Four Canterbury Red and three North Canterbury Under 13 and Under 15 basketball teams head to their respective National championships on Sunday, a greatbreeding ground for future Canterbury Rams and Wildcats or Tallblacks and Tallferns. Mid Canterbury will also field an U13 Boys and U13 Girls team.

Quarter-Finals are on Wednesday, Semi’s on Thursday followed by play-offs and Finals on Friday.

 

Under 15 National Basketball championships – ASB Sports Centre, Kilbirnie, October 8^th-12^th.

The Canterbury Red boys U15 basketball team heads to the National championships at Wellington this week seeded sixth and is in Pool 3 along with Harbour, Waikato Black and New Plymouth. They meet Waikato Black on Monday afternoon with the other two pool games on Tuesday.

The North Canterbury Boys are in Pool two along with second seed Rotorua, Auckland A and Porirua.

In the Premierships held at Nelson in July Canterbury edged out North Canterbury 44-39 in the Grand Final.

The top seed is Waitakere West Premiers in Pool 1. Other South Island boys teams to qualify are Nelson Blue and Otago A. Auckland beat Waitakere West Premiers in last year’s final.

 

BOYS POOL 1	BOYS POOL 2	BOYS POOL 3	BOYS POOL 4
Waitakere West Prems	Rotorua	Harbour A	Wellington Black
Hawkes Bay	Auckland A	Canterbury Red	Waikato Gold
Counties Manukau A	North Canterbury	Waikato Black	Otago A
Nelson Blue	Porirua	New Plymouth	Waitakere West A

 

The Canterbury Red Girls are seeded third after winning the Southern Zone Premierships in July, beating Otago A 44-39 in the Grand final while Nelson Blue edged out North Canterbury 68-64 in the third place play-off.

Canterbury, in pool 3, meets Waikato B first up on Monday morning and Harbour Bay on Monday afternoon and Hawkes Bay on Tuesday afternoon.

Nelson Blue, North Canterbury and Otago are the other South Island teams to qualify while top seed in Pool one is Harbour A in Pool one and Thames Valley in pool two is second seed.

Rangiora, under Coach Jess Baker, has been training hard since May, it does not have a lot of height, their skill level has been enhanced and expects to be competitive with the North Island teams with speed and determination on defence. One player, Tyler Courtney has been playing with the Rangiora High team at the Secondary Schools Nationals.

Defending champion Waitakere West which beat Waikato in last year’s final is seeded fourth while Harbour A is top seed.

 

GIRLS POOL 1	GIRLS POOL 2	GIRLS POOL 3	GIRLS POOL 4
Harbour A	Thames Valley	Canterbury Red	Waitakere West
Nelson Blue	Otago A	Hawkes Bay	New Plymouth
Waikato A	Wellington	Harbour B	North Canterbury
Porirua	Auckland	Waikato B	Rotorua

 

U15 Team lists are:

Canterbury Red Boys:  Ben Collerton, Ben Harris, Jack Ansell, Jakob Strong-Van Gestel, Jayden Chan, Kasuki Tsukiji, Quinn Clinton, Sam Riley, Sam Lees, Tullen McGuiness. Coach: Ben Sheat. Assistant Coach Simon Chan.

Canterbury Red Girls: Chrystal Pal, GeorgiaMay Jensen, Grace Ritchie, Grace Cartwright, Meg Thompson, Olivia Schrader, Sapphire Wairau, Shannon Stockdale, Sophie Schrader, Larissa McEwan.

Coach; Te Haere Stirling, Assistant Coach: Joss Ritchie.

North Canterbury Boys: Zach McKay (Captain), Travis Montgomery (Vice Captain), Olie Weston, Liam Cross, Barclay Miller, Luke Carter, Alex Ross. Reto Schori, Jake Millar, Thomas McLorinan. Coach: Eric Stegehuis.

North Canterbury Girls: Mary-Kate Daley, Lauren Sim, Rosie O’Shea, Yakira Nichol, Jade Bowen, Kiarna Sorensen, Tyler Courtney, Oriwa Padlie, Esra McGoldrick, Renee Tuhikarama. Coach: Jess Baker. Assistant Coach: Dorothy Dixon.

 

Under 13 National Basketball championships – TECT Arena Tauranga October 8^th-12^th.

