The hype surrounding this years build up towards the Easter Championship for both men's and women's has been very encouraging as a majority of club teams have been fully utilizing basketball courts around the Viti Levu area for the past 6 weeks in anticipation of the annual event. Host Basketball Fiji has scheduled the major event to be held from Monday 2nd April to Saturday 7th April, 2012 which will be held at Vodafone Arena in Suva & International Gym in Suva. Best 30 clubs (20 mens & 10 womens teams) have qualified from their respective association through weekly playoff rounds conducted over nine weeks. Two regional club teams have confirmed participation in the event which has added attraction value to the biggest annual club event organized in the country. Tama Samoa from American Samoa & NZ Bombers who are made up of Mori and Fijians who reside in New Zealand are the two International teams who have confirmed participation in the men's category of the Easter Championship. In the men's category will consist of 4 teams from Lautoka, 1 team from Nadi, 8 teams from Raiwaqa and 5 teams from Suva. In addition Basketball Fiji hopes to build a strong working relationship with Iowa Central College as the Women's basketball Coach Craig Carlson has accepted an invitation to witness the skill level of players that will be on display during the 6 days event. Other traditional highlights of the tournament is a team display march on Friday 6th April at 8.30am from Cost U Less Car Park to Vodafone Arena and will be led by our partners Fiji Police with the service of their Brass Band. A U14 boys and girls match between Namoli Village in Lautoka and Raiwaqa will serve as a curtain raiser match for the women's and men's final. The men's and women's final will be given an invitation letter to participate in 2012 Annual 7th Genone National Championship in Hobart, Australia from 12th -16th November. Registration for the event is $150.00 and clubs have already appointed managers and organized new sets of team uniforms in anticipation of the tournament. In the past 7 weeks qualifying club teams have been training 3 to 4 times a week at the Vodafone Arena, International Gym, Suva Chapel, Eds court in Raiwaqa, USP basketball gym, Lautoka multi-purpose courts, Nadi Caaf Compound, Raiwai Basketball Hall and Indian College.
Cheshire Phoenix (BBL) inked 22-year old Fijian international forward Joshua Fox (198-95kg-94). He just graduated from Cal-Davis (NCAA). In 28 games he recorded 14.8ppg, 6.8rpg, 2.1apg and 1.1spg last season. A very good year in his career as he was voted to All-Big West 2nd Team. As mentioned above Fox is just out of the college and it will be his first season in pro basketball. Among other achievements his team won Big West Regular Season in 2015. Fox received also All-Big West Sixth Pl... [read more]
Cheshire Phoenix (BBL) inked 22-year old Fijian international forward Joshua Fox (198-95kg-94). He just graduated from Cal-Davis (NCAA). In 28 games he recorded 14.8ppg, 6.8rpg, 2.1apg and 1.1spg last season. A very good year in his career as he was voted to All-Big West 2nd Team. As mentioned above Fox is just out of the college and it will be his first season in pro basketball. Among other achievements his team won Big West Regular Season in 2015. Fox received also All-Big West Sixth Player of the Year award in 2015 at his college time. Fox represented Fiji at the Pacific Games in Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) last year.
U18 Basketball Reps Prepare For Oceania - 26 days ago
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The Fijian basketball team are gearing up for the U18 Oceania Basketball Championship, to be played at the Vodafone Arena, Suva in December. With only five months to go, Basketball Fiji along with International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Oceania and the Australian Basketball Statistics Committee has kicked started preparations by conducting technical training. U18 men's coach Manoa Puamau said they are looking to achieve more than they did in 2014 where they finished seventh. 'Our ultim... [read more]
The Fijian basketball team are gearing up for the U18 Oceania Basketball Championship, to be played at the Vodafone Arena, Suva in December. With only five months to go, Basketball Fiji along with International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Oceania and the Australian Basketball Statistics Committee has kicked started preparations by conducting technical training. U18 men's coach Manoa Puamau said they are looking to achieve more than they did in 2014 where they finished seventh. 'Our ultimate goal this year is to go for gold or at least finish in the top three. I am confident that we can achieve that goal because the boys have been preparing really well. 'Their fitness levels are good and I think overall our team is way better and more prepared than what it was like two years ago.' The U18 squad were selected from a series of trials in the Eastern and Western divisions last month. While the majority of the players will be playing in the competition for the first time, Apisalome Lutuviri who was in the last U18 team brings a wealth of experience to the young side. 'Our toughest opponents are Australia and New Zealand, they have dominated the competition and will most likely again this year,' he said. 'This tournament I believe will help boost the sport in the country as well, and the boys will get a good exposure from this competition.' This is the second U18 Oceania Basketball Championship that Fiji will be hosting, the first was in 2014. Eight Pacific Island countries will take part in this year's U18 Oceania Basketball Championship including Australia and New Zealand and will be the qualifier for the U19 World Championship in 2017. Courtesy of: fijisun.com.fj
New winners in secondary schools basketball tourney - 1 month ago
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THE Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball competition yesterday featured new winners in the under-15, U17 and U19 grades for the boys and girls divisions. Yat Sen Secondary School boys thrashed Latter-day Saints College 27-15 in the U15 final of the Tuckers Ice Cream-sponsored tournament.
In the U15 girls final; Suva Grammar School thumped LDS College 14 - 3. The U17 girls final was interesting. LDS College revenged their junior teams' loss by thrashing St Joseph's Secondary School 25-14 [read more]
THE Fiji Secondary Schools Basketball competition yesterday featured new winners in the under-15, U17 and U19 grades for the boys and girls divisions. Yat Sen Secondary School boys thrashed Latter-day Saints College 27-15 in the U15 final of the Tuckers Ice Cream-sponsored tournament. In the U15 girls final; Suva Grammar School thumped LDS College 14 - 3. The U17 girls final was interesting. LDS College revenged their junior teams' loss by thrashing St Joseph's Secondary School 25-14. Results of the U17 boys and U19 girls finals were yet to be received when this edition went to press. Meanwhile, Natabua High School represented the Western Division in U19 finals at the Yat Sen Hall yesterday. Coach Esava Buresova said it was a bonus after beating Yat Sen Secondary 32 - 22. Buresova said being the lone representative from the Western Division was an honour, especially when the competition was held in Lautoka, but had to be moved to Suva because of the weather. "I have been coaching the Natabua team for three years. This is a milestone achievement for us to be playing in the last stage of the competition," Buresova said. "We have really worked hard to be able to come and play in Suva." Courtesy of: fijitimes.com
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