Basketball NZ Name Junior Tall Blacks National Squad for 2016

Basketball in New Zealand is growing in participation numbers and as a result, the talent that has been selected in these U19 Men and Woman squads are impressive.

​An Under 16 squad has also named ... see below.

Junior Tall Blacks - U19 Men
Joshua Aitcheson (Basketball Otago), Jack Ansell (Canterbury Basketball Association), Samson Aruwa (Basketball Auckland), Samuel Aruwa (Basketball Auckland), Quinn Clinton (Canterbury Basketball Association), Max Darling (Nelson Basketball Association), Matthew Dukes (Basketball Otago), Daniel Fotu (North Harbour Basketball), Michael Gardner (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.), Toby Gillooly (Canterbury Basketball Association), Brandon James (North Harbour Basketball), Corey Le'aupepe (Wellington Basketball Association), Isaac Letoa (North Harbour Basketball), Jordan Lindbom (Nelson Basketball Association), Hamish McDonald (Waikato Basketball Council), Callum McRae (Palmerston North Basketball Association), Thane O'Leary (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Emmerson Potts-Broughton (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Taane Samuel (Wellington Basketball Association), Liam Thornton (North Harbour Basketball), Kaeleb Tyner-Wenman (Wellington Basketball Association), Sioeli Vaiangina (Counties-Manukau Basketball Association), Samuel Waardenburg (North Harbour Basketball), Tai Wynyard (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.)

Staff: Judd Flavell (Head Coach), Daryl Cartwright (Assistant Coach), Leyton Haddleton (Manager), Dawn Chambers (Physio)

Junior Tall Ferns - Under 19 Women
Coola Baudry (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.), Tiarna Clarke (North Harbour Basketball), Katie Diakhaby (North Harbour Basketball), McKenna Dale (USA), Aliyah Dunn (Southland Basketball Association), Darci Finnigan (Waitakere West Auckland Basketball Inc.), Jayden Fuiava (Australia), Kendell Heremaia (Waikato Basketball Council), Alyssa Hirawani (Waikato Basketball Council), Joellen Hughson-How (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Zara Jillings (North Harbour Basketball), Briana Latavao (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato Basketball Council), Esra McGoldrick (Canterbury Basketball Associaton), Sariah Penese (Porirua Basketball Association), Stirling Pitman (Waikato Basketball Council), Bayley Ransfield (New Plymouth Basketball Association), Tera Reed (North Harbour Basketball), Nicole Ruske (Basketball Otago), Maia Watling (Palmerston North Basketball Association), Charlotte Whittaker (North Canterbury Basketball Association)
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Staff: Brent Matehaere (Head Coach), Trent Adam (Assistant Coach), Bronwen Davidson (Assistant Coach), Mel Bennett (Manager), Janet Main (Physio)

Under 16 Boys
Tyler Auelua (Wellington Basketball Association), Shalom Broughton (Tauranga City Basketball Association), Tom Cowie (Southland Basketball Association), Mitchell Dance (North Harbour Basketball), Joseph Hylton (North Harbour Basketball), Emmerson Kavakura (Wellington Basketball Association), Kainoa Lepou (Waikato Basketball Council), Cullen Marsters (Waikato Basketball Council), Corban Mason (Waikato Basketball Council), Logan McIntosh (North Harbour Basketball), Louis Oskam (Canterbury Basketball Association), Anzac Rissetto (Nelson Basketball Association), Colin Robins (Canterbury Basketball Association), Jacob Tawhiao (Hibiscus Coast Basketball Association), Jared Thornton (North Harbour Basketball), Reihana Topia (North Harbour Basketball), Morgan Trott (Taranaki Country Basketball Association), Ezrah Vaigafa (Wellington Basketball Association), Nathan Walker (Southland Basketball Association), Marvin Williams- Dunn (Basketball Auckland)
Staff: Dave Mackay (Head Coach), David Bublitz (Assistant Coach), Vince Minjares (Assistant Coach), Delwyn Whale (Manager)
Under 16 Girls
Olivia Avery (Nelson Basketball Association), Ella Bradley (Waikato Basketball Council), Bailey Chamberlain (Canterbury Basketball Association), Isabelle Cook (Taranaki Country Basketball Association), Tayla Dalton (North Harbour Basketball), Mareta Davidson (North Harbour Basketball), Parehuia Delamere (North Harbour Basketball), Isabella Elgar (North Harbour Basketball), Gracie Hasler-Ewin (North Harbour Basketball), Emily Knight (Canterbury Basketball Association), Charlisse Leger-Walker (Waikato Basketball Council), Koha Lewis (Waikato Basketball Council), Jordyn Maddix (North Harbour Basketball), Caitlin O'Connell (Taranaki Country Basketball Association), Eniselina Pale (Marlborough Basketball Association), Sharne Pupuke-Robati (Auckland Counties Manukau Basketball), Briarley Rogers (Tauranga City Basketball Association), Rosalia Samia (Basketball Hawkes Bay), Rashaan Smith (North Harbour Basketball), Moanekah Va'ai (Auckland Counties Manukau Basketball)
Staff: Angela Perrott-Hunt (Head Coach), Tane Bennett (Assistant Coach), Morgan Maskell (Assistant Coach), Anna Inger (Manager)

 

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