- The Melbourne Tigers aren’t dead
- The club in operation is the original Tigers (est. 1931)
- The NBL club known as United is pretty much the son of the club
- Andrew Gaze is head coach of the Mens SEABL Club
- Tigers also have a Womens team in SEABL from this year (2017)
- Home Games are mostly played at MSAC and some are played at Oakleigh
- The Tigers Junior Program is thriving
- The Tigers won the YCM and YCW titles last year
- The club is active on social media from Facebook to Instagram
- The club will have 2017 memberships available soon
- SEABL season starts for the Tigers on April 1
- Tigers play the Spectres and Supercats this coming SEABL season
- Before playing with the Kings, Bo Liu plied his trade with the Tigers
- Brian Goorjian is a Tigers supporter having played for them before coaching various clubs
- Kevin Bartlett is also a Tigers supporter and promotes them when possible
- Tigers fans hope United gives the club their professional IP back
Author: RKS
Fans still hope for resolution
For a couple of years after the Tigers were pushed aside for Melbourne United, Tigers fans fought hard to be heard on a number of important issues.
The first issue is Intellectual Property, United has all the professional titles from NBL Titles to Retired Jerseys and Tigers fans want them all to come home to MSAC where everything brought home would be revered and also be a platform for a professional return sometime in the future.
The second issue is Melbourne United’s use of retired Jerseys, The problem is that Melbourne United is a continuation of the Melbourne Tigers on the NBL side but they pick what part of the Tigers they like.
This is evident that the Tigers four titles are hanging on the wall of United’s home court and nearby are the six retired Tigers jerseys however three of the numbers are on the court because United decided that whilst they honour the Tigers choices it does not extend to them.
Tigers fans want Melbourne United to honour the jerseys by not using any of the numbers retired by the Tigers, so far #6, #8 and #21 are currently being used with #10, #25 and #50 currently untouched.
Fans are still hopeful that Melbourne United will work on a solution that would please all fans of the sport of Basketball, if any reader would like to sign either of the petitions mentioned they can do so in the links below.
Tigers Roundup (19/1/17)
We are now officially in the time period where the quietness between post season and pre-season has ended and Tigers scribes are now busy writing up news and information.
First off several Tigers players and coaches have had success playing for Victorian teams and that is a wonderful thing for them and the state.
Jack Purchase is having a great time playing ball in Hawaii with his ppg average now back to getting settled into double figures, you can see all of Jack’s stats here including his 25 point effort against Long Beach State.
If you are interested in seeing video of Daryl and Rhys in action for Plymouth then look no further than below for the video is the latest from the Raiders and Tigers fans will definitely love the start.
The big news regarding the Tigers is that Olympia Athletics have been signed up to look after the clubs high performance program and this will mean the Tigers will have a very fit and healthy team by the time the SEABL season starts on April 1.
So that is the latest from around the internet and we’ll be back with a new roundup soon.
SEABL 2017 Schedule Released
There was good news for Melbourne Tigers fans today as the schedule for the 2017 SEABL season was released for everyone to look at.
The Tigers have to wait until Round 2 to play but the good news is that the season will open with a double header as the SEABL Womens team debut against the Geelong Supercats and the Mens team take on Sandringham at MSAC.
The action starts on April 1 from 5:30pm so make sure Tigers fans you have that date memorised and make your way down to MSAC to watch not only the team start their season but also watch the debut of the Womens team in this exciting era for the Tigers.
The Tigers will be playing 12 home games this year with some of the games being played at Oakleigh due to MSAC being unavailable so there is plenty of opportunity to see the Tigers in their natural habitat and to also be among friends.
To view the season fixture, please click on the link below
http://seabl.com.au/index.php?id=257&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2017&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=01&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10910&cHash=70aa000843dc5ab2f96f8e32fb793fd1
Tigers Roundup (11/1/17)
Retro round is coming up again in the NBL and the Melbourne Tigers are again not the team of choice for Melbourne United.
Melbourne United has gone for the SE Melbourne Magic look and it’s an interesting choice considering United were the Tigers and Magic fans probably think of United as Tigers in different packaging and the Tigers and Magic never sang from the same song sheet.
Meanwhile the Tigers are preparing for their second SEABL season on the Mens side and the debut season of the Womens side.
The word is that training resumes for the SEABL teams next Friday and more news will be coming from the Tigers soon and everyone loves news from the team they support and the trickle of news will become a torrent as signings and more are announced.
In player news, Former (and hopefully future once again) Tigers player Jock Perry was spotted on the bench during a St Marys Gaels game that was broadcasted around the world, he has not been used on the court so far in his first college season but there is plenty of time for the Gaels to use him.
Monique Conti has played 11 games for the Melbourne Boomers so far this WNBL season and averages around 4 minutes a game and every game is no doubt a great educational experience for her as she climbs her way up the ladder of Basketball.
Rhys Carter and Daryl Corletto are both having great seasons for the Plymouth Raiders in the British Basketball League as their team marches towards making the playoffs.
Daryl scored in more than 50% of his shots from beyond the arc in December and Rhys picked up six assists a game during the month.
Stay tuned for further news Tigers fans as it comes to hand.
Yay for 2017
2017 is here at last and now we can look forward to all the goodness that the year will provide.
Tigers fans will get to see not only the SEABL Men but also get to see the SEABL Women in action this year and that means more great basketball every week of the SEABL season.
