19 April Report
CBA Winter Club Basketball Results 2015 WeekendingSunday 20th April
By Club Basketball Correspondent: Bruce Martin, with the aid of stats extraordinaire Sharon Erwood.
Email any contributions to: bruceymartin@hotmail.com they would be appreciated
Time restraints and other matters means at this stage reports will be limited to Premier grades and MU23.
Club basketball got underway last weekend with a record 121 team entered in the competition, 16 of which are in a new innovation by Canterbury Basketball - in the McDonalds Thompson Trophy Secondary school competition, which is being held in the school gyms on a Tuesday evenings commencing April 28th.
Men’s and Women’s Premier grades starts on May 2nd with North Canterbury Men dropping out while North Canterbury Women have entered a strong and competitive team, coached by the highly successful Clinton Olson, in the Women’s Premier and is mainly based on current and former players from the North Canterbury region. This leaves seven teams in each grade.
The 10 team Men’s Under 23 got off to a bright but variable start with four contrasting games played in the St. Bede's gym on Saturday.
The defending champion Lincoln University Bulls already looks the team to beat as it ran polished moves and strong defence powering away from a new look Checkers side 112 points to 58. Gators Green, led by Andrew Kellaway and Jordan Duggan with precision moves, raced away from a new look Lincoln Longhorns to win 109-46.
Atami, also with a near new team including a number of Shirley players, made a strong start against Gators White. Tom Cooper, fresh from Timaru, led a Gators recovery in the next two quarters to take a handy 63-54 lead. In the final quarter Atami led by Patrick Roger came back to trail by one point with eight seconds remaining when a Gators player hit the rear wall and play was held up for 40 minutes until an ambulance arrived.
On resumption, new man Josh Peterman coolly sunk both free throws to give victory to Atami 75-74.
Wolverines hung on against Pioneer, having earlier a 30 point lead but Pioneer with Harley Campbell driving the lanes, came back 27-18 in the final quarter with Wolverines escaping to a narrow 90-80 win. The University/North Canterbury encounter was deferred.
Men’s Premier Hoban Trophy
Hoben Trophy defending champion: 2014 Pioneer Pacers
Defending club champion: 2002/03, 2011, 2012 & 2014 CHECKERS
Champions 2010/11/12/13: Atami
This season’s MP entries are with first game Saturday May 2nd
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Women’s Premier Patron’s Trophy
Defending champion: Lincoln University.
The defending Women’s Premier club champion is also Lincoln University
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Men’s Under 23
2014 Defending Champion: Lincoln Bulls
Results were:
Atami 75 (Patrick Roger 18, Josh Peterman 13, Chris Johnston 11, Eucan Westwood 10) Gators White 74 (Tom Cooper 21, Jonny Suddens 15, Ashleigh Adamson, 13, Alex McDuff 10),
Gators Green 109 (Jordan Duggan 23, Andrew Kellaway 22, Chris Chalmers 17) Lincoln Longhorns 46 (Karesse Lavery 16),
Wolverines 90 (George Love 15, Alex Irvine 14, Kieran Ball 13) Pioneer Pacers 80 (Harley Campbell 17, Jahnim Campbell 13, Ben Van Noorden 12, Oli Davies 10),
Lincoln University Bulls 112 (Nick Erwood 29, 8R,7A, Ben Bowie 21, 17R, 5A, Joe King 20, 8R, James Levings 18, 8R, 7A, Josh Stempa 13, 10R) Checkers 58 (Nikko Lamanas 11, Daniel Johnson 11, Nick Symons 11).
Deferred: North Canterbury v University.
Men’s Under 20
2012 & 2014 Defending Champion: Burnside HS A
12 teams are contesting this grade this season with a number of schools opting to play just the new TT secondary schools competition on Tuesdays, but a few hardy teams are contesting both.
University, Checkers and Pioneer are club sides that have joined the competition.
The defending champion Burnside under coach Joe Hammond has already made a positive showing as his well-drilled side demolished Christ’s College 109-52 while the Tamagushiku brothers (Andre 35, Remy Tamagushiku 28) from Boys High led the charge for University against Gators White before over-running Gators 119-31
Results were:
University 119 (Andre Tamagushiku 35, Remy Tamagushiku 28, Tom Davison 19) Gators White 31(Rocky Romero 10, Max Sexton 10),
Pioneer Pacers 62 (Joemar Altabano 25, Will Brown 14) Wolverines 57 (Jeremy Ebuen 15, Floyd Menabh 10),
Burnside HS 109 (Kazuki Tsukiji 29, Lewis 20, Isiah Morris 17, John 12) Christ’s College 52 (Will Harrison 15, Sum J 12),
Checkers 71 (Ben Harris 28, Jayden Manera 15), St Thomas Coll 66 (Hoani Matehe 16, Charlie Divine 11)
Gators Green 91 (Ash Adamson 24, Tim Baron 22) Papanui HS 69 (Gianni Jackson 13, Jaylen Hemopo 13, Arama Thompson-Ruku 10).
