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 on being selected for the 2019 Eastern U13 Boys Squad:

Balou Donaldson, Boston McLean, Charlie Walker, Cooper Wilkins, Elliot Wilson, Houora Rotana, Jacob Evans, Joshua Heenan, Ledrick DelosReyes, Nikau Barrow, Noah Clearwater, Sam Ramage & Tom Abernathy

This squad will be cut down to 8-10 players for tournament, with the remaining players continuing to train with the team as non-travelling reserves / injury cover.

Tournaments: Gore - 27th & 28th July & Invercargill - 14th & 15th September 2019

Congratulations to the following players on being selected for the 2020 Eastern U13 Boys Squad:

Balou Donaldson, Ben Laurie, Boston Setafanno, Charlie Walker, Cooper Wilkins, Elliot Wilson, Houara Rotana, Jacob Evans, Jamie Reid, Joshua Heenan, Ledrick DeLosreyes, Nikau Barrow, Sam Ramage & Tom Abernathy

This squad will be reduced to 8-10 players for tournament, with the remaining players continuing to train with the team as non-travelling reserves / injury cover.

Eastern Southland Basketball Rep Trials:

New Age Eligibility Criteria:

For Under 13 competitions, players must be aged either 11, 12 or 13 years as at 31 December in the year in which the competition is held;
For Under 15 competitions, players must be aged either 13, 14 or 15 years as at 31 December in the year in which the competition is held;
For Under 17 competitions, players must be aged either 15, 16 or 17 years as at 31 December in the year in which the competition is held.
For Under 19 competitions, players must be aged at least 15 years on the first day that the competition commences, and must not be over 19 years as at 31 December in the year the competition is held.

Congratulations to the following players on being selected for our Eastern U13 teams for the 2022 season!

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.

Steven Adams Is Coming To Dunedin! And we have 30 presale tickets up for grabs to this camp being held on the 22nd August 2018.

The camp is for kids aged 8-17 and tickets are $65 each.

To secure one of the 30 tickets you need to be a registered player with ESBA and you must email us your childs name, age, and contact email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

First in best dressed! But dont worry if you miss out on one of our 30 presale tickets they go on sale 16th July 2018. Game on!

Click here for more information: Steven Adams Camps - Dunedin

Basketball New Zealand have 6 upcoming U13 skills days, with 1 held at John McGlashan College in Dunedin on September 8th 2019 for 11 & 12 year olds at a cost of $30 per player.

For session details, times and registration information please click here to download the BBNZ Skills Day Information PDF