Saturday April 22nd 1995 - Round 1 of the Winter 1995 season, and the Werribee Basketball Association's 10th and newest club was formed.
The Woodville Basketball Club began with an Under 10 Boys team, 
known as the Woodville Nomads in Under 10 Division 3 in April 1995.
Playing in the original sky blue-dark navy blue uniform with dark navy blue shorts, the team lost its first game 8-33,
yet steadily improved throughout its first season, winning its first game 
26-2 in Round 3 and progressing all the way to the Grand Final,
coming Runners Up 25-33.
The VERY First Woodville Basketball Club Team
Round 1, Winter 1995
Woodville NOMADS
Daniel Acciarito
Tom Rockliffe
Shane Nelson
Andrew Daher
Liam Hickson
Cameron Gilmour
Justin Gilmour
Morgan Evans
The Summer 1995-96 season was run from August 1995 to March 1996,
with a 6 week break over summer. The competition ran a reverse age season, whereby it ran to odd age groups, beginning with U7's through to Under 17s.
From records that are known, the club ran teams in the younger age groups with the U13 Warriors making the Semi Finals and the U13 Wanderers progressing as far as the Preliminary Final.
1995 Games Leader - Andrew Daher (18)
1995 Points Leader - Andrew Daher (216)
1995 Player Count - 44 Players
Career Games Leader - Andrew Daher (18)
Career Points Leader - Andrew Daher (216)
1996 -
IN FOR THE LONG HAUL
1996 kicked off in the first week of February with the resumption of the Summer 1995-96 season. With 4 rounds played before the finals series, Woodville had both the U13 Warriors and U13 Wanderers progress through to the finals. Incidentally, the Warriors name is the only club name that has been in existence throughout the entire 12 years. The Warriors, coached by Ray Chattenton made the 1st Semi Final losing by a single point, whereas the U13 Wanderers, coached by Brian Clark took one step further, reaching the Preliminary Final, losing by a mere 2pts.
The Winter 1996 season began in late March 1996 and to realign the seasons within the calendar year, the season ran for 30 weeks, ending in December 1996. A handy thing if you were reasonably successful, but horror if your team was outgraded. Woodville comprised of 9 teams in 1996,
U8 Joeys
U10 Nomads
U10 Wombats
U12 Boomerangs
U12 Spears
U14 Warriors
U14 Dingoes
U16 Allstars
U16/18 Rebels.
The club had 6 boys teams and 3 girls teams. The U10 Nomads went on to the Grand Final, beaten by 2pts (14-16), with better luck for the U12 Boomerangs who won U12 Division 2 43-29 in the Grand Final, the club's first Premiership victory.
Kevin Salajan, of the Boomerangs set a long standing single season points scoring record of 337 points in the Winter 1996 season.
Woodville Boomerangs Premiership Team
Kevin Salajan
Nathan Lacey
Cameron Brock
Matthew Busittil
Matthew O'Driscoll
Michael Hermogenes
Craig Thompson
Eugene Lui
Coach - Glenn Robb
Standout performers for the club throughout 1996 included:-
Natalie Clark (Joeys) - 14 Games, 102 Points
Justin Gilmour (Nomads) - 34 Games, 228 Points
Ashley O'Driscoll (Nomads) - 27 Games, 105 Points
Lucas Loft (Nomads)
Kevin Salajan (Boomerangs) - 23 Games, 142 Points
Matthew O'Driscoll (Boomerangs) - 28 Games, 194 Points
Adrian Chattenton (Warriors) - 39 Games, 358 Points
Brad Merryweather (Warriors) - 29 Games, 258 Points
Ben Hall (Warriors) - 33 Games, 259 Points
Peter Karakazakis (All Stars) - 25 Games, 289 Points
Mario Pisano (All Stars) - 24 Games, 275 Points
1996 Games Leader - Adrian Chattenton (39)
1996 Points Leader - Adrian Chattenton (358)
1996 Player Count - 94 Players
Career Games Leader - Adrian Chattenton (55)
Career Points Leader - Adrian Chattenton (503)
1997 - BREAKING THROUGH
1997 began with an 8 round grading season at the beginning of February with no finals to be followed by Winter 1997 from May - August and Spring 1997 from August - December.
1997 was the debut year for future 300 gamer and former games record holder Jarrod Fry. 
In 1997, Woodville reversed it's playing strip, taking the sky blue/dark navy blue top and switching it. The lighter blue appearing at the top of the uniform with the darker navy blue now along the lower half of the top and becoming the dominant colour. Through 1997 the club continued to grow in size and stature, with teams competing across a large range of age groups. In the Summer 1997 season Woodville ran 6 teams, with the U12 Nomads, U12 Wombats, U14 Boomerangs, U14 Spears, U16 Warriors and U18 Allstars competing.
Winter 1997 saw the club grow to 8 teams with the addition of the U10 Wanderers and the U12 Wallabies. The U12 Nomads were semi finalists, the U12 Wombats made it to the Preliminary and the Boomerangs, Warriors and 
Allstars all made it into the semi finals.
The Spring 1997 season ran for 13 rounds and the U12 Nomads got to the Preliminary, the U12 Pumas made the Semis with Grand Final appearances for the U14 Boomerangs and Premiership success for the U16 Warriors.
In a year that could be considered the start of the "modern" era for Woodville, a number of prominent players made their debuts.
Those included:-
Catherine Roberts (294 Games)
Loren Lauder (274 Games)
Jarrod Fry (335 Games)
Chris Guertler (168 Games)
Carson Haynes (269 Games)
Mitchell Roberts (278 Games)
Tyrone Belleville (237 Games).
Top performers for the club throughout 1997 included:-
Jacob Crick (Allstars) - 29 Games, 329 Points
Mario Pisano (Allstars) - 31 Games, 290 Points
Matthew O'Driscoll (Boomerangs) - 33 Games, 283 Points
Kevin Salajan (Boomerangs) - 32 Games, 227 Points
Adrian Chattenton (Warriors) - 31 Games, 251 Points
Ben Hall (Warriors) - 23 Games, 234 Points
Michael Hermogenes (Nomads) - 31 Games, 158 Points
1997 Games Leader - Ashley O'Driscoll (34)
1997 Points Leader - Jacob Crick (329)
1997 Player Count - 100 Players
Career Games Leader - Adrian Chattenton (86)
Career Points Leader - Adrian Chattenton (754)
1998 - LET THE FLOODGATES OPEN
In the good grace of time, Woodville 1998 will be looked upon as a "watershed" year.
Rhys Fry, Wade Spencer, Bryce Spencer, Raymond Tilley, Susan Pegoraro, Roshanna Haynes, Emma Douglas, Josh Seneviratne, Jarryd Bingham and Tim Crozier all made their club debuts in 1998.
The club kicked off 1998 with 10 teams, with the U10 Raptors, U12 Timberwolves, U12 Nomads, U12 Hornets, U12 Spice, U12 Dolphins, U14 Pumas, U14 Boomerangs, U16 Warriors and U18 Allstars all competing under the Woodville banner.
During this year the club also began experimenting with sponsorship deals with local businesses such as NRG and Monte Villa.
Summer 1998 had it's team and individual milestones, with Adrian Chattenton becoming the first player to pass 100 career games with the club. The U14 Boomerangs made it through to the Preliminary, as did the U12 Spice and the U12 Nomads with the U12 Timberwolves winning the Premiership despite playing the majority of the Grand Final with 4 players on the court. 
As years would pass, this particular team would form the basis for the U18/20 Wolverines.
By the conclusion of the Spring 1998 season, a total of 7 players had passed 100 games with Woodville, a sign that the club was beginning to blossom. Woodville had 9 teams operating in Spring 1998, with the U10 Raptors making the Semis, the U12 Nomads going back to back by winning their Grand Final 25-11, the U12 Hornets made the Semis and the U12 Spice and U14 Boomerangs both made the Preliminary.
Notable players for the club in 1998 included:-
Kieran O'Driscoll (Raptors) - 32 Games, 143 Points
Jarrod Fry (Timberwolves) - 36 Games, 219 Points
Ashley O'Driscoll (Nomads) - 49 Games, 215 Points
Justin Gilmour (Nomads) - 34 Games, 155 Points
Sarah Thompson (Spice) - 28 Games, 137 Points
Matthew O'Driscoll (Boomerangs) - 39 Games, 403 Points
Craig Thompson (Boomerangs) - 34 Games, 238 Points
Kevin Salajan (Boomerangs) - 29 Games, 167 Points
Nathan Lacey (Boomerangs) - 35 Games, 209 Points
Brad Merryweather (Warriors) - 15 Games, 88 Points
1998 Games Leader - Ashley O'Driscoll (49)
1998 Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (403)
1998 Player Count - 99 Players
Career Games Leader - Adrian Chattenton (120)
Career Points Leader - Adrian Chattenton (992)
1999 -
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
The last year of the 20th century and Woodville partied like it was 1999.
The Autumn 1999 season kicked off in February in which Woodville comprised of 11 teams.
During the Autumn 1999 season, the club had it's first players crack the 1000 Point milestone, with Matthew O'Driscoll and Adrian Chattenton both reaching the mark and in his last game of 1999, Ashley O'Driscoll reached the first 150 Game milestone in the club's history.
The Autumn 1999 season saw the U10 Raptors finish 4th, losing the semi final by only 2pts, the U12 Spice came 4th, also losing the semi final by only 2pts, the U12 Timberwolves went one step further, finishing 3rd, the U14 Pumas finished 4th as did the U14 Wallabies, 
with the U16 Razorbacks completing their U16 Division 2 season with a Premiership victory (41-32).
Spring 1999 and the club ran with 9 teams. The Under 8 Joeys team, though not playing a finals series, won 13 out of 16 games and was a look to the future of the club containing players like Jordan Hughes, Dane MacPherson and Jake Allan.
The U12 Timberwolves made it through to another Preliminary Final, missing a shot in the Grand Final by 4pts (11-15), the U14 Pumas finished 4th, with both the U14 Wallabies and U16 Razorbacks also finishing 4th. The U16 Razorbacks finished 4th despite coming up from Division 2 to Division 1.
