Hawks blow away the cobwebs - and the Rams - in big NBL win
2 May, 2021 11:07 PM
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Canterbury Rams Sam Smith fights to contain the Hawks Hyrum Harris. Photo / Ian Cooper
Hawkes Bay Today The Taylor Hawks have shown a year out of national basketball league action has done little harm by blowing away the Canterbury Rams with victory by 14 points in a Sunday afternoon match at the Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale.
The 104-90 win celebrated the Hawks first Sal s NBL match since losing the 2019 final but completed a dismal few days on the road for the Rams, who had bitten the dust by more than 20 in succumbing 95-74 to the Wellington Saints on Thursday night in Wellington.
Hawks ready for 2021 tip-off as their big man arrives just in time
30 Apr, 2021 12:49 AM
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Re-signed Taylor Hawks forward Hyrum Harris (right) during his first season with the club in 2018. Photo / File
Re-signed Taylor Hawks forward Hyrum Harris (right) during his first season with the club in 2018. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Doug Laing
The Taylor Hawks have been given a big boost ahead of the weekend s opening match in the 2021 national basketball league with the return of two-metre tall forward Hyrum Harris from Australia.
While the NBL started last weekend, the Hawks, having bypassed the short 2020 season, don t make their entrance this year until a 3pm tip-off at Pettigrew.Green Arena, Taradale, on Sunday against the Canterbury Rams.
Hawke s Bay Hawks go for Chance to solve coaching issues
12 Feb, 2021 12:41 AM
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New Hawks head coach Jacob Chance. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
Hawke s Bay national basketball league hopefuls the Taylor Hawks have appointed a new coaching team after previously appointed coach Adam Forde s decision to go with the Sydney Kings in the Australian NBL. One of the most promising coaches in Australia, Forde was appointed head coach at the Hawks last July, when he was reported to have already been in contact with players to discuss their goals and aspirations.
In December it was announced he had been made head coach of the Kings, where he had previously been involved as an assistant.