13th September 2009,

Day 7 - Deaflympic Games

RESULTS

 

CYCLING

 

SILVER SILVER SILVER SILVER SILVER!

 

Points Race – Reece attained silver after a brilliant comeback halfway through the race and secured 35 points out of a maximum possible 35 points on last 7 point scoring laps. Brilliant effort considering that it was 38 degrees ! 

 

TENNIS

 

SILVER SILVER SILVER SILVER SILVER!

 

Mens Doubles– Flindell and Swann played brilliant tennis worthy of a gold medal especially in the 38 degrees heat and high humidty and were not disgraced. Lost in 4 sets 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7.

 

ATHLETICS

 

Mills – Javelin – 7th in Final

 

TABLE TENNIS

 

Mens Singles – Louey : Walkover over opponent and Dyball lost his debut Deaflympics match 3-0 but was not disgraced. He should play better today with his three pool matches coming up.

 

BASKETBALL

 

Womens Geckos Basketball Team – Lost to Ukraine 25-83

 

A disappointing match by the Australian Geckos in their second crossover match against Ukraine, going down by 83 to 25. Every game of the tournament so far the Geckos have stepped up a level each time they played, but unfortunately they did not play to their full potential today.

 

The Geckos did not get off to a good start, but after Coach Bressow called an early time out and asked the players to lift their workrate, they did lift and play better. Halfway through the first quarter 2 of the Geckos starting 5 were in early foul trouble and needed to be rested. This meant the team needed to switch to a zone defence which was not as effective as the pressure man to man defence the Geckos had impressed with in earlier matches. AT quarter time the Geckos were down by 23 points to 9.

 

The Ukrainians played an extremely physical style of basketball, however the Geckos kept their cool as the play got rough. The Australian team struggled against the full court pressure of Ukraine, making 18 turnovers in the 2nd quarter. These mistakes were captalised on by Ukrainian Olga Kalchenko who scored 7 points for the quarter. The Geckos went into the half time break down 37-14.

 

In the third quarter, the Geckos continued to be hurt by turnovers and foul trouble. Whilst they did not give up, the Aussies were not able to keep pace with the Ukrainian team. Caitlin Johnson worked hard inside for rebounds (9 for the game), against 6 foot 4 Ukrainian Natalia Duulida, but the Geckos were not able to convert their second chance opportunities created by their strong rebounding going down 22 to 5 in the quarter. 

 

In the final term, the Australians had 3 of their starting 5 fouled out and were left with only 1 forward on the floor. This made it very difficult to compete against the tall and physical Ukrainians.

 

The Geckos are now keen to put that game behind them, and take the positives from all of their other matches into their 7th vs 8th playoff game tomorrow against China.

 

SWIMMING

 

100m Back – Morgan : Qualified for final and finished 8th

200m Fly – Collier – Did not qualify for final

200m Medley – Morgan, Mentasana and Glover – Only Criag qualified for final and finished 8th

50m Free – Collier and Houghton – Did not qualify for final

 

Today's Events - 13 September

 

ATHLETICS

 

Vernon 5,000m final at 5.45pm

 

BASKETBALL

 

Australia versus China for 7th and 8th spot : 3pm

 

SWIMMING HEATS

 

100m Backstroke : Houghton and Collier

50m Free : Morgan, Mentasana and Glover

200m Fly : Morgan

 

TABLE TENNIS

 

Louey has two singles matches at 1000 and 1400 

Dyball has three singles matches at 1030, 1430 and 1830

 

 

Photo source: Scott Chesterton

 

 

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