CBA Winter Club Basketball Results 2013   Week endingSunday 8^th September.

 

By Club Basketball Correspondent: Bruce Martin, with the aid of Dan Chan, Jamie Graham and stats extraordinaire Sharon Erwood.

Other contributions from clubs with stats and copy would be appreciated and used whenever possible.  Email: bruceymartin@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Men’s Premier Championship

 

Atami had to pick up the pace in the second spell to repulse a strong challenge from Gators, pulling away in the final quarter to win 89-74 in the last round robin game of the Men’s Premier club basketball championship played in Bishopdale YMCA on Saturday.

The defending champion Checkers, forced to play without the injured brothers, Bede Marsters and Ethan Rusbatch, failed to win a semi-final berth and were well beaten by a fired up University 81-66 which jumps to third place and a semi-final this Saturday against second placed Wolverines. Meanwhile Wolverines started sluggishly against Lincoln College but powered away in the last quarter to win 85-59. Atami now plays Gators in the 1 v 4 Semi.

 

University eliminates Checkers 81-66

In the crucial game between Checkers and University the students started strongly to lead 21-18 at the first break through the second with the efforts of Matt Campbell, who flew home from his studies at Victoria University. Matt was supported from the hard-working Brent Fisher.

Daniel Pau’u helped University to widen the gap in the second spell penetrating the Checkers defence while Harley Campbell shot a three pointer as the students forged a handy 42-29 lead by half-time. Checkers ‘danger-man’, Nat Connell was closely marked, limiting him to just 10 points. His former Royals and NBL team-mate Ben Van Oosten (12) broke through tight University defence as Checkers endeavoured to come back but were thwarted by outside bombs from Jordan Kauta, Marty Davison and Matt Campbell. Checkers still trailed 46-57 by the final break but were forced to foul to gain possession and the students capitalised sinking eight free throws to widen the margin. Tyson Silberry (12) and Coree McGrath continued their hard efforts in the final quarter for Checkers in the closing stages but University remained cool under pressure to jump to third place in the competition.

Atami comes back to beat Gators 89-74

Gators forced the pace in the early stages leading 21-16 by the first break, through the efforts of Jozeph Knottenbelt and Chris Duthie. Atami were missing three key players, and were a little slow to respond. Bryn McLennan having already ran to exhaustion in the Under 23 Quarter-final, managed to pick up the pace for Atami. Bryn, with help from Sam Dobbs, started to take control of the boards and Atami slowly narrowed the gap and sneaked ahead 41-39 at the turnaround. Jamin Thomas had stepped up for Gators with three good baskets. Rusty Thompson found range in the third quarter while the ever reliable Ritchie Howell penetrated the sluggish Gators defence to put Atami marginally ahead. Duthie tried in vain to keep Gators in the match, scoring 22 points under tremendous pressure from the roving Atami defence. Gators kept it tight and only trailed 61-64 by three-quarter time. However, Thompson hit several three’s adding to another from Dobbs, which rounded out the match for Atami.

 

Lincoln University bows out before succumbing 59-85

Lincoln University were looking for an upset to finish their season on a high, taking a handy 36-31 lead at the turnaround after the first quarter was levelled 19-19. After gaining some early fouls Lincoln’s whiz kid Nick Erwood was benched for most of the first half and upon his return picked up the pace while Manuel Nunez-Tenasque plied a cameo slotting 16 points and grabbing a double with 10 rebounds in his last appearance at the Premier level. Oli Davies looked sharp as he weaved and turned through Lincoln’s defence while Dene Le Warne found range to top 17 points to add to his seven rebounds. Wolverines opened the flood gates in the final quarter piling on 36 points to the solitary efforts of Nunez for Lincoln.

 

 

Scorers were:

Atami 89 (Sam Dobbs 26, Rusty Thomson 22, Ritchie Howell 18, Alex Dobbs 10, Scott Howell 10) Gators 74 (Chris Duthie 22, Jozef Knottenbelt 13, Jamin Thomas 12, Alex Jellie 10). HT: 41-39.

Wolverines 85 (Oli Davies 17, Michael Kinley 11, Keiran Ball 11, Dean Le Warne 11, Lionel Hopgood 10). Lincoln University 59 (Nick Erwoood 19, 8R, Manuel Nunez-Tenasque 16, 10R). HT: Lincoln 36-31.

University 81 (Daniel Pau’u 17, Matt Campbell 15, Brent Fisher 14, Marty Davison 10) Checkers 66 (Ben Van Oosten 12, Tyson Silberry 12, Nat Connell 10, Coree McGrath 10). HT: 42-29.

 

Semi-Finals this Saturday: Atami v Gators, Wolverines v University.

 

 

 

Final placings

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Agst	Points	Place
Atami	10	9	1	791	616	19	1st
Wolverines	10	8	2	795	643	18	2nd
University	10	5	5	705	742	15	3rd
Gators	10	5	5	693	725	15	4th
Checkers	10	3	7	723	797	13	5th
Lincoln University	10	0	10	689	873	10	6th
	60	30	30	4396	4396	90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women’s Premier Championship

 

Halswell had to lift its efforts to repel a late fight-back from a depleted Minties before winning the Women’s Premier championship encounter 49-40. Lincoln which had already secured fourth place, thumped Pioneer 65-28, while University called on some mid-week players before beating Gators 41-29.

