Two very good U17 Boys pool games took place side by side early afternoon on day two of the U17 National Championships. Continue reading
Two very good U17 Boys pool games took place side by side early afternoon on day two of the U17 National Championships. Continue reading
Sad to see NBL NZ forward of the season Duane Bailey hobbling around in a moon boot at Tall Blacks training. The James Blond Super City Rangers player has sustained an ankle injury that appears certain to keep him out action for at least a week thus denying the athletic big man a likely Tall Blacks debut next week. However, that disappointment will be partly mitigated by the announcement that Bailey has signed a one-year contract with the SKY CITY Breakers for the 2014-15 ANBL season. Continue reading
The Davidson family has certainly been clocking up the air miles of late.
I spoke to Greg Davidson at the Harbour Basketball Easter Tournament on Friday, he had just finished coaching his youngest daughter Mareta’s U15 Harbour rep game. Continue reading
The U18 New Zealand Women ran into ‘The Wall’ called fatigue on the final day of the Australian State championships in Canberra.
The Women faced New South Wales Country in the play-off for seventh an eighth places. The scores were only close in the first quarter, NSW had built a commanding 47-25 lead by half-time and the game was over as a contest. Continue reading
The New Zealand teams were involved in classification games on the penultimate day of the Australian U 18 National Championships in Canberra on Tuesday. Continue reading
Day 6 (Tuesday) dawned at the Australian Under 18 State Championships in Canberra – Quarter Finals Day. Continue reading
The New Zealand Under 18 Women finished with a 3-3 record at the conclusion of pool play at the Australian State Championships. The NZ team went down 83-68 against South Australia Country in their final round robin game. After an even opening quarter the South Australian women took a firm grip of proceedings winning the second period 32-17, giving them a massive 49-32 advantage at half time. Continue reading
The New Zealand Women (2-0) had a double header at the U18 Australian State Champs in Canberra on Saturday.
The first game was against the powerful Victoria Metro outfit. The early signs were good for the Kiwis trailing just 19-15 at quarter time. Continue reading
The New Zealand Women (2-0) had a double header at the U18 Australian State Champs in Canberra today (Saturday). Continue reading
The New Zealand teams enjoyed a successful second day at the Australian State Championships in Canberra on Friday.
The Under 18 Women (2-0) backed up their first day victory with a solid 75-62 win against Western Australia Metro. The Kiwis raced out to a 22-13 first quarter advantage and were never headed thereafter. WA mounted a comeback to close within four points late in the third quarter but a 22-13 closing stanza sealed the win. Continue reading