go Norwood!

 

[MRobbo]

Here are the results of the weekend conference finals

SEABL
EAST MEN
Major Semi Final
Geelong 108 def Canberra 79
Elimination Semi Final
Frankston 133 def Southern Districts 103

This Week-Preliminary Final
Saturday August 4
Canberra vs Frankston at Belconnen 7:30pm

SOUTH MEN
Major Semi Final
Bendigo 95 def Hobart 78
Elimination Semi Final
Kilsyth 115 def NW Tasmania 96

This Week-Preliminary Final
Friday August 3
Hobart vs Kilsyth at Hobart 8pm

WOMEN
Major Semi Final
Bendigo 76 def Ballarat 70
Elimination Semi Final
Knox 82 def Kilsyth 57

This Week-Preliminary Final
Saturday August 4
Ballarat vs Knox at WIN Minerdome,Ballarat 7:30pm

BIG V
MEN
Results from Semi Finals
Dandenong 94 def Hume City 65
Sandringham 115 def Waverley 112

Best of 3 Grand Final Series
Sandringham vs Dandenong
(Game 1 at Sandringham Saturday 8pm, Games 2 and 3(IF Reqd) at Dandenong the following week)

WOMEN
Best of 3 Semi Finals
1st Semi Final(Game 2)
Hume City 86 def Sandringham 65 (Hume City win series 2-0)
2nd Semi Final[(Game 2)/B]
Waverley 68 def Melbourne 56 (Waverley win series 2-0)

Best of 3 Grand Final Series
Hume City vs Waverley
(Game 1 at Waverley Saturday 8pm, Games 2 and 3(IF Reqd) at Broadmeadows the following week)

CENTRAL ABL
MEN
Major Semi Final
Norwood 92 def North Adelaide 81
Elimination Semi Final
Forestville 113 def West Adelaide 81

This week-Preliminary Final
Saturday August 4
North Adelaide vs Forestville at Hillcrest 7:30pm

WOMEN
Major Semi Final
West Adelaide 83 def Sturt 59
Elimination Semi Final
Norwood 84 def North Adelaide 70

This week-Preliminary Final
Saturday August 4
Sturt vs North Adelaide at Pasadena 6:30pm

QABL
Fixture for Quarter Finals (Games on Friday August 3)
MEN
Cairns vs Bundaberg at Cairns 8:30pm
Rockhampton vs Townsville at Cairns 6:15pm
Northside vs South West Metro at Runcorn 7:30pm
Gold Coast vs Maroochydore at Gold Coast 7:30pm
(Winners advance to semi finals on Saturday August 4)

WOMEN
Townsville vs Cairns at Townsville 6:30pm
Rockhampton vs Mackay at Townsville 8:30pm
Maroochydore vs South West Metro at Maroochydore 7:30pm
Toowoomba vs Brisbane at Toowoomba 7:30pm
(Winners advance to semi finals on Saturday August 4)

WARATAH
Results of Qualifying Finals from last weekend
MEN
Sutherland 127 def Hills Hornets 98
Sydney 103 def Manly Warringah 98
Central Coast 112 def Parramatta 99

Fixture for Semi Finals (To be played at Sutherland on Saturday August 4)
Sutherland vs Manly Warringah at 6pm
Sydney vs Central Coast at 8pm
(Winners advance to Grand Final at Sutherland on Sunday at 2pm)

WOMEN
Hornsby 73 def Parramatta 51
Bankstown 88 def Canberra 45
Manly Warringah 49 def Sydney 46

Fixture for Semi Finals (To be played at Sutherland on Saturday August 4)
Hornsby vs Sydney at 2pm
Bankstown vs Manly Warringah at 4pm
(Winners advance to Grand Final at Sutherland on Sunday at 12pm)

 

[MRobbo]

Results of Games played last night

SEABL
South Men Preliminary Final
Kilsyth 96 def Hobart 94

Next week-GRAND FINAL
Saturday August 11
Bendigo vs Kilsyth at Schweeppes Centre,Bendigo 8pm

QABL
Mens Quarter Finals Results
Cairns 131 def Bundaberg 76
Rockhampton 98 def Townsville 94
South West 97 def Northside 96
Gold Coast 135 def Maroochydore 123

Fixture for Semi Finals being played tonight
Cairns vs Rockhampton in Cairns 7:30pm
Gold Coast vs South West at Southport 6pm

Womens Quarter Finals Results
Townsville 98 def Cairns 53
Rockhampton 81 def Mackay 72
Maroochydore 79 def South West 53
Toowoomba 73 def Brisbane 65

Fixture for Semi Finals being played tonight
Townsville vs Rockhampton at Townsville 7pm
Maroochydore vs Toowoomba at Maroochydore 7:30pm

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Go you good things...

 

[Ozzie72]

Yeah the supercats!!!

 

[MRobbo]

Results from games plaed on Saturday and Sunday

SEABL
East Men Preliminary Final
Canberra 112 def Frankston 107

Grand Final-Saturday August 11
Geelong vs Canberra at The Arena,Geelong 8pm

Women Preliminary Final
Ballarat 68 def Knox 62

Grand Final-Saturday August 11
Bendigo vs Ballarat at Schweppes Centre,Bendigo 6pm

BIG V
Men Grand Final Game 1
Dandenong 93 def Sandringham 75
(Games 2 and 3(If Reqd.) at Dandenong this weekend)

Women Grand Final Game 1
Hume City 75 def Waverley 62
(Games 2 and 3(If Reqd.) at Broadmeadows this weekend)

CENTRAL ABL
Men Preliminary Final
North Adelaide 116 def Forestville 106

Grand Final-Saturday August 11
Norwood vs North Adelaide at The Dome 8:15pm

Women Preliminary Final
Norwood 65 def Sturt 62

Grand Final-Saturday August 11
West Adelaide vs Norwood at The Dome 6pm

QABL and Waratah results to come

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Iv'e gots me tickets for the final.

