Melville Intermediate - Inter Intermediate Waikato Basketball

Today in Te Awamutu Melville Intermediate School competed in the 2013 Waikato Inter Intermediate Basketball competition.  The Melville Intermediate Girls team started off the day with a tight game against Morrinsville Intermediate.  Morrinsville were leading for most of the game before Melville were able to take the lead with two minutes remaining a register a win 12-8.  Melvilles next game was against Berkly School, who blew Melville off the park.  Berkley dominated the game winning 6-22.  Melville then needed to defeat Matamata Intermediate to qualify for the semi-finals.  Another tight game saw Melville edge Matamata 10-8, Melville duly qualfiying for the semi=finals.

In semi-finals Melville had to take on the unbeaten Cambridge Middle School.  Melville Girls put on a huge display both offensivly and defensivly.  Melville took an early lead which stretched out to six points at one stage, although Cambridge were always in touch.  Cambridge closed the gap in end but by this stage it was too late Melville winning 15-12.  In the other semi-final Berkley were eliminated by Te Awamutu Intermediate.

The 2013 finals beckoned and up against Melville were Te Awamutu Intermediate.  It was another exciting encounter with Melville establishing an early lead before a Te Awamutu fightback.  Te Awamutu finally took the lead with three and half minutes remaining however Melville struck back and scored an impressive 20-17 win.  This was Melville Intermediates first Inter Intermediate competition win in 2013 and they were very happy to successfully defended the Waikato Schools title which we won last year.
  Vs Te Awamutu Int Int Finals 24/9/13 from myles webb on Vimeo.
This is highlights of the final filmed by Reid from Room Twelve.

Melville Intermediate - Vs. Northcross Intermediate

Filmed by Davy Grace this is highlights from the Melville Intermediate (in red/green) Vs. Northcross Intermediate (in blue) game from the second day of the 2013 NZAIMS Basketball Tournament.   Northcross came into this game having lost, like Melville Intermediate to Aquinas College by a solitary point.   The game would decide fourth placing in Pool B.   Melville, who had not defeated Northcross in this competition took a small half time lead which they were able to convert to a 35 to 19 win.   Filmed on Tuesday 17th September 2013 from ASB Baypark Arena.
  Vs. Northcross Intermediate 17th Sept. 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate - NZAIMS Games Review

Melville Intermediate Schools Girls Basketball team returned from the NZAIMS Games in Tauranga on Friday afternoon.  The team competed with teams from throughout the country during the week.

The first up game against Aquinas College from Tauranga resulted in a narrow 27-28 loss for Melville.  Following this Melville were able to defeat Dio School from Auckland 40-10 and Kristen School from Auckland 35-28.   Day two saw three crucial games.  In the first Melville were able to come up with a win against St Cuthberts College 35-4.   

The secong game was against unbeaten and tournament hosts Tauranga Intermediate School.  Tauranga had been in dominating form, undefeated after four games, although Melville Intermediate had managed to defeat Tauranga at the quarter final stage in both 2011 and 2012.  This year it was not to be, an awesome defensive display from Tauranga combined with some decisive counter attacking saw them take a commanding 2-24 half time lead.  Althogh Melville Intermediate were able to peg Tauranga back in the second half the gap proved too much for Melville to bridge, Tauranga winning 38 to 19.

The final Tuesday game, Melvilles sixth in two days saw us take on Northcross Intermediate who had a single defeat.  Melville played their game of the tournament defeating Northcross 34-19.  That left a final pool game, against Kura o Te Koutu from Rotorua.  Melville came up against the eventual New Zealand and NZAIMS Champions who were in dominate form and who beat Melville 12-60.

This left Melville having a play off game in the tournament for 7th and 8th place against The Knox School from Melbourne.  Melville were hoping to finish with a win, however again it was not to be and in another very close game Melville were defeated 23-28, finishing 8th (out of 17 teams) for the 2013 nationals.

At the finals prizegiving Chilo Heurea from Melville Intermediate was named in the 2013 NZAIMS Tournament team in recognition of her outstanding play and leadership.  This meant she was recognised as one of the top twelve players in New Zealand for her age.

