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The Mainland Eagles are pleased to have contributed $1,500 to each of the below players & their families to support them in representing New Zealand at the junior level internationally. Men’s FIBA U15 Oceania Cup: Roma Tuimanuei, Marco Sula, Tawhiri Cate.Women’s FIBA U15 Oceania Cup: Ava Jones, Maniah Taefu.Men’s FIBA U19 World Cup: Tama Isaac. […]

Over the past few days, we welcomed upwards of 60 athletes and 50 coaches to Christchurch for this year’s Mainland Eagles Summer Camp & South Island Residential Coaches Workshop! At the South Island Residential Coaches Workshop, coaches undertook four days of learning & applied coach development sessions led by Basketball New Zealand Coach Developers Lori

Our Mainland Eagles alumni updates are a recap showcasing and celebrating notable performances of our alumni all-around the world. Lauryn Hippolite (2018), Esra McGoldrick (2018), Zoe Richards (2016), and Lauren Whittaker (2024) all suited up for the Tall Ferns at the FIBA 2024 Olympic Qualifiers in Xi’an, China. Esra led New Zealand in scoring and

Our Mainland Eagles alumni updates are a recap showcasing and celebrating notable performances of our alumni all-around the world. Maia Jones (2023) made the most of her start against Santa Clara and exploded for a career-high 22 pts which included 4 triples.  In her 100th college basketball game for the Colorado Buffaloes Charlotte Whittaker (2019)

Our Mainland Eagles alumni updates are a recap showcasing and celebrating notable performances of our alumni all-around the world. The Manawatū Jets have been quick to fill out their roster, locking in both Jackson Stent (2016) and Angus McWilliam (2018) for the 2024 season. Jackson averaged 2.2 points per game and 1.9 rebounds per game

From December 8th to December 11th, up to 59 athletes and 49 coaches were invited to take part in the Mainland Eagles 2023 Summer Camp. The camp opened on Friday evening with a combine for a smaller set of athletes where anthropometric data was collected and athletic testing was conducted. This included recording heights, wingspans,

Our Mainland Eagles alumni updates are a recap showcasing and celebrating notable performances of our alumni all-around the world. Max Darling (2018) made his regular season debut for the New Zealand Breakers, checking in against the Adelaide 36ers in front of a roaring Christchurch crowd. The Nelson Giants recently announced that Tyler Marsh (2019) has

Our Mainland Eagles alumni updates are a recap showcasing and celebrating notable performances of our alumni all-around the world. Esra McGoldrick (2018), Lauren Whittaker (2024), Lauryn Hippolite (2018) and Zoe Richards (2016) all attended the Tall Ferns camp this past weekend. The Tall Ferns pool for the Olympic Qualifying 2024 Tournament was also finalised, with

Our Mainland Eagles alumni updates are a recap showcasing and celebrating notable performances of our alumni all-around the world. Charlotte Whittaker (2019) and the Colorado Buffaloes started the season with a headline-worthy bang after taking down a star-studded LSU squad 92-78. Charlotte followed this up with a 9 point, 4 rebound performance against Le Moyne