Issue 57 - November 2012

Hi from the Front Desk In this Issue

Welcome to the November edition of sociations and Wheelchair Basket- 2013 National Age Group 2 the Community Newsletter. ball for hosting these respective Appointments tournaments. A special reminder that in early Happy Birthday to Fiba 2 December Juan Orenga who is the Best Wishes Oceania Assistant coach of the Spanish Men’s The team at Basketball New National Team will be holding Coach- Marks moves into Spurs 2 Zealand ing Clinic s in and Christ- executive role church. FIBA Oceania Coaches Clinic 3

You can find out more on page three of Penny on Target in Turkey 4 the newsletter. News Around the Country 4 It was a busy month of October as we completed a flurry of tournaments Referees Corner 5 which included Secondary Schools, Meet your Local Official 5 Under 15,13, Open and Wheelchair Nationals. Dr Pim to Conduct Clinic in 6 Many thanks go to Nelson, Wellington , Tauranga Tauranga and Rotorua Basketball As- Player to Watch 6 2013 Koru Tour to be 6 Junior Teams Take Shape Streamed Pirates Pull Out 6 Under 13 Nationals 7 NZ Opens 7 Under 15 Nationals 8

2013 Tournaments 8

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Basketball New Zealand Age-group athletes had their chance to el. Basketball is lucky to have for- compete for selection to next year’s mer Tall Blacks , Postal Address national junior teams at Counties- , Judd Flavell and Manukau over the weekend. Mike Fitchett available for coach- PO Box 6052 ing roles for next year, along with Marion Square Newly appointed coaches and assis- an experienced line-up of assis- Wellington 6141 tants for the men and women conduct- tants. ed the selection camp, as they prepare Courier Address for world championship qualifying It’s a great combination of (U17) and Australian state champion- international playing experience, Credit Consultants House ships (U18 & U20). successful NBL and dedicated Level 4, 3-9 Church Street service in the player development Wellington 6011 It was also a chance for the new staff programme. to get acquainted, with several head Phone: (04) 498 5950 coaches making their debut at this lev- Fax: (04) 472 3623 Email: [email protected] Thanks to all our valued sponsors and partners Community Newsletter Page 2

2013 National Age Group Appointments

U20 Men Head coach – Pero Cameron U17 Girls Assistant coach – Anthony Corban Head coach – Aik Ho Manager – Dave Murray Assistant coach – Rachel Gwerder Manager – Sharon Kelly U20 Women Head coach – Sean Fuller U16 Boys Assistant coach – Michelle Swain Head coach – Mike Fitchett Manager – Sarah Waldron Assistant coach – Doug Courtney Manager – Andrew Mackay Pero Cameron U18 Men Head coach – Judd Flavell U16 Girls Assistant coach – Darron Larsen Head coach – James McGilvary Manager – James Ballinger Assistant coach – Mata Cameron Manager TBC U18 Women Head coach – Brent Matehaere U18 Men 3×3 Assistant coach – Mel Bennett Head coach – Anthony Corban Manager – Shona Miller Manager – Philomena Terei

U17 Boys U18 Women 3×3 Head coach – Paul Henare Head coach – Tania Hunter Assistant coach – Seth Weakley Manager – Philomena Terei Manager – Jill Bolger Paul Henare and Michael Fitchett

“Obstacles don't have to stop Happy Birthday to Fiba Oceania you. If you run into a wall, don't thanks, in large part to Australian Al turn around and give up. Figure Ramsay and the late Sir Lance Cross out how to climb it, go through it, from New Zealand. or work around it.” In spite of only five countries from the - Pacific region being members of FIBA at the time (Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea and Vanua- Last Month FIBA Oceania celebrated tu), Ramsay and Cross believed in the Molten its 44th anniversary. Let’s take a quick potential of uniting under a broader Molten is the official sponsor look at how it all began. Oceania organisation, including almost and supplier of and 20 basketball associations from the In 1968, the Oceania Basketball Con- South Pacific Sports Council, all of equipment for Basketball federation – as it was then known – them with active Basketball Associa- New Zealand. had been several years in the making tions. Exclusive to affiliated Associa- tions and their Schools and Clubs only, download the order Marks moves into Spurs executive role form from the BBNZ web link New Zealand’s first ever NBA player http://www.basketball.org.nz/ who played 11 seasons, local-associations/resources/ has been appointed as director of bas- ketball operations for the , and of D- League affiliate the Austin Toros.

