{"id":94893,"date":"2023-09-12T21:10:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T21:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=94893"},"modified":"2023-09-13T07:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T07:46:23","slug":"theres-a-new-energy-with-the-team-its-special-ramat-gan-readies-for-top-league-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/theres-a-new-energy-with-the-team-its-special-ramat-gan-readies-for-top-league-action\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new energy with the team, it\u2019s special – Ramat Gan readies for top league action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newly promoted Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan held its opening press conference for the upcoming Winner League season at the Zisman Arena earlier this week. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I took over at Maccabi Ramat Gan four years ago when the team was in the Liga Artzit [Israel\u2019s third tier basketball league], just before the team was about to go into liquidation, I said to the municipality that within four years we would be in the Winner League,\u201d the team\u2019s chairperson, Chen Shnaiderman, said at the start of the press conference. \u201cI grew up at this club and never dreamed that I would be the chairperson of this team. To help return the team to the forefront of Israel basketball and to the summit, for me it\u2019s very exciting.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last four years we\u2019ve made a huge turnaround in our youth club as well, with more than 1,800 children playing, making it one of the biggest clubs in the country,\u201d Schnaiderman continued. \u201cWe are improving all the time, investing a lot of money and professionals. We\u2019re happy with the results.\u201d
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\nShnaiderman also took the opportunity to praise the work that the club has done in the leadup to the season and set clear goals for on the court: \u201cI\u2019m happy that the Zisman Arena will be an important part of this journey for us and at the moment we have sold 55% of our memberships. By the start of the season, I believe that we will have sold all memberships. On the court, our goal is clear \u2013 to make the playoffs in the upper bracket and to play in Europe the following season. I also want to thank the municipality mayor and to the municipality, who have invested in the Zisman arena \u2013 I feel like we have a partner for the path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramat Gan\u2019s mayor, Carmel Shama-Hacohen, echoed the sentiments: \u201cIt\u2019s a very exciting day. It was exciting to see the team last season. I\u2019m sure that the team will play strongly on the court and make the city proud. For a long time we haven\u2019t had a team like this to watch, that will represent the city and be a model.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe municipality has rallied for the team, both thanks to the results and the way that the club has bene managed,\u201d Shama-Hacohen said. \u201cWe remember that sport is also education, with fans who support. The municipality has put its hand deeply in its pocket and I promise you, Chen, that our hand will reach in deeper as long as the team continues to provide the positivity and example that we are looking for in sport.\u201d
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\nCoach Shmulik Brener and newly-appointed captain Adam Ariel also spoke of the excitement ahead of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting, I played basketball for 16 years and this is my eighth year as a coach, it\u2019s a good time to say thank you to the players from last year and this year, thank you to Chen and to the Ramat Gan Municipality who have made my dream come true,\u201d Brener said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to be a part of this, thank you to the mayor for the things that he said. We believe in excellence and we haven\u2019t just said that we\u2019re aiming for the upper bracket of the league, we really believe in ourself and what we\u2019re building.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very exciting that the management and staff see the spirit that I bring and my way on the court, that I am worthy to wear the jersey and lead the team,\u201d Ariel said. \u201cThere\u2019s a new energy with the team, it\u2019s special. I believe that our goal as players and as a team is to bring this energy to the court. I hope that this arena will be full. We want to win and we won\u2019t give up. For many of us this is a new beginning and we want to grow with the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramat Gan plays against Bnei Herzliya in Herzliya on Thursday night in the preseason Winner Cup competition, with the winner earning the right to play against Hapoel Tel Aviv in the quarter final. The Winner League season then kicks off for Ramat Gan at the beginning of October in a home game against Hapoel Be\u2019er Sheva\/Dimona.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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