Meanwhile, the Canterbury Red boys U13 basketball team heads to their National championships at Tauranga and are seeded 5^th in Pool 4 along with 4^th seed Auckland, Wellington Black and Waikato Gold. They meet Wellington on Monday afternoon with the other two pool games on Tuesday.

Much is expected of the Canterbury Red Boys after it hammered Mid Canterbury A 111-54 in the Grand Final of the Southern Premierships in July at Nelson while Nelson Blue beat North Canterbury 54-46 in the Play off for 3^rd place.

Mid Canterbury is seeded 6^th in pool 3 while North Canterbury is in Pool 2.

Auckland also beat Waitakere West Premiers in last year’s final. Harbour is top seed, Waitakere West Premiers is second while Auckland is fourth. Canterbury Red finished 6^th pace last year while North Canterbury came home in 12^th place.

Special Rules Applying to U13s

BBNZ Internal Regulations 2008 Volume 1 Page 32; 10.5.2:

(a) Boys will use the size-6 ball.
(b) Girls will use the size-5 ball.
(c) The three-point line will be ignored and the use of zone defences is banned.

 

 

BOYS POOL 1	BOYS POOL 2	BOYS POOL 3	BOYS POOL 4
Harbour A	Waitakere West Prems	Palmerston North Green	Auckland A
Hawkes Bay	Counties Manukau	Mid Canterbury	Canterbury Red
Nelson Blue	Porirua	Hibiscus Coast A	Wellington Black
Tauranga City A	North Canterbury	Rotorua	Waikato Gold

 

The Canterbury Red Girls are seeded 6^th in Pool 3 and meets Hawkes Bay on Monday afternoon and on Tuesday morning plays Waitakere West A followed by third seed Waikato in the evening.

Waitakere West Premiers are top seed in pool one with Rotorua seeded second in pool two. Other South Island teams are Nelson Blue, Mid Canterbury and Otago.

Canterbury Red edged out Otago A 44-39 in the Grand Final of the Southern Premierships in July at Nelson while Nelson Blue pipped  North Canterbury 68-64 in the 3^rd place play-off.  

Waitakere West Premiers pipped Waikato in  last year’s final and again top seed.Another side to watch out for is Taranaki Country seeded fourth. Canterbury finished 11^th last year.

 

GIRLS POOL 1	GIRLS POOL 2	GIRLS POOL 3	GIRLS POOL 4
Waitakere West Prems	Rotorua	Waikato A	Taranaki Country
Counties Manukau	Porirua	Canterbury Red	Auckland
Nelson Blue	Harbour A	Hawkes Bay	Otago A
Palmerston North Green	Mid Canterbury	Waitakere West A	Tauranga City

 

U13 Team lists are:

Canterbury Red Boys: Alfie Robinson, Connor McLaughlin, Isaac Anderson, Isaiah Morris, Jake Beaven, Jarred Burnett, Jordan Williamson, Nathan Louis, Solomona Nanai, William Harrison.

Coach: Craig Robinson, Assistant Coach: Andrew Harrison.

Canterbury Red Girls: Emily Stewart, Jessica Miller, Jessica Gray, Olivia Clark, Samantha Irvine,

Tendai Musesengwa, Tsubasa Nisbet, Zoe Gilpin, Rachel               Pullan, Annaliese Doig.

Coach: Tony Irvine, Assistant Coach: Alex Irvine.

North Canterbury Boys: Jackson Vaughan, Tom Crutchley, Jakzon Quinn, Dominic Heap, Andrew Baker, Caleb Pomare-Edwards, Angus Fletcher, Mason Whittaker, Elijah Coulston, Reuben Fletcher.

Coach: Gordon Wong. Assistant Coach: Sam Watkins.

 

 

Reports from the two Under-aged National Tournaments this week:

By Bruce Martin

Under 15 National Basketball championships  ASB Sports Centre, Kilbirnie, October 8^th-12^th

The Canterbury U15 Boys Basketball team, under coach Ben Sheat, made a resounding start to the Boys Under 15 National championships being played at the ASB Sports centre, Kilbirnie in Wellington winning 117-31 while in the U15 Girls tournament Canterbury chalked up two strong opening wins.