“You can't get much done in life if Only a year ago the San Antonio Spurs started Marks on a front-office appren- you only work on the days when ticeship as a basketball operations as- you feel good.” sistant. Sean Marks

- Jerry West Marks now is only behind General Spurs are arguably one of the most suc- Manager R C Buford and his No 2 cessful franchises in recent years win- Scott Layden in the front office pecking ning multiple NBA championships. order. FIBA Oceania Coaches Clinic With Juan Orenga Spanish Olympic Team Assistant Coach

Achievements Include:  Assistant Coach-Spanish Team 2012-Olympic Silver Medallists  Head Coach-U19 Spanish Team-2009 World Championships  Played in the 1992 Olympics and represented Spain 128 times

Christchurch General Coaching Clinic-(Cowles Stadium) Saturday 01 December 2012 12pm – 1.30pm Advanced Coach Forum-(Pioneer Stadium) Saturday 01 December 2012 4pm – 5.30pm

Auckland- Waitakere West Trust Stadium General Coaching Clinic Sunday 02 December 2012 2:30pm – 4.00pm Advanced Coach Forum Sunday 02 December 2012 4:30pm – 6.00pm

General Coaching Clinic Advanced Coach Forum $30 $30

Shooting Spanish System for development of High Perfor- Offence drills & plays mance Pathway Defence – man to man defence drills Q&A Session

$50 for both clinics

To register and for further information go to www.basketball.org.nz/coaches

For further information please contact Shaun Iwikau at BBNZ on (04) 498 5956 or [email protected] COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 4

Penney on target in Turkey

Tall Black was ished with six points (3/8 er Jess Bygate (Nelson), dialed in from long dis- FG), six rebounds (five face Black Hills State Uni- tance, hitting five three- OR), two blocks, an versity on Saturday. pointers to help his TED and a in 23 minutes. In the Australian WNBL, Kolejliler to victory over Pittsburgh next play Tall Ferns captain Natalie Turkish Basketball League against Hawaii-Hilo on Taylor led Logan Power to cellar dwellers Gaziantep. Friday and open their reg- an 87-79 road victory over Penney had 23 points ular season at home Sydney University, scoring (8/11 FG, 5/7 3pt, 2/2 FT), against Mount St Mary’s 24 points (8/13 FG, 1/3 as his side led from the on November 9. 3pt, 7/9 FT), grabbing nine start and put their oppo- rebounds and blocking Other Kiwis opening their nents away with a 27-17 two shots. The following college pre-season pro- third quarter. The Kiwi is day, Logan (2-3) fell 68-71 grammes this week in- now third on the league’s to Canberra Capitals. clude Tall Blacks Isaac scoring rankings, averag- Fotu (Hawaii v Hawaii Pa- Meanwhile, Kiwi ing 18.7 points for a club cific) on Friday and Rob guard that now sits in fourth Kirk Penney—Photosport Loe (St Louis v Rockhurst) earned bragging rights equal (2-1) on the table. on Saturday, and Tall Fern over national team coach In the United States, Steve Jordan Hunter (Southeast Kennedy Kereama, when Adams logged his first Missouri v Southern Indi- her Adelaide Lightning (4- minutes for the University ana) on Sunday. 1) overcame West Coast of Pittsburgh, as they de- Waves 75-65 in Perth. Meanwhile, Cantabrian feated Indiana University Caleb Harrison made his Marino had nine points, of Pennsylvania 69-54 in coaching debut with Dick- five rebounds and three their first exhibition game inson State University, assists, while Ferns guard of the new college season. guiding their women’s Toni Edmondson put up The young Wellingtonian team to a pair of wins over seven points, five re- had a basket in a 7-0 run University of Manitoba. bounds and five assists for that put the Panthers 21- The Blue Hawks, including the Waves (1-4). 16 up at halftime and fin- WBC Most Valuable Play-

