Women's Basketball - Game Report

Hi Folks,

We opened our exhibition schedule last week with a game against cross-town rivals, St. Lawrence College.

Queen’s 69 – St. Lawrence 62

It was a struggle right from the outset as St. Lawrence applied a fair amount of pressure, preventing us from gaining any rhythm on offense.  Shooting only 33% in the first half, we found ourselves trailing by 4 at the half, 24-28.  We opened the third quarter well and quickly erased the deficit and gained a 6 point advantage – an advantage we would hold through most of the rest of the game.  Jenny Wright led all scorers with 18 points, 8 rebounds & 2 steals.  Liz Boag added 14 points and 7 assists, while Andrea Priamo had 12 points and 7 boards.

SID Report:  http://gogaelsgo.com/news/2014/9/25/WBB_0925143836.aspx?path=wbball

Alumni Game/Reception & Tindall Tournament this weekend

If you have not already done so, please register for this weekend to get all these features for only $20:

·         Access to all 12 games (men’s & women’s Tindall Tournament)

·         Access to Reception & Silent Auction tables (Clark Hall)

·         Complimentary beverage & hors d’oeuvres at the Reception

·         Jaylene Morrison will speak on behalf of the 1990-95 teams

Register here:

 https://advevents.queensu.ca/cgi/page.cgi?event_id=1569&_id=3&action=viewdetail

Queen’s High School Tournament

We hosted the 29^th Annual Tricolour High School tournament on the weekend.  Congratulations to Coach Fontaine of La Citadelle (Cornwall), capturing the Gold with a 38-31 victory over Jacob Hespeler SS (Cambridge).  John Paul II of London grabbed the Bronze Medal with a 47-45 overtime victory over Carleton Place HS.

Blue Chip Recruits

Two blue chip recruits have committed to Queen’s for the fall of 2015.  Full details will be forthcoming shortly.

Up Next at Home:

Friday, October 3 vs. Acadia 6pm (Main Gym)

Saturday, October 4  Alumni vs. Alumni 11am (Bartlett Gym)

Saturday, October 4  vs. Laval 2pm (Main Gym)

Sunday, October 5 vs. Thompson Rivers (Main Gym)

Have a great week!

Dave.

Women's Basketball - Update

Hi Folks,

As we are preparing for our first exhibition game next week, I thought I would bring you up-to-speed on a few details.

Liz Boag presents a gift to Queen’s Grad, Ontario Premier, Kathleen Wynne:

Photo of Wynne & Boag 

TORONTO (August 13, 2014) – Gaels women's basketball guard Liz Boag (Kingston, Ont.) got the chance to meet with and congratulate former Gael and now Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne Artsci'77, on her majority government win.

"Premier Wynne was very personable and down to earth," said Boag after meeting Ontario's newest Premier. "It was great to hear about her student experience and what it was like at Queen's along with her involvement as a member of the track team."

Boag was joined by Taylor Jennings, president of the Queen's student alumni association, as the two Queen's students congratulated Premier Wynne along with Kingston and the Islands MPP Sophie Kiwala with track jackets.

Wynne was a member of the varsity track team during her time at Queen's including being a co-captain.

My day with the Toronto Raptors' coaching staff and players:

On Monday, September 15^th I had the opportunity to meet and discuss strategies with Toronto Raptor Head Coach, Dwane Casey, and his staff.  After a morning pre-practise meeting, the coaches and players took to the court for a 2 hour practise.  Coach Casey and I spent an hour talking strategy at the end of practise and followed that with another 4 hour session with the entire coaching staff.  Assistant coach, Tom Sterner was kind enough to spend another hour with me to further go over some strategies and tactics.  It was an incredible learning experience for me, and I can’t say enough about how accommodating, friendly and professional the entire group of coaches and players were.

Basketball Alumni Weekend (and Tindall Tournament) Update:

October 3-5 marks the Basketball Alumni weekend, held in conjunction with the Tindall Tournament.  We will be honouring team members from the 1990-91 to 1994-95 teams at a Reception and Silent Auction on Saturday afternoon.

Friday, October 3

6:00pm Queen’s vs. Acadia  (ARC Main Gym)

Saturday, October 4

11:00am Alumni vs. Alumni game (Bartlett Gym)*

2:00pm Queen’s vs. Laval (ARC Main Gym)*

4:30pm Reception & Silent Auction (Clark Hall)*

*note time change

Sunday, October 5

2:00pm Queen’s vs. Thompson Rivers

We have a special deal for the weekend by registering for the event - $20 will cover: 

·         Admission to all games (a $27 value)

·         Admission to Reception ($10 value)

·         Opportunity to bid on Silent Auction Items

·         Complimentary beverage ticket (for the reception)

·         Complimentary hors d’oeuvres at the reception

Please register at:

https://advevents.queensu.ca/cgi/page.cgi?event_id=1569&_id=3&action=viewdetail

Up Next on the Road:

Thursday, September 25 @ St. Lawrence College  6pm

Up Next at Home:

Tindall Tournament – October 3-5

Have a great week.