1999 was also the final year in the career of one of the early stars of the club with Adrian Chattenton exiting stage left after 134 Games and 1118 Points.
Consistent performers for the club in 1999 included:-
Kieran O'Driscoll (Raptors) - 41 Games, 205 Points
Gabby Hermogenes (Raptors) - 29 Games, 105 Points
Ashley O'Driscoll (Warriors) - 40 Games, 283 Points
Chris Guertler (Warriors) - 33 Games, 112 Points
Sarah Thompson (Spice) - 17 Games, 131 Points
Wade Spencer (Timberwolves) - 35 Games, 311 Points
Bryce Spencer (Timberwolves) - 35 Games, 194 Points
Connor Haynes (Pumas) - 30 Games, 277 Points
Justin Gilmour (Nomads) - 24 Games, 108 Points
Nathan Lacey (Razorbacks) - 35 Games, 159 Points
Matthew O'Driscoll (Razorbacks) - 36 Games, 439 Points
Scott Junker (Razorbacks) - 33 Games, 179 Points
David McMahon (Razorbacks) - 26 Games, 196 Points
Tim Dean (Allstars) - 15 Games, 150 Points
Nick Dean (Allstars) - 13 Games, 147 Points
Adrian Chattenton (Allstars) - 14 Games, 126 Points
Nick Wennerbom (Joeys) - 15 Games, 82 Points
Jordan Hughes (Joeys) - 11 Games, 67 Points
1999 Games Leader - Kieran O'Driscoll (41), Carson Haynes (41), Rhys Fry (41)
1999 Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (439)
1999 Player Count - 117 Players
Career Games Leader - Ashley O'Driscoll (150)
Career Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (1319)
2000 - IT TAKES BOTH SUNSHINE AND RAIN TO MAKE A RAINBOW.
With the turn of the century, came a fresh outlook for everyone. Woodville had reached its 5th year. With President Leanne O'Driscoll and several new recruits and coaches, the club set about maintaining the standards it had set in 1999. With 9 teams playing in Autumn 2000, the club achieved some of its best results to date.
Troy Johns had joined Woodville Basketball from Hoppers Crossing over summer, and kicked off the year by taking the U14 Nomads and U16 Razorbacks to the Autumn 2000 Grand Finals. The Nomads, would taste defeat by a mere 3pts, (23-26) to Iramoo Devils, whilst the Razorbacks would make an incredible run from 4th to come Runners Up to the St Andrews Raiders, (42-68). The U10 Dingoes, coached by Darren Still went all the way to the Grand Final to go under by a single point (17-18), with Tony Kurtis in charge, the U12 Raptors fared better by not only making it to the big show, but winning the Premiership by 9 points (25-16). Continuing the club's successes, the U14 Warriors, under Matthew O'Driscoll played off in the semi finals, the U14 Wallabies made the Preliminary under Wayne McEachran and the U16 Pumas coached by Lionel Evans made the semis. In his first season with the club, Troy Johns' two teams both made their respective Grand Finals to round out the club's outstanding results for Autumn 2000. The U14 Nomads, winning 2 of their first 7 games, went on an amazing 12 game winning streak to tear into the Grand Final, only to be beaten in the dying minutes by 3pts (23-26). Likewise the U16 Razorbacks, playing U16 division 1, who made the Grand Final after a Preliminary final that was one of the most amazing games in club history.
In Spring 2000, Woodville ran with 9 teams.
Darren Still's U10 Dingoes went back to back Grand Finalists, the U12 Timberwolves won the Premiership 37-32 with Wayne McEachran as coach, and the U14 Warriors, coached by Matthew O'Driscoll made it to the Preliminary Final. The year in itself was a resounding success for the club yet it was not without its tragedy, as in November 2000 the club lost one of its much loved members and tireless committee workers with the passing of Alison Acciarito. The outpouring of emotion and sadness over this was a testament to the high esteem and respect that Alison was held in by all members of the Woodville
Basketball Club.
Performing well for the club in 2000:-
Kieran O'Driscoll - 48 Games, 382 Points
Wade Spencer - 32 Games, 272 Points
Bryce Spencer - 34 Games, 210 Points
Aaron Kurtis - 34 Games, 277 Points
Tim Crozier - 31 Games, 209 Points
Lucas Loft - 24 Games, 127 Points
Daniel Acciarito - 30 Games, 137 Points
Ashley O'Driscoll - 45 Games, 358 Points
Matthew O'Driscoll - 35 Games, 352 Points
Geoffrey Russell - 35 Games, 190 Points
Jarrod Fry - 47 Games, 214 Points
Tom Rockliffe - 26 Games, 149 Points
Christian Arbanovski - 17 Games, 96 Points
James Gillon - 32 Games, 163 Points
Paul Harmer - 29 Games, 129 Points
Beau Ryan - 27 Games, 165 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
James GILLON; Paul HARMER; Jomaine RAMOS; Matthew MACPHERSON; Daniel KETTENSTEINER; Tate MCCUTCHEON
2000 Games Leader - Kieran O'Driscoll (48)
2000 Points Leader - Kieran O'Driscoll (382)
2000 Player Count - 90 Players
Career Games Leader - Ashley O'Driscoll (195)
Career Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (1671)
2001 - BASKETBALL ONE, BE THE ONE
2001 would prove to be a year full of hills and valleys. 10 teams strong at the beginning of the year, the Autumn 2001
season would see the U10 Dingoes, U12 Raptors, U12 Wizards, U14 Timberwolves, U16 Knights and U16 Thunder all make the finals, with the Dingoes making the Preliminary Final and the Knights progressing to the Grand Final, coming Runners Up.
Early in the Autumn season, Ashley O'Driscoll became the first Woodville player to pass the 200 Game milestone.
Spring 2001 saw the U18/20 Hurricanez return to the club. The Hurricanez team formed in July, included some of Woodville's finest players including Geoffrey Russell, Paul Harmer, Matthew O'Driscoll, Rustan Cabato, Eugene Lui, Brad Merryweather and Clayton Stephens, and coached by Troy Johns. The team wore a special teal and black 
uniform and in their comeback season, playing U18/20 division 1 finished a respectable 4th. Of the other 9 teams within Woodville in Spring 2001, the U10 Dingoes (Coach Darren Still) made the semis, the U12 Wizards (Coach Geoffrey Russell) posted the first ever undefeated season in winning the Premiership. The Wizards took out the Premiership by winning the Grand Final 30-15, in what in reality, was one of their "closest" games of the season.
In Round 9, the UNDER 12 Wizards, recorded a massive 80-4 win, backing that up through the season with other bulldozing results including a 55-2 win, a 70-7 win and a 67-8 victory. The U14 Warriors (Coach Troy Johns) won 13 of 16 games and got through to the Grand Final, before being beaten by 12pts (18-30), with the U14 Timberwolves almost meeting the Warriors in the Grand Final, but falling short in the Preliminary Final. The club held it's Presentation Day in December 
at the Riverside Sports Centre.
2001's top performers were:-
Jordan Hughes - 31 Games, 262 Points
Kieran O'Driscoll - 32 Games, 362 Points
Aaron Kurtis - 30 Games, 319 Points
Josh Callanan - 32 Games, 359 Points
Daniel Kettensteiner - 38 Games, 182 Points
Ashley O'Driscoll - 23 Games, 242 Points
Christian Arbanovski - 59 Games, 357 Points
Bryce Spencer - 35 Games, 274 Points
Wade Spencer - 33 Games, 298 Points
Connor Haynes - 32 Games, 264 Points
Daniel Acciarito - 18 Games, 120 Points
Tim Crozier - 29 Games 228 Points
Dane MacPherson - 35 Games, 158 Points
Lucas Nitez - 33 Games, 232 Points
Raymond Tilley - 36 Games, 210 Points
Brad Merryweather - 16 Games, 181 Points
Matthew O'Driscoll - 16 Games, 163 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Christian ARBANOVSKI; Jack VINCENT; Josh CALLANAN; Rustan CABATO; Steven KURTIS
2001 Games Leader - Christian Arbanovski (59)
2001 Points Leader - Kieran O'Driscoll (362)
2001 Player Count - 98 Players
Career Games Leader - Ashley O'Driscoll (218)
Career Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (1834)
2002 - TOP GEAR SHIFT
2002 would prove to be a pivotal year in the history of the Woodville Basketball Club. The Autumn 2002 season kicked off with 10 teams, ending with 9 teams with the folding mid-season of the U18/20 Suenamis (sic). The U10 Kangas, coached by Michelle Vincent went from strength to strength making the Grand Final, with the U12 Raptors progressing to the Semis, the U14 Wizards making the Preliminary, the U14 Wolverines winning the Premiership 34-24 over the last ever Derrimut Heath 
(Rockets) team and the U16 Warriors making the semis, losing by just 4pts. The season and indeed the year, saw great changes within the club, as club President of the past 3 years, Leanne O'Driscoll stepped down in May, with Troy Johns becoming President in August 2002. It was the end of an era as for the first time since 1995, the club would enter a season (Spring 2002) without the "O'Driscoll" name involved in some way.
By July 2002, the Woodville Basketball Club was in serious trouble. Due to a number of factors and a general slump in basketball interest itself, the club was coming to within inches of folding. Dwindling playing numbers, no influx of new players and worn out uniforms and resources had the club on its knees. With the remainder of 2002, the committee, driven by an idea of Troy's to "rebuild, refresh and rebrand", the Woodville Basketball Club set 
about completely overhauling itself. The first thing to go were the old blue and blue uniforms. A new design was drawn up, new colours (shades) and with that on show, the club set about raising the funds needed to set the dream in motion. Acquiring Rick Wolany and E-Plas as major sponsors ensured that more than half the total was raised, with the remainder gathered through chocolate drives, mini-competitions and careful financial planning.
Another early initiative that came through was the compiling of the club's history. Although it took Troy 3-4 weeks, he recorded and recreated the entire playing history of the Woodville Basketball Club so that each and every player now had access to their own individual career records.
Recruiting for the 2003 season began in late 2002 and this in itself created 3-4 new teams to begin the 2003 year with. 2002 was fast becoming a landmark year in the history of Woodville.