News Around the Country The Blacks Pero Cameron has who has opted to follow have started their quest for resigned a one year deal with coach Paul Henare from the three consecutive ANBL titles the for next Bay Hawks. nicely with three wins out of year’s season. four to begin the 2013-14 Braswell is still looking to be- season. This will be Cameron’s fourth come a New Zealand citizen, year as Head Coach for the which will enable the Sharks Tall Blacks forward Mika Saints, leading the franchise an opportunity to have add Vukona has been a stand out to three straight finals win- two imports. for the Breakers, winning ning two tittles. Round Three player of the Taranaki Mountain Airs have Week for his 15 points and have also secured 2011 scoring champ 15 rebounds in a win over the made a couple of signings, Jack Leasure for his fourth . securing import Kevin Bras- season with the franchise. well who will be returning for Leasure will share the two In the New Zealand League, his third season and young import spots with big man had experience in the NBA assistant coach of the Tall forward Morgan Natanahira Suleiman Braimoh who has Development League. COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 5 Referees Corner

U15 Nationals If ALL three points do not Rules Interpretations occur, then this is NOT a Boys – Leon Demetriades back court violation. (South Canterbury), Jacob Ball returned to the backcourt Cromb (Otago) (Art 30) We had previously been ad- vised that during a dribble Girls – Joshua Boyd We have a number of refer- from the backcourt to the (Nelson), Brendon Menhen- ees confused about the back frontcourt, both feet of the net (Palmerston North) court violation. This is largely dribbler and the ball must be due to the fact that when fully in the frontcourt before U13 Nationals changes were made to the the ball is considered commit- rule in 2010, the interpreta- ted to the front court. When Congratulations to the follow- Boys – Melissa Gilmartin- tion that was published cen- not dribbling, the ball is not ing referees who officiated Kara (Waikato), Santana Am- tered on the dribbler. In addi- considered to be in a team’s the finals at our recent Na- munson (Rotorua) tion to that the rule with re- frontcourt until the ball touch- tional Championships: gards to the ball being con- es or is legally touched by an Girls – Helaman Begman (Te sidered in the frontcourt is offensive player who has Secondary School Kuiti), Tayla Ammunson actually found within the eight both feet completely in con- Nationals (Rotorua) seconds rule (Art 28.1.2) ra- tact with their frontcourt. In ther than the backcourt rule. effect it is legal to receive a A Boys – Joshua Boyd A big thank you to the follow- pass from someone in your (Nelson), Brendon Menhen- ing Educators and TCs who When a ball is returned to the backcourt whilst you are net (Palmerston North) worked with referees at the backcourt there are three straddling the - line and tournaments: points that must happen for it pass the ball back; or a play- A Girls – Raghav Pratap to be considered illegal: er can receive a pass from (Canterbury) Tina Vao James Campion, Shane Ni- 1. The team must have someone in their backcourt, (Auckland) kora, Peter Rodgers, Nick control of the live ball in their backcourt, place one Warren, Melony Wealleans 2. A player from this foot in the front court, and AA Boys – Matt Bathurst, Raewyn Willocks, Alan God- team must be the last to then return it to the back- Marty Davison (Canterbury) den, John Bartlett, Willie Bry- touch the ball in the front court. Remember the eight ant, Donna Brown, Macherie court second count does continue AA Girls – Gareth Teahan Edwards,Auatua Atarangi, 3. A player from this until the ball is fully commit- (Masterton), Sam Pan Cliff Horne, Kylee Horsford, team must be the first to ted to the front court. (Wellington) Kerry Ludlow and William touch the ball in the team’s Ohlson. backcourt.

Meet Your Local Official: Kylee Horsford from North Harbour

month we would like to in- She worked her way up troduce – through the different local Koru Tour Referees competitions at North Har- Kylee began refereeing at bour, following in her We are looking for referees 11 to earn a bit of pocket mother’s footsteps to now who would be interested in money, which has now being a Junior Educator. accompanying our age group turned into almost 15 years teams in January 2013 on out on the court. In October she attended the Koru Tour. her first nationals as a Ref- When she was younger eree and the following This trip is self- funded. For Kylee was a regular at week as an Educator. more details please contact Easter Tournament each Melony at BBNZ. year, which gave her a Kylee is now working with great opportunity to meet our Junior Referees and Pleas note that the only lots of other young Refer- love seeing them make BBNZ endorsed tournament Every month we will be ees from around the coun- their way up through local for referees. featuring an official who try and Australia, many of competitions and onto heavily contributes to bas- who are still refereeing. tournaments and ketball in this country. This Nationals. COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 6 Dr Pim to Conduct Tauranga Clinic Player to Watch

at the University of Michigan. Mieke Elkington

Dr Pim has worked international- Playing Number: 5 ly developing leaders of charac- ter and teams of significance in Position: Guard Wales, England, and Singapore. Height: 5-8

