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Basketball: Mobil Marters including Pero Cameron return to action in reunion match

Andrew Johnsen
Sports editor·Northern Advocate·
15 Mar, 2018 11:53 PM2 mins to read

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Pero Cameron, in action for the Tall Blacks in 2006, is playing in the Mobil Marters reunion game. Photo / Photosport

Pero Cameron, in action for the Tall Blacks in 2006, is playing in the Mobil Marters reunion game. Photo / Photosport

The Mobil Marters are getting back together for one last run on the court.

Northland's former provincial basketball side has set up a reunion game at ASB Stadium tomorrowafternoon.

The day will also include a coaching session in the morning from 8.30am to 10.30am where former Tall Blacks Pero Cameron and Daryl Cartwright will be among the coaches.

Luke Worth, a former Marter, said the idea to get the team back together came from running into a former teammate.

"I was here visiting mum and dad and as I was going for a walk I ran into Roger Fong. I said to him, 'The Northland days were my favourite memories on the court'," he said.

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"I said to him, 'It would be awesome to get the team back together for one last run.' So the ball got rolling from there.

"The whole idea was to give back to the fans who gave us so much support when we played."

The Mobil Marters were Northland's premier basketball side in the early 1990s, regularly filling their stadium as they proved their class in the national second division.

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The day will start with a coaching clinic for young Northland players before the Super City Basketball competition gets through two rounds of play.

A formal welcome and curtainraiser match will precede the 4pm kickoff of the Pat Neville Memorial match between former Mobil Marters players.

Worth said the coaching clinic will be something that will likely not be able to be replicated.

"The thing that set the likes of Pero and Daryl apart is their basketball IQ. It's through the roof," he said.

"Noel Flavell brings that old school hard-nosed style. It's something that will hopefully reinvigorate basketball in the area."

Cameron will be among the most sought after coaches for the young players. He was recently inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.

Worth said Cameron is incomparable in his impact on New Zealand basketball.

"Pero is the best who has ever pulled on the Tall Blacks jersey. Pero really set the standard for everyone who has followed," he said.

"It really meant something to play for Northland when I played. It was a truly special time."

The match kicks off at 4pm.

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