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Hi from the Front Desk in This Issue Issue 41 – July 2011 Hi from the Front Desk In this Issue Congratulations to our NZ U16 National Teams that Upcoming Tournaments participated in the U16 Australian State Championships South Island Masters Games early July. History was made when our U16 Girls team was Three on Three Basketball the first NZ U16 team to reach the top four at an Australian Positions Available National Championship. Changes in the Office Referees Needed Our 2012 Koru Teams have been named; please visit our Tall Blacks website for a list of the names Bartercard NBL Finals http://www.basketball.org.nz/national-teams/2012-koru- Bartercard NBL Award Winners development-tour/ WBC Results Senior A/AA Secondary School National Last week Basketball Otago hosted the third and final WBC Championships Qualifiers tournament for the year. Congratulations to Oceania Junior Secondary School Premiership Final Goldrush for winning the Championship and to Waikato Placing Wizards for winning the Plate Grand Final. There were Honors Awarded to Phil Jones and Pero over 140 women playing in this tournament. Past and Cameron present Tall Ferns featured in many of the teams providing Goodbye from Roslyn a great mix of youth and experience. Our sincere thanks to Palmerston North, North Harbour and Otago Basketball Associations for hosting the WBC this year. The 2011Tall Blacks squad has been picked and has just finished their first tour playing in China. Congratulations to the Tall Blacks for winning the Stankovic Cup Tournament after facing Russia in the final 80-77! Thomas Abercrombie and Kirk Penney were also named in the All-Star Five tournament team. For more information please visit http://www.basketball.org.nz/tall-blacks/tall-blacks-win- stankovic-cup/ The Tall Blacks now head to Italy for a training camp before a four nation tournament in Macedonia. The London 2012 Olympic Games are fast approaching with only one year to go until the Opening Ceremony. In September the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns will compete KNOW A VOLUNTEER DOING A GREAT JOB? against Australia in a three game series with the winner Do they deserve to be thanked for the time and energy they securing the sole Oceania spot at the London 2012 put into basketball in your community? You bet! Olympic Games. Nominate a basketball volunteer for a SPARC Sport 2010 FIBA Official Basketball Rulebooks are now available Volunteer Award by sending them a thank-you e-card . to purchase: FIBA Basketball Rules & Equipment and Referee's Manual for 2 and 3 people. Rulebooks cost You can nominate any school, club or event basketball $12.50 and can be purchased on our website volunteer (teachers, parents, grandparents, friends, young http://www.basketball.org.nz/fans/merchandise people). Nominations close midnight, 23 August, 2011 . Great prizes to be won! Wishing you all the best, The Team at Basketball New Zealand Visit www.sparc.org.nz/volunteers for more information Issue 41 – July 2011 Upcoming Tournaments Positions Available U15 Premierships (August 12-14) At Basketball New Zealand Zone City Host Association Board Member Waitakere West Auckland http://www.basketball.org.nz/about/jobs/ Zone 1 Waitakere Basketball Rotorua Basketball Zone 2 Rotorua Association At Auckland Basketball Association Zone 3 Porirua Porirua Basketball Association Development Manager Zone 4 Dunedin Basketball Otago Financial Controller http://www.basketball.org.nz/news/positions-available- National Championships (August 22-27) basketball-auckland/ Secondary School City Host Association Changes in the Office Palmerston North Basketball A Palmerston North Association Palmerston North Basketball There will be some changes at the office front with the AA Palmerston North Association departure of Cath Kara and Roslyn Hart. Bill Eldred will now be looking after the referees department till mid-November. Any referee queries that you would have sent to Cath can now be sent to Bill. His email is [email protected] or phone number 027 687 5386. All Player Transfers, Clearances, Foreign Player Licences, Amalgamations and Exemption requests need to be sent to Maree Taylor, Tournaments and Leagues The Southland Island Masters Basketball Tournament will Manager, [email protected] . be held at Saxton Stadium, Nelson, October 22-23. Get involved and play some basketball against Tall Black Please send funding support letter requests to Saileen legends Ed Book, Phil Jones and Ralph Lattimore. Raj, Business Manager, [email protected] . For more information please visit www.simasters.co.nz Please also note that BBNZ will now have an automated phone system and we welcome your feedback on it. