Issue 58 - December 2012

Hi from the Front Desk Welcome to the final Newsletter of 2012. More than a handful of young kiwi’s are playing extremely well in the col- This year has flown by. It was a fantastic legiate system in the United States. year and many thanks go out to all of the associations around the country who You can find out more on page three. contributed to the great sport of basket- Please note that the BBNZ office will ball. be closed from 24/12/12 and will reo- Congratulations to both the Emerging pen 7/1/13. Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks who made In this Issue the finals of the FIBA Oceania Pacific You can always keep up to date with Youth Championships held over in Aus- anything by following us tralia. Strong Play from Emerging 1-2 on Facebook or Twitter. Kiwis It was a fantastic opportunity for both sides to face the best of what Oceania From the team at Basketball New NZ Under 20s Named 2 had to offer. Zealand we wish you a safe Merry Hunter Clutch for SEMO 3 NZ Basketball is on a high with up and Christmas and a Happy New Year. coming talent. Look forward to seeing you in Coach Development Director 4 2013! Baldwin Starts CBA Strong 4 Strong Play from Emerging Kiwis in Youth Championships News Around the Country 4 The Emerging Tall Blacks and Tall Referees Corner 5 Ferns have had strong tournaments at the FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Cham- Meet Your Local Official 6 pionships, both reaching the final. Player of the Future 6 Both teams finished the tournament with five wins and only one loss. Abercrombie in the Dunk 6

The finals were going to be a tough ask for the New Zealand teams as they would face the hosts Australia in Contact Us Latrobe City, . Basketball New Zealand The Tall Ferns dominated pool play winning their three games by an aver- Postal Address age margin of 60 points, while the Boys went through their pool play winning by PO Box 6052 and average margin of 24. Marion Square Wellington 6141 The teams would then head to the quar- vantage in the third (26-2), holding ter finals where the girls would face Sa- their opponents to just 17% shooting Courier Address moa and the boys Tahiti. from the field. Credit Consultants House The young Kiwi women were quickly on Article continues on page 2 Level 4, 3-9 Church Street top of Samoa in their, winning 88-25. Wellington 6011

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Aussie-based forward Hanna Tusa was and 11 rebounds, while Tusa added the execution of their rivals. the pick of the Ferns, with a double- another double-double of 14/14. double of 14 points and 12 rebounds. The Emerging Junior Tall Ferns The boys would sneak through their were ahead 21-13 in the second Meanwhile, the NZ boys trailed through semi, after Guam led with nine sec- quarter, but conceded 15 straight the early stages of their knockout en- onds left. points to trail 21-28 at halftime. counter with Tahiti and led by just two points midway through the second quar- Canterbury player Ihaka Pink sank a ter, before finally drawing clear 70-48. three-pointer to put them back up by The Kiwi boys led 16-10 after the two. opening quarter, but also let their The Kiwis committed 25 turnovers, which advantage slip away in the second kept their rivals in the contest for long Guam launched from the arc with a and lost the third 7-17. periods, but dominated in the paint to second on the clock in an attempt to outscore the Tahitians 34-24 around the win, but North Harbour centre North Harbour centre Jack Salt was basket. was able to gather the defensive re- a standout for the Emerging Junior bound and made the game safe 63-60 Tall Blacks, with 15 points, 12 re- Again in the semis the Ferns would from the free-throw line. bounds and six blocks in the 66-49 cruise through to the Final defeating defeat. Guam 67-39. The finals were going to be a tough ask for the Kiwi sides as they would face Buller’s Charlotte Elley led her side The girls dominated their opponents in- the hosts Australia. with 12 points and Hawke’s Bay side, outscoring Guam 48-18 in the paint. guard Aaliyah Ah Koing had 10 in Both Kiwi sides took their opportunities the 67-49 loss. Carline Hardeman picked up 22 points to lead early, but could not withstand

NZ Under 20s Named

The following athletes have been selected to represent Basketball New Zealand at the Australian U20 State Championships at Launceston, Tasmania, from February 17-23.

