HoopsVibe 5. Summer Holiday Hoops Basketball Camp

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1 B A S K E T B A L L T A R A N A K I I N C O R P O R A T E D HoopsVibe 5 S P E C I A L P O I N T S O F I N T E R E S T : V O L U M E 1, I S S U E / 1 2 / Register now for Summer Holiday Hoops Basketball Camp Taranaki players trialing for our national teams I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : NZ Koru 2 players NZ trialists 2 U13 3 Prize giving Kiwi Hoops 3 Workshops SPOTY 4 awards 3x3 outdoor 5 court Referee 5 Section CCR 6 Seminar 3x3 Quest 6 Tour The Mountainair s 7 Summer Holiday Hoops Basketball Camp Basketball Taranaki is inviting all Basketball players from the ages of 9-15 to attend a 2 day Basketball Camp in Taranaki. There are 2 camps to choose from: New Plymouth (TSB Stadium) 26 th /27 th January or/and Hawera (The TSB Hub) 28 th /29 th January Taranaki s young Basketball players will be exposed to top level coaching throughout the camps. Summer Holiday Hoops will consist of skill stations, modified basketball games and 3 on 3 basketball Summer Holiday Hoops training and games. We welcome players of all abilities. Awesome prizes such as mini Bluetooth hands-free speakers will be up for grabs!! Timetable: The camp will go from 10am to 2.30pm each day. Lunch: BYO Flyer Attached Registration: To register or find out more information, please visit the Basketball Taranaki Inc. Website basketballtaranaki.co.nz/. Under Online Registrations. Cost: $60.00 (Inc. GST) per player per camp or $35.00 per day. Please deposit this fee when you register Ages: Age cut off is December the 31 st 2016 If you have any queries call Vanessa McCarthy on ext. 730 or vanessa.mccarthy@sp orttaranaki.org.nz.

2 P A G E 2 NZ Koru Development Tour Oscar Robertson playing for the U17 Boys team Congratulations to the Taranaki players who have been selected in the New Zealand Development Tour (Korus): U14 Team Boys Reserves: Jeiven Puru-Time Girls: Gemma Walsh U16 Team: Boys: Chauncey Hepi Girls: Caitlin O'Connell Lauren Giddy U18 Team: Men: Matthew O'Connell Oscar Robertson Woman: Iritana Hohaia Katie Jones Eva Langton Held in January each year the tour gives participants exposure to the preparation, performance and evaluation required to progress along the NZ pathway. Taranaki players have had a good year, with many of them being selected to trial for New Zealand teams Tara Clement and Eva Langton playing for Taranaki National Basketball Teams Congratulations to the Taranaki athletes who have been invited to trial for the 2016 U16 & U19 National Basketball Teams: U16 Boys: Willem Ratu Morgan Trott U16 Girls: Isabelle Cook U19 Men: Thane O Leary Emerson Potts Broughton U19 Women: Tara Clement Joellen How Briana Latavao Bayley Ransfield This is the start of their basketball pathway in the High Performance programme with the objective that one day these players will be playing for the Tall Blacks or Tall Ferns. Good luck to all of the trialists! H O O P S V I B E

3 V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 5 P A G E 3 Under 13 Prize giving represented our region at their Basketball tournaments in Under 13 Girls Team Thank you to all those who attended the Basketball Taranaki Under 13 Prize giving on the 1st of November. The players and families enjoyed an hour on the AirZone Trampolines with prize giving and nibbles afterwards. Congratulations to all players, coaches and managers who Team Awards: Under 13 Girls Coach: Vanessa McCarthy Assistant Coach: Mike Tewhata Manger: Hayley Loveridge Most Dedicated Player: Gemma Walsh Best Defensive Player: Lydia Barber Best All Round Player: Jana Niedermayr Under 13 Boys Coach: David Cooper Assistant Coach: Tony Eldershaw Manager: Shelley McKinstry Most Dedicated Player: Jared Lee Best Defensive Player: Conor Eldershaw Best All Round Player: Jakob Carr Kiwi Hoops Coaching and Referee Workshops in 2016 BBNZ have introduced a range of new development programmes to New Zealand Basketball. The programmes are as follows: Coach Development Programme For coaches of club and secondary school basketball teams Referee Development Programme The workshops will be offered in Opunake, Hawera, New Plymouth and Startford. Watch out for the dates and locations of these workshops on the Basketball Taranaki Incorporated Facebook page Kiwi Hoops Programme for coaches of ages 5-13 years In 2016 Basketball Taranaki will offer workshops in these programmes and the participants will become BBNZ accredited. basketballtaranakiinc/

