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By all accounts, it was the game of the season so far in the DMG on Monday night when the North South Ballers challenged the Pirates in a demonstration of good sportsmanship that had razzle, dazzle and just a little bit of frazzle. Once again the Pirates took their time getting warmed up in the Read More …
When knowing is half the battle, the other half is red and blue lasers, neither of which the Pirates had in any great quantity in their battle against G.I. Joe’s sworn enemy, Cobra on Monday night. Despite the fact that the Pirates took an early 8 to 1 lead in the first quarter and the Read More …
An embarrassing first half by the Pirates robbed the team of victory Monday night against the old boys from St. Edmunds who, despite their victory, were not without their own embarrassing behaviour with regard to the referees. The only thing more embarrassing was Tony Abbott’s performance in the polls. Still, with the basketball world fixated Read More …
The Pirates made a triumphant return to the Tuggeranong Treasure Dome Monday night defeating ACTID by 45 points. The opening stanza showed that the Pirates were the dominant side but the scoreline still had ACTID in the hunt up until the start of the second half with Luke Arsego (6 points) doing better than 75% Read More …
Pirates forward, Todd Gregory, was the star at the annual Pirates Basketball Club awards night held at the Transit on Wednesday. Gregory, accompanied by his wife Katie who wore a stunning full-length, emerald green dress made by Vera Wang, was confident about winning the award when he spoke to reporters while on the red carpet. Read More …
The Pirates road trip to Beaverton to play the 4th seed Beavers proved a disappointment to the squad and the few fans who had made the long trip to Weyland Stadium. Joining in the Pirates misery were the Higgins Hellfish who now look almost certain to miss-out on the last available spot in the CPL Read More …
Coming off a month long holiday break the Pirates were lacking both the fitness and the skill to keep pace with Ed Pfohl, Chris Colosimo and Russ Koehne from STJ. That said, the Pirates did show greater offensive awareness and that they were capable of going one-on-one with their opponents. Turnovers and unforced errors characterised Read More …
In only his second game back from the CBA (Croatian Basketball Association), Pirates forward Matt “Darth Vader” Dallwitz (3 points, 15 rebounds, 2 steals) made a big impression in his side’s game against the Hornets and although the high-flying insects severely stung the swashbuckling renegades, Dallwitz showed that he was capable of some altitude of Read More …
Although the Pirates may have secured a major movie deal at the end of Tuesday night’s game, the Spartans secured another convincing victory over the Pirates in a match between two friendly rivals. Speculation had been growing for months before Tuesday’s contest about who would star in Dreamworks latest sporting blockbuster, “Space Jam 2: Slow Read More …
Once again finding little consistency in their line-up on Tuesday night, the Pirates battled on to give the Hellfish a run for their money in the first half of their round 24 encounter, trailing by just one point at the end of twenty minutes play. The Pirates made great strides improving their performance and attitude Read More …