The Mens side have now had one full season in competition and will be looking to improve in their second season of this new era of playing in SEABL.
The Womens team will no doubt be in it to make an impact from day one and it will be great to see them in action.
Don’t forget that the YCM and YCW teams will be defending their titles this year and after the excitement both teams provided last year expect more Tigers fans to be watching their progress.
The Juniors are also playing and they are playing well and we hope they also have great success in 2017.
No doubt that the coming months will see plenty of announcements as there will be re-signings, signings and most importantly for fans Membership details.
Ain’t it great it is 2017?
The crazy week
One week ago, the Melbourne Tigers fundraiser was in its last hours and fans were rejoicing that the team reached its goal of raising $100,000 and then passed it’s bonus goal of $120,000.
The team managed to raise $125,450 in 24hrs and that amount will do so much good for the Tigers as the SEABL teams prepare for 2017 as well as giving the juniors the best possible equipment for them to play with.
The $125,450 came from a variety of people and businesses showing that the Tigers have supporters from pretty much everywhere for example a former AFL boss, the Champions League Basketball organisation, Former Tigers players, current Tigers players, parents of players, decades long fans, Tigers broadcasters and more.
We saw lots of Andrew Gaze stories over the last week as he brought his Sydney Kings down to Melbourne, the fact he was coaching against Melbourne United was a big selling point for the NBL though Andrew was quick to speak of the differences between Melbourne United and the Melbourne Tigers in several articles including his column in the Daily Telegraph.
Andrew and his Kings came away with the win and Bo Liu got time on the court and while he only gets a minute or two when the game is secure or is a certain loss, it is valuable experience for the Tiger and it will be a win for the Tigers in 2017.
It should be noted that the now famous Kings celebration now features Bo as an enthusiastic Locker banger and singer and it will be interesting to see what the Tigers come up with in 2017.
Lanard Copeland was also in the news as he was appointed coach of the Sunbury Jets for the 2017 Big V season, Lanard’s appointment is a good decision by Sunbury as he has had success with the Broncos and is currently assisting the Sydney Kings.
Tigers fans discovered a very amusing Wikipedia entry on Ray Gordon with the piece describing his ability to get in the face of the opposition as well as calling the SE Melbourne Magic the C word.
So there we have it Tigers fans, all of that in seven days and we’re still months away from the 2017 SEABL season.
Tigers Fundraising Campaign
The Melbourne Tigers are hoping to raise $100,000 this Sunday afternoon (November 6).
This $100,000 will help fund the Tigers SEABL teams as well as providing the best possible support for the Juniors who play the great game.
The great lure is that three generous donators will be giving a dollar each for every dollar a person donates, so if you donate $1 the three donors will add three dollars to the total to make it $4 and if you donate say $25 their donations will mean that $100 goes into the team coffers.
Visit charidy.com/melbtigers and register to be alerted when the time to start donating begins and visit the Facebook event page for additional details over the next couple of days.
Fans can also check out and watch the video that features both Andrew and Lindsay Gaze as well as highlights from the Tigers NBL, WNBL, BigV, MUVJBL and SEABL teams over time.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Q7Imx7ZNOnTHdEd2taaHVfY1E/view
It’s all happening
With SEABL and Big V done for the year, you’d expect things to be quiet for a little while but things are never quiet when it comes to the Melbourne Tigers.
Zoe Carr has been announced as the Tigers SEABL Womens coach and Andrew Gaze is returning as the Mens coach whilst Jenny Connolly is in charge of the Youth League Girls team and Nick Abdicevic is leading the Youth League Boys.
The three King Tigers are on a roll in the NBL with Gaze, Copeland and Vickerman leading the Tigers to a great start to the season and giving Kings fans great hope for the first time since ex Tiger Brian Goorjian led them to great success in the early 2000’s.
The WNBL has put a full length video of a 1996 WNBL match between the Tigers and the Adelaide Lightning which is probably the longest video of the WNBL Tigers in existence and we hope they show lots more in the future.
So you see Tigers fans whilst it may be off season for us, It is never off season down at MSAC as preparations for 2017 are well underway.
Fans flock to story on Jock
For a handful of games this year, Tigers fans got to see big Jock Perry in action before he jetted off to the United States to play College Basketball.
Tigers fans dearly wished he could of stayed with the Tigers for the entire SEABL season as the Tigers were exposed for height after his departure and there’s now a big desire for a Jock Perry like player for season 2017, His impact in his matches was such that he was in SEABL’s Top 10 for Rebounds with an average of nearly nine rebounds per game.
Now he is at SMC in the US and will soon be watched by the NBA scouts which is a feat that has gotten the attention of Channel Nine and Basketball fans as the news service filed a story on him before Jock left Australia.
Rebuilding Our Melbourne Tigers post on the story has been seen by over 6,000 people and it continues to rise.
St Mary’s knows all about Australian Basketball as the St Mary’s Gaels blog has reported on former SMC players in SEABL as well as stories on Kate Gaze and others such as former NBL Tigers Patty Mills, Lucas Walker and Daniel Kickert.
SEABL players who have been to SMC include Garrett Jackson, Ben Allen, Desmond Simmons, Rob Jones (former Tigers SEABL player) and Lucas Walker.
It’s going to be interesting to see how Jock fares in his first season at SMC for sure.
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