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29/4/2016 Basketball NZ names 4 NZ Under 16 teams Today Basketball New Zealand announced the players that will represent New Zealand in four under-16 age-group teams, who will travel to Australia in June and July to take on some of Australia’s top junior teams.
The 2016 Under 16’s Programme: 27 – 29 May – National Preparation Camp for all 40 athletes. 8 – 14 June – Travel and Medibank Classic Melbourne – Australia NZ ‘A’ U16 teams 27 – 28 June NZ 16 Camp Auckland – NZ U16 teams 29 June – 10 July Travel and Australian State Championships Melbourne – Australia NZ U16 teams Players and Teams: New Zealand U16 Girls Ella Bradley - Waikato Basketball Council Isabelle Cook - Taranaki Country Basketball Association Gracie Hasler-Ewin - North Harbour Basketball Charlisse Leger-Walker - Waikato Basketball Council Jordyn Maddix - North Harbour Basketball Caitlin O'Connell - Taranaki Country Basketball Association Sharne Pupuke-Robati - Counties Manukau Basketball Briarley Rogers - Tauranga City Basketball Association Rosalia Samia - Basketball Hawkes Bay Rashaan Smith - North Harbour Basketball New Zealand U16 'A' Girls Olivia Avery - Nelson Basketball Association Tayla Dalton - North Harbour Basketball Mareta Davidson - North Harbour Basketball Parehuia Delamere - Harbour Basketball Isabella Elgar - North Harbour Basketball Emily Knight - Canterbury Basketball Association Koha Lewis - Waikato Basketball Council Eniselina Pale - Marlborough Basketball Association Ashlee Strawbridge - Basketball Mid Canterbury Moanekah Va'ai - Basketball Auckland New Zealand U16 Men Shalom Broughton - Tauranga City Basketball Association Tom Cowie - Southland Basketball Association Mitchell Dance - North Harbour Basketball Joseph Hylton - North Harbour Basketball Kainoa Lepou - Waikato Basketball Council Logan McIntosh - North Harbour Basketball Jared Thornton - North Harbour Basketball Morgan Trott - Taranaki Country Basketball Association Ezrah Vaigafa - Wellington Basketball Association Marvin Williams-Dunn - Basketball Auckland New Zealand U16 'A' Men Tyler Auelua - Wellington Basketball Association Emmerson Kavakura - Wellington Basketball Association Cullen Marsters - Waikato Basketball Council Corban Mason - Waikato Basketball Council Louis Oskam - Canterbury Basketball Association Anzac Rissetto - Nelson Basketball Association Colin Robins - Canterbury Basketball Association Jacob Tawhiao - Hibiscus Coast Basketball Association Reihana Topia-Maxwell - North Harbour Basketball Nathan Walker - Southland Basketball Association  Quinn Clinton On the day Quinn Clinton made his debut in the National Basketball league for the Canterbury Rams against the Taranaki Mountainairs he played three games on the same day. "There was a rep tournament so I played a couple of games in that. I was then needed for the Rams game. I only played two or three minutes, but I was pretty fatigued," Clinton recalls. The Year 13 Christchurch Boys' High student has been dubbed the best high school player in the country by Rams' coach and former Tall Black standout Mark Dickel. He is on the radar of several American NCAA division one colleges. Halfway during the 2016 NBL season 17 year-old Clinton has become a Rams regular. Last Friday he travelled to Wellington and downed two three-pointers as Canterbury demolished the Saints 97-72. "I have learned so much by training and playing with older guys. I might not get a lot of court time, but every week is an education," Clinton enthuses. Clinton was a sensation at the National Under-15 championships in 2014. He was named most valuable player for the tournament. Clinton scored a game-high 33 points in the final, while also grabbing 14 rebounds, as Canterbury lost a tense decider to North Harbour 80-77. In Canterbury’s semi-final victory over Waitakere West he was just as destructive, racking up 43 points and 12 rebounds, while landing nine three-pointers from 16 attempts. Clinton further showed his quality last year when he scored 28 points for New Zealand under-16 against Australia in an Oceania qualifier. Clinton attributes his passion for basketball to his brother Mitchell. "Mitchell is my older brother and like any little brother I just wanted to be like him. He played a lot of rep ball and helped me out and still does," Clinton marvels. Rams coach Mark Dickel and the coaching staff at Christchurch Boys' High School have also had a profound impact. "I take something from every coach I have. Everyone has different styles and you can learn of them all," Clinton says. On the subject of learning Christchurch Boys' had an inexperienced team last year, but Clinton is confident the lessons learned in 2015 will translate to success this winter. "We are looking good, everybody is super familiar with each other. We had four Year 12's in our starting five last year. We finished 13th at Nationals, but had Westlake who finished second and Rotorua third in our pool. We only lost to Westlake by six points," Clinton says. "I have been to Nationals every year since Year 10. We have got better each time. We have to finish in the Top Six of the South Island tournament to qualify again." Schoolboys playing in the NBL isn't without precedence. In fact Clinton's teammate Toby Gillooly is a Year 13 at Burnside High School. Steven Adams, Sam Timmins and Tai Wynyard are just some of the other big names to achieve the feat. |
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