U20 Women U20 Men

 Jacinta Beckley (Hutt Valley)  Nico Buckrell (Hutt Valley)  Makayla Daysh (Tauranga City)  Kyaz Karaitiana (Australia)  Leba Korovou, Monique Hornby (New Plymouth)  Mathew Lacey (Waitakere West )  Keziah-Brittany (Waitakere West Auckland)  Jack Salt (North Harbour)  Viani Lewis Danielle Paenga (Waikato)  Tohiraukur Smith-Milner (Waitakere West Auckland)  Anita Snowdon (Canterbury)  Jackson Stubbins (Hutt Valley)  Te Oramae Solomon (Waitakere West Auckland)  Alexander Talma (North Harbour)  Habiba Tawfik (Waitakere West Auckland)  (North Harbour)  Shenade Southon (Hawke’s Bay)  (North Harbour)  Josh Howe (North Harbour) Reserves  Leiani Tautiepa (Counties-Manukau) Reserves  Courtney Wilson (Tauranga City)  Jamal Mikaio (Wellington)  Mitchell Newton (Eastern Southland) Staff  Alex Schipper (Tauranga City)  Sean Fuller (Head Coach)  Mihai Streza (North Canterbury)  Michelle Swain (Assistant coach)  Zachary Young (Wellington)  Sarah Waldron (Manager)  Timothy Apisai (Waitakere West Auckland)

Staff BBNZ Closed  (Head coach) Please Note the BBNZ office will be closed  Anthony Corban (Assistant coach) from 24/12/12 and reopen 7/1/13  David Murray (Manager) Community Newsletter Page 3 Hunter Clutch for SEMO

Just call Tall Fern point guard Jordan points, with eight rebounds, two blocks Hunter “Ms Big Shot”, after she pro- and an . duced her second game-winning bas- In the final, the Raiders were overrun ket in the space of a week. 51-33 by Drexel, with Stockill named to Five days after scoring the crucial lay- the tournament team. up in a one-point victory over Arkansas Colgate (2-3) now travel to take on col- State, Hunter was again the heroine, lege superpowers Connecticut, ranked seeing Southeast Missouri University second in the nation, on Thursday. home 55-54 over Teas-Pan American at the David Jones Classic in Houston. Tall Fern Erin Rooney put up her fifth Trailing by as many as 12 points early straight double-digit scoring perfor- in the second half, the Redhawks ral- mance for the University of Forham, but lied, with Hunter also hitting a key three it wasn’t enough for them to secure -pointer in the comeback. their fifth win to start the season, falling With six seconds remaining and down 40-62 at Pacific. by one, Hunter drove to the basket on The Canterbury guard had 10 points, Jordan Hunter the left side and put up a shot from just including 8/8 FT, six rebounds, three outside the keyhole that rolled into the steals and two assists in a team-high basket. 37 minutes, as the Rams fell to 4-1. “We executed the same play that we They travel to the Bronx to face Man- did on Monday night, with Jordan driv- hattan on Thursday. ing to the basket,” said coach Ty Mar- genthaler. “She did a great job getting Tall Black Rob Loe and the University to the basket and made a big shot of St Louis bounced back from a previ- again.” ous loss to beat Southern Illinois 61-51. Hunter finished the game with 10 Loe, who went scoreless against Kan- points (2/5 3pt), five rebounds, three sas last week, had 12 points (3/3 3pt), steals and two assists, as SEMO im- four rebounds and an assist in 28 proved to 3-3 for the season. They trav- minutes against the Salukis, who suf- el to Missouri on Friday. fered their first loss of the season. The Bilikens are now 3-2 and next visit Meanwhile, Whangarei’s Megan Craig Washington in Seattle on Thursday Steve Adams had a career night for the University of (NZT). Albany, scoring 27 points to lead the second straight loss. Penney had 24 Great Danes to a 62-49 win over Dart- also returned strongly points (5/5 3pt, 5/6 FT), as his team fell mouth. from University of Pittsburgh’s first loss, to 3-4 for the season. The Kiwi centre shot 12/17 from the scoring 13 points (6/9 FG) in an 85-59 field, and also had nine rebounds, an win over Delaware in the NIT Tipoff Tall Ferns captain Natalie Taylor again assist and a . Tournament consolation game. provided the highlight for Kiwis across Albany (3-2) host New Jersey Institute He also had three rebounds, three the Tasman over the weekend, leading of Technology on Thursday. blocks and two steals in 24 minutes. Logan Thunder to a nail-biting 70-69 vic- The Panthers (5-1) next host Howard tory over Sydney University Flames. Waitakere’s Chevannah Paalvast also on Wednesday. Taylor had 18 points, seven rebounds, starred for her US college, scoring 15 six assists and three blocks, as Logan points to lead Monmouth University Harbour guard David Clarke led nation- improved to 3-6 for the season. over LeHigh, 55-50 in double overtime, al NAIA champions Oregon Tech with and win the Thanksgiving Challenge. 21 points in a 77-72 win over New Fellow international Toni Edmondson Paalvast also had four rebounds, two Hope Christian College, snapping a had 20 points for the West Coast Waves, assists and a as the Muhawks two-game losing streak. as they lost 61-67 to Bulleen in the first record their second straight win, after game of their Melbourne road trip. The opening the season with three losses. In Turkey, Tall Black was following day, she again led the Waves again on target for TED Kolejliler, but (2-9) – guided by Ferns coach Kennedy Hawke’s Bay forward Josie Stockill led could not prevent them losing 89-93 to Kereama – with 15 points in a 64-95 loss Colgate University to a 74-61 win over Antalya. to Dandenong. hosts Long Island Brooklyn at the LIU Kolejliler faded badly down the stretch, Turkey Classic, scoring a game-high 14 conceding a 15-24 final quarter for their COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 4

