[Alsfastball] Men's NZCT Provincial Cup

[Al Doran]

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 17:23:09 +1300
From: SNZ Web-master <snz-webm at vanf-graphics.co.nz>
Subject: Men's NZCT Provincial Cup

Men’s NZCT Provincial Cup
Rotorua International Stadium
Monday December 27th ­ Thursday December 30th

DEFENDING CHAMPS LOOKING TO USE HOME ADVANTAGE
Monday December 20th

Rotorua took a few teams by surprise last season as they claimed the 
2003/04 Men’s National Provincial title but there will be no such 
assistance this time around.

With the help of Black Sox pitcher Karl Gollan, Rotorua upset more fancied 
sides such as Wellington and Hutt Valley to claim the title and give the 
sport of softball a real boost in the region.

While Rotorua won’t have the surprise factor in their favour this time they 
will have home advantage with the tournament to be played at Rotorua 
International Stadium from December 27th ­ 30th.

Jimmy Natana coach of Rotorua says the team is really focussed on defending 
the title in front of a home crowd.

“We have a good team including some of the guys form last year and the home 
advantage could be a real boost,” said Natana.

Looking ahead to the tournament Natana believes strong hitting is going to 
win the tournament and he will be looking to his experienced players such 
as Shane Hunuhunu, Vaughan Grey and Jason Gerbes to lead the team. Rotorua 
have also been boosted by the inclusion of Canterbury based New Zealand 
under 19 pitcher Penese Iosefo for the tournament.

“The four main centres Wellington, Hutt Valley, Auckland and North Harbour 
are all ranked one, two, three and four and we are ranked five so we are 
gunning for them and will concentrate on what they are doing.”

Top seed for the tournament is Wellington who was beaten by Rotorua in the 
final last season. Leading the attack for the team from the capital will be 
pitchers David Gollan, Shaun Foster and Craig Gibson and they will be 
backed up by power hitters Aaron Neemia, Wayne Laulu and Chris Eden-Huria.

Other features of the team lists are the inclusion of Black Sox pitchers 
Marty Grant and Jarrad Martin in the two lowest ranked sides. Grant will 
play for Western Bay of Plenty while Otago will benefit from the services 
of Martin on the mound.

Players will have plenty of reasons to impress as new Black Sox coach Eddie 
Kohlhase will be in attendance throughout the tournament. Kohlhase will be 
naming the Black Sox team for the Evodrive Pacific Cup Series on January 3rd.

TEAMS

AUCKLAND: Scott Dickson, Jonathan Munden, Michael Niu, Taiki Apu, Thomas 
Katene, Aaron Thompson, Michael Cameron, Bobbie King, Daniel Lamb-Hunt, 
Hayden Wildbore, Josh Niu, Gerard Long, Gordon Hooper, Kevin Ung.
Coach ­ Tom Huta.

HAWKES BAY: Regan Manly, Grant Dean, Zach Flath, Matt Scherr, Puhi Rapaea, 
Josh Dueck, Giovani Matairangi, Luke Herrick, Rongo Rapaea, Josh Paul, 
Mario Herbert, Isaac Fletcher.
Coach ­ Ken Harris.

HUTT VALLEY: Shane Doherty, Sam Woodcock, Justin Karaitana, Tyson Byrne, 
Scott Higgins, Charlie Poutaka-Reid, Geoff Packer, Shuuhea Susuki, Aaron 
Byrne, Brandon Fuge, Jeremy Manley, Jerol Lajpold, Michael Foote, Richard 
Clarke.
Coach ­ Matt Nirai.

NORTH HARBOUR: Thomas Hansen, Dennis Jensen, Anders Jorgensen, Kim Hansen, 
Callum Ryan, Casey Brunsdon, David Nygaard, Zaac Doney, Brad Finch, James 
Moses, Casey Eden, Greg Anderson, Stan Doney.

OTAGO: Jarrad Martin, Mark Edmunds, Wayne Sangster, Tim Howard, Hamish 
Anderson, Daniel Tarapi, Callum Dimond, Michael Crowley, Scott Cartwright, 
Brendan Taylor, Bevan Passmore, Rob Verbarkel, Michael O’Neill, Greg Egerton.
Player / Coach ­ John Scholten.

ROTORUA: Phil Ngawaka, Jason Gerbes, Victor Reihana, Ryan Ernst, Vaughan 
Grey, BJ Hohepa, Eric Short, Shane Hunuhunu, Marlin Gardiner, Dwayne 
Tapson, Lee Clark, Kelly Windsor, Quin MacDonald, Penese Iosefo, Darryl 
Tamati (jnr), Lachlan Hook.
Coach ­ Jimmy Natana.

WELLINGTON: Shaun Foster, Craig Gibson, David Gollan, Aaron Neemia, Simon 
Rogers, Chris Eden-Huria, David Bishop, Geoff Farnsworth, Steve McFarlane, 
Wayne Walker, Andrew Wharekura, Wayne Laulu, Steven England, Paul Luka, 
Haisley Martin, Brett Tibbitts.
Coach ­ Paul Stockford.

WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY: Marty Grant, Wayne Kerrisk, Craig Cameron, Paul 
Whiteside, Aaron Kurth, Mike O’Hagan, Glen Edwards, Matthew Collins, Eden 
Collins, Darren Troy, Adam Borell, Nathan Borell, Jamie Dick, Tome Poona, 
Chae Marshall, Piri Kawana, Anton Doole-Watene, Arama Pene.
Coach ­ Matthew Collins.


By SNZ Media Liaison: Kelly Mitchell
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Cheers Vance
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