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KZNBA Senior Provincial Trials 2009

victor — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:05:22 +0000

This letter serves to inform you that the Provincial Trials for the teams to participate in the BSA National Senior Championships from 14 – 18 December 2009 will be as follows.

Women Trials

Date: 31 October 2009

Venue: Victoria Mxenge Sports Centre (Umlazi)

Time: 09H00

Men Trials

Date: 01 November 2009

Venue: Victoria Mxenge Sports Centre (Umlazi)

Time: 09H00

District Associations are advised to use the coming weekend for the training of their teams. Players selected will represent KwaZulu Natal in the BSA National Senior Championships to be held here in Durban (KwaZulu Natal).

***You are kindly advised to take to of the following below as it is important.Age limitation:

There is NO age limit to qualify for selections.

General & Administrative Provisions

Only SA citizens are eligible to participate in the trials.
For the official registration the District Association shall provide the Provincial Association with the following information:

a) A passport size digital photograph for players and officials for the licences

b) A copy of player’s ID, passport or birth certificate

c) For a nationalized players copy of nationality certificate and A letter explaining how the player was granted the SA nationality

Registration form duly completed by the Association responsible
Indemnity form duly signed by the player’s parents or guardian
The District Association is responsible at all times for the eligibility of its players noted on the list of players. It is also responsible of any infringement of the regulations governing the eligibility, the national status and age of players.
The maximum number of persons per official delegation of a provincial competition shall be fifteen (15) persons, as follow: Twelve (12) players, two (02) coaches, one (01) team manager
KZNBA urges the participating District to co-operate with the Selectors and KZNBA shall ensure the technical success of the event.
Each delegation shall provide KZNBA with the information concerning their arrival time.

Provincial Team Management

1. The Head of Coaches Mr. J Rodrigues, the Coach appointed, Assistant Coach and Manager will be responsible for the selection of the players on the day.

Financial provisions:

1. Player Registration fee R 50.00

2. Coaches, Assistant Coaches and Manager Registration Fee R 50.00 per person.

Meals and Transport:

Districts Associations are responsible for their Meals and Transport.

Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require further information.

Kind regards,

(Send by Email)

Sanele Mthiyane
Chairperson: KZN Basketball Association

Information provided by Sanele Mthiyane

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Kearsney vs Durban High School

victor — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:34:52 +0000

Date: Saturday 10 October 2009

1^ST 25 – 72

2^ND 24 – 44

16A 11 – 64

16B 13 – 54

15A 13 – 60

15B 19 – 43

14A 05 – 50

14B 11 – 24DHS were kind enough to change the venue for the fixture that was supposed to take place at DHS, but was unable to due to the weather. The game was always going to be won by the strong DHS team the only question was what the winning margin would be as DHS has in the past few years has won by margins of 100 points or more. However the young Kearsney team were Hungry to prove themselves against the best in the country and earn some respect. The fist quarter saw DHS apply defensive pressure which forced a number of turnovers and enabled them to score freely due to Kearney’s poor passing. The quarter ended with DHS up 17 – 4 as Kearsney struggled to make their scoring opportunities count. Dumisani Gebashe was able to make two shots from outside the three point arc which added to Kearsney’s woes.

The second quarter saw a better performance from Kearsney as they managed to score eight points and hold DHS to scoring only 15. But being down by such a large margin it would always be difficult to come back. However the Kearsney players did not lie down and die they dug deep and fought hard to stay in the game, they upped the level of the defensive intensity and at times cause the DHS players to become extremely frustrated. However the class of the DHS team came through and they weathered the defensive intensity closing out the game 72 – 25. Some credit must go to Kearsney as they played with only grade 11’s and 10’s in the team while DHS was fielding four international age group players (Dumisani Gebashe, Chris Fynn SA U18, Duke Lazarus SA U16 and Moonga Chipili Zambian U18).

Top scorers:

DHS: Dumisani Gebashe 21, Chris Fynn 15, Khulikani Madlala 10, Monde Gama and Moonga Chipili 7.

Kearsney: Wiseman Mbaso and Ian Sprague 6, Mark Astrup and Xolani Msimango 4

Article provided by Myles Delport and edited by Victor Shakineza

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Engen fuels basketball coaching development in SA

victor — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:45:14 +0000

US Basketball Coaches begin their clinics in SA

Former President Nelson Mandela said it best, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world” and for the last five years, Engen, through the annual hosting of the Basketball Coaching Seminar, has provided amateur basketball coaches in South Africa the opportunity to gain invaluable knowledge of the fundamentals of basketball coaching.