2012 League/Tournament Champions 2012 Bartercard NBL Champions Under 17 National Champions James Blond Auckland Pirates Harbour (Men) (Pictured Right) Harbour (Women)

Women's Basketball Championships Under 15 National Champions Nelson Sparks Waitakere West Premiers (Boys) Harbour A (Girls) Wheelchair Champions Auckland Wheelbreakers Under 13 National Champions Harbour A (Boys) Open Champions Waitakere West Premiers (Girls) Waikato Titans (Men's) Rotorua (Women's) ‘A’ Secondary School National Champions Under 21 National Champions Te Aroha College (Men's) Wellington (Men) Te Aroha College (Women's) Harbour (Women) ‘AA’ Secondary School National Under 19 National Champions Champions Waitakere West Premiers (Men) Westlake Boys High School (Men's) Waikato (Women) (Pictured Left) Hamilton Girls High School (Women's)

2013 Women's Basketball Championships Tournament 1 – Rotorua 5th–7th April 2013 Host Rotorua Basketball Association Rotorua Energy Events Centre Hutt Valley will host the 2013 Wom- (Unison Arena) en’s Basketball Championship finals at Porirua’s Te Rauparaha Arena, June 6 Government Gardens, Rotorua -8. The fifth edition of the national wom- Nelson Sparks - 2012 Women's Basketball Tournament 2 – Christchurch Champions en’s competition has attracted entries from 11 teams, including newcomers 3rd–5th May 2013 Tauranga City Coasters. All of this Host Canterbury Basketball Associa- year’s teams have again put their 2013 Calendar tion hands up, although Waitakere West Cowles Stadium Basketball New Zealand has released Auckland would compete as part of an all the information regarding upcom- Auckland outfit, along with Counties Pages Road, Aranui, Christchurch ing tournaments for 2013. Manukau.

2013 BBNZ Tournament Calendar Tournament 3 (Playoffs) – Porirua and Due Dates are available at the The 11 teams that have lodged ex- following link: pressions of interest are Auckland, 6th-8th June 2013 http://www.basketball.org.nz/ competitions/tournaments/2013- Canterbury Wildcats, Harbour Breeze, Host Hutt Valley Basketball Associa- calendar/ Hutt Valley Flyers, Nelson Sparks, tion Otago Oceana Gold Rush, Palmerston 2013 Tournament Entry Fee quote is North Storm, Rotorua Lady Volanics, Te Rauparaha Arena available at the following link: Southland Kelvin Hotel Pearls, Tara- 17 Parumoana Street, Porirua http://www.basketball.org.nz/ naki Thunder and Waikato Wizards. competitions/tournaments/resources/ COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 5

Coach Development Director Vacancy

Basketball New Zealand is now seeking ap- plications for the full-time position of Coach Merchandise Development Director, based in Wellington. Check out the BBNZ merchandise available for purchase online If you are interested in the following role http://www.basketball.org.nz/fans/ please send a copy of your C.V and cover merchandise/: letter to Maylene Godinet at [email protected] or mail to Bas- ketball New Zealand, P.O Box 6052, Marion Square, 6141 Wellington.