The Arena will be a pumpin as the Supercats look to go back-to-back.

 

[MRobbo]

QABL
Men Semi Finals
Cairns 104 def Rockhampton 77
Gold Coast 106 def South West 89

Grand Final (Best of 3)
All games in Cairns (Fri/Sat/Sun)
Cairns vs Gold Coast

Women Semi Finals
Townsville 84 def Rockhampton 55
Maroochydore 67 def Toowoomba 57

Grand Final (Best of 3)
All games in Townsville (Fri/Sat/Sun)
Townsville vs Maroochydore


WARATAH
Men Semi Finals (played Saturday)
Sutherland 116 def Manly Warringah 96
Sydney 102 def Central Coast 80

Men GRAND FINAL (played yesterday)
Sutherland 113(Tovey 34, Gleeson 21, Carter 20) def Sydney 94(Seckold 22, Whitehead 20)
MVP-Cameron Tovey(Sutherland)

Women Semi Finals (played Saturday)
Hornsby 71 def Sydney 56
Bankstown 71 def Manly Warringah 42

Women GRAND FINAL (played yesterday)
Hornsby 85(Musselwhite 30, Behrens 16) def Bankstown 68(Samuels 15,Butt 10)
MVP-Michelle Musselwhite(Hornsby)

 

[MRobbo]

Conference Grand Final results from Weekend so far

SEABL
East Men Grand Final
Geelong 96(Herbert 23,Reardon 16) def Canberra 86(Petrie 16,Jacoson 15,Baird 15)
(Geelong to host North Adelaide in National Quarter Final on Saturday)


South Men Grand Final
Bendigo 74(Jackson 20,Hill 13) def Kilsyth 63(Smith 17,Taylor 10)
(Bendigo to play Dandenong at Dandenong in National Quarter Final on Saturday)

Women Grand Final
Bendigo 78(Harrower 23,Butler 12) def Ballarat 59(Ashby 23,Abrams 10)
(Bendigo to host Big V Runner up(Waverley/Hume City), Ballarat to play West Adelaide in Adelaide both games on Saturday)

BIG V
Men Grand Final Series
(Game 2) Dandenong 116(Inglima 27,Hobba 21) def Sandringam 88(Williams 27,Conn 18) (Dandenong win series 2-0)
(Dandenong to host Bendigo in National Quarter Final on Saturday)

Women Grand Final Series
(Game 2)Waverley 74(De Groot 24,Feery 13) def Hume City 63(Milner 14,Burbridge 13) (Series Ties 1-1,Game 3 at Broadmeadows at 1pm today)
(Winner of todays game to host North Adelaide on Saturday, Loser of todays game plays Bendigo in Bendigo on Saturday)

CENTRAL ABL
Men Grand Final
North Adelaide 85(Rychart 25,Burdon 17) def Norwood 72(Thompson 20, Cooper 12)
(North Adelaide will play Geelong in Geelong in National Quarter Final)

Women Grand Final
West Adelaide 77(Woosnam 22,Mahoney 14) def Norwood 57(Fryters 13, Romeo 11)
(West Adelaide to host Ballarat on Saturday, Norwood to play the winner of todays Big V Grand Final away (Hume City/Waverley) on Saturday)

QABL
Men Grand Final Series
(Game 1) Cairns 134 def Gold Coast 99
(Game 2) Cairns 135 def Gold Coast 94 (Cairns win series 2-0)
(Cairns to host Sydney next Saturday, Rockhampton get QABL wildcard and will play Sutherland at Sutherland on Saturday)

Women Grand Final Series
(Game 1) Townsville 103 def Maroochydore 49
(Game 2) Townsville 114 def Maroochydore 77 (Townsville win series 2-0)
(Townsville to play Hornsby at Hornsby on Saturday)

 

[Troy Wingate]

Congratulations to North Adelaide and West Adelaide winning the Mens and Womens Central ABA Championships respectively.

Ironically, my club, the Norwood Flames, were runners-up in both games.

Brisbane Bullet Dusty Rychart led the way for the North Adelaide Rockets while Adelaide Lightning Sam Wooshman led the way for the West Adelaide Bearcats.

 

[MRobbo]

Here is the fixture for the National Quarter Finals this weekend. (Winners advance to Finals weekend at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on August 25/26)

MEN
Friday August 17
(Game 4)Cairns vs Sydney at Cairns 7:30pm
Saturday August 18
(Game 3)Sutherland vs Rockhampton at Sutherland 6pm
(Game 1)Geelong vs North Adelaide at Geelong 7:30pm
(Game 2)Dandenong vs Bendigo at Dandenong 7:30pm

WOMEN
Saturday August 18
(Game 3)Hornsby vs Townsville at Hornsby 7pm
(Game 4)Hume City vs Norwood at Broadmeadows 7pm
(Game 2)West Adelaide vs Ballarat at Wayville 7:30pm
Sunday August 19
(Game 1)Bendigo vs Waverley at Bendigo 2pm

*Footnote for semi finals (Winner Game 1 plays Winner Game 4, Winner Game 2 plays Winner Game 3)

 

[Portmanteau]

Will North have a full squad for the national finals? They would have to be half a chance with D-Rych in there.

 

[AndSmithMustScore]

Supercats all the way!!

Twas a good game on Saturday.

Two local lads leading the way too which is always good to see.