Basketball New Zealand

The Koru Tour is a competition programme designed to accelerate the development of participants and provide competitive experiences against Australian teams at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup in Albury, NSW.

http://www.countrycup.basketball.net.au/

U14 Boys

Jayden Bezzant (Western Bay of Plenty), Matthew Bird (Hawke’s Bay), Laughlan Campion (Nelson), Joshua Day (North Harbour), Malcolm Elderton (South Canterbury), Ezrym Ellis (Waikato), Jaylen Gerrand (Hibiscus Coast), Brandon Gleaves (Canterbury), Joseph Kang (Auckland), Benedict Lantin (Wellington), Isaac Letoa (Kapiti/Wellington), Ben Lister (Massey), Izayah Mauriohooho Le’afa (Hutt Valley), Deon Mau’u (Massey), Isaac Mullin (Otago), Liam Mulvihill (Central Otago), Darnell-James Shadrock (Canterbury), Whetu Simmons (Waikato), Keanu Singsam (Counties Manukau), Luuk Witteveen (North Harbour)
Coaches – Alby Ellis & Peter Jones
Managers – Maryellen Bezzant & Caroline Upoko

Monday, January 12
NZ Kea 76 Albury Wodonga 51
NZ Koru 78 Vic Bushrangers 73

Tuesday, January 13
NZ Kea 77 SA Sharks 51
NZ Koru 66 SA Magpies 62

Vic Goldminers 74 NZ Kea 71
NSW Kookaburras 82 NZ Koru 60

Wednesday, January 14
NZ Kea 83 (Joseph Kang 23, Jaylen Gerrand 14) NSW Waratahs 81
Vic Goldminers 85 NZ Koru 43 (Keanu Singsam 10)

Thursday, January 15
NSW Kookaburras 80 NZ Kea 64
WA Sandgropers 51 NZ Koru 48

Quarterfinal
NZ Kea 78 NZ Koru 58

U14 Girls

Pene Bishop-Paenga (Porirua), Gayle Broughton (Hawera), Georgia Buist-Young (Otago), Leylanni Cameron-Tana (Whangarei), Tarryn Davey (Te Aroha), Petra Dye-Hutchinson (North Harbour), Gabriela Edmondson (Canterbury), Keretina Hakaraia (Waitakere City), Kendal Hastie (Canterbury), Annabelle Jenkins (North Harbour), Breeze Leonard (Counties Manukau), Bronya McMenamin (Gisborne), Rata Ngatai (Buller), Bianca Nukunuku (North Harbour), Gracie Roberts (Nelson), Shevanna Sullivan (Hawke’s Bay), Laken Wairau (Canterbury), Terina Wanoa (Canterbury), Maia Wati-Cooper (Waikato)
Coaches – Helen Richardson & Mary Bates
Managers – Annette Jones & Carmel Cadzow

Monday, January 12
NZ Kea 85 Albury Wodonga 52
Vic Bushrangers 66 NZ Koru 39

Tuesday, January 13
NZ Kea 61 SA Sharks 50
SA Magpies 70 NZ Koru 67

Vic Goldminers 68 NZ Kea 59
NSW Kookaburras 80 NZ Koru 63

Wednesday, January 14
NZ Kea 63 (Tarryan Davey 14, Annabelle Jenkins 13) NSW Waratahs 57
Vic Goldminers 76 NZ Koru 41 (Gracie Roberts 10)

Thursday, January 15
NZ Kea 67 NSW Kookaburras 63
WA Sandgropers 65 NZ Koru 62

Quarterfinal
SA Magpies 54 NZ Kea 52

Playoff
Albury Wodonga 67 NZ Koru 52

U16 Boys

Timothy Apisai (Counties Manukau), Logan Botica (Massey), Benjamin Crombie, Aramis Dennan (North Harbour), Taylar Davidson (Nelson), Jordan de Winter (North Canterbury), Jordan Duggan (Canterbury), Izael Ellis (Waikato), Michael Gibson (Wellington), Aaron Keppler (Waikato), Tyler Lapham (Otago), Jordan Letoa (Kapiti), Terrence Lewis Jr (Wellington), Brynn McKenzie (Waikato), Lawson Morris-Whyte (North Canterbury), Quentin Potts (Massey), Joshua Young (Counties Manukau), Thomas Vodanovich (Wellington), Andrew Weston (Wellington), Adam Whybro (North Harbour)
Coaches – Shiv Narayan & James Ballinger
Managers – Chris Webb & Maania Wi-Kaitaia

Monday, January 12
NZ Kea 79 Northern Territory 54
Vic Bushrangers 70 NZ Koru 66

Tuesday, January 13
SA Sharks 72 NZ Kea 69
SA Magpies 78 NZ Koru 50

Wednesday, January 14
Vic Goldminers 94 NZ Kea 64 (Aramis Dennan 15, Joshua Young 15)
NSW Waratahs 100 NZ Kea 43
NSW Kookaburras 81 NZ Koru 69
Vic Goldminers 57 NZ Koru 47

