Obit: Basil Marsh QSM

Basketball New Zealand life member Basil Marsh QSM passed away on Wednesday night in Tauranga Hospital.

Marsh, a Queen’s Service Medal recipient for services to the community, had an involvement of more than 60 years with basketball in New Zealand, including coaching, managing, officiating and administrating.

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Crocs Outgun Breakers

Joel Tiller, Sportal
The Townsville Crocs have comprehensively ended the NZ Breakers six-game winning streak, shooting the lights out for a 104-88 victory at the North Shore Events Centre.

The Crocs outpointed the Breakers in every facet of the game as the home side came out flat and never looked likely to fully ignite.

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To Volunteers: Thank You

Basketball New Zealand, like every National Sports Organisation (NSO) relies heavily on volunteers throughout the community to support its programmes. Whether it is age-group tournaments, premierships, wheelchair events, Koru tours, national team tours or one-off basketball events . . .

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Women's Academy Launched

Bridging the gap between under-18 and international level basketball will be the aim of the newly established New Zealand Women’s Academy, to be based on the North Shore. A joint initiative between Basketball New Zealand, the North Shore YMCA and Basketball Futures Academy (BFA) group . . .

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Kensington Drives The 'Naki

Murray Hills, Taranaki Daily News
Opunake’s John Kensington is the man putting the bounce into basketball for the next year. Kensington has been appointed chairman of the Taranaki Basketball Club, taking over from founder and chairman Warren Osborne, who stood down earlier this year.

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Rams Owner Confident

The Press
Canterbury Rams basketball franchise owner John Watson said he would be amazed if it did not field a team in next season’s league, breathing new life into what seemed a doomed team. Watson said provided talks in Wellington between the national league board and . . .

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'Save The Nugs' Gets Boost

Adrian Seconi, Otago Daily Times
The “Save the Nugs” campaign is gaining momentum, with a family pledging $5000 to the cause over the weekend. The family wished to remain anonymous but Otago Nuggets assistant coach Gavin Briggs said the large donation was an indication of the level of community support for the beleaguered franchise.

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Streetball Summer Series

Wellington Basketball, in conjunction with the Wellington City Council, will run a summer streetball series with former NBL legend and current Junior Tall Blacks coach Kenny McFadden around the Capital during the holiday period.

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Nov. Community Newsletter

Catch the latest community news from Basketball New Zealand in the November Community Newsletter, the last edition for 2008. Included in the November issue is information on the 2009 BBNZ AGM, the 2009 Conference Basketball League, the new Women’s Academy, how to host international fixtures in your area in 2009 and more . . .

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NBL Board Extends Deadline

The board of the National Basketball League (NBL) has extended the deadline for teams to enter the 2009 competition, in order to assist the three franchises which are yet to confirm their participation. At this morning’s 9am deadline, payment had been received from seven of last year’s teams . . .

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Marks Returns To NBA

After sitting out the first 13 games of the season, New Zealand’s NBA pioneer Sean Marks made his long-awaited New Orleans Hornets debut last week. Marks, who had been sidelined since the pre-season with calf and hamstring injuries, got his first minutes of 2008-09 . . .

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Harmon Heats Up Hawaii

With her work done in the first half, Tall Ferns forward Jillian Harmon got to rest in the second. Harmon scored 18 points, including 7-of-9 from the floor and 4-of-5 on three-point attempts in just 18 first-half minutes for her college team, Stanford, on the way to an 83-54 win over fellow Kiwi Rebecca Dew and the University of Hawaii yesterday in Honolulu.

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McLeod Keen On Saints

Toby Robson, Dominion Post
Gordie McLeod is back and there is growing optimism that he may coach the Wellington Saints in next year’s National Basketball League. The Australian Boomers assistant coach arrived in Wellington last week and has begun coaching an extended Saints development squad at Porirua’s new Te Rauparaha Arena.

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B's Get Record Win, Take First

Matt Bloomberg, Sportal
The New Zealand Breakers have crushed the Gold Coast Blaze 110-88 in their round 11 Australian National Basketball League clash at the Gold Coast Convention Centre on Saturday night. On the back of a vintage display from Tony Ronaldson and some hot shooting from Phill Jones and Oscar Forman . . .

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