This year, Durban has been selected as the host city for the Engen US Coaches Tour Basketball Coaching Seminar, in association with the Kwazulu Natal Basketball Association, to be held at the University of Kwazulu Natal from 27 – 30 September 2009.Fifty amateur coaches from across the country have already been invited to attend the four-day seminar. The primary aim of the seminar is to enhance the technical knowledge of the amateur coaches. Armed with this task, the accomplished team of US basketball coaches is led by Joyce Jenkins, a former basketball star and current President of Future Incorporated.

Since its inception in 2004, Jenkins has been a great supporter of Engen Basketball and has played an integral role in developing the sport at youth level. “Education in every aspect of life is the key,” said Jenkins, “We encourage participating coaches to join us on the court to ensure that they can demonstrate the skills, in preparation for when they return to their respective provinces to teach their players”.

“Last year, the seminar included sessions on the topics of self worth and the importance of education. This year will be a culmination of the last five years and the US coaches will encourage local coaches to conduct actual practice sessions which include the teachings of the last four years,” she explained.

“The practices are based on how training sessions are conducted in colleges and on the professional levels”, Jenkins added.

Joining her is an all-star team of basketball coaching royalty that includes Marvin Harvey (Chairman and Founder of Harvey’s Shooters Touch Academy and former Coach of the WNBA Houston Comets, YeRushia Brown (WNBA veteran and former Furman University basketball standout) and Carl Mattei (Head Coach, Regis Jesuit High, Aurora Colorado).

Furthermore, inspired by last year’s visit, Carl Mattei initiated a phenomenal drive in the United States that ensured the collection of more than 1000 pairs of basketball shoes which will be donated to basketball clubs in the Kwa-Zulu Natal region during this year’s Tour. These will be handed over to KZN Basketball Association at an official ceremony that will take place on the final day of the seminar.

“We are all excited about Coach Carl Mattei’s Shoe Drive in his home town and look forward to the distribution of the shoes to the participating coaches and the youth in the local areas”, Joyce Jenkins enthusiastically proclaimed.

Key important dates of the US Coaches Tour:

26 September – Game Day and opportunity for one on one interviews

29 September – Media Lunch for an opportunity for one-on-one interviews

30 September – Game Day and Shoe Handover

Information provided by Jehan Solomons and edited by Victor Shakineza

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Kearsney vs Westville Boys High School

victor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:17:21 +0000

Venue: WBHS Date: 19 september 2009

U14A 23 – 28

U14B 06 – 14

U14C 13 – 15

U15A 18 – 36

U15B 15 – 41

U16A 16 – 47

U16B 06 – 43

2^ND 28 – 15

1^ST 49 – 59It was with some trepidation that the young Kearsney stayer’s first team stepped onto the court at Westville against the much older and more experienced Westville leaver’s team. The Kearsney team started well but some questionable coaching decisions by their coach during the first quarter saw them loose their momentum while Westville having home court advantage shot well from outside the ark and pounded the ball into their big guys inside to have a 12 point lead at the end of the first quarter. (12 -24)

The second quarter saw the Kearsney team settled down and they whittled away at the Westville lead. Westville continued to place pressure on the Kearsney team in the backcourt and Kearsney turned the ball over a significant number of times during the quarter which resulted in Westville building on their first quarter lead to go into half time up by 14 points,

The third quarter saw a much improved defensive display from the Kearsney team, who began applying pressure on the Westville team and making some crucial baskets but small lapses of concentration by the younger players saw Westville hang in weather the constant pressure. They maintain their lead and the quarter ended with Westville up by 23 points (54 – 31).

The fourth quarter saw Kearsney dominate their opponents and left the coach wondering where the team had been during the rest of the game. They dominated the offensive boards but were unable to finish under the basket and thus did not manage to close out the game. They did win the quarter 15 – 8, but it was not enough to win the game which was lost 49 -59. Credit must go to Westville who were able to absorb the pressure and hold on to the win.

Top Scorers:

Westville: W. Allen 15, R. Afulo 10, S. Visage 9 and Z. Lotz 8

Kearsney: B. Vincent 10, S. Hadebe 8, W. Mbaso 8, M. Astrup and X. Msimango 7

Article provided by Myles Delport

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Kearsney basketball results vs. St Charles

victor — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:22:17 +0000

Venue: st charles Date: 12 september 2009

U14A 16 – 08

U14B 15 – 10

U15A 16 – 23

U15B 11 – 21

U16A 16 – 10

U16B 17 – 19

2^ND 24 – 38

1^ST 34 – 43

Saturday saw the opening encounters of the 2009/2010 school basketball season. The Kearsney basketball teams travelled to sleepy hollow for the encounter in their first tester as a team, since the matic’s from the first term would not be playing. It is always difficult to play at St Charles but for once the hostile crowd did not materialise which made things easier but did not lessen the nerves of the two young teams.Kearsney sprang into action and took an early 7 point lead, but missing a number of easy opportunities to consolidate the lead. The Kearsney captain Mark Astrup picked up two quick fouls and sent most of the first half on the bench, forcing an inexperienced backcourt to step up and carry the team without his leadership on the court. Saints clawed their way back and found themselves down 9 – 5 at the end of the first quarter.