Our warmes congratulations to our friends at Koromatua School from Hamilton who were runners up oin the Boys and Girls Competition.   We would also like to acknowledge Kura O Te Koutu who were worthy champions, the first school to achieve this honour twice.

Melville Intermediate - NZAIMS 2013

NZAIMS2013 - slideshow

Melville Intermediate - A Week until the NZAIMS Games!

Melville Intermediate is competing in the NZAIMS again this year, for the fifth consecutive year in Girls Basketball.   The tournament which starts in Tauranga next Sunday with whats sure to be a fantastic opening ceremony is the biggest students sporting tournament in New Zealand.  There are 193 schools competing this year!

Melville Intermediate School have a particularly proud tradition in this competition - winning the Girls competition in 2009 and making the semi-finals every year since finishing third in 2011 and 2012.   Currently we are the only school to have achieved this feat.

The team (and Mr Webb) will be onsite at the tournament for all of the week from Sunday 15th September to Friday 20th September, Mr Webb as manager of the Melville Intermediate School team.

We have confirmed games against Aquinas College, Dio College (Auckland), Kristin School (Auckland) on Monday 16th, St Cuthberts College (Auckland) Tauranga Intermediate, Northcross Intermediate (Auckland) on Tuesday 17th and Kura O Te Koutu (Rotorua) on Wednesday 18th. 

This site will still be posting for that week and as much as possible we will be updating the games as the results come to hand.  If you are present at the venue and would like to say hello, please do so, all games are at the TECT Arena at Baypark Stadium.

Melville Intermediate Vs. Murrays Bay Intermediate

Finals night last night from the Winter Olympics 2013 competition saw the Melville Intermediate School teams contesting both the Girls and Boys Basketball finals.   Melville Intermediates Girls took on Murrays Bay in an incredibly close game - a four point half time lead to Murrays Bay saw a single point seperating both teams at full time.  Great preparation for the Melville Intermediate School team which is competing at the NZAIMS Games in Tauranga later this term. 
Winter Olympics Girls Basketball Finals 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Melville Intermediate Vs. Peachgrove Intermediate

On Tuesday 14th May Melville Intermediate Girls Basketball team went to play at the YMCA in the Hamilton Tuesday night competition.  The team was scheduled to play against a Peachgrove Intermediate Girls team but discovered that we were playing their Boys 'B' team instead.  A close first quarter saw the score 8-8, Peachgrove took a lead into half time of four points, before the third quarter ended up tied again, this time at 22 all.  In the final quarter Melville Intermediate pulled away able to defeat Peachgrove Intermediate 30-24.  We had a couple of players sick, Leseili had a hurt hand so she could only play one handed! These highlights were filmed by Hayley Jade.  Melville Intermediate are in thier red and green top while Peachgrove are wearing the Maroon with gold
edging.

Baksetball Vs. Peachgrove 15th May 2013 from myles webb on Vimeo.

Just this week Melville Intermediate has confimed that they are again entering the NZAIMS tournament.   Melville have entered this in Girls Basketball for the past four years.  It is the biggest Intermediate sports tournament in New Zealand - last year there were 160 schools present, including nearly 20 in Girls Basketball.  There were also schools from Australia attending.   Melville Intermediate has made the semi-finals each of the past four years and finished with medals on three of the four occassions, including winning in 2009.  

Melville Intermediate Vs. John Paul College

On Friday 15th June Melville Intermediate Schools Girls Basketball team travelled to Rotorua for the Kaitoa Middle School Invitational Basketball Tournament.  It was a fantastic opportunity for our girls to play against other teams, some of whom will be featuring (including ourselves) at the NZAIMS tournament.  Following a single point loss to hosts Kaitoa Middle School first, Melville then defeated two local Rotorua schools Kura te Koutu and Mokoia School.  Due to the nature of the draw there was a straight final (congratulations to Kaitoa Middle School who defeated Matamata Intermediate 34-14) and that meat Melville were playing off for 3rd/4th against John Paul College.  Melville are in their traditional red/green tops, JPC are in black, white and red.

