Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th July our local U13 boys tournament was held at Archer Stadium in Gore. The boys put in a massive effort both days winning one of our games 68-20, and not quite getting there in the other 2 games with losses of 30 points respectively. Fantastic to see some of our hard work at training pay off.

With plenty to work on we continued training weekly before setting off for our next tournament at the Edgar Centre in Dunedin - Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th September. We noticed a large improvement in the team since Gore tournament, particularly in our defense. Dunedin being our first away tournament was a great experience for our team who had a blast with playing 1v1 at a nearby school until dark, multiple trips to the dairy, time relaxing at the beach after games, and a swim and hydroslide at Moana Pool to finish the tournament. Thank You Basketball Otago for a great tournament.

With an invite to Canterbury Basketball's B grade tournament we selected a team of 7 and travelled to Christchurch Friday 28th September for 5 games over the Saturday and Sunday. Our team took this to a new level and were highly competitive in all our games showing some fantastic combinations on the court and posting our highest game scores.

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected for the Eastern U13 Girls Gore & Dunedin tournaments:

Anaheira Takotohiwi, Ella King, Ellie Bedwell, Georgia Grumball, Kate Perkins, Maegan Davis, Mirissa Burgess, Neeve Kean & Neve Borlase

Non travelling reserves:
Baylee Little, Maddie Taylor & Mya Brocket

Coach: Keriann Borlase. Training Sunday 5th August 11.30am at Archer Stadium

Any queries please contact Keriann - 027 333 7082

Tournament Dates:
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th August - Archer Stadium, Gore
Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th September - Edgar Centre, Dunedin

Congratulations to all miniball teams that played in the finals.

Finals Results:

A Grade: Balfour A’s (34) vs St Marys Black (31)

B Grade: East Gore Red (29) vs St Marys Yellow (22)

C Grade (A): Gore Main Lions (23) vs St Marys Gold (19)

C Grade (B): West Gore Saints (35) vs Mataura Lakers (6)

Thank you all for an awesome miniball season.

Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to play in the Southland Miniball tournament Friday 30th November 2018 in Invercargill

Eastern Thunder (Eastern A): Boston McLean, Cooper Wilkins, Jimmy Taylor, Josh Heenan, Miko Dela Concepcion, Noah Clearwater & Sam Ramage

Coach: Peter Howes

Training:
Saturday 17th November 10-11am
Saturday 24th November 10-11am
Any questions please contact Peter on 027 454 5113

#girlsgotgame is back for 2020!

'Have A Go' Events
Archer Stadium, Gore
Four consecutive weeks

To register your interest email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Years 5 & 6 - Starts Wednesday 4th November 2020, 5pm - 6pm
Teams will be named from this for the U11 tournament in Invercargill in Dec 2020

2020 Secondary & Intermediate School Grades will start on Monday 22nd June and run for two weeks. We then break for the school holidays and resume on the 20th July for a six week period, with finals being held the week beginning 31st August.

School trials are being held at schools over the next few weeks. Please keep an eye on your school notice boards for dates. If you are interested in playing basketball please go and see your sports coordinator. If your school does not have a team they can put you in due to numbers, please get in touch with us here at ESBA (027 600 3722) and we will endeavour to put you in a team.

2020 Miniball season will continue as normal with 2 weeks of grading and 8 weeks of competition starting on Monday 7th September, ending Thursday 26th November. There will be no miniball in the September/October school holidays.

2020 U13 Boys & Girls season will continue as normal and we will have trial dates out soon.

Q: I'm new to the area and would like to play basketball or miniball, how do I get involved?

A: Our miniball season and junior grades (Secondary A, Secondary B & Intermediate) are organised via your school and only available to school age kids. Enquire at your school about joining a team. If your school does not have a team available, please contact us directly. Our A and B grades and social league are open grades to all adults and organised directly with ESBA. If you don't have a team, email our secretary or private message us on Facebook and we will do our best to find a team for you in our A, B and social league grades.

Miniball Holiday Training Programme For Years 3-6

Southland Shark, Tall Black & New Zealand Breakers player Derone Raukawa along with hometown talent, Hawke's Bay Hawks & New Zealand Breakers player Mitchell Newton are running 2 school holiday miniball training camps at our local stadium - Archer Stadium, Gore.

Players will learn skills, play games & gain information on health, all while having fun. Individual ability and age groups will be catered for, wherever possible.

Click here to download the 2019 Invercargill Miniball Tournament parents letter


Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to play in the Southland Miniball tournament Friday 29th November 2019 in Invercargill
 

Eastern Thunder(Boys): Charlie Walker, Cooper Wilkins, Hugo Howes, Jack Wilkins, Jacob Elder, Mania Tiller & Ollie King

Coach: Donna Wilkins