Basketball New Zealand

Oreo Under-13 and Under-13 National Championships

October 6-10
Rotorua Events Centre and Sportsdrome, Rotorua

Game On Newsletters

Day Two - Tuesday, October 7 (72KB pdf)

Day Three - Wednesday, October 8 (77KB pdf)

Day Four - Thursday, October 9 (109KB pdf)

Day Five - Friday, October 10 (176KB pdf)

Under-15 Boys Pools (Seedings in order)

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Nelson	Harbour	Wellington	Counties Manukau
Massey	Canterbury	Waikato	Porirua
Hawke's Bay	Western BOP	Auckland	Otago
Rotorua	Hutt Valley	Mid Canterbury	Whangarei

Under-15 Girls Pools (Seedings in order)

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Wellington	Waitakere City	North Canterbury	Waikato
Counties Manukau	Canterbury	Harbour	Hutt Valley
Massey	New Plymouth	Western BOP	Nelson
Southland	Rotorua	Hawke's Bay	Thames Valley

Under-13 Boys Pools (Seedings in order)

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Waikato Black	Harbour	Wellington	Canterbury
Nelson	Hutt Valley	Counties Manukau	Massey
Waitakere City	Rotorua	North Canterbury	Hawke's Bay
New Plymouth	Otago	Hibiscus Coast	Waikato Gold

Under-13 Girls Pools (Seedings in order)

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Counties Manukau	Harbour	Hawke's Bay	Canterbury
Nelson	Porirua	Waikato	Waitakere City
Auckland	Rotorua	North Canterbury	Wellington
Hutt Valley	Mid Canterbury	Hibiscus Coast	Thames Valley

Tournament Officials

Tournament Director: Sue Pene
Technical Commissioner: Grant Flanagan and Gavin Whiu
BBNZ Representative: Maree Taylor and Nick Crocker

Score Bench

Rotorua Basketball Association will endeavor to provide score bench, but we do ask that teams be prepared to help out from time to time.

Schedule

Sunday, October 5
7pm: Opening Ceremony and Powhiri, Sportsdrome
8pm: Managers Meeting, Sportsdrome

Monday, October 6
9am-7.30pm: Pool play games

Tuesday, October 7
9am-7.30pm: Pool play games

Wednesday, October 8
9am-5.45pm: Cross-over games
7.30pm: Coaches Workshop, Sportsdrome

Thursday, October 9
9am-5.45pm: Cross-over games
7.30pm: Basketball New Zealand development programme presentation, Sportsdrome

Friday, October 10
9am-5.45pm: Finals games
4pm: Under-15 girls and Under-13 boys finals
5.45pm: Under-15 boys and Under-13 girls finals
7.30pm: Prize Giving, Sportsdrome
8pm: Dicso, Sportsdrome

On-line Draw and Results

BBNZ is using new software for the draw and results. These can be viewed on the BBNZ website (go to: /Competitions/tournaments/rep tournaments/draw-results)

Tournament T-Shirts

Pre-purchased tournament t-shirts will be available from the tournament control room for pick up from Tuesday. A limited number or tournament t-shirts will be on sale from the tournament control room

Rules

All BBNZ tournaments use the rules and regulations outlined in the BBNZ Internal Regulations and the 2006 FIBA Rules. Please refer to these documents for full explanation. Listed below are a few rules you will need to know:

• Forfeit of Game ($500 fine)
• Playing uniforms must use numbers from 4-15, 20-25, 30-35 etc
• Alternate uniforms are required. On the score sheet Team A to wear light uniform and Team B to wear dark uniform
• Team Benches - sitting at the score bench Team A to sit to the left, Team B to sit to the right
• Technical Committee will be formed at the technical meeting
• Protest/Appeal Procedures and Fees
• Game Time/Breaks
• Code of Conduct
• Zone Defense - please refer to the letter attached. ‘Zone busters’ will be present at the tournament. This will be discussed further at the technical meeting

BBNZ Internal Regulations

FIBA Official Basketball Rules

Coaches Workshop

Wednesday 8th October at 7.30pm (if last game is at 5.45pm)
Principles of Receivers - Offensive Principles in relation to off ball player movement.
A number of drills designed to teach players about becoming a threat without the ball.
Areas that will be covered:

• Ball movement
• Forcing closeouts
• Reacting on ball penetration
• 3 and 2 man drills to work on these principles

Things to do in Rotorua

For local activities try www.rotoruahiotdeals.com or www.rotoruanz.com or try calling Tracy or Nadine at The Organiser on 073431732 for some discounted group bookings. Maps and deal brochures will be handed out to teams at opening ceremony