Melville Intermediate - Vs. Mokoia School

On Friday 15th June the Melville Intermediate School Girls Basketball Team travelled to Rotorua to compete in the Kaitoa Middle School Invitational Basketball Tournament.  The day started with Melville playing the hosts (and eventual tournament winners Kaitoa Middle School) and losing 23-24.  They picked themselves up to play and defeat Te Kura o te Koutu 27-20.  The final pool game of the tournament was against Mokoia School from Rotorua, and this video is highlights from that game.  Melville are in their traditional red/green, Mokoia are in the red.  Filmed by the sub bench at the Rotorua Events Centre on June 15th 2012.

Melville Intermediate - AIMS Games Preparation

In September this year the NZAIMS (New Zealand Association of Intermediates and Middle School) games will take place in Tauranga. This year there are over 150 schools competing in 15 different events, with over 5500 Y7 and Y8 students competing. Melville Intermediate will be there to contest the Girls Basketball title for the fourth year in a row, this year against a record 18 other schools. The tournament is the show piece for Intermediate Age Sport in New Zealand, and there are schools fom Australia competing for the first time. Melville Intermediate are currently preparing by playing on Tuesday nights in a local basketball league. However we're preparing for the competition by playing against club sides and boys teams. Following wins against Te Awamutu Intermediate and St Pius School our girls looked to make it three in a row against the Flyers 'Heat' Basketball team this past Tuesday, 29th May from The YMCA on Pembroke Street. The video was filmed from the subs bench during the game!

Melville Intermediate - Term One BBall Finals

On Tuesday 2nd April 2012 Melville Intermediate Girls Basketball held their final game of Term One, the pool final against a club team, the X Factor.  They'd already met before this term and the X Factor were the only team Melville hadn't defeated (with a 33-33 draw in round one).   This game couldn't have been closer with the lead repeatedly changing hands during the course of the game, at one point in the third quarter Melville were down by four, however some excellent defence in combination with some assured attack saw the Melville Intermediate Girls win the final in the end 29-25.   Great preparation as the team prepares to compete in the 2012 NZAIMS Tournament taking place in September in Tauranga.  You can read full details of this tournament, which is New Zealand's largest here.

Melville Intermediate - AIMS Games Website Online

The 2012 AIMS (Association Intermediate and Middle Schools) website is now fully up and running.  This has all the details of the upcoming AIMS Tournament in September.  Melville Intermediate is going for the fourth straight year in Girls Basketball at the moment, but maybe in a couple of area's as well.  Melville Intermediate's Girls team have nearly finished their term one preparation, with a Pool Semi-Final on Tuesday against Maeroa Intermediate School.  The team consisted mainly of Boys (Melville Intermediate are of course all Girls) and the game was close at the start but Melville Intermediate were able to win the game 55-6.  This puts our Girls into the Pool Final next week against 'X Factor 78'.

Melville Intermediate - Girls Basketball 2012

Our Girls Basketball team on Tuesday faced the only team this year to force a draw against them, in the rematch Melville were keen to continuing making progress as part of our continued preparation to the 2012 AIMS Games in Tauranga.   The first game against local club side X Factor had ended 33-33 with them scoring an unbelievable last basket to tie the match, this time Melville were intent on showing some more strength in defence.   Melville are in the Green and Red and the X Factor in the blue.  Filmed on Tuesday 20th March 2012.

Melville Intermediate - Vs. Maeroa Intermediate

On Tuesday 7th March 2012 our Girls Basketball team played their fourth 2012 game.  We'd done really well so far, defeating two club teams and having a draw with a third.  We were a bit nervous playing Maeroa Intermediate when we turned up because they had all Boys in their team (except for one player), but Melville (in the Red and Green) played really well defensively restricting Maeroa (in the blue) to three points by half time (after twenty minutes of game time) and only two more points in the whole rest of the game (40 minutes).  At the same time Melville were able to score 49, meaning that we kept our unbeaten run going and are now 3-1-0.  For the season.  This Tuesday we have a game against KBC Korus'.

