Tara Murray
The Sunbury Jets are hoping a win is just around the corner in the Big V women’s state championship division.
The Jets sit 0-3 at the Easter break, despite showing some good signs and progress in their matches so far.
Coach Simon Nicholson has a mixed view on the start to the season,
“It is disappointing to be 0-3 at this stage,” he said. “We’re still waiting for both imports to hit the floor.
“I’ve been impressed with how competitive we’ve been, we’re not too far off getting on the winning list.”
Nicholson said he had seen improvement in each of the three games. As well as missing both imports, Nicholson is new to the role, while they have several new players who have joined the club.
“We’ve had continued improvement, week to week,” he said. “We’re moulding the group the way I want them to play together and the buy-in is there.
“Bulleen… They are a top two-three team and we pushed them all game long. We were only blown out in the last three-four minutes.
“There were a lot of positives and we’re starting to gel as a team.”
Nicholson said he was really happy with how the side had been progressing without getting a win on the scoreboard.
He said the new players like Chloe Hilderbrand, Bianca Babic, Darcy Saunders, were all fitting in really well.
“We made an emphasis on good people, over players,” he said.
“The way the group is training off court, it’s a really good environment.
“They’re all playing their role in the team and making adjustments for us to be successful.”
Nicholson said they were hoping to have both imports available for their next year. The club announced last week that Dimitra Gkizani, a centre from Greece, was their second import.
“Our second import landed last night [Monday night] which is good,” he said.
“Ida [Andersson] is back on court and has started contact training. Two weeks of contact training and we’ll think she’ll be right.”
Nicholson said the week off came at the perfect time for the group, so they could all come together.
“We’re still training this week, no time off,” he said. “You don’t take time off when you haven’t won a match.”
The Jets face Camberwell this weekend, with Nicholson saying it should be a good test of where they are at.
