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Newbies - 2005/06 change over to 2006/07

Out: In: Stay:
Abby Bishop
Renae Camino
Mikaela Dombkins
Christina Fox
Rachel Herrick
Hayley Munro
Lisa Scaglia
Alyce Shearing
Melissa Smith
Kate Gaze
Ellyce Ironmonger
Jaimee Kennedy
Emma Langford
Nicole Hunt
Nikita-Lee Martin
Mia Newley
Marianna Tolo
Katie Rae Ebzery
Cayla Francis
Molly Lewis
Ellie Manou
Rebecca Schatz
Louella Tomlinson

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Ellyce Ironmonger
Position: Centre
Height: -
From: WA
Born: September 24 1989

Team: WA Metro
2005 U18 National Championships
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jul 2 QLD South W 67-65 35 5/11 45 5/11 45 0/0 - 1/2 50 7 6 13 0 3 1 1 3 11
Jul 3 Tasmania W 94-55 18 2/8 25 2/8 25 0/0 - 0/2 0 4 2 6 0 3 2 0 0 4
Jul 4 NSW Cntry L 53-89 25 3/4 75 3/4 75 0/0 - 2/4 50 5 3 8 0 4 1 2 0 8
Jul 5 SA Cntry W 65-54 23 2/8 25 2/8 25 0/0 - 4/4 100 1 6 7 0 1 1 0 0 8
Jul 6 VIC Metro L 63-69 35 6/13 46 6/13 46 0/0 - 0/0 - 1 4 5 0 0 4 0 5 12
Jul 7 NZ W 78-50 27 6/13 46 6/13 46 0/0 - 1/1 100 4 4 8 2 1 2 0 0 13
Jul 8 NSW Metro W 70-43 20 3/4 75 3/4 75 0/0 - 2/2 100 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 8
Jul 9 ACT L 63-68 26 3/6 50 3/6 50 0/0 - 0/0 - 1 5 6 1 1 3 0 1 6

Competition Totals: 209 30/67 - 30/67 - 0/0 - 10/15 - 24 30 54 3 13 19 4 9 70
Competition Averages: 26.1 3.8/8.4 45 3.8/8.4 45 - - 1.3/1.9 67 3.0 3.8 6.8 0.4 1.6 2.4 0.5 1.1 8.8
Efficiency Total: 79  
Efficiency Average: 9.88  

Comments: -

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Jaimee Kennedy
Position: Guard
Height: 172cm / 5'8"
From: NSW
Born: March 20 1988

Team: NSW Country
2005 U18 National Championships
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jul 2 VIC Metro W 75-60 34 1/5 20 1/3 33 0/2 0 6/8 75 4 7 11 6 3 2 1 0 5
Jul 3 SA Cntry W 99-56 29 5/10 50 5/10 50 0/0 - 2/2 100 6 5 11 8 4 5 1 0 12
Jul 4 Tasmania W 96-53 23 1/3 33 1/2 50 0/1 0 2/2 100 9 1 10 4 4 2 2 1 4
Jul 4 WA Metro W 89-56 37 7/12 58 6/10 60 1/2 50 5/8 63 4 7 11 4 2 4 10 0 20
Jul 5 QLD South W 56-52 32 2/4 50 2/3 67 0/1 0 0/2 0 4 4 8 4 5 3 1 0 4
Jul 6 NZ W 75-34 25 3/4 75 3/4 75 0/0 - 2/2 100 4 5 9 3 3 4 2 0 8
Jul 8 VIC Cntry W 62-45 33 3/13 23 3/13 23 0/0 - 3/4 75 7 9 16 6 0 5 0 1 9
Jul 9 SA Metro W 58-56 39 1/8 13 1/6 17 0/2 0 2/2 100 3 6 9 7 2 5 2 1 4

Competition Totals: 252 23/59 - 22/51 - 1/8 - 22/30 - 41 44 85 42 23 30 19 3 66
Competition Averages: 31.5 2.9/7.4 39 2.8/6.4 43 0.1/1.0 13 2.8/3.8 73 5.1 5.5 10.6 5.3 2.9 3.8 2.4 0.4 8.3
Efficiency Total: 141  
Efficiency Average: 17.63  