Applications close Thursday 17 January A coach should never be afraid 2013. If you would like more information or a to ask questions of anyone he copy of the job description please visit our could learn from. website http://www.basketball.org.nz/jobs/wanted- coach-development-director/ - Bobby Knight (Pictured Above)

Baldwin Starts CBA Strong

Former Tall Blacks coach Tab Baldwin Juan Orenga who visited to New Zea- has begun the Chinese national land to conduct coaching clinics in No- league (CBA) season with three wins vember has just been appointed as and a loss to the Fujian Sturgeons in the Spanish men’s national coach. the opening four rounds. Orenga was assistant coach of the In their latest result, the Sturgeons Spanish team that won silver in the beat Guangsha Lions 93-88, behind London Olympics. 25 points/13 rebounds from teenage The 46 year old was a player for the Tab Baldwin—Photosport power forward Wang Zhelin (2.15m). Spanish National team playing 128 Imports Marcus Williams (33.7) and games and played for Real Madrid Sundiata Gaines (30.7) are both who are a powerhouse in the Europe- ranked in the top four for scoring in the an Championships. league. Orenga has worked at all youth levels, Baldwin, assisted by current Tall which included the Under 20 team to a Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic, has his Gold Medal in the 2011 European team in fifth place on the league table. Championships. He’ll be coaching Bay Hawks in the 2013 Bartercard NBL. Juan Orenga

News Around the Country The busy in the off season with onships. continue their solid form in the signings of Breakers play- the Australian Basketball ers Corey Webster and Dillon have also League, currently top of the Boucher. added players to next year’s table with eight wins and two roster with last seasons losses. Boucher is one of only a se- Rookie of the Year Reuben lect few have played over Te Rangi who is currently Congratulations to Mika 300 NBL games and this sea- with the NZ Breakers as a Vukona who brought his son will be his 20th. development player. Reuben Te Rangi 100th ANBL game in a win over the Melbourne Tigers. Former league Most Valuable Former Shark Gareth Daw- The 2013 season will also Player returns to son has returned to his home see the return of four time In the domestic league, the the franchise where he won province after a season with NBL Champions the Waikato have been the 2010 and 2011 Champi- the Nelson Giants. Pistons. COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Page 6 Referees Corner

gal. • Tapping the ball in a • “Delay of game warn- situation over half ing” – there seems to be a • A player has posses- way and then retrieving the misunderstanding with this. sion of the ball and throws a ball is expected to be a back In the ANBL a delay of game pass to a team mate. Not over half call, when in fact it warning is given to a team expecting the pass, the team is legal play. Team control (via the court announcer) if it mate moves away, leaving ends on the shot, a tap – is felt that their actions delay the ball to arrive at a spot whether intentionally directed a team’s ability to inbound with no one to catch it. Many to another player or position the ball, but not are consid- believe that the passer can- on court – is not considered ered to be in a manner that is not retrieve the ball, and for to be controlled. The player a direct infraction of the rules. Congratulations to the follow- some reason expect in doing in this instance does not have E.g. the ball comes through ing referees who were ap- so, will have committed a control and therefore team the hoop, is immediately pointed to the finals for the travelling violation. This is control is not gained until caught by the scoring team, Opens National Champion- not correct. Firstly to have they pick up the ball in their who look around for the refer- ships: committed any violation, you back court. To be a back ee and pass them the ball. have to have control of the court violation, a team has to The warning is given to the Men's Final – Bo Wills-Choat. ball i.e. you cannot travel have control in their front entire team, and a further Russell Gavin (Te Tai without the ball in your hand. court, be last to touch it in the similar infraction is a tech- Tokerau) The passer can therefore front court, and first in their nical foul. However, this is a Women's Final – Chareena legally retrieve the ball, how- back court. special instruction applying Hawea (Waikato), Devina ever they are not able to drib- only to the ANBL. Under nor- Banks(Tauranga) ble again had they prior to mal FIBA rules, you can ei- passing the ball. • Fumbled balls – a ther give an immediate tech- Congratulations to Sam Pan fumble is a loss of player con- nical foul or warn for minor (Wellington) and Toni-Lee • A player can step out trol and therefore cannot be a infractions, for any actions Hunwick-Smith(Canterbury) of bounds and come back on violation e.g. travel, double that are deemed as technical who represented New Zea- to the court to retrieve the dribble etc. There is no such fouls. For some reason, we land at the Oceania Youth ball. They only have to have thing as a “deliberate fum- appear to often be giving a Games in Australia. Toni-Lee one foot in the court– not two ble”. A player can therefore player a “delay-of-game was appointed to the Wom- feet as many believe. If they fumble the ball and recover it, warning” for things like hold- en’s final; Sam the Men’s. retrieve the ball in the air, at the beginning or the end of ing the ball when requested they retain the same status a dribble. by the inbounding team, Congratulations to Macherie they had when they last throwing or knocking the ball Edwards and family on the touched the floor i.e. they • You cannot “travel” completely away from the recent birth of their son. Eli would be considered out of when out of bounds. When inbounding team in a manner was born on Saturday 17 No- bounds if they had leapt from inbounding the ball after a which appears deliberate, or vember. Macherie is very outside the court and re- , a player can move extending a hand over the actively involved in the edu- ceived the ball in the air. laterally and/or backwards line to knock the ball out of a cation of referees in Hawkes and the ball may be passed player’s hand. These actions Bay and more recently at- • A player shoots the between team mates behind warrant automatic technical tended the U15 Nationals as ball, it does not touch the ring the end line. The only re- fouls. an Educator. or backboard, and they run in striction with this is that the and retrieve the rebound five second count starts when Rules Interpretations without it touching the floor. the ball is at the disposal of • Throwing the ball Once again, many expect a the first player out of bounds. over an opponent’s head and There are times in games travel call. Team control When inbounding the ball retrieving it is legal. Article that something does not look ends when the ball has left under any other circumstanc- 24.1.2 during a dribble the right, so we automatically the shooter’s hand, and so es, a player can move lateral- ball may be thrown into the assume it is not legal play. they (and their team) do not ly in one or both directions, air provided the ball touches Detailed as follows are a have control of the ball again as long as this does not ex- the floor or another player number of such instances until they have taken posses- ceed a total distance of one before the player who threw it where players/coaches ex- sion. Once they have re- meter. There are no re- touches it again with his pect a violation to be called trieved the ball they can ei- strictions on moving back- hand. when in fact the action is le- ther pass, dribble or shoot. wards.