WHEN: November 15, Class: Senior

6.30-8.30pm

Hometown: Hamilton, New

WHERE: Memorial Hall, Zealand Tauranga City Basketball, in Queen Elizabeth Youth association with Basketball Centre High School: Cochise (Ariz.) Pacific, presents a coaching Corner of 11th Ave/ College clinic with DR RALPH PIM – Devonport Rd, Tauranga Building A Championship

Basketball Programme – on Mieke Elkington is a Kiwi guard playing collegiate bas- COST: $10 for Basket- November 15. ketball in the United stats for Longwood University, ball Pacific-affiliated which is in the state of Virginia. coaches Dr Pim has authored or co- (coaches endorsed by authored nine books and has Elkington attended Church College in Hamilton winning member associations of been a featured clinician at a National Championship in 2007. Basketball Pacific). the NCAA Division I Men’s

Final Four every year since In 2008 Elkington played for the North Harbour team $30 for non-Basketball 2004. that won the Womens Basketball Championships. Pacific-affiliated coaches

He has been a presenter at Contact Mark Rogers to the Naismith Basketball Hall register for more details Merchandise of Fame Enshrinement clinic, Check out the BBNZ merchandise avail- the National Association of able for purchase online http:// Intercollegiate Athletics annu- www.basketball.org.nz/fans/ al convention, several Divi- merchandise/: sion I universities and the Sports Management Institute

2013 Koru Tour to be Streamed Pirates Pull Out

This is a great memento, to play cial model, in particular, as often as you want and to re- to be unsustainable in live the memories of the Country the short term. Cup. While the players, coach- The 2-game package costs AU ing staff, team manage- $95 per Player. The price in- ment, sponsors and sup- cludes a FREE USB Flashdrive porters have every rea- valued at AU $15, for each son to be disappointed TEAM member. James Blond Auckland with the decision to with- The 2013 Koru Tour to Pirates will not defend draw the Pirates from the Albury, Australia in January If this is something that interests their Bartercard NBL title NBL, it has been made in 14-20 will be Livestreamed you please follow the link below next season. the best interests of bas- on HD Video thanks to http://www.sportwebcasts.com/ ketball in Auckland. Sportwebcasts.com. Basketball/ After much deliberation, AustralianCountryJuniorBasket- Basketball Auckland (BA) Pirates were in the As well as being able to ballCup.html has decided that it will not league for two seasons, watch games live as they be entering a team in the replacing happen, you will also have 2013 National Basketball who pulled out in 2009. the benefit of the High Defini- League. tion Video of the games, pro- vided on a USB Flashdrive BA undertook a thorough before the players leave the review of the on and off- tournament if possible, and court operation of the Pi- highlights from the Event. rates, and found the finan- COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 7 Under 13 Nationals Results Boys Girls

1st Harbour A 1st Waitakere West Premiers 2nd Waitakere West Premiers 2nd Auckland 3rd Auckland 3rd Waikato 4th Nelson Blue 4th Rotorua 5th Palmerston North 5th Porirua 6th Counties Manukau 6th Canterbury 7th Canterbury 7th Counties Manukau 8th Hibiscus Coast 8th Taranaki Country 9th Waikato Gold 9th Habour A 10th Porirua 10th Nelson Blue 11th Hawkes Bay 11th Otago 12th Rotorua 12th Waitakere West A 13th North Canterbury 13th Tauranga City 14th Wellington 14th Hawkes Bay 15th Mid Canterbury 15th Palmerston North 16th Tauranga City 16th Mid Canterbury

Tournament Team Tournament Team Zane Neemia (Counties Manukau), Nikau Tangaroa Priscilla Tuala (Waitakere West Premiers), (Palmerston North), Ben Ripley (Nelson), Ryan Laumatia Teneva Ropati Waitakere West Premiers (Auckland), James Moors (Harbour), Kruz Perrott-Hunt Georgia Leef-Milner (Waitakere West Premiers), Te Ao (Harbour), Harrison Clarke (Harbour), Kale Lawson Leach (Rotorua), Ainsleyana Puleiata (Porirua), Charlise (Waitakere West Premiers), Marvin Williams-Dunn Leger-Walker (Waikato A), Summer-June Motufoua (Waitakere West Premier), Matthew Sokol (Waitakere West (Auckland), Tyla Tuala (Auckland), Rosalee Dunne Premiers) (Waitakere West Premiers), Iritana Hohaia (Taranaki Coun- try) Most Valuable Player Harrison Clarke (Harbour) Most Valuable Player Rosalee Dunne Waitakere West Premiers Finals Officials Melissa Gilmartin-Kara (Waikato) & Santana Ammunson Finals Officials (Rotorua) Helaman Begman (Te Kuiti) & Tayla Ammunson (Rotorua)

