By Peter Tseros
It was in interesting match for The Basin Red and Green who had to play each other last weekend. Club coach Kristy Dahan was given the challenge of coaching both her sides against each other for the first time.
“We treated the game very differently compared to other matches mixing the sides up a bit to make the game more competitive and enjoyable” said coach Dahan.
The Reds are currently sitting on top of the ladder after winning all seven for their matches so far and dominating the competition in division four.
While the Greens have had a very different sort of season, being winless and unable to show the form of their counterpart team.
The Reds are in fine form and it has shown in all their matches so far and with natural goal scorers such as Kylie Baumgarten who has scored 107 goals so far and is leading the competition, making hard to stop The Reds on a weekly basis.
“We couldn’t be happier with the team this year and we are pretty confident in going all the way, though anything can happen, we need to keep fit and hopefully stay injury-free” continued Dahan.
And why wouldn’t you be with the side being in such incredible form and with The Basin’s ability to use players all around the court, change positions around and continue to win, makes it hard for rival sides to get on top.
Though looking at the other Basin team, it has been a very hard season for them so far in 2015. Unfortunately going down by nineteen goals to the Reds last week they will be lining up against Coldstream Blue who are third on the ladder and in fine form.
“It has been a tough year but that’s because there are a lot of players who have never played netball before, however there have been signs of improvement” said coach Dahan.
With the experiences learnt from this year Dahan is confident that the side will grow from it and make a bigger impact come next season. Even though the sides were mixed a round a little, their coach did see some big improvements from last week and as a result is confident that a win is just around the corner.
As for the Reds they will be coming up against South Croydon this week who are sitting second last, just above The Basin Green with one win.
Though as this week will most likely be pencilled in as a win for Dahan’s team, there is a long season a head. Only time will tell if the Reds can continue their form and stay uninjured come finals and make a real push for division three next year.