September Newsletter:
An interview with a 2 x WNBL Champion, Introducing SRA’s first ever Physiotherapist, a Big V Champion/Finals MVP, 2 x new programs at SRA, a monthly quiz plus your chance to win a $50 Hoyts gift voucher.
We hope you are excited for our September recap.
Welcome To The Family:
| New Athletes |
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| Olivia Smith Jake McCartney Angok Angok Jace Porter |
| Returning Athletes |
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| Mitchell Douglas Annaliese Driscoll Liam George Tom Carruthers Roosevelt Williams Adrian Paoletti Ayden Alderwick Courtney Willemse |
August Blogs:
| Blog | Summary |
|---|---|
| Kiera Rowe – SRA Physiotherapist | Kiera is a 7 time WNBL athlete who has been training with SRA for the last 2 years and has more recently retired to begin focusing on her career as a Physiotherapist. Learn more about Kiera’s story. |
Athlete Interviews:
| Athlete Name | Overview |
|---|---|
| Wayne Grant | From the city of Fort Lauderdale to being stuck at the airport with no money to more recently becoming a BigV Finals MVP/Champion with the Craigieburn Eagles. Everyone can learn something from Wayne. |
| Lou Brown | Australian U19’s Gem, 2 x WNBL Champ, Basketball Coach & Marketing Officer at Rowville Sports Academy. Lou Brown is an Australian Basketball icon. Learn more about her story here. |
Total Sessions Leaderbaord:
Male:
| Athlete Name | Total Sessions |
|---|---|
| Lucas Accary | 26 |
| Judd Hansen | 22 |
| Harry Stones | 20 |
Female:
| Athlete Name | Total Sessions |
|---|---|
| Jessica Meldrum | 16 |
| Rebecca Pizzey | 16 |
| Charlie Seivers | 15 |
GYG Athlete of The Month:
| Athlete Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Harry Stones | Since beginning with SRA a little over 10 weeks ago, Harry has not missed a beat, averaging 4.4 sessions per week, building some real strength around his knee & working super hard to get his body right for the upcoming YL/NBL1 season. |
| Rebecca Pizzey | Pizzey is another athlete who has been working hard to get her body right, averaging 4.2 sessions per week since the NBL1 season finished, increasing her vertical jump by 4% and adding some serious size to her quads, all while starting a new job. |
Thank you to Guzman Y Gomez, the Australian and Internationally renowned Mexican Cuisine Restaurant for endorsing our “GYG Athlete of The Month”.
Each month we celebrate 2 athletes who have strongly demonstrated our core values; Belief, Discipline & Ownership.
The winners can each collect a GYG Gift Voucher from SRA Headquarters next time they visit.
To learn more visit the following link
Total Session Milestones:
| 100 Session Club | 200 Session Club | 300 Session Club |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Roberts Taylah Simmons Bella Stratford Lucas Accary |
Charlie Seivers Anthony Le |
Aussie Smith |
We have recently updated our milestone awards to; 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 & 600 total sessions.
Be on the lookout for an email with your award if you find your name on the lists above.
Athlete News:
| Event | Sporting News |
|---|---|
| U14 Nationals | Congratulations to Tahli Rowe, Violet Santamaria & Julia Quah who each recently competed in the U14’s Junior Nationals – finishing 8th overall in Australia. |
| Grand Final Wins | Congratulations to Brody Hull, Matt Toop, Kieran Maroney, Wyatt Stewart & Alanna Calafiore for each most recently winning their respective Grand Finals. Special mention to Charlie Wood who just fell short in his grand final. |
| Baby Osborne | Welcome to the world Matilda Rhys Magdalena Osborne (Parents Marcel Osborne & Jess Meldrum) born on the 29th September. We are super excited to have a new addition to the SRA family. |
| Team MVPs | Congratulations to Brody Hull, Chayse Vincent, Josh Woods, Jonathan Lawton & Nikita Young for each being awarded Team MVP for their respective clubs. Special mention; Matt Toop for his 8 years of service & coaches award. |
| Gold Nugget & Jamboree | Good luck to Lev Curtis & Charlie Santamaria who have each been selected for the Gold Nugget and Basketball Jamboree respectively. |
SRA News
SRA Physiotherapy
SRA Sports Therapy are super excited to add our first ever Physiotherapist to the team.
Kiera Rowe will be our inaugural In-House Physiotherapist, bridging the gap between athlete development and injury rehabilitation. Over the coming weeks, Kiera will be available for athletes to book if they have any injuries, niggles or are needing guidance with their rehabilitation programs.
Learn more about Kiera’s story here.
Blackburn Vikings Program Results
We recently ran a 12 week program with the Blackburn Vikings Junior Basketball Association which involved a number of performance combine days, athlete/coach education workshops and an online program for 300+ athletes to follow. On average we saw an 8% improvement between testing and retesting days.
To learn more about our Team/Club Training Programs you can visit the following link.
MLBC Program Results
Our inaugural 8 week program with MLBC was also a great success – Each athlete improved by an average of 9% across all tests including; vertical jump, sprint speed, reaction times and agility.
We are looking forward to repeating this program in Term 4 for the Mount Lilydale Lakers Basketball Community.
8 Week SRA Program
A new program at SRA, our 8 week “In House” Program has been designed for athletes who are new to the gym and looking for an introduction to athlete development, movement and strength training.
This program is strictly limited to the first 15 athletes to sign up, if you have a friend or family member interested, please direct them to this link.
SRA Quiz
We are excited to announce the introduction of the SRA Monthly Quiz which will be based on the content delivered across this newsletter.If you manage to answer all the questions correctly, you will be placed in the draw to win a gift voucher from SRA.
This month’s gift voucher is a $50 Hoyts Movie Card.
**Please note, we are still actively looking for a small business to endorse our “Monthly Quiz”. For all enquiries or suggestions please reach out to info@srasportstherapy.com.au
Final Note
With many athletes still in finals/heading away for the September school holidays, we saw our average number of total sessions increase to 2.8 for the month, falling just short of our goal.
Let’s keep working towards that 3.0 target. Your commitment to the program and ability to find time to take care of your body is what drives our culture and high success rate on game day.
Lastly, it’s been awesome to see so many familiar faces returning for the off season, excited to keep getting that work in with everyone.
“Dreams > Actions > Results”
See you in October
The SRA Team