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West Australian
19-05-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
South West Slammers' men's side remain winless after losses to Rockingham Flames and Eastern Suns
South West Slammers' men's side remain winless in the 2025 NBL1 West season after another pair of losses — this time to Rockingham Flames and Eastern Suns — in their weekend double-header. The Slammers were beaten 116-83 by the high-flying Flames at Eaton Recreation Centre on Friday night, before going down 106-81 to the Suns at Ray Owen Sports Centre on Saturday. A weekend, which extended the Slammers' streak of losses to start the season to nine, leaves them four wins adrift of the eighth-placed Suns and further weakens their hopes of featuring in the play-offs for the first time since 2017. Star Jamal Poplar continued a stand-out season despite the losses, scoring 28 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against the Flames and backing up with 26 points and 14 rebounds against the Suns. But a tough start to life in Slammers colours for the side's other import Calvin Whipple continued — having played just under 19 minutes where he made two of his eight three-point attempts against the Flames, coach Jason Chalk opted to use the wing for only one five-minute run against the Suns. The team's defensive issues were again prevalent across both contests, conceding another pair of triple-digit scores, meaning they have kept their opponents under 100 points in only two games this season. The Slammers headed for the main break against the Flames behind by only four points but were blown away over the course of a 65-36 second half. Rockingham grabbed 25 offensive rebounds as part of a dominant display on the glass which saw them win the rebound count 61-31, allowing them to continually give their offence second chances while denying their hosts the same luxury. Former Slammer Travis Durnin was among their strongest performers in the win, scoring 21 points in less than 19 minutes on the court. The Slammers were able to correct their rebounding issues in their second game of the weekend, grabbing seven more rebounds than the Suns. But their hopes of grabbing a breakthrough victory were ultimately cruelled by some subpar offensive execution which saw them convert only 30 of their 76 field goal attempts.
NZ Herald
06-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Gisborne business house badminton league starts this week
Badminton Eastland's 2025 business house league starts on Thursday. BIZminton 2025, Badminton Eastland's business house league, starts on Thursday. The format introduced last year continues, with social and competitive grades. Entries stand at four teams for both the social and competitive sections. Organisers would like two more teams in each grade. Players should email if they wish to be part of the competition from next week. Some junior representative players have formed a team, competition stalwarts Slammers and RSL51 return, two family teams have joined the mix, Gisborne District Council has a team and Versatile has two teams.
West Australian
21-04-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
South West Slammers women's side suffer nine-point loss to Lakeside Lightning
South West Slammers women's side fell short in their mission to string together consecutive home wins at Eaton Recreation Centre on Thursday, losing to Lakeside Lightning by nine points. In front of their own fans for the first time since the season opener, in which they snapped a streak of nearly six years without a home victory, the Slammers were competitive but finished on the wrong end of an 86-77 result. The Slammers ultimately had no answer to Lakeside star Teige Morrell — the daughter of inaugural Slammers men's coach Marty Zeller, who now coaches the Lightning's women's side. While scoring a team-high 23 points, Morrell exposed the Slammers' lack of size by hauling in 23 rebounds — only nine fewer than every one of her opponents combined — while also dishing out seven assists. Despite the loss, American Cayla King had her best game in Slammers colours, drilling six of her nine three-point attempts on her way to 24 points. King's fellow import Mykea Gray was still able to score 19 points despite playing less than 19 minutes due to foul trouble, which forced her to the bench for much of the first half. On NBL1 West debut, the performance of Ella Edwards (10 points, two assists) was also a bright spot for the Slammers. Despite being dominated on the interior, the Slammers were able to keep themselves in the game with some brilliant outside shooting, which saw them connect on 14 of their 32 three-point attempts. But they had a much tougher time from inside the arc, where the same number of shots yielded only nine makes. The Slammers were down by 13 points in the middle stages of the final term but Gray launched a personal 10-0 run capped off by a step-back three-pointer to cut the gap back to four points inside the final four minutes. But the visitors were able to close out the contest by scoring nine of the game's final 12 points to secure their first win of the season. Despite Gray heading for the bench for the remainder of the half after picking up a third foul from a charge in the closing stages of the first term, the hosts headed for half-time behind by only four points. The Slammers' attempts at grabbing some momentum in the third term were consistently stymied by the Lightning, who allowed them to score on consecutive possessions only twice in the quarter.
