CBA Winter Club Basketball Results 2013      WeekendingSunday 2^nd June

 

By Club Basketball Correspondent: Bruce Martin

Photo provided by Anna Erwood Photography

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

 

Club Basketball took its traditional Queen’s Birthday weekend break while 28 representative teams from around the greater Canterbury region are taking part in the annual JIT tournament which is designed to assist selectors in the region to select their representative teams for the U15, U17 and U19 National championships in July and the U23 Nationals in August. Teams from Country (North, South and Mid Canterbury), Metro (Canterbury) along with two from West Coast (Tasman) are taking part. See BBNZ calendar below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid-week Men

 

The Special Olympics basketball team came from behind in the last few seconds to upset their favourite rival Checkers White 90-89 in the Mid-Week Men’s club basketball competition last Wednesday evening. Bradley Garner who is still at school, made many long penetrating runs through open Checkers defence to slot a well-earned 36 points for the Special O team with support from Craig Bennett and Tracey Thompson. Gordon Hayward replied with 26 for Checkers White.

Sam McNeil sunk an unintended three for Checkers inside the last 30s  and with the resulting possession the Special O passed the ball to Craig Bennett who represented New Zealand at the SOWG in Athens in 2011. He drove the length of the court and laid in a match winning basket with 1.5 seconds remaining much to the delight of the many spectators and players.

The defending champion University repulsed a strong challenge from new entrant Sphinx to win 68-50, led by strong efforts from David Baird and Stuart McGirr to remain unbeaten.   Raiders overwhelmed Pioneer 119-15, a record for the Raiders club which had previously won the grade in 2005, 06 and 2007 under the organisation of Derek Watson.

The Bishops bounced back to hold off a strong challenge from Bandits to win 56-47 through the efforts of Jack McDougall with 22 points.

 

University have established a commanding lead in the competition and are looking strong to retain their title while another seven teams are closely bunched in the race to find five more places in the Top six split after round 11 games.

 

Scorers were:

The Bishops 56 (Jack McDougall 22) Bandits 47 (Shannon Buckingham 15, Rijjin Valiao 14), Raiders 119 (Julian Thompson 28, Jonathan Keast 20, Matt Havill 16, Peter Randle 12, Steve Gainsford 10, Derek Watson 10)  Pioneer 15, Burnham 64 (Brad Fraser 19, Nick Collinson 13) Royals 27 (Scott Nugent 6), Special Olympics 90 (Bradley Garner 36, Craig Bennett 12, Tracey Thompson 12) Checkers White 89 (Gordan Hayward 26, Sean Wilton 12, Sam Neill 11, Nigel Buchanan 10), University 68 (David Baird 19, Stuart McGirr 15, Jason Rivett 11) Sphinx 50 (James Taylor 12, Sam Yang 11), Lincoln University 58 (David Crooymans 20, Cam Shearer 20) Goauld 26 ( Ashley Bensley 13).

 

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Forfeit	For	Agst	Points
University	6	6	0		376	246	12
Checkers White	6	4	2		398	356	10
Burnham	6	4	2		352	254	10
Bandits	6	4	2		330	279	10
Goauld	6	3	3		261	241	9
Raiders	6	3	3		414	242	9
Sphinx	6	3	3		436	335	9
The Bishops	6	4	1	1	350	244	9
Lincoln University	6	2	4		224	278	8
Pioneer	6	1	5		211	495	7
Royals	6	1	5		213	387	7
Special Olympics	6	1	5		315	523	7
	72	36	35	1	3880	3880	107

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mid- week Women

 

The defending champion Halswell Red remained unbeaten, proving too strong for Royals, winning 67-22 with old hands Jo Mumm, Tracey Buchanan, Sue Bennie and Sarah Corkery being reinforced by young blood Gina Papahadjis who has been busy with her trade-mark long running moves. CYA, led by Carmel Gunn, remained in second place, beating Pioneer 42-18 while University and Checkers (4W, 2L) maintained their third placing with wins over Hi-Rollers and Halswell Green respectively.

Buchanan, nee Shearer, was a regular thorn in many Canterbury Wildcat sides in the 1990’s and is still running the courts alongside many of her former Wildcat opponents.

Unless a team forfeits this Wednesday, then Halswell Red and CYA are destined to meet in the first round final on June 12^th, Checkers and University compete for third placing and Halswell Green and Royals match up for the fifth play-off.

 

Scorers were:

CYA 42 Pioneer 18, Halswell Red 67 Royals 22, University 38 (Nina Pau’u 11) Hi-Rollers 34 (Aria Café 16, Hana Mauafu 10), Checkers 45 Halswell Green 32.

 

 

 

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Forfeit	For	Agst	Points
Halswell Red	6	6	0		338	109	12
CYA	6	5	1		259	164	11
Checkers	6	4	2		249	208	10
University	6	4	2		189	235	10
Royals	6	2	4		161	212	8
Halswell Green	6	2	4		170	221	8
Hi-Rollers	6	1	5		119	193	7
Pioneer	6	0	5	1	124	267	5
	48	24	23	1	1609	1609	71

 

 

 

 

Basketball New Zealand Calendar 2013

 

TOURNAMENT DATES	NATIONAL TOURNAMENT	HOST CITY	HOST ASSOCIATION
June 6-8	Womens Basketball Championship Finals Tournament Playoffs	Porirua	Hutt Valley Basketball Association
July 17-20	U17 National Championships	North Shore	North Harbour Basketball Association
July 24-27	U15 National Championships	Wellington	Wellington Basketball Association
July 24-27	U19 National Championships	Nelson	Nelson Basketball Association
August 21-24	U23 National Championships	Tauranga	Tauranga City Basketball Association
August 31-September 3	Junior Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 1 & 2	Rotorua	Rotorua Basketball Association
August 31-September 3	Junior Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 3	New Plymouth	New Pymouth Basketball Association
August 31-September 2	Junior Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4	Dunedin	Basketball Otago
September 4-7	AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 1	North Shore	North Harbour Basketball Association
September 4-6	A Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 1 & 2	Rotorua	Rotorua Basketball Association
September 4-7	AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 2	Taupo	Lake Taupo Basketball Association
September 4-7	A & AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 3	Porirua	Porirua Basketball Association
September 4-6	A Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4	Westport	Buller Basketball Association
September 4-7	AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4	Nelson	Nelson Basketball Association
September 21-22	Wheelchair National Championships	Wellington	Wheelchair Basketball New Zealand
September 30 -October 3	A Secondary School National Championships	Palmerston North	Palmerston North Basketball Association
September 30 -October 5	AA Secondary School National Championships	Palmerston North	Palmerston North Basketball Association
October 9-12	U13 National Championships	Dunedin	Basketball Otago
October 25-28	Club National Championships	TBC	TBC