Basketball tyros travel south

Four Marlborough basketball teams attended the recent under-13 South Island tournament in Ashburton.

Unfortunately, due to the level 2 conditions Basketball NZ had to cancel their original tournament but, happily, the Mid Canterbury association were keen to push on to provide a tournament that enabled the young players to get some basketball in. Although up against some of the Mainland’s strongest basketball regions, the quartet of teams from the top of the south battled hard throughout and pushed their opponents all the way in every game.

Marlborough Basketball coach Danielle Blackmore travelled south with the teams and said, “we were so excited to be able to take a boys and girls development this year”.

“We were extremely impressed with how well our young development teams did. With strong pools stacked with Canterbury teams the Marlborough sides were able to come away with some very close-scoring games.

“It was exciting to watch and see how close we are despite coming up against such strong provinces. The Marlborough players’ efforts were truly amazing and we are extremely proud of how well they did.”