The Not Bad Thanks Basketball Club recently celebrated playing its 2000th game against Kings in Melbourne Central’s B Grade competition winning 49-42 reports Graeme Willingham.
Almanac Basketball: The Craft of Hephaestus
Learn a bit more about the mythical figures of Bullitt and Axe from the 45-years-young basketball club Not Bad Thanks
Almanac Basketball (and amazing achievements): NBT joins the 45:90 club
Graeme Willingham updates us on the progress of Not Bad Thanks, a basketball team with a difference. The club’s Facts and Figures make for interesting reading!
Almanac Travel (and footy tips): Sal’s Travel Diary 2024 – Dubrovnik, and Paris Olympics / Round 21 Tips
What trip it has been for Sal and Susannah as their journey in Europe continues with more in Dubrovnik, then on to Paris for the Olympics.
Almanac Basketball: The F-word at play in Not Bad Thanks seventh premiership
We’ve been able to follow the fortunes of Not Bad Thanks basketball team thanks to Graeme Willingham. He has news.
Almanac Basketball: Bill Russell Biography Review
Braham Dabscheck profiles Bill Russell, one of the legends of American basketball who revolutionised the game with his focus on defence, rebounding and the fast break.
‘From Wang to Nagoya…the basketball odyssey of Shawn Dennis…’ by KB Hill
KB Hill updates the career journey of Wangaratta’s greatest basketball export, Shawn Dennis.
‘The sport-mad kid who made the grade…” by KB Hill
KB Hill talks with Tony Fisher, the multi-talented sportsman from Greta, who ‘made the grade’, contrary to the expectations of some of his teachers.
Almanac Basketball: Loud Liz is a big loss in only one way
SHE should be a hoops hero but the Opals’ best player has well and truly worn out her welcome, writes RON REED.
‘The night Ettamogah scooped the pool…’ by KB Hill
Mark Mulcahy has covered sport in Victoria’s north-east and the Riverina for over four decades. Recently, he reminisced with Wangaratta’s sports historian KB Hill.
Almanac Basketball: Patty Mills and the Boomers, ‘Not Bad Thanks’
We were thrilled by basketball at the highest level with Patty Mills and the Boomers, but there’s another team proud of their exploits, the Not Bad Thanks team. [Ed -great gift idea for Father’s Day]
Almanac Basketball: When the Toowoomba Mountaineers (and John Rillie) were on top of The World
John Harms still has this sporting contest in his Top 10 of all time – any sport, any level – on the night the Toowoomba Mountaineers were on top of the world. It features John Rillie.
Almanac Olympics: Boomers – Mills, a hero cast in bronze
Respected journalist Ron Reed continues his magnificent informative reports of events from the Tokyo Olympics. This report focuses upon the efforts of the bronze winning Boomers particularly the integral role played by Patty Mills for the team.
Almanac Sport: All in a day – calypso cricket, Les Bleus rugby and Dream Team hoops
Wayne Ball watches on as Australia resumes rivalries with international sporting opponents in cricket, rugby and basketball. He realises just how diminished the powerhouses of his youth are in 2021.
Almanac Sport: A tribute to two pros
On Saturday, Nick Kossatch had the delight to watch two pros excel on their respective sporting fields, football and basketball, as he highlights in his report.
The Beeanly Bugle: Winter at Last
Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel wraps up his weekly Beeaanly Bugle series as his local basketball team head into their winter season.
The Beeaanly Bugle: Summer Season Wrap-Up
A wrap on the Beeaans’ summer season and who the boys voted as their best players, as told by Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel in his weekly column about his local basketball team.
The Beeaanly Bugle: The Run Home
The Beeaans’ final three games of the season, as told by Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel in his weekly column about his local basketball team.
The Beeaanly Bugle: The Beeaans Go Back-To-Back
Another win for The Beeaans, as told by Deakin Uni student Connor Hoetzel in his weekly column about his local basketball team.
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