The Spring 2002 season was played out almost as a secondary event, such was the magnitude of what was occurring off court. The 8 teams that played out the final season in the blue uniforms were U10 Kangas who won the Premiership in overtime (16-13), the U12 Raptors who finished 4th, the U12 Dingoes, the U16 Wolverines who
made the Grand Final in U16 division 1, the U14 Wizards, the U16 Warriors who finished 4th, losing the semi final in overtime, the U16/18 Wallabies and the U18/20
Hurricanez who behind Joey Mausar's sizzling 21ppg, got to 3rd position in division 1, missing a Grand Final by 5pts. Anyone who witnessed Joey's 41pt semi final performance (24 to half time) is still talking about it today.
2002's standouts:-
Matthew Fitzpatrick - 28 Games, 171 Points
Kieran O'Driscoll - 28 Games, 382 Points
Wade Spencer - 36 Games, 374 Points
Bryce Spencer - 37 Games, 193 Points
Tate McCutcheon - 35 Games, 221 Points
Ashley O'Driscoll - 21 Games, 159 Points
Dyson Valdez - 13 Games, 174 Points
Tim Crozier - 33 Games, 227 Points
Lucas Loft - 31 Games, 303 Points
Raymond Tilley - 34 Games, 208 Points
Brad Merryweather - 30 Games, 332 Points
Joey Mausar - 8 Games, 163 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Matthew HEPBURN; Daniel MOODY; Cameron WILSON; Joey MAUSAR; Jake CORNELL
2002 Games Leader - Bryce Spencer (37)
2002 Points Leader - Kieran O'Driscoll (382)
2002 Player Count - 103 Players
Career Games Leader - Ashley O'Driscoll (240)
Career Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (2030)
2003 - MAKING WAVES
2003 was quite possibly the greatest year the club had to date. A delay in manufacturing meant the new uniforms would not be available until after the grading rounds, but once they arrived and appeared on court, the impact was instant. Woodville looked re-born with a new energy and a progressive outlook.
Nobody sat on their hands at that point, continuing to change the culture of the club, an alternative strip was introduced later in 2003 consisting of a Silver base colour, 
to be used when intra-club games happened or when a severe colour clash with another club occurred. Woodville created its own website, listing all things Woodville including player records and team histories; the Woodville Hall Of Fame was established with 50 
initial entrants in April 2003. Milestone certificates for games and points was also introduced, being presented at the club's Presentation Day which switched to an evening and for the first time was held at the Werribee Outdoor Pool in December. Woodville created its own noticeboard at the stadium, and was growing in stature by the day.
Autumn 2003 saw the first All Woodville Grand Final happen when the U16 Wolverines defeated the U16 Warriors (47-32) for the Premiership in the Autumn 2003 season. To have been personally involved in that game was a feeling that was beyond description.
In August 2003, Carson Haynes broke Ashley O'Driscoll's club games record by playing his 241st Game, Carson would go on to become the first Woodville player to record 250 Games. In the Autumn 2003 season, Woodville had increased to 11 teams with a total of 41 players making their debuts with the club. The U10
played off in the Grand Final, losing by a single point (10-11), 
the U12 Blitz lost the Preliminary Final also by a single point (28-29), whilst the U14 Raptors made the semis, the U14 Wizards produced a 3pt overtime semi final win and a 3pt preliminary final win to make the Grand Final, going down by 8pts in the Grand Final. The U16/18 Gems made the semi finals and the U16 Wolverines and U16 Warriors squared off in the "Battle of Woodville". After leading at half time, the Warriors simply ran out of players (foul outs to Carson, Christian and Ray) as the previously undefeated Wolverines finally got in front with 2:30 to go and ran away for a tough 15pt win.
In July 2003, a combined U16 Woodville team took part in the Melbourne Tigers Tournament. The team exceeded all expectations and finished 3rd, knocking over rep squad teams from Waverley and Narre Warren in the process. The team also competed at the Great Western Tournament in Altona/Keilor in October.
The Spring 2003 season arrived with Woodville running with a then record 13 teams, adding the U12 Burn, U16 Panthers and the Woodville Wildcats playing in the Young Womens Comp. In September, Raymond Tilley posted the 2nd 40pt+ game when scoring 40pts in an U16 game. The season culminated in the Presentation Evening held at the Werribee Outdoor Pool in December where games / points milestones certificates were awarded for the first time to eligible players.
On the court, the U12 Blitz made the Grand Final, the U16 Wizards made it through to the Preliminary, the Gems and the Wildcats both made the finals, playing each other in the Preliminary Final with the Wildcats prevailing to go through to their first Grand Final and the U14 Raptors and U16 Warriors both capped off ladder-leading seasons by winning their respective Premierships. The Raptors winning by 9pts (40-31) and the Warriors winning by 24pts (50-26). For the Warriors, it was the first Premiership victory for some of the club's "veterans" such as Ray Tilley, Carson Haynes and Christian Arbanovski, whilst it would also be Troy's first Woodville Premiership after 3 years of near misses.
2003's standouts:-
Glenn Quisay - 26 Games, 237 Points
Daniel Fury - 35 Games, 189 Points
Dane MacPherson - 50 Games, 234 Points
Jordan Hughes - 35 Games, 494 Points
Rhys Fry - 46 Games, 426 Points
Michael Powell - 32 Games, 323 Points
Matthew Hepburn - 44 Games, 415 Points
Wade Spencer - 33 Games, 411 Points
Raymond Tilley - 62 Games, 810 Points
Christian Arbanovski - 38 Games, 345 Points
Catherine Roberts - 35 Games, 422 Points
Lucas Loft - 30 Games, 299 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Tristan WHITE; Daniel FURY; Brenden WILSON; Aiden SCOLARO; Zach SCOLARO; Glenn QUISAY; Chris DIMITRIADIS; Robert TUBBS; Kirra STREET; Belinda PEGORARO; Andrew MOODY; Sean GHATTAS; Levi CATALBAS; Jake SCULLIN; Michael GIORDANO; Nathan MOODY
HALL OF FAME ELECTS:-
1) Daniel ACCIARITO; 2) Christian ARBANOVSKI; 3) Tyrone BELLEVILLE; 4) Lauren BROWN; 5)Josh CALLANAN;
6) Adrian CHATTENTON; 7) Ray CHATTENTON; 8) Tim CROZIER; 9) Andrew DAHER; 10) Nick DEAN;
11) Morgan EVANS; 12) Jarrod FRY; 13) Jenny FRY; 14) Rhys FRY; 15) Cameron GILMOUR;
16) Justin GILMOUR; 17) Alex GROTZ; 18) Chris GUERTLER; 19) Ben HALL; 20) Carson HAYNES;
21) Connor HAYNES; 22) Gabby HERMOGENES; 23) Liam HICKSON; 24) Jordan HUGHES; 25) Troy JOHNS;
26) Peter KARAKAZAKIS; 27) Aaron KURTIS; 28) Nathan LACEY; 29) Noel LACEY; 30) Loren LAUDER;
31) Lucas LOFT; 32) Eugene LUI; 33) Tate MCCUTCHEON; 34) Dane MACPHERSON; 35) Brad MERRYWEATHER;
36) Shane NELSON; 37) Ashley O'DRISCOLL; 38) Kieran O'DRISCOLL; 39) Matthew O'DRISCOLL; 40) Leanne O'DRISCOLL;
41) Christine HAYNES; 42) Mario PISANO; 43) Catherine ROBERTS; 44) Mitchell ROBERTS; 45)Tom ROCKLIFFE;
46) Geoffrey RUSSELL; 47) Kevin SALAJAN; 48) Michael SMITH; 49) Bryce SPENCER; 50) Elizabeth SPENCER;
51) Wade SPENCER; 52) Darren STILL; 53) Aaron SQUELCH; 54) Craig THOMPSON; 55) Raymond TILLEY; 56) Nick WARK
2003 Games Leader - Raymond Tilley (62)
2003 Points Leader - Raymond Tilley (810)
2003 Player Count - 129 Players
Career Games Leader - Carson Haynes (255)
Career Points Leader - Matthew O'Driscoll (2030)
2004 - HARDWOOD HEROES
2004 began with the greatest of expectations. Kicking off Autumn 2004 with a record 14 teams and a playing group nudging 115, the club was experiencing sustained growth. Woodville had its first Under 8 team in nearly 5 years, and now had teams playing in every age group. In 2004 the club expanded further with its marketing by introducing several items of Warm Up Gear and clothing, also introducing the option of buying and owning a uniform, giving exclusive rights to a playing number. On the coaching resource side of things, the club put together 2 folders containing some 1500 drills covering all aspects and standards of basketball free for use by any coach or team.
In August 2004, the club issued Membership Cards to all players and coaches for exclusive use at retailers throughout the city offering discounts and rewards. The year was rounded out in late 2004 with team photos being taken in November by Keith Bedford Snapshots, and the acquisition of the $1000 Manor Lakes Grant in March was invested in team basketballs and team bags for all our teams with thanks also to a special deal with SportsCo. The year concluded with the Presentation Evening held on December 12th at the Werribee Indoor Pool.
5 Players (Wade Spencer, Bryce Spencer, Jarrod Fry, Rhys Fry and Raymond Tilley) all passed the 250 Game milestone with Woodville in 2004, with Jarrod Fry going on to break the club games record (Carson Haynes 266) in August, finishing 2004 on 278 Games. Wade Spencer set two club records in 2004, ironically on the same day (May 1st). Wade broke the single game scoring record previously held by Joey Mausar (41pts) by scoring 54pts in a game and on the same day, broke the club's long standing career scoring record by passing Matthew O'Driscoll's 2030 career point mark. Wade ended 2004 early due to a severe ankle injury but had reached 2606 points by year's end.
The U16 Wolverines trekked back to the Melbourne Tigers Tournament in July 2004 and went through undefeated (71-11), (59-12), (40-27), winning the tournament championship game against Waverley 59-35, 
with Tate McCutcheon claiming the Grand Final MVP. The U14 Blitz also made the journey and competing in a very tough group, performed admirably to claim a 3rd place finish.
