Fil-Kiwis arriving for
NBTC High School Championships
by
rick olivares
Thirteen Filipino-New
Zealanders are arriving in Manila this coming March to participate in the
SM-National Basketball Training Center National High School Championships.
The SM-NBTC League is the
biggest high school basketball tournament held in the country with close to 700 schools from all over the country participating.
This is also the second
year where Fil-foreign teams will participate in the tourney. Aside from Camp
David New Zealand that lists players of Filipino lineage from the cities of
Auckland and Wellington, other foreign squads include AusPinoy Australia,
Durham Crossover from Canada, and Filam Sports USA.
Durham Crossover is a
returnee to the tournament as they competed in last year’s tourney along with
Traill International School of Thailand.
Camp David New Zealand
will be coached by Emmanuel Hoque with David Perez as first assistant.
The teams lists point
guards Jordan Perez and Joshua Tayug; off-guards Marc Malingin, Miggy Falqueza,
and Tyler Martin; small forwards Aaron Davis, Gerard Cabral, Taine Davis, Mathew
Manese, and Simoun Allumia; power forwards Emmanuel Maagdenberg and Denrick
Arellano; and center Edward Maagdenberg,
Two players – Taine Davis
and Miggy Falqueza are part of the U16 FIBA New Zealand trialist pool. Taine
Davis and Edward Maagdenberg are on the Under-16 Batang Gilas 24-man
pool. Aaron Davis and Emmanuel Maagdenberg have received significant
interest from a couple of Philippine colleges competing in the UAAP.
Camp David New Zealand
will be competing in the eight-team Division One bracket along with NCAA
titlists Mapua, MMBL champions San Beda, Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu,
AusPinoy Australia, Durham Crossover, Filam Sports USA, and the UAAP champion
that has yet to be determined as of press time.
The SM-NBTC National High
School Championships will be held from March 13-16, 2017, at the Mall of Asia
Arena in Pasay City.
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