Thursday, January 15
NSW Kookaburras 79 NZ Kea 58
NZ Koru 68 WA Sandgropers 58

U16 Girls

Marnie Block (North Canterbury), Lee Brill (North Harbour), Jaime Campbell (Marlborough), Shevaun Collier (Nelson), Rikki-Lee Denham (Waikato), Lucy Heenan (Southland), Monique Hornby (New Plymouth), Breana Jones (Buller), Amiria Koopu (Waikato), Isabella Lawrence (Waitakere), Holly Lloyd (Canterbury), Emma Mayo (Wellington), Chelsea McQueen (Western Bay of Plenty), Morgan Roberts (Waitakere), Te Oramae Solomon (Massey), Stacee Sturm (Hutt Valley), Alexandra Svoboda (North Canterbury), Sarah Walsh (New Plymouth), Meaghan Wilby (Wellington), Hana Wilkinson (Nelson)
Coaches – Bert Tobia & Tyler Wilkinson
Managers – Nardi Leonard & Tai Upoko

Monday, January 12
NZ Kea 69 Northern Territory 50
Vic Bushrangers 62 NZ Koru 45

Tuesday, January 13
SA Sharks 95 NZ Kea 66
SA Magpies 70 NZ Koru 39

Wednesday, January 14
Vic Goldminers 81 NZ Kea 71 (Alex Svoboda 12, Te Oramae Solomon 10)
NZ Kea 94 (Megan Wilby 17, Morgan Roberts 16, Monique Hornby 13, Emma Mayo 12) NSW Waratahs 78
NSW Kookaburras 71 NZ Koru 58 (Jaime Campbell 18, Hana Wilkinson 15)
Vic Goldminers 70 NZ Koru 62 (Hana Wilkinson 16, Jaime Campbell 15, Isabella Lawrence 11)

Thursday, January 15
NSW Kookaburras 84 NZ Kea 56
NZ Koru 60 WA Sandgropers 45

U18 Boys

Michael Clarke (Palmerston North), Damon Cleverley (Otago), Luke Corkery (Hawke’s Bay), Nick Davies (Wellington), Benjamin Fraser (North Harbour), Ryan Funnell (Palmerston North), Te Ra Hodges-Tai (Waikato), Shaquille Hohipa-Wilson (Gisborne), Alfonso Horomia (Waikato), Josef Horomia (Waikato), Aled Jones (Palmerston North), Benjamin Mackay (Otago), Mark Overdevest (Waikato), Te Aro Pairama-Lewington (Wellington), Ruihana Te Nahu (Rotorua), Oliver Smith (Otago), Ihaka Steel (Thames Valley), Joseph Webb (Wellington), Gabriel Wills (Rotorua)
Coaches – Greg Davidson & Jamie Hall
Managers – Debbie Webb & Gerard Mullin

Monday, January 12
NZ Kea 93 SA Sharks 90
SA Magpies 100 NZ Koru 73

Tuesday, January 13
NSW Waratahs 83 NZ Kea 54
Vic Goldminers 131 NZ Koru 46

Vic Bushrangers 96 NZ Kea 56
NSW Kookaburras 93 NZ Koru 59

Wednesday, January 14
SA Magpies 86 NZ Kea 64 (Michael Clarke 15, Gabriel Wills 13)
Vic Bushrangers 20 NZ Koru 0 (by forfeit)

Thursday, January 15
NZ Koru 79 SA Sharks 66
Vic Goldminers 99 NZ Kea 43

U18 Girls
Jaimee Agnew (Otago), Zoanne Cadzow (Otago), Dallas Frederikson (South Canterbury), Elizabeth Hayman (North Canterbury), Freya Newton (Palmerston North), Josephine Stockill (Hawke’s Bay), Hana Tapiata (Rotorua), Brittney Vermunt (Hawke’s Bay), Hannah Wong (North Canterbury)
Coach – Sean Fuller

Monday, January 12
NZ Koru 47 SA Magpies 43

Tuesday, January 13
Vic Goldminers 86 NZ Koru 68

NSW Kookaburras 61 NZ Koru 37

Wednesday, January 14
Vic Bushrangers 69 NZ Koru 47 (Dallas Frederikson 15)

Thursday, January 15
NZ Koru 73 SA Sharks 70

Tour director – Mel Young
Tour coordinator – Robyn Ruka
Player development manager – Sue Pene
Mentor coaches – Rachel Gwerder (U16), Kennedy Hamilton-Kereama (U18), Tania Hunter (U14)
Physios – Nathen Foulagi & Sharon Choie
Referees – Ken Coulson (coach), Nick Naylor