Dave.

P.S. Big news on the recruiting front coming soon!

Women's Basketball - Update

Hi Folks,

Time for a mid-summer update:

Players, including our incoming rookies, have been working hard over the Spring & Summer in preparation for the upcoming season.  I am very pleased to report that significant progress is being made in our strength, conditioning, and on-court skills.  Also, with regard to our rookies, please see the press release on our website at: www.queensbasketball.net

We have added a home exhibition game to our schedule:

Saturday, November 1 @ 6:00pm vs. Ottawa U.

Our complete schedule is now up on our website.

As you may know, we hosted the JUEL & JUEL-Prep Championships this past May.  I am very pleased to report that, after submitting our proposal to host again, it has been chosen (over bids from London & Windsor) and we will be hosting the Championships again in May (8,9,10) 2015 and May 2016.   We are very excited to have the majority of this country’s best young basketball players playing in our gyms each Spring.  Of course, this means we will be looking for volunteers to help with this large event – just planting the seed early!  J

Planning is also well underway for our International Experience (planned for every 3^rd year), looking into flights and accommodations in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain.  We are targeting late August, early September of 2015 as the travel times, planning on practicing and playing some exhibition games against some Spanish teams. I’ll keep you posted.  Our last International Experience was in Puerto Rico in 2012.

The Tindall Tournament/Basketball Alumni Weekend schedule is set:

Friday, October 3, 2014

6:00pm Q’s vs. Acadia (Main Gym)

Saturday, October 4, 2014

1:00pm Alumni vs. Alumni Game (Bartlett Gym)

4:00pm Q’s vs. Laval (Main Gym)

5:30pm Reception & Silent Auction (Clark Hall Pub) – honouring team members from the                                                                                       1990-91 to 1994-95 teams

Sunday, October 5, 2014

2:00pm Q’s vs. Thompson Rivers

To register for the weekend, please follow this link: 

https://advevents.queensu.ca/cgi/page.cgi?_id=3&action=viewdetail&event_id=1569

We will be holding our annual ID/Training Camp on Saturday, November 29, 2014.  This is an ideal opportunity for anyone in Grades 11 or 12 to display their talents and receive instruction from the Queen’s coaching staff.  The day’s schedule is as follows:

9:30-11:45am On-court session

11:45-12:15pm Lunch break (on own)

12:15-12:45pm Facility Tour (parent’s welcome)

12:45-1:30pm Q&A session with Q’s coaches (parent’s welcome)

1:30-3:30pm On-court session

There is no cost for the ID/Training Camp – just let me know so that I can prepare for the numbers.

Lastly, the latest addition to the Gaels basketball family is Wesley Vincent Bambury, son of Coach James Bambury (and his wife, Kate): born on May 14, 2014.  Not surprisingly, his outfits consist mostly of basketball clothes.  If you follow James on Facebook, you can see a bunch of pics.

Cheers,

Dave.

 

Women's Basketball - Update

Hi Folks,

Hope you have been enjoying some great Summer-like weather. We have just completed our 1st Contact Camp which brings together all of our returning players and our incoming recruits for a quick training and socializing weekend. It was a great success and has given us a glimpse of how exciting our team is going to be this fall.

Highlighting our recruiting class is:
Marianne Alarie from Sudbury, Maddie Morris from Seeley’s Bay, and Lauryn Friesen from St. Catharines. Press releases are being prepared and will be posted on our website (queensbasketball.net) shortly.

As mentioned in the last update, our exhibition schedule is almost set:
Thursday, September 25 @ St. Lawrence College 6pm

Queen’s Tindall Tournament
October 3-5 (Q’s, Laval, Thompson Rivers, Acadia)
This weekend will include our Alumni vs. Alumni game, and reception honouring team members from the 1990-91 to 1994-95 teams.

West Coast Swing (local times)
October 16 @ UBC 6pm
October 17 @ Fraser Valley 3pm
October 18 @ Trinity Western 6pm

Carleton Tourney
October 24-26 (Carleton, Memorial, UQAM & Q’s)

Concordia Tourney
December 28-30 (Q’s, McMaster, Laval, Concordia, ?)

Our league schedule also nears the finalized version:
November:
7 @ Lakehead
14 vs. WATERLOO
15 vs. LAURIER
21 @ Guelph
22 @ Brock
26 vs. YORK
29 vs. ALGOMA

January:
9 vs. NIPISSING
10 vs. LAURENTIAN
17 @ York
23 vs. TORONTO
24 vs. RYERSON
30 @ Windsor
31 @ Western

February:
7 @ McMaster
13 vs. CARLETON
14 vs. OTTAWA
20 @ Ryerson
21 @ Toronto

25 1st round of playoffs
28 2nd round of playoffs

March:
6-7 OUA Final 4 (at highest remaining seed)

12-16 CIS Championship @ Laval U. (Quebec City)

We are still looking at a possible change/addition or two and will update you if/when that happens.

