{"id":39037,"date":"2024-03-25T09:50:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T07:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=39037"},"modified":"2024-03-25T09:50:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T07:50:46","slug":"u16-national-basketball-championships-underway-in-kzn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=39037","title":{"rendered":"U16 National Basketball Championships underway in KZN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/strong>In a significant milestone for the growth of basketball in South Africa, the u16 National Championship <\/a>take place in Durban from 25-28 March, with the cream of the crop from each province representing their respective regions on the national stage.<\/p>\n

At the same time, an u18 national selection camp is being held in Johannesburg. It follows the successful staging of\u00a0the u18 National Championship<\/a> in 2023, which saw Gauteng come out on top in the boys’ and girls’ competitions.<\/p>\n

The initiative highlights the abundance of talent in the country, including Chadley Hargreaves<\/a>, the basketball captain of Northwood School and his team-mate, Lusanda Hlongwane<\/a>, who was named the MVP of the St John’s College Basketball Tournament after the Knights claimed the title<\/a> in dominating fashion.<\/p>\n

The u16 provincial tournament is taking small steps as the game continues to grow in South Africa. It is self-funded and features five provinces, with both boys’ and girls’ teams in action.<\/p>\n

Fixtures.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day one, 25 March<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 1, 09:00: Limpopo vs KwaZulu-Natal
\nCourt 1, 11:00: Eastern Cape vs Gauteng
\nCourt 1, 15:00: KwaZulu-Natal vs Eastern Cape
\nCourt 1, 17:00: Gateng vs Western Cape<\/p>\n

Girls\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 2, 09:00: Eastern Cape vs KwaZulu-Natal
\nCourt 2, 11;00: Gatueng vs Western Cape
\nCourt 2, 15:00: KwaZulu-Natal vs Gauteng
\nCourt 2, 17:00: Western Cape vs Limpopo<\/p>\n

Day Two, 26 March<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 1, 09:00: Eastern Cape vs Limpopo
\nCourt 1, 11:00: Western Cape vs KwaZulu-Natal
\nCourt 1, 13:00: Limpopo vs Western Cape
\nCourt 1, 15:00: KwaZulu-Natal vs Gauteng<\/p>\n

Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 2, 09:00: Limpopo vs KwaZulu-Natal
\nCourt 2, 11:00: Gauteng vs Eastern Cape
\nCourt 2, 13:00: KwaZulu-Natal vs Western Cape
\nCourt 2, 15:00: Eastern Cape vs Limpopo<\/p>\n

Day 3, 27 March<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boys\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 1, 09:00: Western Cape vs Eastern Cape
\nCourt 1, 11:00: Gauteng vs Limpopo<\/p>\n

Classification\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 1, 13:00: Position 2 vs Position 5
\nCourt 1, 15:00: Position 3 vs Position 4
\nCourt 1, 17:00: Los G11 vs Los G12<\/p>\n

Girls\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 2, 09:00: Western Cape vs Eastern Cape
\nCourt 2, 11:00: Limpopo vs Gauteng<\/p>\n

Classification\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court 2, 13:00: Position 2 vs Position 5
\nCourt 2, 15:00: Position 3 vs Position 4
\nCourt 3, 17:00: Los G11 vs Los G12<\/p>\n

The closing and final day is set to take place on March 28, where a new champion for the u16 National Basketball Championship will be crowned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a significant milestone for the growth of basketball in South Africa, the u16 National Championship take place in Durban from 25-28 March, with the cream of the crop from each province representing their respective regions on the national stage. At the same time, an u18 national selection camp is being held in Johannesburg. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":37618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}