NZ Development Teams

The Softball New Zealand development teams are the stepping stone for many players, coaches and support staff into the Junior Sox programme. These teams have traditionally been assembled on a biennial basis for both the boys and girls and contest the Friendship Games held in Sydney, Australia each July.

The development teams are selected following the SNZ Age group tournaments held in January and are made up of players from throughout New Zealand. They have been very competitive historically and have provided a solid introduction to the rigours of international travel and competition to our talented teenage players.

NZ Boys Development Team 2011

Back row: Tailah Love, Khalid Gilbert, Conor Peden, Regan O'Neil, Taylor Hick
Middle row:Don Karsten (Team scorer), Ethan Johnston, Brad Bennett, Taylor Nau, Peter Jay Dando, Horowai Puketapu, Vinny Harris, Dave Reyland (Coach)
Front row: Mel England (Asst Coach), Josh Kahukura, Cameron Bearman, Dante Matakatea, Eru Drage,
Alan Pumfleet (Manager)

Daily Draws, Results, and Daily Game Reports for Youth International Series

8 July

Here are the following links to all the draws and results, along with the Tournament Handbook.

NZ Boys Dev Team draw & results	Click here
NZ Girls Dev Team draw & results	Click here
Boys Standings - Youth International Tournament	Click here
Girls Standings - Youth International Tournament	Click here
Daily Reports	Boys Dev Team Day 1, 2, 3 & 4 Game Reports Girls Dev Team Day 1, 2, 3 & 4 Game Reports
Boys & Girls Tournament Statistics	Click here

Teams heading to Aussie

1 July

This weekend the NZ Boys Development Team and the NZ Girls Development team are flying out to Sydney, Australia to represent our country in the International Youth Cup. At this tournament most of the teams will be of U19 age, however our Development teams are mostly U17 as the primary goal of the teams is to prepare them for the 2013 and 2014 Junior World Championships. Here is the team and we wish Dave Reyland and Alex Carter and their Management teams all the best next week at the tournament:
 

NZ Boys Development Team	NZ Girls Development Team
Bradley Bennett (AK)	Erika Avery (AK)
Cameron Bearman (AK)	Sharma Bradbrook (HV)
Peter Dando (CM)	Leah Conley (WN)
Eruera Drage (NH)	Teremoana Elliot (CB)
Khalid Gilbert (WK)	Chance Warbrick (HV)
Vinnie Harris (WK)	Emma Francis (WN)
Taylor Hicks (NH)	Courtney Gettins (HB)
Ethan Johnston (CB)	Tyneesha Houkamau (AK)
Josh Kahukura (CO)	Jasmin Kaiaruna (WN)
Dante Matakatea (WN)	Clarissa Mafoe (AK)
Tailah Love (WN)	Katie McAndrew (WN)
Taylor Nau (NH)	Ariana Namana (HV)
Regan O’Neil (AK)	Cassie Siataga (CB)
Connor Peden (NH)	Keri Simeon (WN)
Horowai Puketapu (HB)	Mikayla Werahiko (CB)
	Matie Whitman (HV)
Dave Reyland (NH) – Coach	Krystal Werahiko (CB)
Mel England (HB) - Asst & Battery Coach
Alan Pumfleet (AK) - Manager
Don Karsten (SL) - Team scorer	Alex Carter (WN) – Coach
	Angela Johnston (WK) – Asst Coach
	Mel Gettins (HB) – Battery Coach
	Marnie Barber (HV) - Manager
	Elaine Karsten (SL) – Team scorer

  
The tournament goes from next Monday 4 July through to Friday 8 July. The results are virtually up on the Softball Australia website within 30 mins of the game finishing, and a full run-down of the game is up on their website within 2 hours. Here is the Boys draw and results and Girls draw and results. We will also update our Facebook page of the results as soon as each game finishes.

Head Coaches Named

10 February

David Reyland from North Harbour has been named as the Head Coach of the NZ Boys Development Team. Dave has had extensive experience coaching both locally and rep teams and has just recently coached the North Harbour U17 boys team to the National U17 Boys title last month. Alex Carter from Wellington has also been appointed as the Head Coach of the NZ Girls Development Team and also has extensive coaching experience with the Wellington Rep teams over the years.

Both  coaches in conjunction with other High Performance coaches will name their teams early next week. Both New Zealand Teams will travel to Sydney to compete in the Softball Australia Friendship Games in July 2011.

NZ Development Teams

15 February

Congratulations are extended to the following players named in the NZ Boys & Girls Development Teams 2011. The teams will compete in the July 2011 Softball Australia Friendship Games in Sydney, Australia.

NZ Boys Development Team 2011

Baird-Gillett, Jackson (WK)
Bearman, Cameron (AK)
Bishop, Te-Kahui (WN)
Drage, Eruera (NH)
Gilbert, Khalid (WK)
Harris, Vincent (WK)
Hicks, Taylor (NH)
Johnston, Ethan (CB)
Kahukura, Josh (CO)
Kingi, Darren (CM)
Love, Tailah (WN)
Nau, Taylor (NH)
O’Neill, Regan (AK)
Peden, Connor (NH)
Prime, Jackson (NH)

 

NZ Girls Development Team 2011

Avery, Erika (AK)
Bradbrook, Sharma (HV)
Conley, Leah (WN)
Elliot, Teremoana (CB)
Ferriso, Danica (HV)
Francis, Emma (WN)
Gettins, Courtney (HB)
Hoani, Krysta (AK)
Houkamau, Tyneesha (AK)
Kaiaruna, Jasmin (WN)
McAndrew, Katie (WN)
Mafoe, Clarissa (AK)
Namana, Ariana (HV)
Siataga, Cassie (CB)
Simeon, Keri (WN)
Werahiko, Mikayla (CB)
Whitman, Matie (HV)

NB: Players on this girls team that are named at a later date in the NZ Junior White Sox Team to go to the World Champs this year, will be replaced.