Tall Ferns News
May 21, 2013
The Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns will play at home for the first time in four years at the North Shore Events Centre on August 14.
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May 2, 2013
Tall Ferns coach Kennedy Kereama admits his attendance at this weekend’s Women’s Basketball Championship round in Christchurch is partly business, partly pleasure.
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April 22, 2013
Welcome to The Huddle, Basketball New Zealand’s new supporters club for the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns programmes.
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April 2, 2013
New Zealand will be well represented on both sides of the court, when the Australian NBL finals tip off at Auckland’s Vector Arena on Sunday.
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March 20, 2013
A message from BBNZ chief executive Iain Potter, re the Toyota “25 Ways to Say Thanks” campaign.
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March 15, 2013
Tall Fern Micaela Cocks and her Townsville Fire fell just short of taking out the Austalian WNBL title, losing 57-71 to Bendigo Spirit in the final.
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March 4, 2013
Tall Ferns guard Micaela Cocks will be playing for an Australian WNBL championship next weekend, after leading her Townsville Fire to an upset 78-64 road win over Dandenong.
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March 4, 2013
Toyota are celebrating 25 years of being New Zealand’s top-selling car, and what better way of doing that than helping Basketball New Zealand save the Tall Blacks and Tall Ferns programmes.
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February 19, 2013
Tall Blacks forward Jeremiah Trueman enjoyed some welcome court-time and responded by leading his Perth Wildcats past the Townsville Crocs 80-52 in the Australian NBL over the weekend.
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February 4, 2013
Another “Kiwi” has quietly made his NBA debut … sort of.
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January 29, 2013
Tall Ferns captain Natalie Taylor has vowed to battle back from a knee injury that has ended her Australian WNBL season.
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January 22, 2013
Tall Blacks guard Everard Bartlett made the most of his opportunities to help Perth Wildcats to victory over Cairns Taipans in the Australian NBL.
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January 7, 2013
Tall Blacks forward Isaac Fotu has helped University of Hawaii to the top of the Big West Conference standings, putting together a career night in a thrilling home win against Cal State Fullerton in US college play.
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January 6, 2013
Paulo Kennedy, FIBA
It is hard to imagine asking the world’s 18th best men’s national team in a sport of over 200 countries to walk into their continental championship without playing any practice games. Continue reading »
January 3, 2013
In US college hoops, Tall Ferns guard Erin Rooney finally saw her double-figure scoring run end, but came within an ace of her first career triple double, as Fordham University defeated Colorado State 64-59 in double overtime.
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December 26, 2012
Tall Ferns captain Natalie Taylor helped her Logan Thunder to an 82-79 road victory over Bulleen in the Australian WNBL over the weekend.
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December 22, 2012
Sam Worthington, stuff.co.nz
Basketball New Zealand chief executive Iain Potter is trying to bounce back from the disappointment of Tuesday’s high performance funding cut. He talks to Sam Worthington about where to now for the sport.
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December 18, 2012
High Performance Sport NZ has left both the Tall Blacks and the Tall Ferns out of its 2013 funding allocations. Basketball New Zealand chief executive Iain Potter explains what this means for our international programmes.
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December 17, 2012
Kiwi NBA prospect Steve Adams had his best game since arriving at the University of Pittsburgh, producing a double double in an 89-40 home victory over Bethune-Cookman.
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December 14, 2012
Tall Black Kirk Penney again showed why he is one of the world’s leading shooting guards in the world, guiding Turkish club team TED Kolejliler to an 86-85 win over powerhouse Anadolu Efes.
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December 10, 2012
Tall Ferns Micaela Cocks and skipper Natalie Taylor went head-to-head in the Australian WNBL, with Cocks claiming honours in Townsville Fire’s 85-72 over Logan Thunder.
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December 3, 2012
Former Tall Blacks coach Tab Baldwin has begun the Chinese national league (CBA) season with three wins and a loss to the Fujian Sturgeons in the opening four rounds.
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November 26, 2012
Just call Tall Fern point guard Jordan Hunter “Ms Big Shot”, after she produced her second game-winning basket in the space of a week.
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November 23, 2012
Tall Black Isaac Fotu, and Tall Ferns Jordan Hunter and Jelena Vucinic starred for their respective US college teams, helping steer University of Hawaii, Southeast Missouri University and Louisianna Tech to tough victories.
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November 19, 2012
Tall Black Kirk Penney could not rescue his TED Kolejliler from defeat in the Turkish Basketball League, tumbling 66-90 to Galatasaray.
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November 12, 2012
Tall Ferns coach Kennedy Kereama got one over international captain Natalie Taylor, as his West Coast Waves overcame Logan Thunder 71-54 on their Australia WNBL road trip. Continue reading »
November 9, 2012
Female athletes born between 1996-2000 with national and international aspirations are invited to attend the the Taranaki Basketball Academy. Continue reading »
October 30, 2012
Tall Black Kirk Penney was dialled in from long distance, hitting five three-pointers to help his TED Kolejliler to victory over Turkish Basketball League cellar dwellers Gaziantep.
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October 15, 2012
Tall Blacks shooter Kirk Penney has gotten off to a winning start in the Turkish Basketball League with his new club, TED Kolejliler.
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September 27, 2012
Tall Black Everard Bartlett led the Perth Wildcats to a 72-60 victory over Wollongong Hawks in the Australian National Basketball League pre-season final at Dandenong over the weekend.
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September 11, 2012
wnbl.com.au
BDS Logan Thunder head coach Jason Chainey will be relying on the leadership and experience of mainstays Natalie Taylor and Emma Langford for the upcoming 2012/13 WNBL season after both inked one-year deals with the club. Continue reading »
August 29, 2012
kilsythbasketball.com.au
This Saturday’s South Conference Grand Final will mark SEABL game number 250 for the Swinburne Kilsyth Lady Cobras veteran guard Gemma Kerr. Continue reading »
August 27, 2012
Tall Ferns guard Micaela Cocks saw her SEABL season end when Geelong Supercats hit a buzzer-beater to eliminate her Sandringham Sabres 68-66 in the eastern conference preliminary final. Continue reading »
August 27, 2012
wnbl.com.au
The Alcohol.Think Again West Coast Waves have added to their 2012/13 Australian WNBL squad with New Zealand representative and WNBL player Antonia Edmondson, and young WA talent Darcee Garbin. Continue reading »
August 20, 2012
Tall Ferns guard Micaela Cocks led her Sandringham Sabres to an upset 76-60 win over Bendigo Braves to keep their chances alive in the South East Australia Basketball League playoffs. Continue reading »
August 17, 2012
Tall Ferns guard Micaela Cocks hopes to guide her Sandringham Sabres into the SEABL East Conference finals, when they take on Bendigo Braves in this weekend’s semis. Continue reading »
August 17, 2012
The Tall Blacks hold steady, but the Tall Ferns drop six spots on the FIBA world rankings after their failed last-ditch attempts to qualify for the London Olympics. Continue reading »
June 27, 2012
New Zealand’s chances of having a women’s basketball team at the London Olympics ended after the Tall Ferns suffered a heart-breaking 51-54 loss to Argentina at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ankara, Turkey, today. Continue reading »
June 26, 2012
On the scoreboard, it was a convincing loss, but the Tall Ferns may have emerged with a small moral victory as they fell 51-70 to the Czech Republic in their opening game of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Ankara, Turkey. Continue reading »
June 25, 2012
The Tall Ferns will begin their last-ditch Olympic qualifying bid tonight against the Czech Republic, but they already have one eye on their next opponents. Continue reading »
