Junior Falcons

9/21/2011
Falcon Girls 16.2 Champions

With a superb 2nd half defensive effort, the Under 16 (2) Girls’ Team have claimed the Gold Medal against the Mornington Breakers. Before a large crowd at the Chelsea Stadium, both teams looked nervous early on and whilst the Falcons appeared to be the better of the 2 teams in the 1st half, it was Mornington who held a 22 - 21 lead at the main break. The Falcons then took control of the game particularly on the defensive boards with Georgia Holland and Jane Thompson shutting down the Mornington bigs. Jess Garnham and Holly Sainsbery continuing their solid finals form from the perimeter hitting some big trey's and with Grand Final MVP Mikaela Miller and point guard Tamara Ludekens both playing 'smart ball', the Falcons overpowered the Breakers to claim a 40 - 28 win. Restricting Mornington to just 6 points in the 2nd half was an outstanding performance. 

The Championship Team consisted of Ansley Alexander, Gabby Cannizzo, Jess Garnham, Georgia Holland, Tamara Ludekens, Mikaela Miller, Eliza Sabbatucci, Holly Sainsbery & Jane Thompson with support staff of Anthony Garnham (Assistant Coach), Lisa Garnham (Team Manager) and Kate deGroot (Team Motivator).
 
 
The team enjoyed a total of 31 wins from the 43 games (9 Losses and 3 Draws) played during the year to finish with a winning percentage of 72.09 which is a superb performance. 
 
Go Falcons...
Mark Sainsbery
Coach