Team: Australia
2005 Australian Youth Olympic Festival
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jan 20 Oceania W 93-41 17 2/4 50 2/4 50 0/0 - 1/2 50 4 5 9 0 0 1 1 0 5
Jan 21 China W 83-56 21 1/5 20 1/4 25 0/1 0 1/2 50 1 7 8 2 1 0 2 1 3
Jan 22 NZ W 100-41 21 2/7 29 2/6 33 0/1 0 0/0 - 4 3 7 3 1 0 4 0 4
Jan 23 Final: China W 72-65 17 0/3 0 0/1 0 0/2 0 2/6 33 6 1 7 2 0 1 2 0 2

Competition Totals: 76 5/19 - 5/15 - 0/4 - 4/10 - 15 16 31 7 2 2 9 1 14
Competition Averages: 19.0 1.3/4.8 26 1.3/3.8 33 0/1.0 0 1.0/2.5 40 3.8 4 7.8 1.8 0.5 0.5 2.3 0.3 3.5
Efficiency Total: 40  
Efficiency Average: 10.00  

Comments: The AIS finally get a point guard! Joins 2005 NSW Country teammate Molly Lewis at 'tute. Gets a lot of rebounds for a guard - actually led the Aussie team in rebounding at the Youth Olympics. Her field goal percentages are a little low, but she contributes in other areas to maintain a high efficiency clip.

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Emma Langford
Position: Guard
Height: -
From: SA
Born: January 29 1989

Team: SA Country
2005 U18 National Championships
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jul 2 NZ W 76-59 26 6/13 46 5/12 42 1/1 100 6/8 75 3 8 11 4 4 6 2 0 19
Jul 3 NSW Cntry L 56-99 29 6/16 38 5/14 36 1/2 50 2/5 40 2 3 5 1 4 4 1 2 15
Jul 4 QLD South L 43-75 32 5/15 33 5/14 36 0/1 0 1/2 50 3 13 16 1 3 5 1 2 11
Jul 5 NSW Metro L 54-64 33 7/17 41 6/16 38 1/1 100 6/9 67 3 2 5 0 3 4 0 1 21
Jul 6 Tasmania W 85-59 27 8/17 47 8/17 47 0/0 - 12/13 92 5 9 14 6 0 2 0 0 28
Jul 8 WA Cntry W 63-42 29 8/17 47 7/16 44 1/1 100 6/7 86 6 11 17 3 2 5 3 4 23
Jul 9 QLD North L 63-66 33 4/14 29 4/12 33 0/2 0 3/4 75 1 6 7 7 2 4 0 1 11

Competition Totals: 209 44/109 - 40/101 - 4/8 - 36/48 - 23 52 75 22 18 30 7 10 128
Competition Averages: 29.9 6.3/15.6 40 5.7/14.4 40 0.6/1.1 50 5.1/6.9 75 3.3 7.4 10.7 3.1 2.6 4.3 1.0 1.4 18.3
Efficiency Total: 135  
Efficiency Average: 19.29  

Comments: Made her WNBL debut on Jan 27 against Adelaide posted 7 pts and 5 rebs. Backed it up with 9 and 4 against Perth to start her career averaging 8.0 pts and 4.5 rebs on 9.0 efficiency.

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Nikita-Lee Martin
Position: Guard
Height: 180cm / 5'11"
From: SA
Born: October 28 1988

Team: SA Metro
2005 U18 National Championships
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jul 2 QLD North W 84-61 27 7/15 47 7/13 54 0/2 0 3/3 100 1 3 4 5 3 1 3 0 17
Jul 3 WA Cntry W 111-40 20 9/14 64 9/13 69 0/1 0 0/0 - 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 18
Jul 4 VIC Cntry W 83-76 35 7/11 64 5/8 63 2/3 67 2/4 50 2 8 10 2 3 2 1 1 18
Jul 5 ACT W 57-57 32 8/9 59 7/8 88 1/1 100 2/3 67 1 2 3 4 4 3 0 0 19
Jul 7 NSW Metro W 85-69 30 4/11 36 4/9 44 0/2 0 3/6 50 1 3 4 3 1 2 3 0 11
Jul 8 VIC Metro W 101-72 35 6/9 67 5/8 63 1/1 100 4/6 67 4 5 9 7 4 2 2 0 17
Jul 9 NSW Cntry L 56-58 35 5/10 50 4/8 50 1/2 50 1/1 100 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 0 12

Competition Totals: 214 46/79 - 41/67 - 5/12 - 15/23 - 11 25 36 29 19 14 12 2 112
Competition Averages: 30.6 6.6/11.3 58 5.9/9.6 61 0.7/1.7 42 2.1/3.3 65 1.6 3.6 5.1 4.1 2.7 2.0 1.7 0.3 16.0
Efficiency Total: 136  
Efficiency Average: 19.43  

Comments: Played in the Central ABL for the Forestville Eagles under Dean Kinsman.
If the SA Metro duo of Martin and Newley are still reeling after the 2-pt loss to NSW Country at Nationals, maybe they'll challenge Kennedy and Lewis to a 2-on-2 battle at the 'tute?