The Wolverines also competed at the Great Western Tournament in October at Altona/Keilor and got through to the Championship game but were beaten by the Hurstbridge Hurricanes. 2 tournaments for 2 tournament championship playoff results was extremely satisfying.
The Autumn 2004 season saw the U10 Comets stick out a tough season in divison 1, making it into the semi finals, the U12 Hornets played off for the division 1 Premiership, getting done by 10pts in the big one but establishing a fierce rivalry with the Iramoo Redbacks that would prove to last the entire year, the U14 Blitz also competing in division 1, made it through to the Preliminary Final losing a nail-biter by 2pts (35-37), a similar story for the U14 Raptors, who surprised many by winning the 1st semi final (36-30) but were beaten by 9pts the next morning in the Preliminary Final, the U16 Wolverines made it to 3rd position, losing a hotly contested division 1 Preliminary Final by 9pts (42-51) and the U18/20 Rage rounded out the club's finalists by finishing in 4th position.
Spring 2004 would prove to be an interesting season for Woodville and it's 15 teams. There appeared to be an evening up occurring within the club as teams that had been slowly developing and learning the game "clicked" meaning that the overall standard of play was improving. The U8 Rugrats managed to win half of their games, the U10 Comets produced just the 2nd undefeated season in club history to take out the U10 Division 2 Premiership but only after a cliffhanger of a Grand Final, the Comets winning by 1pt (28-27). The U12 Hornets made it back to back Grand Finals but went down by 15pts to arch-rival Iramoo Redbacks, after beating them by a single point the day before in the 2nd Semi, the U12 Breakers under Mark Scullin managed to win half of their games, including 4 of their last 6, the U14 Pumas went on a crazy run, winning 11 of their last 13 games to finish 4 games clear on top of the ladder, storming into the Grand Final and losing a "genuine classic" by 7pts in overtime (37-44). It (the Grand Final) rates as one of the most amazing games Woodville's ever been involved in. The game
started at 3:30pm but did not finish until 5pm, the U16 Wolverines finished 3rd, a somewhat shock loser in the Preliminary by 7pts, the U16 Wizards also made it through to the Preliminary Final, getting done by 12pts (24-36), the Gems made it through to the semi finals, losing a close one by 5pts (18-23), the U18/20 Assault, complete with Yellow / Purple uniforms made it to the semi finals, losing to the U18/20 Warriors by 21pts with the Warriors themselves progressing to the Preliminary Final before coming up short by 18pts to the Iramoo Scorpions (31-49).
Throughout 2004, the club welcomed aboard Prouds, SportsCo, Mr Minit, Casual Guy, and Cherries as business partners.
2004's standouts:-
Anthony Aquino - 29 Games, 191 Points
Brenden Wilson - 35 Games, 233 Points
Tristan White - 43 Games, 245 Points
Jordan Hughes - 38 Games, 354 Points
Michael Powell - 33 Games, 398 Points
Wade Spencer - 60 Games, 876 Points
Bryce Spencer - 62 Games, 275 Points
Michael Giordano - 42 Games, 435 Points
Matthew Hepburn - 30 Games, 377 Points
Brad O'Connell - 33 Games, 369 Points
Catherine Roberts - 33 Games, 448 Points
Raymond Tilley - 34 Games, 388 Points
Christian Arbanovski - 37 Games, 338 Points
Daniel Farrugia - 27 Games, 365 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Bailey COOK; James O'SHANNESSY; John HAMILTON; Alex KRIZANOVIC; Aaron PALUOJA; Adam SCULLIN; Daniel FARRUGIA; Ashwin KUMAR; Anthony AQUINO; Tyrone REMY; Matthew STUBBINGS; Jordan COOK; Tom ANDERSON; Andrew O'SHANNESSY; Matthew HEDGER; Thomas OSTROWSKY
HALL OF FAME ELECTS:-
57) Matthew HEPBURN; 58) Matthew MACPHERSON; 59) Susan PEGORARO; 60) Michael POWELL
2004 Games Leader - Bryce Spencer (62)
2004 Points Leader - Wade Spencer (876)
2004 Player Count - 151 Players
Career Games Leader - Jarrod Fry (278)
Career Points Leader - Wade Spencer (2606)
2005 - OUR DECADE OF DRIBBLE
2005 would see the celebration of Woodville's 10th year. Further growth in team and player numbers combined with continued solidity off the court saw Woodville front up to Autumn 2005 with a record number of 18 teams.
The U18/20 Wolverines and Warriors combined to represent U18 Woodville at the 2005 Melbourne Tigers Tournament, finishing 3rd in their section, narrowly missing a semi final spot. Across the Under 10 landscape, the Woodville Jets would continue to blood some future stars in Adam Scullin, Laurents Paluoja, Tyrone Remy, Wesley Andallo and Robert Tubbs, who under coach Darren Still's guidance, continued to develop their infancy skills throughout 2005.
The U12 Woodville Magic would complete the 3rd undefeated season in Woodville club history but saved their most 
dominating performance for the Grand Final, thumping Hoppers Tigers 76-18 in the Grand Final, after leading a staggering 44-0 at half time. Upon completing this season, the Magic
would become the first Woodville team to opt to move up and play out of age, playing U14 Division 2 in Spring 2005. The Under 14 Division 1 Blitz posted a 17-5 season in Autumn 2005 as they marched into their 2nd Grand Final since 2003, going down to St Peters Lightning heavily. The Blitz's final 4 games before finals had produced 4 wins with a combined margin of 152 points. Both Jordan Hughes and Thomas Ostrowsky produced 350+ point seasons.
In Division 2, The U14 Hornets would open the Autumn season with 6 wins from 7 games, maintaining that sort of form for the majority of the season, going 16-6 as they made back-to-back Grand Final appearances (Pumas / Hornets), beaten Grand Finalists to St Peters Tarheels, 28-50. Under 14 Division 3 consisted of the Woodville Tornadoes, who behind new recruits Trent Skoglund and Simon Sheehy established an 18-1 record on their way to the Premiership,
winning the Grand Final comfortably 47-21 over St Peters Stallions. Trent posting 20pts in the decider.
In Under 16 Division 3, the Woodville Panthers played through a tough and closely fought finals series, to capture the Premiership by 3pts, winning their Grand Final 40-37. Levi Catalbas, who was playing up an age group, contributed a match-winning 20pts in the decider to complete a hat trick of Premierships for Woodville in the Autumn 2005 season.
One of the most significant events to have occurred in Woodville history was destined to occur in the club's 10th year, as on July 28th, 2005 Jarrod Fry became the first player in club history to reach the 300 Game milestone. Following Jarrod into the club later in the year would be his younger brother Rhys Fry, who played Game #300 in November, 2005, who himself was followed by our 3rd 300 gamer, Bryce Spencer in December, a Grand Final of all games.
As a fitting tribute, the club instilled the process of having a framed photographic montage developed for all 300 game players for Woodville.
Spring 2005 became a landmark season. Not only for individuals but for teams and the overall stability of Woodville Basketball. On the court, the club continued to grow, fielding 19 teams, including 2 new Under 12 boys teams in the Wizards and the Jaguars.
The club expanded on the 250 Game photo from 2004, opening up the now annual Milestone Photo to a minimum requirement of 150 Games or 1000 Points. 2005 saw 
11 players take part. In October 2005, the Under 14 Hornets travelled to the Great Western Tournament, playing six games across the two days, the Hornets went through undefeated, defeating Geelong Tigers in the Grand Final, 52-39 to claim Woodville's first Great Western Tournament championship with Aaron Paluoja taking the Grand Final MVP. 
Domestically, the club witnessed the only time ever where 3 Woodville teams took out the top 3 spots on the ladder as the Woodville Hornets, Woodville Magic and Woodville Tornadoes took 1st, 2nd and 3rd respectively in Under 14 Division 2. The Magic, playing out of age, defeated the Tornadoes in the Preliminary Final to advance to the Grand Final against the waiting Hornets. The Grand Final game would prove too tough an ask for the tired Magic, as the Hornets won the Grand Final with a record score, taking it out 77-33. Levi Catalbas scored his 1000th career point in the Grand Final, and capped off a phenomenial year of 695pts by scoring a career best and a then individual grand final best of 34pts. The Hornets, would be well on their way to carving their own history as they made it a hat trick of Grand Final appearances.
Three days later, Wade Spencer of the U18/20 Wolverines would
almost single handedly win the Wolverines the U18/20 Division 2 Premiership (57-35) over St Peters Stallions by breaking Levi's freshly set record, by pouring in a new 37pt Grand Final benchmark, including 5 3pt-ers, a shot not instantly attributed to Wade's game. This Grand Final victory would be Wade, Bryce Spencer and Jarrod Fry's record 5th Premiership.
In Young Womens, the Premierships kept coming, with the Woodville Wildcats at their 3rd attempt, finally breaking through and winning the Premiership by a solitary point (28-27) over St Peters Ice. This was Woodville's first ever womens basketball Premiership.
To close out a massive 2005, Woodville held it's Presentation Day at Adventure Park in Geelong as a celebration for the club's 10th year. It was held in early December and was an instant success.
2005's standouts:-
Levi Catalbas - 53 Games, 695 Points
Jordan Hughes - 39 Games, 673 Points
Daniel Farrugia - 40 Games, 565 Points
Aiden Scolaro - 56 Games, 528 Points
Thomas Ostrowsky - 35 Games, 525 Points
Wade Spencer - 31 Games, 484 Points
Belinda Pegoraro - 36 Games, 358 Points
Trent Skoglund - 32 Games, 339 Points
Ashwin Kumar - 39 Games, 337 Points
Catherine Roberts - 31 Games, 308 Points
Brenden Wilson - 32 Games, 264 Points
Glenn Quisay - 39 Games, 318 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Luke LACEY; Adam KISS; Simon SHEEHY; JB DAMONS; Laurents PALUOJA; Trent SKOGLUND; Jon PENIANO; Brendan MEEHAN; Mitchell MCCORMACK; William SOONALOLE; Kristian ROCCI
HALL OF FAME ELECTS:-
61) Paul HARMER; 62) Belinda PEGORARO; 63) Glenn QUISAY; 64) Aiden SCOLARO
2005 Games Leader - James O'Shannessy (70)
2005 Points Leader - Levi Catalbas (695)
2005 Player Count - 184 Players
Career Games Leader - Jarrod Fry (317)
Career Points Leader - Wade Spencer (3115)
2006 - MINORS TO MAJORS
2006 marked Woodville's 11th year as a member of the WBA and yet another one of significant growth and change. It kicked off with the incorporation of the club, allowing the club to be recognised as an entity in its own right.
