Congratulations to Penina Davidson – an Australian WNBL championship winner!

The Tall Ferns and former Harbour Breeze centre tasted success on Saturday as Melbourne Boomers won the 2022 Australian WNBL title with an emphatic 84-66 victory in the third and deciding game against Perth Lynx. 

The Boomers faced an uphill battle after being beaten at home 98-72 by an inspired Perth side in the opening game. They secured a narrow 76-75 win in Perth in game two before getting the job done in Melbourne at the weekend.

It’s the first time Penina has got her hands on a winners-medal since her school and age-group days in New Zealand. 

She came extremely close in 2019 when she was Named to the WBC All-Star 5 after leading the Breeze to the Grand Final where they were pipped 89-86 by Auckland Dream in overtime.

The former Rangitoto College standout had come even closer to a championship in her freshman year at the University of California Berkeley. Cal were pipped 61-60 by Stanford in the 2015 Pac-12 Tournament Final.

Well done Penina!

A raft of Harbour players have been called on by national selectors in the past week.

Congratulations to the following:

Harbour athletes named to the U17 National Teams.

Women

Amy-Lee Pateman

Men

Julius Halaifonua

Harbour athletes invited to attend New Zealand U18 Selection Camps.

Women:

Mackenzie Chatfield, Flo Dallow, Teuila Fa’alogo, Isabel Pugh, Qaizden Stephano, Kellie Tawhiao

Men:

Zion Anderson, Tom Beattie, Charlie Dalton, Jacob Fotu, Ezekiel Priest, Tautoko Wynyard

Harbour athletes invited to attend New Zealand U15 Selection Camps.

Women:

Bailey Flavell, Lily Fotu, Kodee Sefo-Williams, Zenthia Stowers

Men:

Angus Dallow, Jameer Reed, Troy Wentworth