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Sutherland’s under 14 and 15 teams in play offs / Wildcats and Spiders win basketball titles at Sutherland / Calling nominations for Sutherland Shire junior representative cricket / May still be able to register for World Masters Games / Sport and Recreation camps

Sutherland’s under 14 and 15 teams in soccer play offs

After the final round of the Premier Youth League last weekend Sutherland Sharks have both its under 14 and 15 teams in the play off five. The Sharks 14s, despite a shock one nil loss to sixth placed Penrith Nepean United, retained second place on the ladder. The team now plays Blacktown City (third spot) in the preliminary semi-final at Football NSW headquarters at Valentine Sports Park at 10.15am on Saturday August 15.

Also, despite a 2 - 1 loss last weekend to Penrith, the under 15s qualified 4th for the play-offs. They play 5th team Penrith again in the elimination semi on Saturday August 15 at Valentine Sports Park with the game beginning at 12 noon.

The shock defeat of the Sharks 18s by 8th placed Penrith and Manly’s win saw the Sharks drop to 6th and miss out on the play-offs by a point.

Results for the last round (round 22) played last weekend against Penrith Nepean United at Cook Park (St Marys) were:

Under 13: Sutherland won 3 nil
Under 14: Sutherland lost 1 nil
Under 15: Sutherland lost 2 - 1
Under 16: Sutherland won 5 - 1
Under 18: Sutherland lost 4 - 3

Other Sutherland Sharks Premier Youth League Reports can be found at: http://theshire.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=3476

More details on the Premier Youth and Senior League results can be found at http://www.soccernsw.com.au/index.php?id=78

Wildcats and Spiders win basketball titles at Sutherland

The Parramatta Wildcats and the Hornsby Spiders won the Waratah Australian Basketball league titles (WABL) for men and women respectively last weekend. The Sutherland Basketball Association again successfully hosted the 2009 Waratah ACC and NSW State League finals on the weekend of 8th - 9th of August.

Sutherland Basketball Association had hosted the Premier Event on the Basketball NSW's calendar two years ago with great success.

The weekend saw the conclusion of the season, with semi-finals on the Saturday and the grand finals on Sunday. The grades include men and women grades of Waratah ABL, State League and Youth League.

The results of the two grand finals were:

Men: Parramatta Wildcats 109 defeated Manly Warringah Sea Eagles. Full report on this game can be found on http://sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=3875

Women: Hornsby Spiders 90 defeated Bankstown Bruins 67

For more on Waratah ABL basketball and the semi-finals and finals go to: http://www.waratah.basketball.net.au/fs_home.asp

For more Sutherland Shire Basketball stories go to: http://sutherlandshire.sportslive.com.au/index.pl?page=2131.

Calling nominations for Sutherland Shire junior representative cricket

The Sutherland Shire junior cricket Association is now calling for nominations for junior representative teams. For details and registration link go to: http://ssjca.com.au/latest/?p=152

May still be able to register for World Masters Games

Some sports have been accepting late registrations for the World Games. To find out which sports are doing so, go to http://www.2009worldmasters.com/.

Sutherland Basketball Stadium is one of six venues to host basketball games and basketball is one of the sports accepting late registrations.

What's on around NSW with Sport and Recreation

NSW Sport and Recreation runs programs that will help you get active, improve your fitness or try a new sport. For more details of what’s on in the region go to: http://www.dsr.nsw.gov.au/active/whatson.asp