On court, our 600th and 700th historical players took the court, and a total well in excess of 200 players played throughout 2006. In Spring 2006, a total of 25 teams played under the Woodville banner.
Coaches and team managers were entrusted with more responsibilities this year with a further increase in their duties to become more self sufficient with fee collation and organisation. As a club, Woodville branched out into 3 separate training venues stretching across 4 days a week.
Woodville introduced further training aides, drills CD's and anything
else that was felt to be of assistance to coaches and teams in 2006. The Autumn 2006 season saw our numbers stretched to 22 teams, with a total of 180+ players in Woodville attire. This included our first Under 8 team since 2004, and included 79 “rookies” across all ages. We had a total of 9 teams make finals (Wizards, Magic, Jaguars, Dragons, Blitz, Suns, Gems, Wolverines, Warriors) with 6 teams (Wizards, Magic, Jaguars, Suns, Gems and Warriors) making it through to the Grand Finals.
Of those 6, 3 Premierships were won, with the Magic (63-30) taking U14 Division 2, the Jaguars (33-32) taking Under 14 Division 3 and the Suns (35-20) taking Under 16 Division 3. The Woodville Gems, who after many years of playing, finally broke through to make their very first grand final appearance. Unfortunately for the girls, they were pipped by 2pts in the decider. Spring 2006 saw 25 teams take the court, a new record and a total of 192 players. 41 players debuted throughout the Spring 2006 season for Woodville.
In April 2006, 14yr old Rhys Fry broke his own brother, Jarrod's club games record mark of 317.
Some players who had given tremendous service to Woodville were calling it a day at the conclusion of 2006. Woodville congratulated the careers of:-
Catherine Roberts (294 Games - GEMS)
Loren Lauder (274 Games - GEMS)
Bernadette Wall (235 Games - GEMS)
Daniel Moody (159+ Games - WARRIORS)
Woodville's 300 game membership grew by 1 member in 2006. Wade Spencer (Wolverines) in April joined brother Bryce, Rhys Fry and Jarrod Fry as the 300 game quartet.
Loren Lauder (Gems) joined the club's 250 gamers, becoming just the 9th player to pass the 250 game milestone in the 11 year existence of Woodville. Whilst in September, Tate McCutcheon (Wolverines) became the 18th player (out of 700) to record the 200 game milestone with Woodville. Five players passed the 150 game milestone in 2006 - Roshanna Haynes (Wildcats), Brittany Christopoulos (Wildcats), Daniel Moody (Warriors), Flynn Chaplin (Raptors) and Aiden Scolaro (Magic).
Points-wise, 3500pts was cracked for the first time by Wade Spencer. 2500pts was achieved by Jordan Hughes (Blitz). 1000pts was reached by Glenn Quisay (Magic), Tate McCutcheon (Wolverines), Aiden Scolaro (Magic) and Gabby Hermogenes (Warriors).
Spring 2006 saw two teams play off in Grand Finals. The U16 Hurricanez tied a club record by making their 4th Grand Final in 5 seasons, and performed beautifully on Grand Final day, progressing through a Preliminary final (32-15) in the morning in 37 degree heat, to come back a mere 5 hours later and take out the U16 Division 3 Premiership by defeating St Peters Stallions (34-18). The U18/20 Division 2 Warriors made it back-to-back Grand Finals by meeting the St Peters Stallions in their Grand Final, alas falling to a 40-58 defeat.
2006's standouts:-
JB Damons - 36 Games, 453 Points
Jordan Hughes - 30 Games, 430 Points
Aiden Scolaro - 43 Games, 424 Points
Matthew Dimos - 32 Games, 404 Points
Wade Spencer - 35 Games, 403 Points
Petrit Osmani - 36 Games, 382 Points
Ashwin Kumar - 30 Games, 341 Points
Laurents Paluoja - 31 Games, 333 Points
Danny Agius - 29 Games, 277 Points
Josh Seneviratne - 21 Games, 276 Points
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Andrew HEDGER; Petrit OSMANI; Justin DAMONS; Haydn GALEA; Daniel NOLAN; Billy SMITH; Lucas ROCCI; Kobe JAMES; Jake HAAJA; Michael GREENWOOD; Joel BENTLEY; Danny AGIUS; Keenan WARDROPE; Mohamed HAGI-HASHI; Damian DI MARTINO; Leon DAY
HALL OF FAME ELECTS:-
65) Levi CATALBAS; 66) Michael GIORDANO; 67) Zach SCOLARO; 68) Andrew STREET; 69) Bernadette WALL
2006 Games Leader - Rhys Fry (46)
2006 Points Leader - JB Damons (453)
2006 Player Count - 243 Players
Career Games Leader - Rhys Fry (349)
Career Points Leader - Wade Spencer (3518)
2007 - SEVENSATIONAL
2007 opened with a total of 23 teams running around in black and white. The playing group hovered up around 190-195 players before settling at 185. Woodville operated with 1 Under 8 team,
2 Under 10 teams, 3 Under 12 teams, a record 6 Under 14 teams, 4 Under 16 teams, 2 teams in Young Womens and 4 teams in Under 18/20. Throughout the season, Woodville created a 3rd alternative strip, going with an all white outfit.
Throughout Autumn 2007, some significant playing milestones took place. Jordan Hughes passed 250 career games, Wade Spencer became the 3rd player to move beyond the 350 game barrier whilst Aiden Scolaro passed 200 career games.
A host of players reached 150 games, whilst Ashwin Kumar, Brenden Wilson, and Michael Giordano all reached 1000 career points. Troy Johns passed 500 games as a coach midway through the Autumn 2007 season. The Under 8 Rugrats team became the first Woodville Under 8 team to ever finish atop of their ladder, losing only 1 game for the season.
In all, 12 Woodville teams made finals in the Autumn 2007. Coming in 4th position were the Under 10 Wolves, Under 14 Magic and Under 16 Tornadoes, 3rd place finishes went to Woodville Wildcats and Woodville Warriors. A record total of 7 Woodville teams ran through to the Grand Final. In Under 12 Division 3, the Woodville Comets, finishing on top of their respective ladder, were beaten by 1pt (26-27) to the Hoppers Tigers.
The Woodville Thunder made it through to the Grand Final via the Preliminary Final, but were defeated by Heathdale Hornets White 19-22. In Under 16 Division 1, Woodville Blitz faced off against St Peters Lightning, but were beaten 17-41, although Aiden 
Scolaro would play off in a record equalling 7th Grand Final whilst the Woodville Hurricanez progressed through to their record 5th Grand Final in 6 seasons, this match up in Under 16 Division 2 against Iramoo Redbacks would prove to be a 9pt defeat, 35-44.
In Under 18/20 Division 1, the Woodville Wolverines finished atop the ladder, and faced off against the St Andrews Rebels in the decider. This game would also be a record 7th Grand Final appearance for Wade Spencer and Bryce Spencer. The Wolverines were slow out of the blocks and never caught up, going down 21-40. In Under 18/20 Division 3, the Woodville Starzz, in their first and only season, made it through to the Grand Final, beaten by Heathdale Hornets Red, 32-34. Which left the Under 12 Division 2 Woodville Sharks as the lone Championship winning team for Woodville in Autumn 2007. The Sharks
completed just the 5th undefeated season, going 20-0 over the season, and firstly powering through to the Grand Final with a demolition of Iramoo Young Guns, 31-7 in the 2nd Semi Final, before taking apart the Corpus Christi Bulls 49-8 in the Grand Final.
In early July, the U16 Hurricanez took their place in the 2007 Melbourne Tigers Tournament. The Hurricanez defeated rep squad teams in Collingwood Allstars (43-22), Craigieburn Eagles (60-18), Melbourne Tigers 5ths, (42-28) and Scorpions (36-22) advancing to the semi finals the next morning against Melbourne Tigers 3rds. After grabbing a good early lead, the Hurricanez ran out of steam, eventually tasting defeat in the semi, 19-26, but finishing an admirable 3rd place.
Spring 2007 began in late July for Tuesday comps, and early August for Saturdays. Woodville ran into the Spring 2007 season with 23 teams, with 18 playing on a Saturday and 5 in U18/20's / Young Womens. The Woodville Starzz and Woodville Bandits would fold within the first two weeks of the new season.
Wade Spencer would reach his 350th career game in July 2007, a feat of which he is the 3rd to achieve. Also in July 2007, Tate McCutcheon passed the 250 game milestone. Again, a host of players reached the 150 game marker; Andrew O'Shannessy, Chris Dimitriadis, Brenden Wilson, Jake Scullin, Aaron Paluoja, Ashwin Kumar and Adam Scullin all notched up 150 games.
Some big scores were posted by teams and players through Spring 2007. The U18/20 Hurricanez ran riot against St Andrews Hornets in Round 3, racking up 73pts and a 45 point win. The Blitz, scorched Iramoo Redbacks for 82pts in Round 6, amassing a 44pts win with Jordan Hughes top scoring with 32pts, also in Round 6, the Under 16 Hurricanez broke 70pts against their fellow Tornadoes, Aaron Paluoja backing up his first career 20pt game in this match with a 2nd the following game, the Hurricanez backing up the next week with a 66-32 victory over Heathdale, Ashwin Kumar this time topping with 23, and the Under 12 Monstars got their first win, with a 64-8 "monstering" of Cambridge Critters, with Laurents Paluoja, grabbing a career high 38pts. The next week in Round 7, the Under 14 Sharks, playing up an age group, demolished the Good News Power 81-4, with Laurents surpassing his 38pt effort the week before with a sizzling score of 40, thus this became the 4th time a player had topped 40 points or more in a single game with it being the 3rd highest score ever.