Baskets were traded and some careless fouling by the Kearsney defence saw Saints go to the free throw line far too often and convert some of the shots from the charity stripe. Kearsney turned the ball over too may times during the quarter to maintain their lead and half time saw the teams on a level pegging 16 points each.

With young big man Ian Sprague fouled out and the bench looking lean Kearsney lost their way in the third quarter and saints guard Uli Fisher made some good shots from the top of the key to ensure his team got the lead and kept it for the rest of the quarter. The third quarter ended with Kearsney down by four points.

Kearsney worked had to bring the game close but again Uli Fisher kept them at bay with some good shooting, scoring six points in the quarter. With tree minutes to go Kearsney closed the gap to four points but then again the spectre of turnovers came back to haunt them, they committed forty four turnovers during the game, and they could not finish under the basket. Saints ended up wining 43 – 34.

Top scorers:

Kearsney; Bradley Vincent 18 points, Wiseman Mbaso 5

St Charles; Ncebo 15, Uli Fisher 10

Article supplied by Myles Delport

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US Coaches Profiles attending KZN clinic ‘09

victor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:44:34 +0000

Joyce Jenkins has accumulated a number of honours in her years associated with basketball. Her profile reads Assistant Coach, USA All Air Force Basketball Team; Head Coach University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Assistant Coach, University of Maryland, College Park; Assistant Coach, St John’s University; Academic Coach, National Football Foundation and she is currently the President of Future Incorporated.

Marvin Harvey is the chairman and founder of “C5D Inc Foundation” and Harvey’s Shooters Touch Academy. He is also the Director of Basketball Operations at the Champions Sports Complex of Orlando. Marvin is an extraordinary humanitarian who started the National Academy for Teaching Basketball from scratch.

YeRushia Brown, WNBA veteran and former Furman University basketball standout played internationally for 10 years during which she won 9 international championships and was inducted into the hall of fame during her varsity years. She is currently one of the coordinators of the overtime4life programme which hosts various Co-ed Camps & Clinics focusing on the development of strong fundamental skills as well as personal advancement.

For the last three years, Carl Mattei has been coaching the Regis Jesuit Varsity Girls program. He also leads the Mile-Hi Magic Club with 8 teams participating around the country in the highest level college preview tournaments. Carl has been an Adidas All-Star camp coach each of the last five years and coached the L’adidas High School All-American game at the 2002 NCAA Final Four in Atlanta, GA. Carl has had 85 girls from his club team move on to NCAA Div I careers, playing at such schools as Stanford, UNC, Arizona State, Colorado, Colorado State, and Missouri to name a few.

Information supplied by Sanele Mthiyane and edited by Victor Shakineza

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KZN high School fixtures term 3 and 4

victor — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:18:52 +0000

Teams

Fixtures

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KZN to host coaching seminar

victor — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:44:43 +0000

KZN basketball in conjunction with Engen are going to host some international coaches who will be conducting clinics from Monday 26 – 30 September 2009. These coaches will be working with coaches from various provinces in SA and this will culminate in a coaching clinic for basketball players aged 14 – 18 years.

The Coaching Seminar is a follow-up to the 2008 event and will be targeted at senior South African basketball coaches to be invited by BSA and will cover various coaching techniques with the coaches, led by Joyce Jenkins sharing their expertise and knowledge of the game.The Coaching Course is targeted at Senior South Africa basketball coaches and will cover various coaching techniques. The content of the program will include the following:

BUILDING YOUR COACHING FOUNDATION

The clearer you are in what you expect, the better you are at setting your expectations. (Mission statement, philosophy, ladder of success a d core values)

UNDERSTANDING THE GAME

Mastering two game essentials: Controlling momentum and tempo. Teaching points include: game plan for substitutions, building team leadership, teaching your captain(s) to be effective, team unity, and teaching quickness and intensity.

INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL SKILLS

Focus will be on clear and effective teaching points about the fundamentals skills of basketball.

TEAM BASKETBALL

The game of basketball is often won or lost on team’s ability to score or defend in special situations.

Well coached teams are prepared for these critical times. Baseline plays, sideline special plays and quick hitters will be covered in detail. (Principles of team offense and defense, ball movement, spacing, cuts, screens, help and recover, traps, presses, and fast breaks.)

DESIGNING PLAYS

For every set-offense, baseline, sideline, defenses, presses,defending a lead a d quick hitters.