4 P A G E 4 SPORTSPERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS A huge congratulations to Kevin Fenwick who won the Volunteer Administrator award at the 2015 Taranaki Daily News Sports Person of the Year for Fenwick played a big part in bringing the Basketball Associations in Taranaki together in a united approach which led to the formation of Basketball Taranaki Incorporated he has been chairperson since 2012, and is also the financial officer. Responsible for all Taranaki age group teams competing in the Under-13, 15, 17, 19, and 23 Basketball New Zealand National tournaments, Fenwick is described as being dedicated to Taranaki players having every possible opportunity on a local, national, and international level. His work ethic and time given to the sport is described as phenomenal. Congratulations to our other contestants: Cameron Trethewey and Matthew O Connell were nominated for Junior sportsman of the year. They both played in the Under 16 Boys New Zealand team this year, along with playing in their school and Under 19 Taranaki teams. Joellen How was nominated for Junior Sportswoman of the year. Joellen played in the New Zealand under 17 Girls team, along with playing in the Taranaki Woman's and U17 Girls team and NPGHS Hawks. It is great that we get to recognise these players and volunteers for all the hard work they put into Basketball throughout the year. H O O P S V I B E 5

5 V O L U M E 1, I S S U E 5 P A G E 5 3x3 Basketball Court at Sport Taranaki Sport Taranaki have recently constructed a 3x3 Basketball Court (half court). The court is for the Taranaki public to use so come down and have a shoot around or have a scrimmage with your mates!! The entrance is off Maratahu Street and the court is positioned between the Sport Taranaki and Yarrow Stadium building. Come down and enjoy the new Basketball court Referee Section Game clock not running when ball is in play There is a belief in the basketball community that when the clock does not run, anything that occurs during this period is not valid, and play returns to the initial place that the clock was stopped at. This is not correct. Whilst this is not a correctable error as such, the ruling with regards to this can be found under 'Article 44 Correctable errors'. Any error in scorekeeping, time-keeping and shot clock operations by the table officials involving the score, number of fouls, number of time-outs, game clock and shot clock time consumed or omitted, may be corrected by the officials at any time before the referee signs the score sheet. In effect once the referee discovers that the clock has not stopped, they should stop the game. Should they feel this would disadvantage a team, wait until the next appropriate opportunity. The time should be corrected, any fouls committed, points scored etc. should be valid and play resumed from the point at which the game was interrupted.

6 P A G E 6 Custom College Recruiting (CCR) Seminar Custom College Recruitments trip to Taranaki On the 5 th of November approximately 65 people packed in to Sport Taranaki in New Plymouth to listen about the possibility of going or having their child playing Basketball and studying in America. BBNZ has partnered with CCR (Custom College Recruiting), naming them their preferred recruiting service, in order to provide NZ athletes with a trusted resource in seeking options to play college basketball in the US or Canada and open them to opportunities CCR can offer by connecting athletes with THOUSANDS of college coaches. If you missed the seminar and want to know more about this opportunity go to erecruiting.com/ 3x3 National Quest Tour The game of 3X3 is ranked the World s No.1 urban team sport. It s a game that FIBA are working hard to promote and develop globally. FIBA 3X3 events are being staged in downtown locations against a backdrop of the most iconic cityscapes on the planet. New Zealand's premiere 3X3 event is known as the Burger King 3X3 Quest Tour. The 3x3 Quest Tour is coming to Taranaki on Saturday the 30 January 2016 at New Plymouth Girls' High School. H O O P S V I B E 5 For event and registration details go to

7 P A G E 7 Taranaki Mountainair s New Head Coach Taranaki Basketball Club are pleased to announce Ross McMains as the new coach for the Taranaki Mountainair s. McMains is the current Tall Blacks assistant coach and has built up an impressive resume working with D-league and NBA teams over recent years. McMains is relishing getting started in his first head coach role at this level. This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the foundations of New Zealand basketball, says McMains. I am excited to get to work impacting basketball throughout the Taranaki region and building a winning culture. There is great local talent to work with and a strong organisation to bring new players to the area. I m really looking forward to getting to work with players on the court and meeting people in the community of New Plymouth. Though young, McMains has already had plenty of coaching experience, and worked with some top names like NBA players, Klay Thompson, Al Jefferson, Kyle Korver and Nikola Vucevic. He has been obsessed with the game of basketball from a very young age, coaching his first team at the age of 11. His parents gave him an NBA playbook, which fascinated him. Between 12 and 18 that s all I studied. From the age of 16, McMains started attending coaching clinics in the US, and realised he d found his vocation. He returned to New Zealand at the age of 18 and the Breakers gave him his first break, as an intern video analyst. Taranaki Basketball Club chairman, Bernie Smith, says McMains contacts and knowledge of the game were important factors in his selection. After consulting with our local players, everyone was keen for further development. The committee recognised a full-time coach would be able to put more time and training into the players, than the part-time set-up we ve had over recent years. Our goal this season is to really give the talented young players we have in the region the opportunity to train and develop with one of New Zealand s top coaches. There is also an assistant coach role and technical coach role to be filled and Ross is planning on utilising some of our local coaching talent, said Smith. The 2016 NBL season begins on the 10 th March and the first home game for the Taranaki Mountainairs is at 7pm on Sunday, 27 th March. Season Passes are available now through Ticketmaster with a pre-xmas sale on, adult pass only $80! H O O P S V I B E 5