Senior Basketball

The Senior basketball side head to Palmerston North on Sunday for the pinnacle of their season as they compete in the Secondary School Championships with the top 24 teams in the country.

By virtue of their 6th placing in the South Island tournament, the team qualified for this prestigious event and will face a challenging week however have prepared well and are set to embrace the challenge and relish the opportunity to participate in this event.

Having drawn a pool containing predominantly Auckland sides, the opening game on Monday sees Bede’s going up against sporting powerhouse Westlake Boys. Across the rest of pool play the team will face Rosmini College, Mt Albert Grammar, Sacred Heart and Nelson College.

In a special highlight for the lads the clash against Nelson College will be played on the #1 court at Fly Palmy Arena and be livestreamed on Wednesday at 12.30pm.

Selected games will be available to watch at BBNZ TV – once you are there, click the SS Nats tab and you’ll see every game that’s broadcasting over the week.

The team travelling to Nationals is:

James Leen

Ashton Walls

Lochie McLean

Hamish Patrick

Hunter Cutbush

Troy Cutbush

Corban Fisher

Felix Falconer

Thomas Martin

Agar Torres

Cooper Siave

Jacko Siave

The team and management wish to acknowledge the tremendous support from the school and wider community as they sought to fundraise for this tournament and are sincerely grateful for the generosity and assistance provided from many people and businesses.

Last Sunday the basketball club held a well attended event to celebrate the 2022 season and acknowledge some impressive performances and contributions.

Team award winners were:

U15 Marist

Most Improved Player – Sam Ward

Most Valuable Player – Sam Hannan

U15 Bedeans

Most Improved Player – Campbell Scott

Most Valuable Player – Isaac Baugh

U15 Rangers

Most Improved Player – Harry Gorman

Most Valuable Player – Jack Yagmich

U15 White

Most Improved Player – Joe Norton

Most Valuable Player – Regan Birdling

U15 Black

Most Improved Player – George Kneebone

Most Valuable Player – Ryan Cooke

U15 Red

Most Improved Player – Matthew Isherwood

Most Valuable Player – Finn Pearson

U17 White

Most Improved Player – Nathan Ollson

Most Valuable Player – Flynn Martin

U17 Black

Most Improved Player – Christian Gilbert

Most Valuable Player – Max MacLeod

U17 Red

Most Improved Player – Harry Cournane

Most Valuable Player – Cooper Siave

Junior Tournament

Most Improved Player – George Kneebone

Most Valuable Player – Finn Pearson

Fisher Cup – Most Valuable Junior Player

Finn Pearson

Senior

Hughes Cup – Best Defensive Player

Hunter Cutbush

Father J C Bryan Cup – Most Promising Player

Cooper Siave

St Bede’s College Cup – Player’s Player

Lochie McLean

Houston Cup – Most Valuable Player

James Leen

The contribution and hard work of our awesome coaches and managers was also acknowledged. Thank you all for your time, effort and passion!!

A huge testament in the success of our program is the number of students and ex-Bedeans who are involved with coaching our junior players.

In a new initiative and one to mark a tremendous accomplishment, James Leen & Ashton Walls were represented with their caps, now with a gold tassel to celebrate over 100 games for the Senior side. This is a wonderful achievement from both of these athletes and deserved recognition for the contribution to the sport at the College.

Summer League Rosters

Games to begin Term Four, Tuesday 18th October.

-At this stage games will be played Tuesday after school. Tip offs will be 3:00, 4:00 & 5:00. To those who have rowing or cricket training we will do our best to accommodate you each week, but almost every day has a clash for someone!

-If you have any questions or concerns, come see Mr. Ven in Room 29, or email him at: gven@stbedes.school.nz