That’s about it for now.

Enjoy!

Dave.

Women's Basketball - Update

Hi Folks,

A quick update this time around.

The OUA East/West All-Star game was held this past weekend at Western University with 4 of our players involved. Liz Boag, Jenny Wright, Gemma Bullard and Andrea Priamo all attended and were excellent ambassadors for Queen’s as the helped run 3 basketball clinics for young players before donning their uniforms for the game. Unfortunately, Gemma Bullard couldn’t play as she continues to nurse a bad shoulder, but she was on the bench providing her coaching expertise. The West won the game 97-90, but not without a battle from our young East team. The game featured 10 lead changes and 5 ties, with the West having the largest lead (11) early in the 4th quarter. Liz Boag finished with 18 points, going 4-5 from behind the arc in 23 minutes of play, while Jenny Wright added 10 points. Rookie, Andrea Priamo also showed well against a team that featured 5 fifth year players, with 4 points and 3 boards.

The OUA League Structure has now been approved. With the addition Nipissing University to our league we have re-aligned into 4 Divisions as follows:

North
Ottawa
Carleton
Laurentian
Nipissing

East
Queen’s
York
Toronto
Ryerson

Central
McMaster
Brock
Lakehead
Guelph

West
Algoma
Laurier
Waterloo
Western
Windsor

Teams will play home & home within their own Division and once against all the other teams (alternating home and away over two seasons). After two drafts, the third version is now scheduled to come out in early June. Likelihood is that league for us will begin on November 7. The top 3 teams from each Division will make the playoffs, with seeding of those 12 teams to determine the playoff bracket, culminating in a final 4 at the highest remaining seed.

Our exhibition schedule is almost set:

Queen’s Tindall Tournament
October 3-5 (Q’s, Laval, Thompson Rivers, + either Windsor or Acadia)
This weekend will include our Alumni vs. Alumni game, and reception honouring team members from the 1990-91 to 1994-95 teams.

West Coast Swing
October 16 @ UBC
October 17 @ Fraser Valley
October 18 @ Trinity Western

Carleton Tourney
October 24-26 (Carleton, Memorial, UQAM & Q’s)

This weekend (May 9-11) we are hosting the JUEL & JUEL-Prep Championships. With 5 gyms in service, it will be a very busy weekend, but with some great basketball, featuring some of the best players in Canada.

Happy Mother's Day,

Dave.

2014 Spring Invitational Standings

U17 Boys - Group 1

Team	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Erin Mills S.C.	3	0	4	1	9
Ottawa Fury	2	1	5	2	6
Barrie F.C.	1	2	2	4	3
Kleinburg	0	3	0	5	0

U17 Boys - Group 2

Team	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Cataraqui Clippers	2	1	3	3	6
Darlington Dragons	1	2	3	4	3
Kingston United	0	3	1	7	0
West Rouge Storm	3	0	7	0	9

U18 Boys

Team	Wins	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Points
Cumberland Cobras	1	2	2	3	3
Kleinburg	0	3	0	4	0
North Mississauga	3	0	4	0	9
Mt. Hamilton	2	1	3	2	6

2014 Spring Invitational Results

Saturday,  April 12, 2014 - Tindall Field

Time/Age	Home		Visitor
8:30 U17	Cataraqui Clippers	2	Darlington Dragons	1
9:40 U17	Kingston United	0	West Rouge Storm	4
10:50 U17	Erin Mills S.C.	1	Kleinburg Nobleton	0
12:00 U17	Ottawa Fury	2	Barrie F.C.	0
13:10 U18	Cumberland Cobras	1 pk	Kleinburg Lions	0
14:20 U18	North Mississauga	1	Mt. Hamilton	0
15:30 U17	West Rouge Storm	1	Darlington Dragons	0
16:40 U17	Cataraqui Clippers	1	Kingston United	0
17:50 U17	Barrie F.C.	0	Erin Mills S.C.	1
19:00 U17	Kleinburg Nobleton	0	Ottawa Fury	2
20:10 U18	Mt. Hamilton	2 pk	Cumberland Cobras	1
21:20 U18	Kleinburg Lions	0	North Mississauga	2

Sunday, April 13, 2014 - Tindall Field

Time/Age	Home		Visitor
8:30 U17	Barrie F.C.	2 pk	Kleinburg Nobleton	1
9:40 U17	West Rouge Storm	2	Cataraqui Clippers	0
10:50 U17	Erin Mills S.C.	2 pk	Ottawa Fury	1
12:00 U17	Kingston United	1	Darlington Dragons	2
13:10 U18	North Mississauga	1 pk	Cumberland Cobras	0
14:20 U18	Kleinburg Lions	0	Mt. Hamilton	1 pk
15:30 U17	U17 Championship  Erin Mills	0	West Rouge Storm	2
16:40 U18	U18 Championship  Mt. Hamilton	4	North Miss.	0