50+ Point wins were recorded by the Monstars in Round 6 (64-8), the U14 Wave in Round 4 (57pts), the U14 Sharks in Round 7 (77pts) and the U14 Dragons in Round 3 (50pts).
To date, on six occasions 30pts has been cracked in a game individually. 40 by Laurents Paluoja in Round 7 and 38 in Round 6, 32 from Jordan Hughes in Round 5, 31 from Alex Krizanovic in Round 4, with 30pts from Adam Scullin in Round 3 and Jalen Hira in Round 5.
The 8th Great Western Tournament, held on October 6-7, 2007 out of Altona and Keilor had 3 representatives from
Woodville take part. The Woodville Sharks played off in the Under 12 A/B Section. The Sharks faced tough competition first up, competitive for the first 25 minutes with Eltham Wildcats 1, before going down 20-46. In this match, Laurents Paluoja would score 15pts, his final points of the game, a 3pt-er, would be his 1000th career point, Laurents becoming the 2nd fastest player in club history to reach the 1000 point milestone, in his 97th game.
Game 2 would be for a guaranteed grand final berth. In a game that swung back and forth, the Sharks faced the Altona Pirate Vikings. Due to a number of decisions that went against the Sharks, they were left with 4 on the court for the final 90 seconds, which proved decisive as the Vikings pipped the Sharks by a mere 4pts, 39-43. The third placed playoff between Woodville and Eltham Wildcats 2 would see the Sharks hit the win column, recording a solid 41-29 victory in their final game of the tournament. The Sharks were represented by: Laurents Paluoja, Jaxon Barnes, Trayvond Moana,
Robert Tubbs, Temanawanui Paraha, Tomas Lloyd and Wesley Andallo, coached by Troy Johns, with assistance from Gabby Michaels. The Under 16 Woodville Tornadoes, playing out of U16 C2 Section, competed in four games. First up, Port Pacers which proved to be a 26-37 defeat, a 20-40 loss to the Greenvale Hawks, a 26-27 loss to Rebels and a 12-74 defeat to the Woodville Hurricanez. The Tornadoes were represented by Tristan White, Gabby Michaels, Chris Dimitriadis, John Hamilton, Vas Manabeng, Jon Peniano, Tom Anderson and Ryan Wardrope, coached by Darren Wardrope. The Hurricanez, also playing out of U16 C2, faced Port Fairy Pacers first up for a 38-27 win, defeating Greenvale Hawks 41-21, and returning on the Sunday morning to defeat the Rebels 55-18, with Aaron Paluoja scoring a career best 22pts, whilst
the final qualifying game was a 74-12 defeat of the Woodville Tornadoes, with Ashwin Kumar scoring 6 3pt-ers to go with a career best 37pts. This saw the Hurricanez move through to the Grand Final against Port Fairy Pacers. In what proved to be an "interesting" grand final, where every facet of mentality and physicality was called upon, the Hurricanez just got clipped by a slender 6pts, losing 37-43. Despite another amazing performance from Ashwin Kumar, with 23pts, tallying 10 3s for the day, the Hurricanez who at one point held a 6pt lead in the second half, simply werent in front at the siren, it was that sort of game. Representing the Hurricanez were Andrew Moody, Ashwin Kumar, Aaron Paluoja, Sean Ghattas, Mohamed Hagi Hashi, Damian DiMartino and Andrew O'Shannessy, coached by Troy Johns. In Round 9, dated Saturday 13th October, 2007, Jordan Hughes scored 18 points in the U16 Blitz's 46-30 win over Heathdale to become the 2nd player in club history to reach the 3000 point milestone.
Jordan achieved this milestone in his 264th career game. Adam Scullin became the 28th player in Woodville history to record 1000 career points, achieving this milestone with a 29pt output on November 3rd, 2007 for the Under 10 Wolves. Adam took 150 games to reach the 1000 point plateau. Continuing the procession of 1000pt milestones, the Hurricanez Aaron Paluoja reached 1000 points on November 10th, 2007. Aaron in his 166th career game, capped the grand with a foul shot, finishing the game with exactly 1000 career points. 10 days later on November 20th, Jake Scullin also reached the 1000 point marker. Both Aaron and Jake achieved the milestone in exactly the same amount of games, 166.
The final 1000 pointer for the year was Andrew O'Shannessy, who notched 1000 points on December 11th, 2007 in the Under 18/20 Division 3 Grand Final. By scoring 8 points, Andrew finished on exactly 1000 in his 203rd career game.
Wade Spencer would keep his name in lights by becoming the first player to break the 4000 point barrier on September 4th, 2007. Wade would go on and finish 2007 with more than 4100 career points. Then there would be the games milestones. Laurents Paluoja, Jordan Cook, Jesse Bergroth-Smith, Tom Anderson and Luke Scullin would all post 100 career games throughout Spring 2007. Chris Dimitriadis, Brenden Wilson, Jake Scullin, Aaron Paluoja, Ashwin Kumar, Adam Scullin and Bailey Cook would reach 150 games, whilst Andrew O'Shannessy would register the unique double of 150 and 200 career games throughout the season. Tate McCutcheon would also bring up 250 games. Troy Johns would round out the games milestones by reaching 600 games coached for Woodville.
Finals rolled around for 13 teams with the Wolves, Scorpions, Magic, Dragons, Jaguars, Wave, Sharks, Blitz, U16 Hurricanez, Raptors, Wildcats, Wolverines, Rimrockers and U18/20 Hurricanez representing Woodville.
Of the 13, there would be 6 Grand Finalists in the Wave, Sharks, U16 Hurricanez, Blitz, Rimrockers and Wildcats. Woodville would take out 3 Premierships this season, with successes to the Wildcats, (39-23 over St Peters Pearls), Blitz (61-44 over Cambridge Commanches) and the U14 Sharks becoming the first Woodville team to ever go back-to-back, with a 40-34 win over Woodville Wave, in what would also be the third All-Woodville Grand Final in club history. The most dramatic Grand Final of the season, and perhaps ever, would occur between the U16 Hurricanez and Corpus Christi Invaders, in U16 Division 2.
A remarkable and unique day that shall never be repeated. The Under 16 Division 2 Grand Final between Corpus Christi Invaders and the Woodville Hurricanez would churn out a sequence of events the likes of which will not ever repeat.
Through the game, the Hurricanez were down early, by as much as 12 at one point, yet this team just fights and fights and fights. Nearing the end of regulation time, they'd come right back to 1-2pts down, then Aaron fouls out. With just the 5 on the court to play with Ashwin is sent to the foul line. The Hurricanez are two points down, and 9 seconds are left. He makes the first, 1pt down, and then under the most extreme of pressure, swishes the second one. SCORES LEVEL and it's heading to overtime. 39-39.
There was a distinct game shift. Hurricanez are confident, Corpus Christi had lost an opportunity, and the throat was perhaps tightening. Enter the first over-time, 5 minutes in duration, Ashwin then fouls out, so the Hurricanez are down to 4 players. Almost indescribably, this team of just supreme fighters not only kept level one player down, but got in front! Then, with less than a minute in the first overtime, Mohamed fouls out, so they are now down to three players. A MASSIVE, MASSIVE challenge now.
Again, somehow, someway, totally inexplicable, with seconds left in the first overtime, the Hurricanez get the steal and tear to the basket, and Damian ices two foul shots. The 3 Hurricanez have tied it all up again, and go into a second Overtime, 49-49. This is with 3 players left on the court!
Of the three left, Cameron was on 1 foul, Damian on 4, and Andrew on 4. Enter the second over time, and by this point, the game was running well late, and everyone had just converged on this court to watch this extraordinary team dare the impossible. The second overtime begins, and within a minute Andrew fouls out. The Hurricanez are now down to 2 players, and still equal at 49-49.
By this stage, the result didnt matter. This was a display of courage, heart and total determination that no Premiership trophy could ever, ever symbolise. With Damian and Cameron on the court, and playing 2 on 5, A shot went up, Damian grabbed the defensive rebound and just ran at the Hurricanez basket. He burned the lot of them, put up a running lay-up with about 3 guys crashing on him, and he scored. With two players, the Hurricanez are up 51-49. With still 2:30 odd to play it was a long shot to pull out a win.
Corpus Christi came down the court and scored, 51-51, and then Damian fouled. His 5th foul, and as basketball rules state you cant play with 1 player, the game ended there and then. The Hurricanez, in their record 6th Grand Final in 7 seasons, came Runner Up, but the scoreline will read 51-51 with an * next to it. The entire team were literally swamped by everyone, spectators, their team, their coaches, their supporters, total bystanders. Just everyone that had witnessed that wanted to get to that team and congratulate them.
If one event were to be selected to typify what Woodville is all about, this game had it covered.
2007's standouts:-
Jordan Hughes, 32 Games, 588 Points, 18.4PPG
Raphael Hermogenes, 31 Games, 507 Points, 16.4PPG
Laurents Paluoja, 54 Games, 810 Points, 15.0PPG
Belinda Pegoraro, 32 Games, 442 Points, 13.8PPG
Leon Day, 31 Games, 411 Points, 13.3PPG
Chris Castillo, 29 Games, 373 Points, 12.9PPG
Adam Scullin, 73 Games, 905 Points, 12.4PPG
Alex Krizanovic, 33 Games, 409 Points, 12.4PPG
Jalen Hira, 29 Games, 315 Points, 10.9PPG
Ashwin Kumar, 59 Games, 629 Points, 10.7PPG
Wade Spencer, 34 Games, 355 Points, 10.4PPG
Aaron Paluoja, 55 Games, 507 Points, 9.2PPG
Andrew O'Shannessy, 96 Games, 629 Points, 6.6PPG
2007 Games Leader - Andrew O'Shannessy (96)
2007 Points Leader - Adam Scullin (905)
2007 Player Count - 211 Players
Career Games Leader - Rhys Fry (396)
Career Points Leader - Wade Spencer (4105)
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Yasin HAGI-HASHI; Jaxon BARNES; Lukas BIENIAS; Chris CASTILLO; Jalen HIRA; Cullen HIRA; Kyle BOLDISTON; Luke MAXWELL; Gabby MICHAELS
2007 HALL OF FAME ELECTS:-
70) Roshanna HAYNES; 71) Ashwin KUMAR; 72) Josh SENEVIRATNE; 73) Kirra STREET; 74) Cameron WILSON; 75) Brenden WILSON
2008 - TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
In Autumn 2008, the Woodville Basketball Club achieved a feat not accomplished since the mid 1990s, by becoming the largest club, running with 24 teams at junior level and 1 senior Womens team. Settling at 183 permanent players, the club said goodbye to the long-serving Woodville Wolverines who sort greener pastures at Cambridge, but welcomed
64 new players to Woodville, with a great deal many of those transferring from other clubs. A longer than normal 5 game grading phase opened 2008.
