Cambridge’s Maioro Barton in action on the court. Photo: supplied
Cambridge’s wheelchair athlete Maioro Barton has completed his 25th New Zealand Wheelchair Basketball season playing for Waikato.
He told The News that halfway through 2024 he was asked to fill in as coach until the end of that season.
“Following that, I was asked to coach again for the 2025 season, and decided that our club needed to rebuild,” he said. “I entered them into the second division of the New Zealand Wheelchair Basketball season. It’s been a long season… starting in February with a six-week business house social league, then into pre-season training before going into the season.”
The team won the division.
Tournaments were played in Nelson (March), Palmerston North (April), Tauranga (May), Whangārei (June), Hamilton North Island Championships, and Hamilton Juniors (July), Auckland/Pukekohe (August), Christchurch, and a 3×3 Championships in Christchurch (October).
Barton said the Waikato club entered players into the Whangārei, Hamilton, Auckland and Christchurch tournaments, with some individuals entering the Palmerston North and Tauranga tournaments.
Barton was one of two Cambridge-based players for the club. The other is Robert Stubbs, who was playing his first season.
Cambridge’s Maioro Barton in action on the court. Photo: supplied
