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AA National Secondary School Basketball Championships Nelson Oct 1-6
by Bruce Martin
Six Christchurch based Secondary School basketball teams head to Nelson on Sunday to compete for honours at the AA National Secondary School Championships but face stern opposition against the strong North Island teams.
There are 24 schoolboys and 24 schoolgirls teams in the main AA championships while 9 Boys and 8 girls teams contest the A section for smaller schools over the 6 day tournament which concludes on Saturday.
There are a total of 239 games over the six days.
The Burnside High team under coach Jo Hammond is seeded 16th in Pool one and meets 8th seed Fraser College in its first game on Monday afternoon.
Cashmere High is in Pool 3 and plays 6th seed Tauranga Boys High on Monday afternoon.
Aranui has a tough hurdle meeting 4th seed Hutt Valley in Pool 4 on Monday afternoon.
In the School Girls section
Ch Ch Girls High is 5th seed and meets St Mary’s Coll on Monday afternoon.
Rangiora High meets St Peters College and Waikato Diocesan on Monday while Cashmere High plays top seed New Plymouth Girls High plus Rotorua Girls on Monday.
Thursday is AA Quarter-Finals day, Semi-Finals are Friday with Play-offs and Grand Finals on Saturday.
Cheers Bruce
AA team list.
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AA MENS |
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POOL 1 |
POOL 2 |
POOL 3 |
POOL 4 |
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Westlake A |
Rosmini College |
Lynfield College |
Hutt Valley |
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Fraser |
New Plymouth Boys |
Tauranga Boys' |
St Patricks College |
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Hastings Boys |
Wanganui High |
Saint Kentigern |
Melville |
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Burnside |
St Johns Hamilton |
Nayland |
Otago Boys |
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Massey High School |
Palmerston Nth Boys |
Cashmere |
Auckland Grammar A |
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Onehunga |
Otumoetai College |
Nelson |
Aranui |
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AA WOMENS |
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POOL 1 |
POOL 2 |
POOL 3 |
POOL 4 |
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New Plymouth Girls |
Hamilton Girls |
Rangitoto |
Fraser |
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Rotorua Girls |
Mt Albert Grammar |
Rangiora |
Christchurch Girls |
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Westlake Girls |
Hastings Girls |
Hawera |
Tauranga Girls |
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Kavanagh |
Buller |
St Peters Cambridge |
Wellington Girls |
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Cashmere |
Marlborough Girls |
Waikato Diocesan |
St Mary's |
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Kristin School |
St Cuthberts College |
Auckland Girls Grammar |
Wanganui High |
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