Goulbourn Atom Girls Basketball Team Brings Home Silver Medal!

     The Goulbourn Atom Girls competitive basketball team brought home the Silver Medal in Division 2 of the 2007 Eastern Ontario Atom Girls’ Basketball Championships held Friday, March 30 to Sunday, April 1st . The Stingers began the tournament with their usual stingy defense against the Ottawa Shooting Stars leading to a 30-21 win. The second game saw the Stingers defeat a strong Kingston Cavaliers squad by a score of 28-25. In their third game of the day, the Stingers had their greatest challenge going up against the powerhouse Gloucester AA Wolverines. The Stingers played a very strong defensive game and held the Wolverines to their closest game of the round robin portion of the tourney. With a record of 2 and 1 the Stingers made it to Division 2. Sunday morning in the semi-final, the Stingers played a strong game against the Kemptville Warriors and were rewarded with a 32-24 win and a berth in the division finals. The gold medal game saw the Stingers come up against the Kingston Cavaliers again. In a fast paced, exciting game that went right down to the final seconds the Cavaliers came away with a 31-30 victory.

          The Stingers have had a very successful season, first, placing fourth at the Barrhaven Major Atom Girl’s Basketball Tournament in November. The team followed this up with a bronze medal at the Kingston Fighting Irish Tournament January (missing out on the gold medal game by a last second shot that barely rimmed out). Through teamwork and strong leadership, the team earned a birth to the quarterfinals at the Provincials in London. They capped their season with their great finish at the League Championship in April. Well done Stingers!

     The Team would like to thank Coach David Byck, Assistant Coach Dawn Murphy, Trainer Glenn Carr and co-managers, Anne Leeks and Mike de van de Schueren for their selfless dedication, commitment, hard work and integrity they have brought to the girls and to the game.