Taylor Hawks will not enter the modified 2020 Sal’s NBL Competition
This week, the Taylor Hawks have had to make the very difficult decision not to enter into the 2020 Competition that the NZ NBL have put together. We have thoroughly researched the proposal and consulted with the wider basketball community in order to come to this...
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Basketball: Everard Bartlett to roost with Hawke’s Bay Hawks again in NBL campaign
When Keith Price looks at Everard Bartlett he wishes more veteran basketballers from Hawke’s Bay could catch his virus. That’s because Bartlett hasn’t just renewed his contract with the Taylor Corporation Hawks this year but also has been...
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Basketball: Hawke’s Bay franchise extend Zico Coronel’s tenure as coach for another year
The Hawke’s Bay basketball franchise has reappointed coach Zico Coronel for another season. Coronel is back at the helm of the Taylor Corporation Hawks team after taking them to the playoffs of the Sal’s Pizza National Basketball League this year....
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Nelson Giants bring Hawks crashing down to earth in NBL clash at Trafalgar Centre
High from a hard-fought battle the night before, the Hawks became road kill 24 hours later at the house of the Nelson Giants. The Mike Pero-sponsored Giants smashed Taylor Corporation Hawks 101-78 at the Trafalgar Centre in week six of the Sal’s National...
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Giants coach Jamie Pearlman wins kudos from Hawks counterpart Zico Coronel
Hawks coach Zico Coronel has urged National Basketball League counterparts to take a leaf out of the manuals of Nelson Giants mentor Jamie Pearlman. “He’s come from a foreign country and done really well,” said Zico of Pearlman after the Mike...
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Hawks put Canterbury Rams on the barbie despite skirmish in the second half
The result was never a done deal but the hosts pulling out the knuckle dusters in the octane-fuelled lanes of contention was always a given in Christchurch tonight. That’s because the Wheeler Motor Canterbury Rams coach Mark Dickel, a former Tall Black point...
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Wellington Saints pip Hawks but hosts’ point guard, Shea Ili, the difference
The score and the statistics go a long way in showing how close the game was and Hawks coach Zico Coronel wholeheartedly agreed with that tonight. But don’t ever mistake Coronel’s dulcet, measured tone for contentment after Cigna Saints pipped the Taylor...
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Mitch Newton making most of court time in debut season with Hawks in the NBL
Mitch Newton, by his own admission, was a late bloomer in elite basketball but that does not mean he’s running late in the high-octane lanes of contention. Oh no, it simply means Newton is only just getting started while everyone else has been charging full...
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Hawks need more aggression and consistency
One simple message should be written in bold letters on Hawke’s Bay basketball team coach Zico Coronel’s white board when his troops turn up for training today. GET MORE AGGRESSIVE! Coronel agreed his players had to be more aggressive in the wake of the...
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Skeen’s ready to get physical with Sharks
Hawke’s Bay basketball import Jamie Skeen has played in eight countries but it has never been his preferred sport. “I’ve played basketball since I was 11 back home in Charlottesville. I’ve loved it my whole life … everyone wanted to be...
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