Woodville teams settled into the season with 2 x Under 10 Boys, 5 x Under 12 Boys, 5 x Under 14 Boys, 6 x Under 16 Boys, 4 x Under 18/20 Boys, 1 Young Womens team and for the first time since 1999, our first Under 12 Girls team.
The Autumn season ran from February through to August, and the club had significant milestones achieved by many of its players.
In the Autumn 2008 season, 3500 points was surpassed for only the second time by Jordan Hughes, Glenn Quisay, Jake Scullin and Laurents Paluoja all majored the 1500 point barrier, with Laurents becoming the youngest player and quickest in club history to reach this mark.
Alex Krizanovic, Cameron Wilson and Matthew Hedger all zoomed past the 1000 point milestone throughout the season whilst Ashwin Kumar became just the 4th player to record 2000 career points.
250 games was reached by Andrew O'Shannessy in August, and a whole host of players reached their 200 game milestone and thus, were awarded the club's 200 Game Member Jacket.
Ashwin Kumar (July), Glenn Quisay (July), Aaron Paluoja (July), Jake Scullin (June), Cameron Wilson (May), Tristan White (June), James O'Shannessy (August), Jake Cornell (August), Zach Scolaro (May), Flynn Chaplin (May) and Andrew Moody (April) all passed the 200 game milestone this year. This represents a core group of what the Woodville Basketball Club has been about for a number of years and were very well deserved achievements.
Several new coaches took up positions this year, with Darren Hira taking on the Under 10 Lasers, Gavin Anderson with the Under 12 Scorpions, Corey Wilshaw at the Under 12 Monstars, Matthew O'Driscoll returning to the club to guide the Under 12 Wolves, Mohamed Hagi-Hashi taking the Under 14 Jaguars, Aaron Paluoja at the Under 14 Rockets, Gavin Burgess at the Under 14 Energy and Peter MacGann taking the Under 16 Wizards.
On July 15th, 2008, the Under 18/20 Woodville Hurricanez set a new club record in the final round of the Autumn season by scoring 119 points against the St Peters Monarchs (35). It was the highest single game score in club history and only the 2nd time 100 points had been cracked. The 84 point winning margin was the 3rd highest in club history.
The Under 18 Hurricanez also took part in the 2008 Melbourne Tigers tournament at Dandenong Stadium, and the team coached by Troy Johns consisted of Aaron Paluoja, Ashwin Kumar, Cameron Wilson, Mohamed Hagi-Hashi, Andrew Moody, Andrew O'Shannessy and Shane Wilson. Losing it's first qualifier to Morwell Magic by 1pt, 34-35, the Hurricanez bounced back to win their remaining two qualifiers with a 52-28 win over Bulleen and a 42-37 win over Melbourne Tigers.
The Hurricanez finished 3rd, falling short in the semi final, 32-47 to Wantirna Jetbacks the following morning. Cameron Wilson with an all net 3pt-er to open the semi final scoring, recorded his 1000th career point during the tournament.
The Autumn 2008 season concluded on August 23rd, with the club having a total of 13 finalists, with 6 ending as Grand Finalists, for 2 Premierships and 4 Runners Up.
Finalists were:- Under 10.2 Vipers (Kristian Rocci), U12.1 Comets (Darren Still), U12.3 Warriors (Shane Wilson), U14.2 Sharks (Troy Johns), U14.3 Jaguars (Mohamed Hagi-Hashi), U14.4 Rockets (Aaron Paluoja), U16.2 Magic (Troy Johns), U18/20.1 Blitz (Mark Hughes), U18/20.3 Hurricanez (Troy Johns) and Young Womens Wildcats (Chris O'Shannessy).
RUNNERS UP were Under 10.2 Lasers (Darren Hira) who came second in the Grand Final to Flames 8-17, the Under 16.2 Tornadoes (Darren Wardrope) would come Runner Up to Corpus Christi Stingers in a tight game, 38-45, whilst in only the 4th ALL-Woodville Grand Final, the Woodville Wizards in Under 16 Division 4 lost 23-33 to the Woodville Dragons.
The Club's two Premiership teams were the Under 14.3 Woodville Wave (Steve Pain), who reversed a 2nd semi final result to defeat Flames Molten 45-40 in the Grand Final, with the Woodville Dragons, Under 16.4, taking Woodville's 30th Premiership by defeating the Wizards 33-23.
The switch in season dates meant that for the first time since 1996, the Summer season would run over Christmas. Woodville entered the Summer 2008/09 season with 28 teams.
Throughout their Premiership season, the Woodville Sonics, playing Under 18/20 Division 3 and thus would prove to be the club's lone Premiership team for the season, would two weeks in a row
record scores of 99. Playing out a 17-2 record, the Sonics coached by Steve Nolan, would defeat the Flames Firestorm 44-34 in the Grand Final on February 24th 2009. Woodville would have 3 other Runners Up through out the club for the Summer 2008/09 season.
The Under 12.4 Scorpions coached by Gavin Anderson came Runners Up to the Cambridge Critters, 14-24 in their Grand Final. The U14.4 Rockets, led by Aaron Paluoja finished Runners Up to the St Peters Flash, battling hard in a 33-43 result, whilst the Darren Still led Under 12.1 Comets almost knocked off the Hoppers Tigers, losing a close one, 30-34.
Woodville's other finalists for the season would prove to be Under 10.2 Lasers (Darren Hira) 4th, Under 12.3 Wolves (Matt O'Driscoll) 4th, Under 12.4 Panthers (Brad Munari) 3rd, Under 12.4 Phantoms (Corey Wilshaw) 4th, Under 14.2 Sharks (Troy Johns) 3rd, Under 14.2 Wave (Steve Pain) 4th, Under 14.3 Jaguars (Mohamed Hagi-Hashi) 3rd, Under 14.4 Energy (Gavin Burgess) 4th,
Under 16.2 Magic (Troy Johns) 3rd, Under 16.3 Dragons (Noel Savory) 4th, Under 16.4 Wizards (Steve Nolan) 3rd, Young Womens.3 Wildcats (Chris O'Shannessy) 4th and Under 18/20.3 Hurricanez (Troy Johns) 3rd.
Some heavy scoring performances occurred in Summer 2008/09. 3 that stood out were Michael Greenwood's 39pt game on December 9th, 2008 for the Sonics, Jake Scullin's 45pt game on October 14th, 2008 also for the Sonics whilst Jordan
Hughes' 64pt outing on November 25th, 2008 was even more miraculous given that the particular game in question was also Jordan's 300th career game.
Jordan became the 5th player to record the 300 game milestone, and put in a display for the ages. His half time scoresheet read 30pts, adding another 34 in the second half to also smash the previous single game best of 54 from Wade Spencer.
The result was an 89-64 Blitz victory over St Peters Stingers.... the Stingers tied with Jordan.
On November 3rd, 2008, the Under 18 Hurricanez became the first Woodville team to play in a domestic competition outside of Werribee by beginning their season at Altona. Seen as a trial for the club looking further ahead to greater expansion, the Hurricanez would win their first up effort 66-37 with Aaron Paluoja
scoring a career best 27pts. The Hurricanez would continue through the Altona season, reaching the Grand Final after a 51-47 overtime win against Williamstown Magic. The Hurricanez would come Runners Up to Williamstown Cannons 24-37 in the Grand Final in May.
In October 2008, both the U18 Hurricanez and U14 Sharks would participate in the 2008 Great Western Tournament at Altona. The Hurricanez would finish as beaten semi finalists, and for the second year in a row meet the Port Fairy Pacers, losing the semi final 28-32. Team members were: Andrew Moody, Aaron Paluoja, Ashwin Kumar,
Cameron Wilson, Simon Sheehy, Andrew O'Shannessy, Jonathon Williams, Shane Wilson, Ashwin Kumar and Mohamed Hagi-Hashi with the team coached by Troy Johns. The Sharks, also coached by Troy would go through the 5 minor round games undefeated, before losing to the Salvo Saints in the final 30-31. Team members included:
Haydn Galea, Laurents Paluoja, Brenden Wilson, Josh Stephens, Jaxon Barnes, Robert Tubbs, Tomas Lloyd and Cameron Holdsworth.
Throughout the Summer season, a number of milestones were reached, with Cameron Wilson and Andrew Moody both reaching the 250 game milestone, whilst 200 games
was passed by Brenden Wilson, Connor Pain, Adam Scullin, Jake Cornell, Dalton Pain, Chris Dimitriadis and Bailey Cook.
2008's standouts:-
Jordan Hughes, David Trevisani, Laurents Paluoja, Andrew O'Shannessy, Ashwin Kumar, Jake Scullin, Brenden Wilson, Glenn Quisay, Cullen Hira, Haydn Galea, Ben Nolan, Josh Stephens, Aaron Paluoja and Mohamed Hagi-Hashi.
