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FIBA U19 Bulletin #5
Catch up with the latest developments in the lead-up to the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men, with the fifth bulletin, courtesy of the local organising committee.
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Cougars On Familiar Ground
Geoff Longley, The Press
Paora Winitana hopes he won’t get a hostile reception when he and fellow Hawke’s Bay-bred Paul Henare head back to home turf in Christchurch Cougars colours for the NZCT National Basketball League match at Taradale tonight. The pair are going back to where they began in the game, took the Hawks to three finals from 2005-07 . . .
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Harbour Heating Up Again
The Appliance Shed Harbour Heat made no race of the Battle of the Bridge at the North Shore Events Centre tonight, beating cross town rivals Youthtown Auckland Stars 88 – 71 in a one sided NZCT National Basketball League encounter. With the Youthtown Stars struggling for impact from the bench . . .
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Tall Order For Students
Alan Apted, Manukau Courier
The 850 pupils of Finlayson Primary School in Manurewa will be all but speaking Khazakh by the time the FIBA U19 World Championship start in Auckland in July. Their geographic and cultural journey of discovery is all part of their preparations to host Kazakhstan, one of 16 teams chasing the world title.
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NZCT NBL Preview: Round 11
Round Eleven of the NZCT National Basketball League will be the return home for Paul Henare and Paora Winitana when the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars head to Pettigrew Green Arena to take on the 0800 Easy LPG Bay Hawks. The game will be full of emotion with both Henare and Winitana . . .
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Green Heats Up For PoW
Round 10 Player of the Week goes to Appliance Shed Harbour Heat import Mychal Green after giving his team two important wins as the playoffs near. Green had 30 points (12/17 FG), eight rebounds, four steals and two blocks in the 122-71 thrashing of the McDonalds Manawatu Jets . . .
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Bradshaw Into Postseason
Tall Blacks centre Craig Bradshaw played a minimal role in his Spanish second division club’s regular season finale on Sunday but could see more action come playoff time. Bradshaw went scoreless (0/1 FG) with two assists in nine minutes on-court as Grupo Begar Leon defeated . . .
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Tall Blacks Assistant Wanted
Basketball New Zealand invites expressions of interest for the role of assistant coach for the national men’s team – the NZ Tall Blacks. Now established as a respected international team, the Kiwi men are assured of a berth at next year’s FIBA World Championship for Men in Turkey . . .
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Cluster Camp #2 Info
Basketball New Zealand’s second cluster camp will be held in five centres across the country on Saturday, July 25, or Sunday, July 26. The cluster camp #2 to be held in Auckland, Rotorua, Wanganui, Nelson and Timaru, will be for invited U17 athletes and nominated players from the U13 age-group.
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Heat Too Strong For Dynamos
The Appliance Shed Harbour Heat have defeated the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 84-76 at TSB Stadium in New Plymouth this afternoon. Despite Corey Webster and Ben Anthony both fouling out in the fourth quarter, the Heat withstood a furious late comeback from the home team.
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Giants, Pistons Power On
The ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten Youthtown Auckland Stars in a thriller 75-73 at the Trafalgar Centre in Nelson while the Waikato Pistons have held on to beat 0800 Easy LPG Hawks 77-73 at the YMCA, Wiakto in Saturday night round 10 NZCT National Basketball League action.
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Saints Win, Heat Smokin'
The Century City Saints have beaten the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars 77-68 at Cowles Stadium, Christchurch whilst the Appliance Shed Harbour Heat smoked the McDonalds Manawatu Jets 122-71 at the NSEC on the North Shore in Round 10 NZCT National Basketball League action Friday night.
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Tall Blacks Schedule Set
The New Zealand Tall Blacks will play eight games in 12 days during their 2009 European Tour. The national men’s team will play their counterparts from Estonia, Italy, Canada, Portugal, Belguim and Finland from July 22-August 2, as part of their preparation for the 2009 FIBA Oceania Championship for Men in August.
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BBNZ U19 Nationals Draw
Both defending champions, Canterbury (women) and Harbour (men), have earned top overall seedings at the BBNZ U19 National Championships in Nelson from May 29-June 1.
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BBNZ U17 Nationals Draw
Defending boys champions and tournament top seeds Harbour have drawn New Plymouth, Counties Manukau and Otago in pool A of the BBNZ U17 National Championships in Palmerston North from May 29-June 1.
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FIBA U19 Bulletin #4
Catch up with information about the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship, in Auckland from July 2-12, in the latest bulletin from the local organising committee.
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Jets Fly Over Stars
The McDonalds Manawatu Jets have beaten Youthtown Auckland Stars for the first time since 2004, 83-81 in a tight NZCT National Basketball League Round 10 encounter at the ASB Stadium in Auckland.
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Vucinic Eyes Championship
Tall Blacks coach Nenad Vucinic has won three National Basketball League titles as a player and coach in New Zealand. And now he is four wins away from a championship in Estonia. Vucinic’s BC Kalev/Cramo swept their way into the Estonian KML finals series against bitter rivals TU/Rock . . .
