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Breakers Back In Swing
NZ Breakers coach Andrej Lemanis has commenced pre-season training in earnest with the majority of the roster now together in daily training sessions at the Atlas Place gym. Shooter Kirk Penney arrived home last weekend and has slipped smoothly back into the swing of things . . .
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Bring On Mali
A convincing second-half performance against world championship semifinalists Brazil has set the NZ Tall Ferns up nicely for their Beijing Olympic Games opener on Saturday. In their final practice game before the start of pool play, the Kiwi women fell 74-76 . . .
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Sirens Leave Christchurch
The Sirens basketball team will not contest the 2008/09 Australian Women’s Basketball League from Christchurch. After one season in the Australian WNBL, the Christchurch-based franchise has not been able to secure sufficient funding to remain in Christchurch and is now searching for a new home.
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Games To Open Without Ferns
The NZ Tall Ferns have made the difficult decision not to march in the Olympic opening ceremony tomorrow, choosing to rest up for their opening pool game against Mali the next day.
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Captain Kerr Lights Fire
THE Townsville Fire have received an added bonus for the 2008/09 WNBL season with New Zealand Tall Ferns captain Aneka Kerr signing with the club. Kerr, 27, hopes to add a WNBL championship victory to her bulging basketball resume and believes the Fire has what it takes.
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Little Sis Advances On
While her older sister Aneka is in Beijing, captaining the Tall Ferns and preparing for a tough Olympics campaign, Gemma Kerr just keeps advancing in the South East Australia Basketball League (SEABL) playoffs.
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Pacific Basketball Tour Trials
Pacific Basketball - a co-operation of nine Northern associations - will be hosting trials for under-15 and under-17 basketballers for a January tour to Australia in August and September.
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High-Five
The top-five has been confirmed, now just the order has to be settled. The Western Bay Suns, defending Conference Basketball League (CBL) champion Waikato Titans, Harbour Heat Reserves and Northside confirmed top-five finishes and invitations to the CBL Nationals with wins in round 14 of Northern Conference play.
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Third Quarter Collapse
Australia completed a clean sweep of the FIBA Oceania U19 Championships in Adelaide, overwhelming their Kiwi counterparts in Game Three of both the men’s and women’s series.
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CBL Results - Week 14
Results from Northern and Central conferences of the Conference Basketball League (CBL) from August 1-3.
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Bridging The Gap
Scorelines may suggest otherwise, but New Zealand’s junior national teams have shown the gap is closing between them and their much vaunted Australian rivals at the FIBA Oceania U19 Championships.
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Back In The Saddle
The NZ Tall Ferns began the final touches of their Olympic preparation with a 63-71 loss to European side Belarus in Beijing. In their first competitive outing since early June, the Kiwi women got out to a bright start to lead through the opening quarter . . .
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First Blood To Aussies
New Zealand’s junior national teams were quickly on the back foot against their Australian rivals, both falling heavily in their opening games of the FIBA Oceania U19 Championships in Adelaide.
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Mike McHugh's Defensive Transition
Current Tall Ferns coach Mike McHugh has previously coached the Canberra Cannons in the Aussie WNBL, at the AIS and led the Wellington Saints to the 2003 New Zealand National Basketball League title. While avoiding turnovers and good shot selection are friends of great defence, but those do not always happen. McHugh stresses communication and organisation are the keys to good transition defence.
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Upcoming Events
Friday, August 8
U13 Premierships: Harbour, Taupo, Napier, Blenheim
U15 Premierships: Auckland, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Dunedin
CBL: Tai Tokerau vs West Ballaz Massey
Saturday, August 9
U13 Premierships: Harbour, Taupo, Napier, Blenheim
U15 Premierships: Auckland, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Dunedin
Olympics: Tall Ferns vs Mali, 3.15pm (NZ Time)
CBL: Auckland vs AUT
CBL: Counties/Te Wananga vs Heat Reserves
CBL: Northside vs West Ballaz Massey
CBL: Tai Tokerau vs Eastern Bays
CBL: Taupo Volcanoes vs Waikato Titans
CBL: Western Bay Suns vs Waikato Pistons
CBL: Taranaki Panthers vs Wellington Saints
Sunday, August 10
U13 Premierships: Harbour, Taupo, Napier, Blenheim
U15 Premierships: Auckland, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Dunedin
CBL: Waikato Pistons vs Heat Reserves
CBL: Taranaki Panthers vs Wellington Saints
Monday, August 11
Olympics: Tall Ferns vs Spain, 1pm (NZ Time)
Wednesday, August 13
Olympics: Tall Ferns vs China, 8.45pm (NZ Time)
Friday, August 15
Olympics: Tall Ferns vs Czech Republic, 1pm (NZ Time)
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