Deferred: Rangiora HS v St Andrews Coll.
Boy’s Under 17
2014 Defending Champion: Papanui HS
This grade attracted 18 entries before Nth Canterbury were forced to withdraw their entry leaving all 17 teams in a tight round robin robin.
Most teams have a balance of new players while still having a base from which to build competitive teams as the season progresses.
Cashmere High Gold with four players with double figure scoring stands out early and Middleton Grange Green made a strong start against the defending champion Papanui High which has lost some of its tall timber. Papanui showed resilience last season so don’t count them out just yet.
Scorers were:
Ch h Boys HS Black 83 (Boeing Benevice 27, Jamie Thieks 19, Jack Lang 16) Burnside Green 55 (Jayden Cameron 18, Simon Lufael 16),
Burnside Black 83 (Isaiah Morris 21, Cameron Malone 14, TK Cooper 13) ChCh Boys' HS Blue 41 (Kurt Peneon 13),
Middleton Grange Green 97 (Angus McWilliam 21, Will Gilpin 16, Sam Tang 16) Papanui HS 36 (Arama Thompson 12, Jordan Pollock 11),
Cashmere Gold 118 (Ruben Stanley 28, Max Keene 26, Mitchell Mahon 23, Dylan Mahon 16, Jake Beaven 14) RNLS Eagles 38 (Solomon Tarawa 19),
Cashmere Maroon 84 (Ben Harry 26, Joel Batchelor 19, Nic Wenmoth 17) Shirley Spartans B 51 (Josh Thomson 23),
Shirley Spartans A 110 (Bailey Hern 20, Sean Kelly 18, Liam Muir 15, Homsa Shire 12) Burnside White 14.
Bye: Middleton Grange White.
Deferred: Rangiora HS v St. Andrew's Coll, St. Bede's Coll v Christ’s College.
Boy’s Under 15
Defending champion 2014: Shirley Spartans
North Canterbury’s club basketball season got underway last weekend with its Boys Under 15 side recording a re-sounding 111-22 win over a new young team from Christchurch Boys High in the Bishopdale YMCA on Sunday. A player showing gifted talents, Canaan Tarawara, related to the Harrison’s family of the Canterbury Rams ran, drove and ducked as he weaved through slack Boys High defense to slot an amazing 49 points with support from Tyrone Rushton, Jackson Lewis and Travis Jennings. Both the last and fourth quarters Nth Canterbury scored 33-2 while leading 58-13 at the break.
Wharenui Gators, Burnside Bears and Shirley Spartans already appear to be well-balanced sides in this eight team competition.
Scorers were:
North Canterbury 111 (Canaan Tarawa 49, Tyrone Rushton 12, Jackson Lewis 10, Travis Jennings 10) ChCh Boys HS Black 22 (Michael Jung 9),
Wharenui Gators 98 Ch Ch Boys HS Blue 46,
Burnside Bears 98 (Sam Fairbrother 31, Jayden Cameron 19, Simon Hollars 16, Dafa Saleh 14) Pioneer 22 (Cobbie Janzen 12),
Shirley Spartans 89 (Jayden Watkinson 27, Oscar Toone 27, Josh Thompson 16, Tyriece Tuilau 14) Cashmere HS 77 (Okirano Tilaia 15, Joshua De La Cruz 14, Liam Golding 14).
Women’s Under 20
2012 & 2013 champion: University U20
Results were:
Burnside HS 79 (Paige Willman 23, Nicky Pio 21, Isubasa Nisbet 18) Rangi Ruru 47 (Zoe Gilpin 12, Lottie Eglington 11),
Gators Women 65 (Sofia Kennedy 20, Emma Robinson 18, Megan Ellis 16) North Canterbury 34 (Connie Taylor 13),
Halswell 72 (Tiare Scott 20, Isabella Luhetoa 17, Mesepa Fui 16) Avonside Royals 32 (Emma Pecklington 13, Fuatai Lai Kong 12).
Bye: Lincoln University.
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