Basketball: Emerging Tall Ferns squad named

Basketball New Zealand announced four representative age-group squads for upcoming tournaments:

Emerging Tall Ferns (under-21) to contest the Oceania tournament in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands from June 17-30:

Emma Gillespie (Waitakere), Natasha Hall (North Harbour), Jordan Hunter (Counties Manukau) Zoe Kensington (New Plymouth), Natalie Moore (Canterbury), Milika Nathan (North Harbour), Chevannah Paalvast (West Auckland), Miriam Slatter (Waikato), Rebecca van Kuyk (Wellington), Jelena Vucinic (Nelson)


Under-18 boys to contest the Vilagarcia Basket Cup in Spain from April 9-12:

Chris Duthie (Nelson), Hyrum Hippolite (Porirua), Ben King (Porirua), Dyson King-Hawea (Porirua), Stefan Mandic (North Harbour), Ben McIlwaine (Victoria), Mark Overdevest (Waikato), Ethan Rusbatch (captain, Canterbury), Tia Temata-Frost (vice captain, Palmerston North), Gabriel Wills (Rotorua)


Under-18 boys to contest the Australia under-18 state championships in Gawler, South Australia from April 14-26:

Tane Bennett (Western BoP), Michael Clarke (Palmerston North), Damon Cleverley (Otago), Nick Davies (Wellington), Ryan Funnell (Palmerston North), Shaquille Hohipa-Wilson (North Harbour), Ben Mackay (Otago), Ihaka Steel (Thames Valley), Ruihana Te Nahu (Rotorua), Joseph Webb (Wellington)


Under-18 girls to contest the Australia under-18 State Championships in Gawler, South Australia from April 14-26:

Kate Alemann (Waitakere), Jess Bygate (Nelson), Samara Gallaher (Otago), Awhina Karawana (Hutt Valley), Rebecca Lough (Canterbury), Alicia McEwen (Palmerston North), Freya Newton (Palmerston North), Caitlin Preston (New Plymouth), Hana Tapiata (Rotorua), Claudia van Velthooven (Marlborough)

- NZPA