NZ Opens Results

Men Women

1st Waikato Titans 1st Rotorua 2nd Tauranga City 2nd Harbour Dolphins 3rd Rotorua Lakers 3rd Te Tai Tokerau 4th Waitakere West 4th Waitakere West 5th Tauranga City Tournament Team 6th Canterbury Haswell Josh Tuati (Waitakere West), Ashton McQueen (Tauranga 7th Gisborne City), Eru Willis (Tauranga City), Daniel Green (Waikato Ti- 8th Counties Manukau tans), Puke Lenden (Waikato Titans) Tournament Team Most Valuable Player Jamie-Lee Tito (Te Tai Tokerau), Gabriela Adams (Rotorua), Puke Lenden (Waikato Titans) Nadine Stone (Rotorua), Camilla Brunn (Harbour Dolphins), Olivia Berry (Harbour Dolphins) Final Officials Bo Wills-Choat (Whangarei) & Russell Gavin (Whangarei) Most Valuable Player Gabriela Adams (Rotorua)

Final Officials Chareena Hawea (Waikato) & Devina Banks (Tauranga)

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Under 15 Nationals Results Boys Girls

1st Waitakere West Premiers 1st Harbour A 2nd Auckland 2nd Porirua 3rd Canterbury 3rd New Plymouth 4th Wellington 4th Rotorua 5th Harbour A 5th Wellington 6th Hawkes Bay 6th Thames Valley 7th Waitakere West A 7th Hawkes Bay 8th Rotorua 8th Canterbury 9th Counties Manukau 9th Waikato A 10th New Plymouth 10th Otago 11th North Canterbury 11th Waitakere West 12th Porirua 12th Harbour B 13th Otago 13th Nelson Blue 14th Waikato Gold 14th Auckland 15th Waikato Black 15th North Canterbury 16th Nelson Blue 16th Waikato B

Tournament Team Tournament Team Liam Thornton (Harbour), Michael Gardner (Rotorua), Sam Takiri Raerino (Rotorua), Miranda Hodgson (Thames Valley), Riley (Canterbury), Kazuki Tsukiji (Canterbury), Laeleb Shayla Adamson (New Plymouth), Lyric Dixon (Wellington) Tyner-Wenman (Wellington), Issac Letoa (Wellington), Sam- Kathleen Nahora (Hawkes Bay), Sophie Schrader uel Aruwa (Auckland), Unique Naboa (Auckland), Ken Smith (Canterbury), Shalae Salmon (Porirua), Sarah Talbot (Waitakere West Premiers), Tai Winyard (Waitakere West (Porirua), Tera Reed (Harbour A), Tiarna Clarke (Harbour A) Premiers) Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Player Tera Reed (Harbour A) Ken Smith (Waitakere West Premiers) Final Officials Final Officials Joshua Boyd (Nelson) & Brendon Menhennet (Palmerston Jacob Cromb (Otago) & Leon Demetriades (South Canter- North)

2013 Tournaments

TOURNAMENT TOURNAMENT HOST CITY HOST DATES ASSOCIATION July 17-20 U17 National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed July 24-27 U15 National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed July 24-27 U19 National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed August 21-24 U23 National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed Aug 31-Sept 3 Junior Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 1 & 2 Rotorua Rotorua Aug 31-Sept 3 Junior Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 3 New Plymouth New Pymouth Aug 31-Sept 2 Junior Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4 Dunedin Basketball Otago September 4-7 AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 1 North Shore North Harbour September 4-6 A Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 1 & 2 Rotorua Rotorua September 4-7 AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 2 Taupo Lake Taupo September 4-7 A & AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 3 Porirua Porirua September 4-6 A Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4 Westport Buller September 4-7 AA Secondary Schools Premiership Zone 4 Nelson Nelson September 30 -October 3 A Secondary School National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed September 30 -October 5 AA Secondary School National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed October 9-12 U13 National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed October 25-28 Club National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed TBC Wheelchair National Championships To be confirmed To be confirmed