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exam to become a qualified ref- Player Name: Isaac Fotu eree in 1986. Since then she have always ref- Playing Number: 42 ereed at senior club level, sec- ondary school level and more Position: Forward recently have refereed the jun- iors. Belinda attended some divi- Height: 6’8 sional and secondary school tournaments over the years, and College: University of Hawaii felt fortunate to be invited to ref- eree at National Under 19’s and Class: Freshman Under 21’s a few years ago She Belinda Dore found the tournaments to be a Hometown: Torbay great step up from her local sce- ne and enjoyed the challenge. High School: Rangitoto Every month we will be fea- turing an official who heavily These days Belinda is still active- contributes to basketball in ly refereeing locally and enjoys Isaac Fotu is one of New Zealand’s most exciting bas- this country. This month we encouraging and refereeing with ketball prospects, becoming one of the youngest play- would like to introduce – the younger players to develop ers to represent the Tall Blacks at 17. Belinda Dore from South their refereeing knowledge and Canterbury in the long run hopefully improve Fotu toured China and Europe with the national team in player and coach satisfaction August 2011, sharing their success at the Boris Belinda first got interested in overall. Stankovic Cup event in Guangzhou. refereeing as a player when she started playing back in It is great to know that after all The following month, he helped New Zealand win the the late 1970’s. One of her these years Belinda still loves inaugural FIBA 3x3 World Youth Championship in Italy. mentors at that time was refereeing as much as she did South Canterbury’s Patron when she first started and finds it The six foot eight forward is a freshman at the Universi- Kath Wills and she encour- a great way to keep fit! ty of Hawaii and has made a great start to his colle- aged her to become a quali- giate career averaging seven points and seven re- fied referee .Belinda sat the bounds

Abercrombie in the Dunk Contest The five-man field for the Hometown hero of The Slam Dunk Competition highly-anticipated return of the , Sydney judging panel will be made up the Slam Dunk Competition Kings import Darnell Lazare and of a group of NBL legends. at the 2012 National Basket- fellow American Lance Hurdle of The dunkers will strut their ball League All-Star Game in the Wollongong Hawks will be stuff at Adelaide Arena on Adelaide on 22 December the other competitors. Saturday 22 December imme- has been unveiled, with some diately prior to the NBL All- of the highest fliers in the The field for the event was deter- Star Game. iiNet NBL Championship set mined by the League office to participate. based on nominations from each The NBL announced in May club. that it would hold its first All- Aerial artist Tom Abercrombie Star Game since December of the New Zealand Breakers The Slam Dunk Competition will 2007 this December as a pre- Thomas Abercrombie will be one of the participants be held over two rounds, with the Christmas classic. The All- should be one of the heavy top two participants after the pre- Star Game will feature a North favourites. liminary round as scored by the versus South format, with fans panel of judges advancing to a currently voting to determine Athletic Melbourne Tigers head-to-head final showdown for the starters for each team. forward Lucas Walker, the title.