Opals

opals òpals English Etymology From en opal, a gemstone mined in Australia. Pronunciation en en-au-Opals.ogg AU Proper noun + en chiefly Australia The women's national basketball representative team of Australia. en 2001 Australian Sports Commission Frank S. Pyke Better Coaching: Advanced Coach′s Manual 2nd http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mnxfsSx1HZoC&pg=PT244&dq=%22opals%22+australia+OR+basketball+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dYrIT-OeBYapiAfav7Q5&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22opals%22%20australia%20OR%20basketball%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 227 Carrie Graf knows about coaching creative individual players, as she has coached women′s basketball superstar Lauren Jackson, who shot to fame as a 15-year-old and joined the Australian women′s Opals basketball team by 16. en 2002 Cameron Stewart High Hopes Garrie Hutchinson The Best Australian Sports Writing, 2002 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1TCMwSy5ozIC&pg=PA38&dq=%22opals%22+australia+OR+basketball+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=34zIT53hDYiImQXGm6WVDw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22opals%22%20australia%20OR%20basketball%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 38 This, combined with a sycophantic basketball press in Australia, created a weight of expectation that was slowly crushing the young player. Four months before the Olympics, Opals coach Maher lamented that he was having ‘a few too many’ talks with her on how to cope. en 2009 Nick Ireland The Popondetta Butterfly http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hrGdy5YFm1AC&pg=PA34&dq=%22opals%22+australia+OR+basketball+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dYrIT-OeBYapiAfav7Q5&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22opals%22%20australia%20OR%20basketball%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 34 She′d made the train on squad for the Australian Opals basketball team and also played rugby for the Sydney University woman′s team. Anagrams en alops POLSA OLAPs salop Alsop apols Salop SAPOL en Basketball Sports nicknames German Pronunciation de De-Opals.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun de noun form de Opal gen s