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us. Three on Three Basketball FIBA has officially unveiled the logo Referees Needed for 3x3 basketball as well as the preview website – 3x3planet.com – With the A/AA Secondary School National Championships The website will become the central fast approaching (August 22-26, 2011, Palmerston North) platform for the game’s rapidly we are in need of help from your Associations with sourcing growing community. At present it is referees. We have managed to secure around 20 of these only a preview website. However it wonderful people, but we’re still very short to ensure all games are covered. If your Association has any referees will eventually integrate a worldwide ranking system. This will allow players to organise pickup that might be interested in attending this tournament (all or games, upload their results and compare themselves part), please ask them to get in touch with either : against each other with the use of the latest online and mobile technology. The full version of the site will be Melony Wealleans Technical Commissioner launched in early 2012 with the aim of rapidly becoming the [email protected] or 027 4699168 or world’s largest online sports community. BBNZ Office [email protected] or 04 4985950 Issue 41 – July 2011 Congratulations to the following athletes that have been selected in the 2011 Tall Blacks. The 2011 Tall Blacks squad: 2011 Tall Blacks Schedule Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) 5-10 August Stankovic Cup, China (Angola, China, Russia) RESULTS Benny Anthony Jnr (Harbour Heat) Game 1 – Russia win against New Zealand 74-70 Game 2 – New Zealand win against China 89-69 Casey Frank (Wellington Saints) Game 3 – New Zealand win against Angola 73-70 Grand Final - New Zealand win against Russia 80-77 C o r e y Webster (Wellington Saints) 11-18 August Training Camp, Italy Isaac Fotu (NZ Breakers Development ) 19-21 August Macedonia Trophy – Macedonia Kirk Penney (NZ Breakers) Captain (Macedonia, Montenegro, TBC) Leon Henry (Wellington Saints) 22-25 August Four Nations Tournament, Turkey (Turkey, Montenegro, Ukraine) Lindsay Tait (Wellington Saints) 1-4 September Oceania Build Up Camp, Auckland Mark Dickel (Southland Sharks) 7, 9, 11 September Oceania Qualifying Series v Australia: Michael Fitchett (Nelson Giants) Game 1 – Wednesday 7 September, Melbourne Game 2 – Friday 9 September, Brisbane Mika Vukona (Nelson Giants) Game 3 – Sunday 11 September, Sydney Thomas Abercrombie (Waikato Pistons) Basketball New Zealand In conjunction with Williments Sports Travel is offering Supporter Packages for the 2011 Oceania Championships for Men and Women. The Head Coach: Nenad Vucinic packages provide includes flights, accommodation, airport Assistant Coach: Chris Tupu transfers and game tickets in one easy step. Packages are Assistant Coach: Pero Cameron available which include all three games or you can purchase single city packages. Assistant Coach: Dillon Boucher* Manager: Claire Dallison For information on the various packages please go to http://www.williment.co.nz/2011-tallblacks-tallferns/olympic- * Dillon is only assistant coaching during the games in qualifiers-2011 or email Warrick [email protected] . Australia Issue 41 – July 2011 2011 Bartercard NBL Finals 2011 Bartercard NBL Award Winners Most Valuable Player: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) NZ Most Valuable Player: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) Regular Season Winners: Exodus Saints (13-3) Keith Carr Trophy – Most Outstanding Guard: Lindsay Tait (Exodus Saints) John Macdonald Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Guard: Lindsay Tait (Exodus Saints) Commissioners Cup – Most Outstanding Forward: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) Stan Hill Trophy – Most Outstanding NZ Foward/Center: Congratulations to the Exodus Wellington Saints Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons) for winning 106:97 over the Bay Hawks in the 2011 Bartercard NBL Grand Final. As 2010 NBL Garry Pettis Memorial Trophy – Leading champions, this is the Saints second Individual Rebounder: Nick Horvath (11.7) consecutive win to claim their seventh National (McDonalds Manawatu Jets) Basketball League title. The NBL finals weekend was hosted in Wellington with the Semi Finals Dave Taylor Trophy – Leading Assists: Jason being played Friday night July 15 and grand final Crowe (7.2) (Waikato Pistons) Sunday night July 17 at the TSB Arena. Congratulations to the NBL Board and NBL Leading Scorer: Jack Leasure (22.9) Administrator Tara Hakiwai and her Team for (Taranaki Mountain Airs) another successful year of running the NBL. Semi Final 1: HBS Bank Hawks 95, Waikato Pistons 86 All Star Five: Alex Pledger (Waikato Pistons), Jason Crowe Semi Final 2: Exodus Saints 103 Fico Finance Nelson (Waikato Pistons), Mika Vukona (Fico Finance Nelson Giants 82 Giants), Lindsay Tait (Exodus Saints) and Thomas Abercrombie (Waikato Pistons) Grand Final: Exodus Saints
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