THE DRAGONS DEN #18

For those that have had a slow start to the season and are yet to get a W, the season is very long so there is plenty of time to turn everything around. For those that have had a ripper start to the season, keep up the good work! Our Big V teams all have have games this weekend and three of our four Big V teams are coming off wins from last weekend.  Good luck to everyone for this Friday/weekend. GO DRAGONS!

IMPORTANT DATES 
 
6^th May               Uniform Shop Open at KHS        
9th-11^th June     Nunawading Tournament
10^th June            NO SUNDAY TRAINING (Queen’s birthday weekend)
11^th June            Queen’s birthday – NO TRAINING
16^th June            Dragons fundraiser – Comedy for a Cause
6^th-8^th July        Melbourne Tigers Tournament
BIG V NEWS
Round 5 recap – Our YL1W had a huge win against Corio Bay, our YL1M got the W against Bendigo but our D1W fell short after a road trip to Mildura. Our D2M had the game of the round, they were 2 points down against Mildura when Alex Burgess was fouled on the buzzer and hit both free throws to send the game to OT. Dragons went on to win by 7points! Never underestimate the importance of foul shots!

Round 6 fixture – ALL of our Big V teams have a home game this weekend:

Come down to BHS  and support our Big V teams, remember that Dragons VJBL players wearing Dragons merchandise get in FREE.
Door prices are $6 for adults, $3 for children over 12 years and Under 12’s get in FREE. A better option is to buy a Dragons Big V season’s pass for just $40 which gets you into all Big V home games for the season.

BIG V BLUE CARPET
CONGRATULATIONS to Nat O’Hara from our Div 2 Men and Zoe Scott from our Youth League Women, both made it onto the Big V blue carpet after sensational games on the weekend:

Nat O’Hara (Camberwell D2M) – 33pts, 8rbs, 2ast, 1blk

Zoe Scott (Camberwell YL1W) – 27pts, 8rbs, 2blk, 2 treys

COMEDY FOR A CAUSE – DRAGONS FUNDRAISER
 SAVE THE DATE – JUNE 16th 

Please see the flyer below regarding our Comedy for a Cause fundraiser. Get you team together for a fun night out, and help support the club for this season’s main fundraiser. Tickets can be bought at comedyforacause.net/CDBC 

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS REQUIRED
Do you have any goods or services, know somebody who does, or know a local business who will be happy to donate goods/services to be used as silent auction items at our comedy fundraiser night. We really need this to be a club effort so the more people that help the more successful the night will be. If you can help, please contact our secretary Linda Mackenzie

HELP REQUIRED!
We require someone with a graphic design background or who is studying graphic design and who would like to be our poster/flyer person.  Basically this would involve creating flyers as required to advertise events/camps/tryouts etc. This is a voluntary position, to express interest please contact our Administrator Mandy 

LOST AND FOUND
LOST at U14 boy’s training at Marcellin last Sunday, a Dragons hoodie, please contact Mandy if you picked it up.

NUNAWADING TOURNAMENT
The Nunawading basketball tournament is on the Queen’s birthday weekend, 9th-11th June, This is not a compulsory tournament so it is up to each team if they want to enter themselves. Team entries are $425.  Details can be found HERE

DRAGONS PLAYER PROFILES
This week we are profiling one of our  U16/2 boys, TOM HORTON

NAME: Tom Horton
NICKNAME: Tommy
SINGLET NUMBER: #15
DOMESTIC CLUB: Don’t play, Carey footy is on the same day
SCHOOL: Carey Baptist Grammar
HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU STARTED PLAYING BASKETBALL: 3 years old – current height
OFFENCE OR DEFENCE: Defence
WHO IS YOUR FUNNIEST TEAM MATE AND WHY: Jamie, he talks bulk trash
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST/SILLIEST THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE PLAYING BASKETBALL: Airball a free throw
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE BASKETBALL PLAYER: Victor Oladipo
DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTY TRICKS: Juggling
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT CAMBERWELL DRAGONS: The culture of the club