Grade 3-4 Girls Division 1
The 3-4 Girls have had a great weekend. The team consisted of Sari, Milla, Taylor, Storm, Harper, Layal, Hallie, Taylor and Maddie. We were lucky to have the last three girls from a different school join our team.
Our first game was against Port Sorell Primary and we won by about 40points. Our second game was against Somerset Primary, they were a very tough team. We lost by about 13 points.
The next day we played Table Cape Primary. We won by about 20 points and this qualified us for the semi-finals. In the semi-finals we played Stella Maris Primary and we won by 11 points. This automatically put us into the division 1 grand final. In the grand final we played Somerset Primary and we lost by about 10 points. We were runners up (2nd) and everyone got a medal and the School received a plaque.
After the game Mark Short our coach got us all a sundae from McDonalds.
By: Sari and Milla
Grade 3-4 Boys Division 1
Recap:- On the weekend the 3-4 Boys had the North West Basketball Championships it was really fun and a good experience. The people in our team were; Ryan, Elijah, Cooper, Bentley, Sashan, Louis, Lucas, Archie and Hudson. These guys all made great teammates and good friends.
There was one really funny moment when Louis's little brother Milo caught a pigeon when we were having lunch!
The teams we played were; Somerset, Table Cape, Spreyton and Stella Maris.
Whilst we all played very well as a team Hudson had some outstanding games scoring 23 points in one and 24 points in another. All our players scored over the weekend.
We made the grand final against Stella Maris, however they beat us by about 10 points. We still managed to qualify for the State Championships. Overall, it was a great weekend and we enjoyed it lots
By: Hudson and Ryan
Grade 5-6 Boys Division 2/3
The Burnie Primary Boys Division 2/3 Team played 4 games over the weekend. The team was made up of Joshua, Maitland, Dechlan, Blake, Jake, Brodie, Harlen and the coach was Stephen Dome.
On the 23rd of October at 12:20pm at Penguin, the Burnie Primary Boys Division 2/3 side played our first game, was against Circular Head Christian School. It was the first time the team had ever played together. We played very well even though we lost 52-25 a 27-point loss.
Next, we played against Somerset Primary at 4:30pm in Penguin. The end score was 30-16, a loss of 14-points.
At 6:15pm we played at Devonport against Spreyton Primary and ended up losing 50-13. During all of our games on Saturday we got tired in the second half.
On the 24th of October we played in Devonport at 11:20am against East Ulverstone, the game’s final score was a 54-17 win for our team, a 37-point margin.
For the weekend we lost 3 games and won 1 game and over that time we improved a lot.
By: Mailtand and Joshua
Grade 5/6 Senior Boys - recap
Day 1:
From 23rd - 24th of October 2021 Burnie Primary took part in the North West Basketball Championships.
Our first game of the weekend was against our biggest rivals Stella Maris, it was a tight game with Stella scoring heaps on Burnie Primary with a couple of minutes on the clock Burnie were up by 4 points, but we still managed to pull the win off.
Our second game we faced off against OLOL which were much taller and stronger than Stella, around the end of the 1st quarter Burnie managed to get on a roll with a lead of 20 points, and our players scoring heaps of points. We ended the game with a win by 50 odd points.
Burnie Primary third game started off with a tap to Oli and 2 points against Penguin, Burnie were then hyped up and had awesome defence quickly into the game. Burnie got a few touches with the ball and were soon up by a blazing score of 20 points, at the end of the game we had a win, the final scores were Burnie 46 Penguin 19.
Day 2:
On day 2 we had a very early morning game at 8:50am against Port Sorell, It started off very slowly for Burnie but still managed to stick tight with them. At halftime we were only up by about 10 points, we were playing better offence than defence at the moment because we had a lot more fouls than they did. Another win under our belt, now we're off to the grand final, scores were Burnie 46 and Port Sorell 34.
We had a big 5-hour break in between games. In the grand final we were up against our rivals again (Stella Maris). We were up and about in the warmups, fired up about our game. Johnty gave Burnie a good start in tap against Stella, Ryan dribbled up the court and got an AND 1. At half time we were up by around 6 points, then at the start of the third quarter we started to get on a roll and get up again. At that point Stella gave up and Burnie had an easy win against Stella. The final scores were Burnie 55 Stella 23.
(we averaged 48.8 and the other teams averaged 28.8)
WE BROUGHT HOME THE GOLD!
By: Ryan and Oliver
Grade 5-6 Girls Basketball Report
On Saturday 23 October, the 5/6 girls competed in the North West Basketball Championships. The 5/6 girls didn’t do that well in the Tournament unfortunately. They lost three out of three games, but in their last game they started off leading but Circular-Head Primary took the lead at half time.
The first game on Saturday the 5/6 girls played Our Lady of Lords and unfortunately lost by a fair number of points. The second game of the day was against St Brigid’s Primary which was another hard game where the girls had to try hard. The last game was against Circular-Head Primary and at this point the girls had barely any energy left because they had tried hard in their first two games on the day.
Because the girls had lost three games out of three, they didn’t play again on Sunday...... they got to stay home.
Scores
Game 1: Our Lady of Lourdes 61-14 and Burnie Primary.
Game 2: St Brigid’s Primary 42-19 and Burnie Primary.
Game 3: Circular Head Primary 36-26 and Burnie Primary.
It was an enjoyable tournament, and it was great to see everyone do their best and enjoy the games. Well done to all the participants.
By: Maddie and Sienna