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RAMS
vs STARS: NEWSLETTER
by Piet Van Hasselt
7 June 2002
1 . HIGH-FLYING RAMS AIM FOR
THE STARS
by Piet Van Hasselt
The Scenic Circle Hotels Canterbury Rams’ unbeaten
record at home is on the line tonight when the young
Blockbuster Auckland Stars visit the WestpacTrust Centre.
The Rams have stormed out to a seven-win, two-loss record
and are tied for the league lead with the Waikato Titans.
Rams’ Tall Black Terrence Lewis is expected to
arrive back into the country just in time for tip-off,
but it is unknown how much he will play due to the long
flight from China. No doubt Dave Langrell and Tim Edmonds
will pickup the scoring slack.
While the Stars record reads as only three wins from
eight games, the team has experienced close losses on
three occasions, including a one-point loss to North
Harbour a fortnight ago. Evergreen Kenny Stone (left),
36, has taken over the coaching reins of one of the
youngest NBL squads and is also displaying his all-round
talents on the court. Stone is averaging 17.8 points, 7.5
rebounds and a league best 2.1 blocks per game.
In other news, Saints’ point guard Mark Dickel has
been handed a two-game suspension for repeatedly swearing
and calling referee Peter Harrison a cheat in the Rams
last home game a fortnight ago.
2. CANTERBURY U20s
DEFEATED IN FINALS
Both the Canterbury Men's and Women's teams reached the
final of their respective divisions over Queen's Birthday
Weekend at Cowles Stadium. The Men were beaten by Capital
in the final, 57-76, who had a roster stacked full of NBL
players and the Women lost to Tai Tokerau 52-56. The Men
were led by the silky-smooth skills of Rams' squad member
Gerard Bowden who was named to the tournament team.
Joining Bowden on the tournament team were Cantabrians
Cain Paranihi, Joel Hart and Isaac Heremia. Karla Sutton
and Shannon Proffit made the Women's tournament team and
Proffit was the MVP.
3. TALL BLACKS TOPPLE CHINA
The National Men’s team have backed-up their recent
success with a win over World Basketball Power China over
Queen’s Birthday Weekend. While the Tall Blacks lost
the series two games to one, the team improved in each
encounter. Ram Terrence Lewis had 18 and 14 points in the
last two games and impressed with his all-round play,
which Rams Fans have witnessed all season. Hungary is the
Tall Blacks next opponent in a five-game home test series
in June.
4. WILDCATS SET TO RIP UP WNBL
The Canterbury Wildcats tip-off their Women’s
National Basketball League season tomorrow night against
North Harbour at Cowles Stadium, 8pm. Experienced Rhonda
Milner captains the talented squad, and is joined by Tall
Ferns Centre Gina Farmer, talented phenomenon Shannon
Proffit, and
Rams’ Intern Leslie Favre. Effervescent Eric Rees
coaches the team. The Wildcats Season Schedule is as
follows:
Sat 8 June (HOME) North Harbour - Cowles Stadium, 8.00pm
Sat 15 June (HOME) Hawkes Bay - Cowles Stadium, 8.00pm
Fri 21 June (AWAY) Otago - Dunedin, 7.30pm
Sat 22 June (HOME) Waikato - Cowles Stadium, 8.00pm
Sat 29 June (AWAY) Auckland - Alan Brewster, 7.00pm
Sun 30 June (AWAY) North Harbour - NSEC, 3.00pm
Sun 14 July (HOME) Otago - Cowles Stadium, 2.00pm
Fri 19 July (AWAY) Waikato - Hamilton YMCA, 7.30pm
Sat 20 July (AWAY) Hawkes Bay - Napier, 5.00pm
Fri 26 July (HOME) Auckland - Cowles Stadium, 7.00pm
Sat 27 July (HOME) Wellington - Cowles Stadium, 7.30pm
Sat 3 August (AWAY) Wellington - South West
Stadium,7.00pm
Sat 10 August (not confirmed) Final
5. RAMBO TRUST SCHOOL FUNDRAISING
This innovative programme raises money for Canterbury
schools and provides funding for the Community Outreach
Programme of the Rams. The Community Outreach Programme
sees Rams starting five players Terrence Lewis, Tim
Edmonds, John "Pope" Whorton, and Dave Langrell
running clinics and giving lectures to schools and
community groups four days per week, at no charge to the
organisations. Over 30,000 children throughout Canterbury
will be part of the Outreach Programme this year. If your
school would like to be involved in 2003, or if you would
like to make a tax deductible donation to support this
community work, please contact Dr Leslie Ann Watson,
Trust Manager, on [email protected]. At Friday's game we
have 11 schools joining us as part of The Rambo
Charitable Trust School Fundraising Programme: Ashley
School, Burnside Primary, Christchurch South
Intermediate, Cust School, Fendalton School, Middleton
Grange, Ohoka School, Ouruhia School, Parkview Primary
School, St Joseph's School (Rangiora), Weedons School.
6. JR RAMS CLINICS
Sat 29 June: 4:00-5:00 pm WestpacTrust Centre (confirmed)
Fri 19 July: 5:30-6:30 pm WestpacTrust Centre (confirmed)
For Jr Rams members only. Contact [email protected]
7. KIDSFEST AND THE RAMS
The Rams are running two KidsFest events over the
upcoming school holidays. The "Hoop-La with the
Rams" event takes place the morning of the Tall
Blacks test, July 12, at the WestpacTrust Centre. This
event is open to any child with a ticket to the evening's
game. The Rams are also involved with a 3-0n-3 tournament
for 10-12 year olds at Cowles Stadium. See page 39 of the
KidsFest brochure (available at schools and CCC Service
Stations) for more info. These events are provided by The
Rambo Charitable Trust.
 SCENIC CIRCLE HOTELS
RAMS SUPPORTERS: WEEKEND SPECIAL
Stay at any Scenic Circle Hotel New Zealand Wide and pay
only $99 incl. GST per room (2 person per room), extra
person rate applies. Please make your bookings through
0800 NZ Owned (0800 69 69 63) and quote 'RAMS'. Special
conditions apply. Subject to availability. Special valid
from 1/4/02 - 1/9/02.
Please
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