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Players
take time out on the bench during the Qld versus WA decider.
Strong defense increases the pressure to score during the
SA versus Vic game.
Bottom left: Players attack with lightning speed as Qld
battled WA.
Right: the ball was tenaciously gaurded during the Womens
final.
Photos by WOFF Ray Burnell, RAAF
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NSW
wipes WA in ADF finals
By
Lt Michael Wicks
NSW took both the Men's and Women's finals at the ADFBA Combined
Services Basketball Championships, held at Randwick Barracks recently.
All
states except Tasmania fielded a team in the tournament, which marked
the 20th anniversary of Combined Services Basketball, with SA and
ACT combining to field a side in the women's draw.
Queensland,
renowned for having a strong team each year, played well against
other good sides but had some close encounters with the weaker teams.
The
finals in the men's and women's game were both contested between
WA and NSW.
The
women's final was played first and was a hard fought match.
NSW
started the game well, but struggled to find form through the middle
of the game, allowing WA to open up a lead midway through the second
half.
NSW
dug deeper and began applying more pressure to the WA side, and
through a good team effort with everyone contributing pulled themselves
back into the game and ran away to win in the dying minutes.
The
men's was played next, in their first encounter WA came out firing
and opened up a 10-point lead early.
This
time however the tables were turned and the NSW team utilised their
depth to lead by 15 points at the first break and 25 at the half.
The
lead was further extended in the third quarter and almost hit 40
points, but the experienced WA side went down fighting, playing
hard to the end and pulling themselves back to under 20 points late
in the fourth quarter.
Despite
their gallant efforts, WA were unable to overcome the strong NSW
team, who eventually won by 26 points.
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