Yesterday, Bruce Pulman Park was buzzing with excitement as 20 teams battled it out in the Greater Auckland Basketball Tournament across five grades🏀🔥  Congratulations to our champions! 🏆  Boys Junior: Westlake Boys High School Girls Junior: Saint Kentigern College Boys U17: Auckland Grammar School Girls U17: Waitakere College Boys Open: Waitakere College Girls Open: Aorere College (played on a different date)  A huge shoutout to Jilly and the incredible team of referees from Auckland Basketball Services, and to the fantastic venue and staff at Bruce Pulman Park…
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Premier & Senior A Basketball Finals
We had our Premier and Senior A Basketball Finals on Friday 23rd August at Eventfinda Stadium. The day started off with a very close and exciting game, with Carmel taking the win over Auckland Girls in the last 5 minutes of the game. Final score: 70-75 The following game was Dilworth vs Rangitoto, where Dilworth took the victory. Rangitoto put up a good fight and never game up until the last hooter. Final score: 73-92 For our Premier grade, we kicked off with the girls with Manurewa playing Northcote. Manurewa,…
Read MoreGreater Auckland Basketball Tournament – Playoffs
The annual Greater Auckland Basketball Tournament took place on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th August at Bruce Pulman. We had the girl’s playoffs on Thursday, where we had some high-quality and competitive games. Our Open A grade had playoffs and finals on the same day, with Aorere taking out the grade. On Friday, we had the boys. All games were super close, with many heading into over-time. It was a battle between the zones for those top 2 spots for semi-finals & finals. Semi-finals & Finals will be played Tuesday…
Read MoreSenior A Basketball Finals
Senior A Girls teams were Takapuna Grammar and Northcote College, both of these teams had convincing wins in their semi finals and this match up was looking like a good one to watch. At the end of the 3rd quarter Takapuna had the lead and they were able to maintain this lead until the end of the match. Takapuna won 78-61. Both teams are now eligible for playoffs in 2023 for the Premier grade – Good luck to both teams. Senior A Boys were St Peters College & Avondale College,…
Read MoreOpen Basketball Finals
Open Girls teams were Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu & Takapuna Grammar, both teams had good wins in their respective semifinals, at the halfway point the scored was tied until Takapuna had a convincing 2nd halfway and taking the match by 46-24. Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu is now eligible for playoffs in 2023 for the Senior A grade – Good luck to both teams. Open Boys teams were Selwyn College & Kelston Boys High, in the semifinals Selwyn College had a one-point win against Orewa College and…
Read MoreU17 Basketball Finals
U17 Girls teams were Otahuhu vs One Tree Hill College, both teams had exciting semifinals with Otahuhu winning their match by one point and One Tree Hill by 7 points against Elim Christian School. The final was a great match up with One Tree Hill finally pulling ahead in the 4th quarter and winning by 6 points with the score 41-35. U17 Boys teams were Westlake Boys & Auckland Grammar, again both teams had good wins against their opponents in the semifinals, making the final looking like a good matchup. …
Read MoreJunior Basketball Finals
On Thursday 25th August the Basketball finals for all grades was hosted at the Eventfinda Stadium, North Harbour. This is the first time since 2019 have been able to hold the College Sport Auckland Basketball Championship. At this event we have 5 grades represented by 16 different schools competing for 5 titles. The day started with the Junior Boys and Girls grade. Junior Girls teams were Carmel College & Mt Albert Grammar, going into this match, Carmel had a very close win in the semi finals against Long Bay and…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight: Holly Williams
In today’s feature we get to know a bit about Holly Williams, a Year 11 student from Westlake Girls High School. Holly has been nominated by the Director of Sport at Westlake Girls, Liz Page, who says “Holly is the epitome of a true multi-code athlete and a real all-rounder. She has a natural athleticism, but also a competitive drive to succeed in all the sports she focuses on. Holly is also a great team member and even as a young player has shown a lot of leadership in representing…
Read MoreStudent Spotlight: Valfh Sefuiva
Valfh Sufuiva is a year 12 student at Marcellin College. Over the past 12 months, Valfh has participated in a huge range of sports including Rugby, Netball, Volleyball, Basketball, Kilikiti, Softball, and Waka Ama. She is known as someone who can liven up any room and will always put a smile on your face. Valfh was nominated for our Student Spotlight feature by the Director of Sport at Marcellin College, Cameron Bitchener, who says “There is never a dull moment with Valfh in your team, and she is often making the team…
Read MorePromising Kiwi basketball player Sam Mennenga gets scholarship to attend Steph Curry’s university
1 NEWS: One of New Zealand’s most promising young basketball players Sam Mennenga has confirmed he’s the latest to accept a university scholarship in the United States. After receiving over 30 offers from a host of US colleges, the Westlake Boys High student will study and play at Davidson College in North Carolina, where two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry went to school. “For me Davidson is the best of both worlds, academically it’s a really good school, basketball wise it really fits my style of play really well,” Mennenga said.…
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