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Mia Newley
Position: -
Height: 178cm / 5'10"
From: SA
Born: August 4 1988

Team: SA Metro
2005 U18 National Championships
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jul 2 QLD North W 84-61 23 2/7 29 2/6 33 0/1 0 4/4 100 3 2 5 2 2 3 1 0 8
Jul 3 WA Cntry W 111-40 19 2/4 50 2/4 50 0/0 - 3/4 75 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 7
Jul 4 VIC Cntry W 83-76 11 0/2 0 0/2 0 0/0 - 3/4 75 2 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 3
Jul 5 ACT W 57-57 29 7/11 64 6/9 67 1/2 50 0/3 0 2 3 5 2 0 2 3 3 15
Jul 7 NSW Metro W 85-69 32 1/8 13 1/7 14 0/1 0 3/3 100 3 1 4 5 1 2 2 1 5
Jul 8 VIC Metro W 101-72 25 6/8 75 4/5 80 2/3 67 0/0 - 0 3 3 1 4 0 0 1 14
Jul 9 NSW Cntry L 56-58 23 5/9 56 4/7 57 1/2 50 0/0 - 1 2 3 2 0 3 2 0 11

Competition Totals: 162 23/49 - 19/40 - 4/9 - 13/18 - 11 13 24 16 10 13 9 6 63
Competition Averages: 23.1 3.3/7.0 47 2.7/5.7 48 0.6/1.3 44 1.9/2.6 72 1.6 1.9 3.4 2.3 1.4 1.9 1.3 0.9 9.0
Efficiency Total: 74  
Efficiency Average: 10.57  

Comments: Played in the Central ABL for the Forestville Eagles under Dean Kinsman.
Made her WNBL debut on Jan 27 against Adelaide with 9 pts followed by 8 against Perth. She'll go into next season averaging 8.5 pts on 55% field shooting.

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Marianna Tolo
Position: Centre
Height: 193cm / 6'4"
From: QLD
Born: July 2 1989

Team: QLD North
2005 U18 National Championships
        FG'S 2 PTS 3PTS FT'S REBOUNDS            
DATE VS SCORE MIN M/A % M/A % M/A % M/A % OR DR TOT AS PF TO ST BL PTS
Jul 2 SA Metro L 61-84 21 2/4 50 2/4 50 0/0 - 0/0 - 2 2 4 1 0 3 0 2 4
Jul 3 ACT L 58-68 20 0/4 0 0/4 0 0/0 - 3/4 75 0 5 5 1 2 2 0 1 3
Jul 4 WA Cntry W 86-18 18 1/10 10 1/10 10 0/0 - 2/3 67 3 4 7 1 0 1 1 2 4
Jul 5 NSW Metro L 51-56 7 0/1 0 0/1 0 0/0 - 0/0 - 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jul 7 VIC Cntry L 61-75 27 6/14 43 6/14 43 0/0 - 5/7 71 4 6 10 1 1 4 0 1 17
Jul 8 Tasmania W 83-49 25 4/14 29 4/14 29 0/0 - 0/1 0 9 3 12 0 0 1 1 0 8
Jul 9 SA Country W 66-83 23 3/7 43 3/7 43 0/0 - 2/3 67 4 3 7 2 3 1 0 1 8

Competition Totals: 141 16/54 - 16/54 - 0/0 - 12/18 - 23 23 46 7 6 13 2 7 44
Competition Averages: 20.1 2.3/7.7 30 2.3/7.7 30 - - 1.7/2.6 67 3.3 3.3 6.6 1.0 0.9 1.9 0.3 1.0 6.3
Efficiency Total: 49  
Efficiency Average: 7.00  

Comments: There is usually much anticipation when the AIS bring in some height, but with Tolo the anticipation goes up a notch. Judging from the media articles already published about her, she seems to be level-headed and a real prospect to do well at the AIS. 2005 Mackay Meteorettes coach Geoff MacLeod on Tolo - "She works hard, listens, competes and gives 100% every time she hits the floor — all quality aspects for an elite athlete."