BASKETBALL
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Basketball is very popular at the Centre. Sundays are when basketball practices are held. Our teams compete in the local leagues, plus in the local and national Chinese basketball tournaments which are held across the year.
We are proud of our basketball programme, developing ball skills, playing abilities, understanding what it means to be part of a team, growing our cultural links and building life-long friendships.
Our grades (the age group is suggested and depends on the child) are:
Biniball (3-4 yrs)
Tiniball (5 to 7 yrs)
Miniball (8 to 10 yrs)
Intermediates (11 to 12 yrs)
Under 18 (13 to 17 yrs)
Open Grade (over 18 yrs)
Veterans (over 40 yrs)
We welcome new players to come along and no you don't have to be Chinese to participate! We encourage "friends of the centre" memberships.
MINIBALL
​Miniball is basketball for children between ages 4 to 12 years (Intermediate age). Miniball is run by a committee of parents who actively plan and manage the events throughout the year.
The activities include:
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Coaching about 40 - 60 kids every Sunday from 12.30 pm during the winter season.
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Hosting our own invitational miniball tournaments
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Playing in tournaments organized by either other Chinese communities or external clubs and
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Our annual Prize giving (swimming pool) evening.
Miniball is not only about basketball, as one of our objectives is to get the kids to mix socially, to build their confidence and to learn about our culture through mixing with other Chinese kids and parents.
Teams are mixed, and for the older age groups, the players are streamed according to their skill level. We teach individual ball skills and teamwork using fun drills (or press-ups for those that misbehave :) ). Practices are 1 to 1½ hrs long.
Main coaching contact is Ants Chiu.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Basketball follows on from intermediate age, and is split into two age groups - Under 18's for those attending College and Mens & Womens Open for players over the age of 18 years old. Training is on Sunday afternoons during the winter season in preparation for the two main tournaments listed below. We usually have at least 2 or 3 mens teams and 1 womens team. Most players also play for their school team, and number of them are Wellington age group rep players. We welcome young Chinese people to attend our Sunday practice sessions and join one of our mid week WBA league teams. Contact Malcolm Young,
MENS AND WOMENS OPEN TEAMS
Any players over the age of 21 can play in the open grade. Trainings are on Sundays during the winter season pre tournament. There are two main tournaments that we participate in, Queens Birthday typically played first weekend of June, and Dragons tournament typically played middle weekend of September. The other major tournament is NZCA Easter tournament played in the four main centres of NZ- Wellington, Dunedin, Auckland and Christchurch. Contact Zach Young for more info.