22-06-07
Easy LPG Bay Hawks point guard Paul Henare has become the first player to secure four National Basketball League assist titles.
At the end of the 2007 Dominion Finance NBL regular season last weekend, Henare had again secured the Dave Taylor Trophy with the highest average of 6.4, clear of Youthtown Auckland Stars challengers Lindsay Tait (5.6) and Dillon Boucher (5.3).
22-06-07
NBL success has thrust Appliance Shed Harbour Heat duo Hayden Allen and Daryl Cartwright back into national team consideration.
New NZ Tall Black coach Nenad Vucinic has selected 19 players for his first selection camp, beginning July 1 in Napier. The group will be trimmed to 14 (July 7) for a three-test series against Venezuela (July 20-24), then 12 for the remainder of the 2007 campaign.
22-06-07
As the daughter of Vince Marino, owner of Adelaide’s WNBL franchise, she knows if she is approached to play by the Lightning, charges of nepotism are sure to follow.
“There’s not much I can do about that,” she said yesterday as she prepared for an exam on Constitutional Law.
InterContinental Hotels Group confirmed on Thursday that Mr. Patrick Imbardelli has resigned from his position of Chief Executive, Asia Pacific Region.
The award-winning and highly respected hotelier, had been scheduled to join IHG’s board on 1 July 2007. The shock-resignation comes after the company conducted an internal review of Mr. Imbardelli’s academic qualifications from Australia’s Victoria University and Cornell University in the U.S..
22-06-07
Appliance Shed Harbour Heat forward Daryl Cartwright needs 12 more rebounds to achieve 1000 in the NBL. He is currently averaging 4.5 boards over 219 games.
Youthtown Auckland Stars forward Casey Frank grabbed his 1000th NBL rebound in the 90-80 win over Cartridge World Otago Nuggets. He has now averaged 9.0 boards over 112 games.
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