New Zealand National Team

tours West Coast Colleges

November 5-17 1999

This page is a supplement to our Bay Area Women's Basketball Schedule page.

The New Zealand National women's basketball team makes a tour of many West Coast colleges from November 5th to 15th.

The tour is organized by Basketball Travellers, Inc. (BTI), a company that specializes in arranging tours of women's teams between the US and other countries. The New Zealand team is only one of 35 overseas team tours organized by BTI this year. The following information about the team was provided by BTI.

Team Personnel

Team Contact
Kim Lucas <kim.Iucas@clear.net.nz>
Head Coach
Carl Dickel
Assistant Coach
Teresa Cargo
Manager
Kim Lucas

Team Roster

No. Name Height Pos. Age

4

Leanne Walker

5'6

G

30

5

Tracy Kelly

5'11

G

28

6

Belinda Coiling

5'11

F

23

7

Kirsten Egan

5'6

G

30

8

Megan Compain

5'11

G

23

9

Donna Loffhagon

6'2

F

21

10

Gina Farmer

6'2

C

25

11

Aneka Kerr

5'10

G

19

12

Rebecca Cotton

6'2

F

25

13

Julie Ofsoski

6'0

F

26

14

Sally Farmer

6'2

F

23

16

Susan Bocock

6'3

F

20

Team History

New Zealand has toured the United States on two previous occasions. In 1995, they finished with a 7-3 record. In 1996, they finished 9-1. This team will represent the Oceania Zone in the 2000 OlympIcs in Sydney, Australia, The New Zealand team most recently competed in the William Jones Cup in Taiwan and won the Silver Medal.

Players to Watch: Two sisters on the team are Gina and Sally Farmer. They, along with Rebecca Cotton, played basketball in Oklahoma. Kirsten Egan played at Colorado State and Susan Bocock currently plays in New Mexico. Julie Ofsoski, Tracy Kelly and Aneka Kerr all play in Australian Basketball Leagues.

Coach Carl Dickel has been coaching the National Womenís team since 1995 and was Assistant Coach at the 1994 World Championship event.

Schedule for November 1999

Click on a Venue to see our information on that arena.

Date & Time Home Team Venue/Comment
Wed 03 Nov 7:30 St. Mary's McKeon
Fri 05 Nov University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV
Sat 06 Nov 1:00 Cal Haas
Wed 10 Nov University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
Thu 11 Nov University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Sat 13 Nov Arizona State Tempe, AZ
Sun 14 Nov Northern Arizona State Flagstaff, AZ
Tue 16 Nov Pepperdine Malibu
Wed 17 Nov USC Los Angeles