Melville Intermediate - AIMS Games Semi-Finals Day

Today Melville Intermediate Basketball Girls team had their last pool games and semi-finals of the 2010 AIMS Games. Playing Orewa College to confirm a spot in the semi-finals an extremely close game went down to the wire with Orewa edging Melville 18-22. This meant in Pool A of the Girls Basketball Competition there was a three way tie for first place, between Melville Intermediate, Orewa College and Kaitoa Middle School. On a points count back Melville Intermediate were placed first, Kaitoa second and Orewa third. The semi-finals in the afternoon saw Melville taking on last years 3rd place team Kura o te Koutu. The Kura dominated from the start both offensively and defensively, taking a 23 point lead into half time, which proved too much for Melville to recover. The final score was 21-49 to Kura o te Koutu, worthy winners who now advance to tomorrows finals. Melville Intermediate School now has a play off for the bronze medals in the competition at 12:00pm on Thursday afternoon. The Boys Soccer team will be playing off for 18th-20th position. Our Hip Hop team performed at the Gymsport last night, and unfortunatly did not place.

Melville Intermediate - Basketball Champions Tribute

Over the last few days we've been busy in the background preparing some releases for our students, one is the talent quest DVD, the second is a DVD celebrating our Melville Intermediate Girls Basketball team winning the Girls title at the Nationals, Mr Webb has been mucking around with Photostory to compile some of the photo's taken of the team for the end of the DVD. This is what he came up with - to once again acknowledge the team and the wonderful spirit and team work that they showed from the event. Credit for this idea needs to go to the Tamaki College site where I saw it!

Melville Intermediate - Hastings Vs. Melville AIMS Final

This video is some of the highlights of the 2009 AIMS Basketball Games Girls Final between Hastings Intermediate School and Melville Intermediate School. Hastings were the defending National Champions, undeafeated all week and a team that had racked up some dominating scores leading to the final. Melville were entering the nationals for the first time in Basketball, and likewise went through Pool Play and the Semi-Finals with a run of victories. The two best teams were in the finals, as it should be... the first quarter was tied at 10-10, in the second Melville applied the pressure and by half time had a 30 point lead! The Final Score being 67-33 to Melville who took their first AIMS National title. Filmed at Tauranga's Mt Manganui Action Center by Mr Webb on Thursday 6th September 2009.

Melville Intermediate - AIMS Closing Ceremony

This is the footage of the closing ceremony of the 2009 AIMS games and the presentation of the medals for Girls Basketball and also the naming of the 2009 players of the tournament team.

Filmed by Mr Webb from the supporters stands at the event on Friday September 11th 2009. I'd also like to say at this point what a pleasure that it was to be the manager of this team who were wonderful ambassadors for Melville Intermediate School during this week and who did simply a fantastic job in Tauranga.

Melville Intermediate - Full AIMS Results

2009 AIMS Games for Melville Intermediate Girls Basketball.

Pool Play.
Monday 7th September
Vs. Murrays Bay Int. 41-21 Win.
Vs. Tauranga Int. 70-25 Win.

Tuesday 8th September
Vs. Te Kura O Te Koutu 42-18 Win
Vs. Devon Int. 54-14 Win.

Wednesday 9th September
Vs. Bethlehem College 71-31 Win

Wednesday 9th September - Semi Final.
Vs. Te Wharekura O Tauranga Moana 32-5 Win

Thursday 10th September - Final
Vs. Hastings Intermediate - 67-33 Win

Melville Intermediate are 2009 AIMS National Champions. Named in the 12 player tournament team for outstanding play: Kelsey Watene, Kendall Hawea, Corbyn Heu, Sharoan Heu.

Melville Intermediate - 2009 AIMS Games Closes

Today was the official closing of the 2009 AIMS (Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools) Games in Tauranga. Over 3,000 students from 88 Schools had been competing during the week including Melville Intermediate in Girls Basketball, Boys Cross Country and Swimming. Today at the closing ceremony Melville Intermediates Girls Team were awarded the Trophy for being undefeated and winning the competition - making them the National Champions!

The big news from the final day was the naming of the 2009 National Tournament team. Melville Intermediate managed to get four players into the 12 best players of the tournament squad - a wonderful achievement for the whole squad, given how they dominated the competition well done to Kelsey, Kendall, Sharoan and Corbyn for making the tournament team!