Fitting to end the year by acknowledging our 2022 NZ representatives
Our final weekly roundup for 2022 feels an appropriate time to acknowledge the Harbour representative players, past and present, that received national recognition in 2022.
No fewer than 27 players from our region donned the black singlet this year with almost half of those at the senior level – the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns.
Brayden Inger and Sam Mennenga made their Tall Blacks debuts while Tiarna Clark (pictured), Olivia Berry and Tayla Dalton appeared for the Tall Ferns for the first time.
Tiarna and Ella Fotu both played on the New Zealand 3x3 team at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Two Harbour players attended FIBA World Cups in 2022. Amy Pateman was on the women’s team that went to the Women’s U17 World Cup in Hungary while Julius Halaifonua was New Zealand’s leading scorer, averaging 12 points per game, at the men’s edition of the U17 World Cup in Spain.
Special mention must also go to the Fotu family with three siblings playing on senior national teams in the same year – Dan and Isaac suiting up for the Tall Blacks in addition to Ella, as previously mentioned, a Commonwealth Games representative.
It’s also an appropriate time to mention our two international coaches. Jody Cameron is an assistant coach of the Tall Ferns as well as head coach of the Northern Kāhu in the Tauihi League while NZ 3x3 Women’s coach Justine Reed also finds time to coach the Rangitoto College senior girls’ team.
The full list of Harbour representative players in 2022:
Tall Blacks
Dan Fotu
Isaac Fotu
Brayden Inger
Rob Loe
Sam Mennenga
Taine Murray
Kruz Perrott-Hunt
Corey Webster
Tall Ferns
Olivia Berry
Micaela Cocks
Tall Ferns 3X3
Tiarna Clarke
Tayla Dalton
Ella Fotu
NZ U18 Men (Named)
Charlie Dalton
Tom Beattie
U18 Women
Mackenzie Chatfield
Florence Dallow
NZ U17 Men
Julius Halaifonua
NZ U17 Women
Amy-Lee Patema
NZ U17 3x3 Men
Joel Brown
NZ U17 3x3 Women
Zoe Richardson
NZ U15 Women
Bailey Flavell
Zenthia Stowers
Emma Schroeder
Kodee Williams-Sefo (injured)
NZ U15 Men
Jameer Reed
Gus Dallow
Coaches
Jody Cameron – Tall Ferns Assistant Coach
Justine Reed – Tall Ferns 3x3 Head Coach
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