2013 Awards
HAWKES BAY BASKETBALL AGE GROUP AWARDS
The 2013 Basketball Hawkes Bay age group basketball player and referee awards ceremony was hosted at Basketball Hawkes Bay’s new Head Quarters at Whitmore Park on Saturday 21 September.
The awards recognised performance over the past 12 months of teams and individuals playing and refereeing at National Tournaments and competitions.
Former Tall Blacks and HBS Bank Hawks coach Tab Baldwin presented the awards after addressing the group and challenging players to take responsibility for their own development and be “the best that they can be”. He said with hard work and determination anyone in the group had a good chance of becoming a Tall Black or Tall Fern.
Alonzo Burton received the young male player of the year award after outstanding performances for the HBS Bank Hawkes and the Under 23 Hawkes Bay team. He was recently selected in NZ Breakers development team.
Kimi Poi was recognised as the young female player of the year following outstand performances at the Under 17 Nationals. Kimi was recently appointed by Basketball New Zealand as “Recognised Athlete”. Recognised athletes will make up our national and development age group teams.
Hawkes Bay Award Winners
Young Women’s Player of the Year – Kimi Poi –
Young Men’s Player of the Year – Alonzo Burton
Coach of the Year – Dustine Sadler
Young Referee of the Year Ben Hurunui (Presented by Donnette Daly a former international and NBL referee)
U15 girls A and B teams
Most Improved – Kaya Lord,
Most Valuable Player (MVP) – Kresna Crouch
U15 Boys
Most Improved – Tyrese Davies,
MVP – Midge Forshaw
U17 girls –Most Improved – Shannon Mitchell,
VP – Kimi Poi –
U17 boys –
Most Improved – Ricky Hayes,
MVP – Wilfred Dickson –
The below athletes listed have been identified as recognised players for the 2014 U16 and U18 age group teams from Hawkes Bay.
U16 Girls Kaya Lord, U16 Boys Marcos Edwards, U16 Boys Isaia Jones, U16 Boys Dartanyan Naera, U16 Boys Matiu Spooner, U18 Women Demi Forshaw, U18 Women Kimiora Poi, U18 Men Jaxson Macfarlane
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