2008 Games Leader - Andrew O'Shannessy (67)
2008 Points Leader - Jake Scullin (714)
2008 Player Count - 236 Players
Career Games Leader - Rhys Fry (396)
Career Points Leader - Wade Spencer (4105)
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Daniel KERRUISH; David TREVISANI; Brooke SOPKO; Michael WILSON; Andrew SCANLON; Nicole SNAIZE; Tayla FENECH; Clarissa VALENCIA; Ben NOLAN; Cameron STOODLEY
JANUARY 2008 HALL OF FAME ELECTS (10) :-
76) Laurents PALUOJA; 77) Aaron PALUOJA; 78) Jake SCULLIN; 79) Adam SCULLIN; 80) Andrew O'SHANNESSY; 81) Thomas OSTROWSKY; 82) Jake CORNELL;
83) Tristan WHITE; 84) Matthew HEDGER; 85) Daniel FARRUGIA
2009 - KEEP ON ROLLIN'
2009 saw the resumption of the Summer 2008/09 season in early February. Due to extreme heat, including Melbourne's highest ever recorded temperature on February 7th,
two of the final 3 Saturday rounds were cancelled. The Woodville Sonics would go on to take out Woodville's sole Premiership in Summer 2008/09, claiming Under 18/20
Division 3 with a 44-34 victory over Flames Firestorms.
Whilst the Sonics would go all the way, four other teams would get to the Grand Final. Woodville Comets made the Under 12 Division 1 Grand Final in Summer 2008/09,
only to be defeated by Hoppers, 30-34. Woodville Rockets would come second only to St Peters Flash, 33-43 in Under 14 Division 4, with the Under 12 Division 4
Scorpions coming second to Cambridge Critters, 14-24. In May, the Under 18 Woodville Hurricanez would continue their debut undefeated Altona season in
Under 18 Division 1 by sneaking past Williamstown Magic, 51-47 in overtime, only to lose the Grand Final 24-37 to Williamstown Cannons Gold.
Whilst the club farewelled Nathan Moody in February 2009 after 170 career games, heading into Winter 2009, Woodville would continue to grow in numbers by adding 4 teams.
The Under 10 Woodville Lightning and U12 Girls Woodville Radicalz would form largely out of two ex-St Peters teams, whilst enough new players joined to form the
Under 10 Woodville Thunder and the Under 14 Girls Woodville Breakers. Woodville would carry a total of 27 teams in Winter 2009.
In the Winter 2009 season, two players would pass the fabled 2000 Point milestone, and they happened to be brothers. Laurents Paluoja, became, both the
youngest (aged 13) and the fastest (175 games) player in club history to reach 2000 career points with a 22 point burst on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009. Laurents would
set his name in stone as the 5th player to reach 2000 points. A handful of weeks later, in August 2009, his brother, Aaron Paluoja would become the 6th player to reach
2000 career points. Aaron, aged 16, and taking 262 games, would score 6pts on Monday August 17th, 2009 to ensure Aaron and Laurents become the first set of
brothers to each score 2000 career points for the Woodville Basketball Club.
Aaron's Hurricanez team-mate, Ashwin Kumar, the week before, on Tuesday, August 11th, would become the 3rd player in Woodville history to reach the amazing
3000 point milestone in the Semi Final of the Winter 2009, Under 18/20 Division 3 season.
Ashwin 16, would achieve this feat in his 269th game.
Throughout Winter 2009, Aaron Paluoja, Ashwin Kumar and Cameron Wilson, all Hurricanez would pass 250 career games, with Aaron passing 300 games all up,
given as coaching and playing. John Hamilton of the Sonics, would be Woodville's lone 200 gamer in Winter 2009, finishing the season on 201 career games.
High scoring was also a feature of the Winter 2009 season. In their first game of the season, the Under 14 Sharks would pump out 108 points against Flames.
108 represented the second highest score ever thrown in club history. The eventual margin of 90 points (108-18) was one single point off the greatest winning
margin ever. In the same round, the Under 14 Comets would not be forgotten about, scoring 80 points in their game. Other notable scoring exhibitions throughout the season came
from the Hurricanez in Grading 1, with 87 and another score of 82 points in Round 8. The Tornadoes would also hit above 75 with a score of 80 points in Round 6,
with the Hurricanez again popping 79 points in Round 6.
Ashwin Kumar would record the 2 single highest game scores of Winter 2009, by knocking over 36pts in Round 1 and another 35pts in Round 8 for the Hurricanez.
Ashwin's Hurricanez team-mate, Mohamed Hagi-Hashi would score a career best 34pts which included his 1500th career point in his 150th career game in Round 6.
Ashwin would round out the 30+ scores with a 33 point performance in Round 14. Michael Greenwood of the Sonics would twice score 29pts in Winter 2009,
in both Round 12 and Round 13, back-to-back. Ashwin had 29pts in Grading 1 whilst 29 points also came from Adam Scullin for the Comets in Grading 1.
Tuesday April 28th, 2009 is recorded as the date Andrew O'Shannessy broke into the club's 300 Game membership at the age of 14. Andrew, who debuted back in July 2004,
became the youngest player and the 6th overall to reach the 300 Game Milestone.
At the time of his 300th career game, Andrew had scored 1629 career points.
In July 2009, The WOODVILLE DRAGONS, WOODVILLE COMETS and WOODVILLE HURRICANEZ took part in the Inaugural Geelong Club Challenge Tournament
held throughout Geelong. Whilst neither team progressed to the finals, the experience afforded the three teams was valuable and further grew the name and
reputation of the Woodville Basketball Club.
Also in July, the club adopted YELLOW as a change colour, investing in a Yellow change strip that is unique to anything currently running around. The change strip
has polarised opinion, with some loving it, and others not becoming fans.
Tuesday July, 14th 2009 is bookmarked as the date club President Troy Johns would coach his 1000th game. As it would happen, the game would be between his
longest serving team, Woodville Hurricanez and Flames Firestorm. After a touchy first half, the Hurricanez saluted in Troy's 1000th with a commanding 43-18 win to
move to 13-0 for the season.
Winter 2009 finals began on Tuesday August 11th. Three teams, the Woodville U18/20.3 Hurricanez, Woodville U18/20.4 Tornadoes and Young Womens Division 4
Wildcats would get through their semi finals and into Grand Finals. A week later, on Tuesday, August 18th, all three teams would win PREMIERSHIPS, the first time the
club has swept the Premierships available.
The Wildcats kicked off the night by jumping Heathdale Blue at the start and maintaining a healthy lead to run out Premiers with a 41-27 win. Kia Ronaki would
complete a 200+ point season with a 20 point Grand Final outing. This would be the 3rd Premiership won by both the Wildcats brand name and a Woodville girls team.
Coach Chris O'Shannessy claimed his 2nd Premiership.
The Hurricanez, took out the Under 18/20 Division 3 Premiership, oppressing the St Peters Sonic Boom in the Grand Final's opening minutes. The Hurricanez, whom
the night before had actually lost at Altona by 26 points, opened the Grand Final 6-0 after 90 seconds, with a 14-0 scoreline after 7 minutes. The Hurricanez would
come away with the chocolates, 42-36. This would be Aaron Paluoja and Andrew Moody's record equalling (with Aiden Scolaro) 8th Grand Final and 3rd Premiership,
with Aaron claiming his 9th Grand Final having one under his care as a coach. Troy Johns made it his 17th Grand Final as coach, and a record 6th Premiership.
Simon Sheehy claimed his 4th Premiership in his 5th Grand Final.
The Tornadoes, in Under 18/20 Division 4, would complete the trifecta by putting away Showtime from the beginning to the end, running out 20 point Premiership
winners, 47-27. Tristan White, in his 243rd career game, scored a career best 17 points to claim his 3rd Premiership.
The good fortune would continue two weeks later as the Saturday component of the Winter 2009 season reached its conclusion. Woodville had a Semi Finalist in the
U16 Division 2 Woodville Dragons. Preliminary Final appearances would fall to Under 12 Division 3 Woodville Fury, Under 10 Division 1 Woodville Vipers,
Woodville Under 14 Division 1 Sharks and Under 14 Division 4 Panthers.
5 teams appeared in Grand Finals on August 29th, 2009 with amazingly, 4 teams taking Premierships on the day. The Under 12 Division 4 Premiership was taken
out by the Woodville Warriors, who reversed an 18pt defeat the week before in defeating Flames 18-15 in the Grand Final, with Yohann Mathews scoring a career
best 10pts. The Under 12 Division 2 Lasers capped off a stellar season by defeating Heathdale in the Grand Final, 28-23; the good fortune continued with the Under
14 Division 3 Rockets holding off a fast finishing Cambridge team to take out the Premiership 42-39, with Cameron Stoodley topping with a crucial 17pts. The sole Runner
Up for the season was the Under 14 Division 4 Woodville Scorpions, coming to within a solitary point, 23-24 in their Grand Final against the Corpus Christi Blazers.
Rounding out the season, the Under 12 Division 2 Girls Premiership was won by the Woodville Radicalz, who defeated the Corpus Christi Shooting Stars 24-14.
First time Premiership coaches were honoured in Craig McNair (Warriors), Darren Hira (Lasers), Barry McCready (Rockets) and Warren Mathews (Radicalz).
Woodville would appear in a club record 8 Grand Finals in the Winter 2009 season, and take away another club record 7 Premierships.
The Summer 2009/10 season shapes as a massive one for the Woodville Basketball Club. The club will be running 33 teams, adding Woodville Joeys in
Under 8s, Woodville Monstars in Under 10s, Woodville Bandits and Woodville Wanderers in Under 12s, Woodville Frenzy in Under 12 Girls and Woodville Ballers
in Under 18/20s.
In September, the club will also branch out into Senior competition with the proposal to field 2-3 Senior teams throughout the week.
JANUARY 2009 HALL OF FAME ELECTS (14) :-
86) Alex KRIZANOVIC; 87) James O'SHANNESSY; 88) Kristian ROCCI; 89) Mohamed HAGI-HASHI; 90) John HAMILTON; 91) Petrit OSMANI; 92) Brendan MEEHAN;
93) JB DAMONS; 94) Chris DIMITRIADIS; 95) Tom ANDERSON; 96) Jon PENIANO; 97) Brittany CHRISTOPOULOS; 98) Andrew MOODY; 99) Daniel NOLAN
NOTABLE DEBUTS:-
Brock MEMEDI; Thomas GANDOLFO; Julia BOURKE; Jasmin MATHEWS; Bryce CURRAO; Maramena RONAKI; Peter MALLEY; Daniel METCALFE; Aidan MCCREADY; Jesse BROWN-HEMER; Joseph HILI; Kia RONAKI
