The Summer Series

The Summer Series (SS) is a high school girls and boys basketball league competition in New Zealand. The league was founded in 2018 and is currently contested by 12 teams; six in the Girls division, and six in the Boys Division.

The Summer Series (SS)
Current season, competition or edition:
SS20
SportBasketball
Founded2017
Inaugural season2018
No. of teams12
CountryNew Zealand
Most recent
champion(s)		Tawa College (2nd title) Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt (1st title)
Most titlesTawa College (2 titles)

Wellington East Girls' College (1 title)

Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt (1 title)
Official websitesummerseries.nz

History

The Summer Series was created by two former students of Newlands College, where the aim is to, "allow teams to play against one another in true game conditions before the season begins. This allows teams to practice, try new things, and bond with one another.[1]"

Leading into the Summer Series competition, many other minor basketball competitions were run by the pair, including The New World Series and The Newlands 3x3 School Championship.[2]

Competition format

Regular season

Each team is to play 5 games during the regular season. The regular season starts in February and ends in mid March.

Finals

The top four teams at the end of the regular season advances to the Finals. The team finishing in the first position at the completion of the regular season receives top seed and plays against the team finishing fourth. The team who finishes second at the completion of the regular season receives second seed, and plays against the team finishing third. The winner of each of these matches advances to the Grand Final.

Current teams

Boys Division
School/Club Country Number Of Students Head Coach
Kapiti Basketball Association Wellington, New Zealand N/A Bert Prvanov
Tawa College Wellington, New Zealand 1522 Nixon Penese
St Patrick's College, Silverstream Wellington, New Zealand N/A Salo Taufale
Upper Hutt College Wellington, New Zealand N/A Sam Twomey
Hutt Valley High School Wellington, New Zealand N/A N/A
Onslow College Wellington, New Zealand N/A Tom Grice

Girls Division
School Country Number Of Students Head Coach
Heretaunga College Wellington, New Zealand 820 Rachel Gordon
Newlands College Wellington, New Zealand 942 Sacha Waller
Kapiti Basketball Association Wellington, New Zealand N/A Hamish Weir
Wellington East Girls' College Wellington, New Zealand 1096 Voldi Simi
Sacred Heart College, Lower Hutt Wellington, New Zealand N/A James Remuera
Upper Hutt College Wellington, New Zealand N/A Sam Twomey

References
  1. "Summer Series Official Website". 18 November 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. "Newlands 3x3 School Championship Official Website". 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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