Top qualifier Halswell meets Lincoln in this Saturday’s Semi-final while Minties will be looking to have the services of live-wire Jemma Hazeldene as it clashes with the three times defending champion in the other semi. University have a very proud record of winning six out of the last seven Women’s Premier Grand-finals they played.

 

 

Scorers were:

 

Final placings

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Agst	Points	Place
Halswell	10	9	1	565	411	19	1st
University	10	7	3	569	470	17	2nd
Minties	10	6	4	596	550	16	3rd
Lincoln University	10	5	5	561	492	15	4th
Gators	10	2	8	402	569	12	5th
Pioneer	10	1	9	426	627	11	6th
	60	30	30	3119	3119	90

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

Men’s Division One

 

Scorers were:

Top six:

PlaceMakers 72 (Cameron Costley 18, John McDonald 18) Atami 52 (Ivan Hill 13, Jeremy Phillips 8),

Wolverines 98 (Jamie Graham 24, Nick Purcell 19) HSOB 63 (Martin Maunsell 13, Mikey Bucher 12, Brin Rowe 12),

University 69 (Chris Grant 25, Jamie Tomars 18) Checkers 64 (Alex Kerr 18, Stephen Mc Leod 14).

Final RR points: Placemakers 10, Wolverines 9, Atami 8, University 7, HSOB 6.

Semi-Finals this Sunday: Placemakers v University, Wolverines v Atami.

 

Bottom four: Pioneer Yellow 74 (Mark Simmons 19, Matt Bathurst 13) North Canterbury 53 (Simon Fallon 16, Troy Halliday 15), Pioneer Blue 85 (Dux Rangihuna 34, Mark Smalley 18)

Gators 70 (Logan Campbell 20, Luke Smith-Williams 13).

 

 

Final placings:

Team	Played	Won	Lost	For	Agst	Points	Place
Top Six
PM Wolves Blue	5	5	0	404	315	10	1st
Wolverines	5	4	1	368	279	9	2nd
Atami	5	3	2	331	283	8	3rd
University	5	2	3	307	351	7	4th
Checkers	5	1	4	309	398	6	5th
HSOB	5	0	5	330	423	5	6th
	30	15	15	2049	2049	45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Men’s Under 23 Championship

 

CBA Mens’ U23 Reports – Playoffs Round 1

 

#3 – Lincoln University v #6 – North Canterbury (105 – 47)

An energized Lincoln University destroyed North Canterbury by 58 points in the first of the two knockout games this weekend. Lincoln got off to a fast start, leading 25 -10 after the first period and didn’t let up, winning every subsequent quarter, highlighted by a 35 point effort in the third. NC’s consistent swingman Scott Edwards failed to fire, held to a measly 3/22 FG shooting but still managed 10 points, whilst Sam Haigh-Ward (11 points), Ben Buckendahl (10 points) and Angus Forbes (10 points, 16 reb) all hit the double figure mark. For Lincoln, instant offense machine Nick ‘the der’ Erwood put up his obligatory double-double (31 points, 12/17 FG, 10 reb) and was aided by wrecking ball Pat Fraser (23 points, 16 reb), jack-of-all-trades Joe King (14 points) and Steve Novak-lookalike Zach Hollis (10 points).

 

#4 – Atami v #5 – Varsity (63 – 57)

Heading into the game on a 7-game win streak, the university students had high hopes of gaining a semi final berth, but were met with a determined effort from the 5-strong Atami team, falling in a heartbreaking 6-point defeat, 63 – 57. Former Varsity-now-turned-Atami players Cam Chalmers (21 points) and Bryn McLennan (16 points) were the chief destroyers for the men in black, whilst captain Alex Dobbs had 18 points and big man Lucas Hill pulled down a hefty 18 boards. The Varsity boys were down 16 points leading into the final quarter but didn’t give up, thanks to some timely three balls from the ex-Cashmere High duo of Ed Burry and Karl Magon (20 points). However, the margin was too big of a deficit to overcome and the Atami team held strong, despite having 2 of their players on 4 fouls in the last 5 minutes. Varsity centre Ollie Crawford had another strong game (15 points, 11 reb) and captain Rowan Feeney dropped 10 points in his final U23 game ever.

 

Checkers v Royals (93 – 74) - 7^th v 8^th placing game

Checkers outran Royals in a high scoring match to gain 7^th place, winning 93 – 74. Five Checkers players notched double digit scoring numbers – Jake Naylor (20), Isaac Silberry (15), Aidan Ryan (14), Tyson Silberry (14) and Jim McNabb (11). Royals’ superstar Simon Hodgson was limited to only 16 points, but Hugh Munro (17 points) and Josh Burke (12 points) contributed strongly.