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Lightning Strikes Wallbutton
Tall Ferns Olympian Lisa Wallbutton will become the latest New Zealander to play in the Australia Women’s National Basketball League later this year, after signing with the Adelaide Lightning. Wallbutton, currently playing for the Albury-Wodonga Lady Bandits for the South East Australia Basketball League (SEABL) . . .
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PoW For Thornton
Century City Saints big man Damon Thornton earns Round Nine Player of the Week after a strong performance over the Devon Dynamos Taranaki. Thornton tallied 18 points (8/13 FG), 17 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks in the Saints 107-59 rout over the Dynamos . . .
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Wanted: Development Officer
The North Canterbury Junior Basketball Association is seeking a part-time development officer to oversee the participations of players and coaches in the region, and to coordinate the association’s representative programme.
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Cougars Take Two
In Round 9 NZCT National Basketball League action on Saturday night the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars have beaten Appliance Shed Harbour Heat 75-73 in a thriller at the NSEC thanks to a game high 30 points from Gerard Bowden. The win means the Cougars return to the Garden City two big wins after the Heat-Stars double-header road trip.
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Hall, Harbour Dominate
For three quarters, it appeared as though the women’s final at the BBNZ U21 National Championships in Tauranga would come down to the last possession on Saturday. That was until Harbour centre Natasha Hall took over. Hall scored 18 of her game-high 24 points in the fourth period as Harbour broke open a 53-53 tie game after three quarters . . .
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Giants, Cougars, Pistons Win
In Round 9 NZCT National Basketball League action tonight ecogise Nelson Giants have beaten the Devon Dynamos Taranaki 91-64 in Nelson, 0800 Easy LPG Hawks have gone down to the Waikato Pistons 66-86 in Napier and the have been beaten 92-76 by the Bartercard Christchurch Cougars in Auckland.
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Westies Upset The Champs
West Auckland may have lost to Porirua by two points in their pool game on Thursday but coach Tubs O’Riley picked up a key piece of information during a late-fourth quarter run. And he used it late in the second quarter as the Westies made a decisive run to win the men’s final 79-67 at the BBNZ U21 National Championships in Tauranga on Saturday.
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O'Riley, Hall MVPs At U21s
West Auckland’s Houston O’Riley and Harbour’s Natasha Hall both won championships and earned MVP honours at BBNZ U21 National Championships in Tauranga on Saturday. O’Riley had nine points in the final as West Auckland defeated defending men’s champions Porirua 79-67, while Hall scored a game-high 24 points to push Harbour to an 83-64 win over Porirua in the women’s final.
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U21s Finals Day Results
Follow results from finals day at the BBNZ U21 National Championships from the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre in Tauranga.
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Timeout Saves Porirua
For an excruciating period at the end of their semifinal on Friday night, it appeared Porirua’s men’s championship defence was over. They had just seen Waitakere City/Otago’s Hayden Miller sink an apparent game-winning falling runner as regulation time expired in their 77-74 overtime win at the BBNZ U21 National Championships in Tauranga . . .
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P-Town Gets Two Chances
Porirua will have two chances to win national titles on Saturday at the BBNZ U21 National Championships in Tauranga. After their male counterparts had won their semifinal in controversial fashion two hours earlier, the Porirua women took the less dramatic route in their convincing 68-55 semifinal win over Counties Manukau . . .
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Upcoming Events
Friday, May 22
NZCT NBL Round 11
Devon Dynamos Taranaki vs Waikato Pistons
TSB Stadium, New Plymouth, 6pm
Easy LPG Bay Hawks vs Bartercard Christchurch Cougars
Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, 7pm
Saturday, May 23
NZCT NBL Round 11
ecogise Nelson Giants vs Century City Wellington Saints
Trafalgar Centre, Nelson, 7pm
Thursday, May 28
NZCT NBL Round 12
Youthtown Auckland Stars vs Easy LPG Bay Hawks
ASB Stadium, Auckland, 7.30pm
May 29-June 1
BBNZ U19 National Championships
Nelson College, Nelson College for Girls, Jack Robins Stadium, Nelson
May 29-June 1
BBNZ U17 National Championships
Arena Manawatu, Palmerston North
Friday, May 29
NZCT NBL Round 12
Century City Wellington Saints vs Waikato Pistons
TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, 7pm
Saturday, May 30
NZCT NBL Round 12
ecogise Nelson Giants vs Waikato Pistons
Trafalgar Centre, Nelson, 7pm
Appliance Shed Harbour Heat vs Easy LPG Bay Hawks
North Shore Events Centre, North Shore, 7pm
Bartercard Christchurch Cougars vs McDonald's Manawatu Jets
Cowles Stadium, Christchurch, 7pm
June 3-June 28
Junior Tall Blacks Residential Programme
Porirua & Wellington
Thursday, June 4
NZCT NBL Round 13
Appliance Shed Harbour Heat vs Waikato Pistons
North Shore Events Centre, North Shore, 7pm
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