The Canterbury boys play New Plymouth first up Tuesday morning and then the strong Harbour side late in the afternoon for a place in the main quarter-finals on Wednesday.

The defending champion and top seed Waitakere West Premiers are looking strong with two powerful wins on the first day.

The Te Haere Stirling coached Canterbury Red Girls, seeded third, looks set to improve on its 12^th placing last year thumping Waikato B 63-31 in the morning and Harbour B 82-64 last evening. They meet Hawkes Bay Tuesday afternoon with a place in the Top 8 quarters already assured for Wednesday.

 

Day one results were:

U15 Boys:

Pool one: Waitakere West Premiers 93 Nelson Blue 34, Hawkes Bay 80 Counties Manukau 60,

Waitakere West Prems 73 Counties Manukau 57, Hawkes Bay 65 Nelson Blue 52.

Pool two:  Auckland A 122 North Canterbury 65, Rotorua 79 Porirua 47, North Canterbury 79 Rotorua 78, Auckland A 69 Porirua 55.

Pool three: Harbour A 101 New Plymouth 69, Canterbury Red 117 Waikato Black 31.

Pool four: Wellington Black 72 Waitakere West A 46, Otago A 55 Waikato Gold 50.

U15 Girls:

Pool One: Harbour A 75 Porirua 44, Waikato A 73 Nelson Blue 39.

Pool two: Thames Valley 95 Auckland A 36, Otago A 54 Wellington 45, Wellington 67 Thames Valley 55, Otago A 61 Auckland A 29.

Pool three: Canterbury Red 63 Waikato B 31, Harbour B 62 Hawkes Bay 57, Canterbury Red 82 Harbour B 64, Hawkes Bay 65 Waikato B 52.

Pool four: Rotorua 69 Waitakere West 50, New Plymouth 65 North Canterbury 57.

 

Under 13 National Basketball championships – TECT Arena Tauranga October 8^th-12^th.

The Canterbury Under 13 Boys team, coached by Craig Robinson, made a positive start, whipping Wellington Black 75-35 in the afternoon and meets Waikato Gold on Tuesday morning before a much tougher encounter against Auckland A in the late game and hopefully a place in the top 8 quarters on Wednesday.

Waitakere West Premiers, Counties-Manukau, Harbour A and Palmerston North Green all recorded two wins to progress to Wednesday’s Top 8 quarters.

 

Meanwhile the Canterbury Girls, under coach Tony Irvine, started with an improved effort to down Hawkes Bay 59-44 on Monday. They play Waitakere West A first up Tuesday morning, a win to put them into Wednesday’s Top 8 quarters before they clash with 3^rd seed Waikato A at teatime on Tuesday.

Rotorua, Waitakere West Premiers, Counties-Manukau and  Porirua all recorded two wins to progress to Wednesday’s Top 8 quarters.

 

Day one results were:

Boys:

Pool One: Harbour A 121 Tauranga City A 20, Nelson Blue 65 Hawkes Bay 46, Hawkes Bay 88 Tauranga City A 30, Harbour A 86 Nelson Blue 45.

Pool Two: Waitakere West Premiers 105 North Canterbury 35, Counties-Manukau 74 Porirua 53, Counties-Manukau 71 North Canterbury 36, Waitakere West Premiers 97 Porirua 21.

Pool three: Mid Canterbury 64 Hibiscus Coast A 58, Palmerston North Green 68 Rotorua 49, Palmerston North Green 83 Hibiscus Coast A 44, Rotorua 65 Mid Canterbury 54.

Pool four: Auckland A 67 Waikato Gold 47, Canterbury Red 75 Wellington Black 35.

 

Girls:

Pool One: Waitakere West Premiers 110  Palmerston North 32, Counties-Manukau 40 Nelson Blue 30, Waitakere West Premiers 78 Nelson Blue 33, Counties-Manukau 81 Palmerston North 43.

Pool Two: Rotorua Mid Canterbury , Porirua Harbour A , Rotorua 52 Harbour A 43, Porirua 85 Mid Canterbury 28.

Pool three: Waikato A 74 Waitakere West A 29, Canterbury Red 59 Hawkes Bay 44.

Pool four: Taranaki Country 54 Tauranga City 37, Auckland 61 Otago A 32, Taranaki Country 47 Otago A 46, Auckland 64 Tauranga City 30.