TEAM MANAGEMENT

Practice outlines and timeframes, conditioning, discipline, communication with parents, job description and how to clearly communicate your message.

In sponsoring the Coaching Course, KZNBA together with our partners Engen has committed covering specific cost for the 50 coaches who will attend the course. 6 players (3 boys and 3 girls who will also attend). All provinces excluding KZN are kindly advised to nominate 5 coaches each preferably 2 being women out of 5 to attend the course. KZN will have 10 coaches chosen from all 10 districts and metro.

The following will be covered by Engen – KZNBA:

1. Road Travel (by Car) for 5 coaches per province

2. Accommodation for the coaches and players attending the course

3. All Meals for coaches and players for the duration of the course

You are therefore advised to furnish us with names and surname as per RSA ID, Identity number, t/shirts sizes for the coaches attending and location of coaches by 12 September 2009. This information is vital for transport arrangements. The information can be faxed to 031 202 4464 or emailed to kznbasketball@gmail.com and attention to Vusi Mhlongo.

Information supplied by Sanele Mthiyane and edited by Victor Shakineza

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PMB GHS ladies tournament results 2009

victor — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:44:02 +0000

Pietermaritzburg Girls High School hosted another successful all girls basketball event in which they ended up the winners by defeating long time rivals Pretoria High School for Girls in the final.

Here is the tournament report provided by Val Fowler who takes time to organise the tournament every year and makes sure that it continues to have the success that it has had over the years:

” Schoolgirls’ basketball is alive and well in some of our schools. The league is in full swing. Voortrekker, traditionally a top netball school, has made a welcome return to basketball. Regrettably, the standard of play and the number of age-group teams is down in many of the schools. Despite these negatives a most exciting and competitive Invitation U19 Schools Tournament was held at the St John’s and GHS courts this weekend, attracting a number of teams from outside of the province.Sixteeen teams took part; ten in the A-section and six in the B-section. UKZN, a regular entrant, made a clean sweep of their pool games, but as always were ineligible for the semi-final and final rounds. Their pool was represented by Pretoria High School for Girls and St John’s, in the semi-finals. They were joined by Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High and Epworth. Pretoria High School for Girls, quite dominant in the pool games went on to beat Epworth. The local GHS team, in rampant form in the pool games, accounted for St John’s 66-20 in the other semi-final. UKZN beat The Glen, from Pretoria, for positions five and six; Alex had a close tussle against the improving Durban Girls’ High School which they won; and Danville 1 defeated newcomers, Lereko, from the Free State, in their last match.

The St John’s team has played consistent basketball for the past few seasons and controlled the bronze medal clash from the start, although Epworth put up a good fight. The final score, 38-26, gave St John’s a well-deserved third place.

The final, between old rivals, Pretoria High School for Girls and Pietermaritzburg, was eagerly anticipated. On paper, the local team had a much better balanced side, but Pretoria had a few stars. However, right from the start the local girls showed what team play and good defence was all about. The score at the end of the first quarter was 13-2 in favour of the PMB GHS team. They continued to apply the pressure in the second quarter and maintained a sound lead. The half time score was 22-4; only one basket per quarter for the Pretoria team. As the game progressed the GHS coach was able to use all twelve players in the game and still maintain the momentum required to keep comfortably ahead.

The final score 36-19 gave the Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High 1^st Team the gold medal position.

The B-section, run on a round-robin basis, provided many nail-biting finishes. The result of the final match of the tournament was the decider for second and third position and it had all the thrills of a major final. The Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High Junior Team traded baskets with Maritzburg Christian School’s 1^st Team and at full time the scores were level. During extra time both teams missed vital free-throws. With three second on the clock the GHS Juniors sealed victory with a good lay-up shot. The GHS B team, playing more consistent basketball, won all their round-robin games fairly convincingly and so won the B-section, followed by their Junior Team and then MCS.

Final standings were: A section: 1^st PMB GHS; 2^nd Pretoria HSG; 3^rd St John’s; 4^th Epworth; 5^th The Glen; 6^th Alex; 7^th DGHS; 8^th Danville 1^st and 9^th Lereko.

B-section: 1^st Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High B Team; 2^nd Pietermaritzburg Girls’ High Juniors; 3^rd MCS; 4^th Eshowe and St Mary’s; 6^th Danville Juniors.

Outstanding players: Bantwana Zulu (GHS) – top player of the B-section; M Mokoko (Pretoria) L ihle Bhengu (St John’s) and Nobu Phuza (GHS) – valuable A-Team players; and Sbahle Mkhize (GHS) Team player of the tournament.”

Article by Val Fowler edited by Victor Shakineza

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DHS tournament 2009

victor — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:14:38 +0000

For details about the DHS tournament please click on the link below:

DHS 2009 poster

Information supplied by Paul Spanos

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