Tonga Aotearoa Basketball Association

Huge congrats to our TABAballer Ana Rachel Enari, part of the 🇹🇴Tonga women’s 3×3 basketball side that’s qualified for the Commonwealth Games 🙌🏽🔥
A massive milestone for Tonga and for women’s basketball. 💪🏽

Tonga Women’s 3x3 basketball team qualifies for Commonwealth Games Nuku'alofa, Tonga: The Tonga women’s basketball 3x3 team has qualified for the 3x3 women’s basketball competition at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, to be held in July.

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Our last run at Epsom Girls Grammar, and what a way to finish! 🔥
Snaps from Saturday past 📸, massive thank you to everyone who came through and brought the energy all year.

Whether you’ve been here every week or just popped in on the odd one, we appreciate you. 🙌 We had two courts running, our young guns putting in work, and our open run ballers holding it down. Looks like the young lads will be graduating to Court One soon 👏

Keep growing famili, stay in touch, and stay connected, this is what it’s all about.

Mālō e lelei 👋🏀

It’s our last dance at Epsom Girls Grammar for 2025! 💥 What a year it’s been, so many new faces, good runs, and solid growth all around. Whether you’ve been a regular or just popped in during the year, mālō ‘aupito for showing up and being part of the journey.

We’re back this Saturday, 11 October from 4:30pm–7:30pm, so come through and finish the year strong with the fam! Let’s bring that same energy, keep growing, and make this final run one to remember. 🙌

👉 Court One: Open Run
👉 Court Two: Training (4:30–6pm) for U14–U18 (we’ll work it out based on numbers), then Open Run

If you’re free, just come down, bring a mate, and jump in. Plenty of hoops, energy, and good vibes to go around.

Mālō ‘aupito team, for everything this season, let’s go one more time at EGGS! ❤️🏀

Mālō e lelei 👋🏀

We’re back at Epsom Girls Grammar this Saturday 4 October from 4:30pm-7:30pm. Last week was massive, and we know everyone’s keen to get back on court. Let’s run it back together — plenty of hoops, energy and good vibes.

👉 Court One: Open Run
👉 Court Two: Training (4:30-6pm) for U14–U18 (we’ll work it out based on numbers), then opening up for Open Run

Calling out to all our — current players and new faces. If you’re not sure, just come down, bring a friend, and jump in.

We’re in the final stretch of our time at Epsom Girls Grammar this year, so let’s make these runs count. Mālō ‘aupito for always showing up and bringing the energy. 💪⛹️‍♂️

🏀 We’re back at Epsom Girls Grammar this Saturday, 27 September from 4:30pm!

After last week’s big event, I’m sure you’re all missing each other — so come through for the open run! 🙌

👉 Court One: Open Run
👉 Court Two: Training before opening up for Open Run

Calling out to all our — current and new! Not sure? Just come down, bring a friend, and jump in. 💙

Let’s make the most of these last runs before we close out our time at the gym this year. Energy up, let’s go! 🔥

Sharing a few photos from the Polynesian Basketball page — for more snaps of the event, be sure to follow them. 📸

What a weekend we can all be proud of — our young people thrived at the First Nations Basketball Tournament 2025, giving everything on the court while our families rallied courtside. 💙

We’re continuing to walk with our players, and with some of our players still needing a hand to get across the line, many have asked how they can contribute. Supporting players to participate is about funding their growth — so here goes how you can help the team:

👉 Contributing funds (me’a’ofa)
Account Name: Tonga Aotearoa Basketball Association
TABA Account: 12-3014-0060585-00
Reference: “TABA Support”

As small as $5 will go a long way. 🙏
Or for more information, please email us at [email protected].

Malo ‘aupito for standing with our players and families. Together, we’re building more than basketball. 💙

Mālō ‘aupito , 🏀🇹🇴

That’s a wrap on First Nations 2025!

To our 45 amazing athletes across 5 squads — U13, U17, U19 Boys, Open Men’s, and our incredible U17 Girls carrying the torch for our ladies — thank you for representing TABA, your famili, and your culture with pride and purpose.

A massive thank you to Polynesian Basketball, the organisers, referees, volunteers, and everyone behind the scenes who create this incredible space for our people to connect, compete, and grow.

We caught a handful of snaps of our teams over the weekend — 📸 feel free to tag us in your own posts too!

It was beautiful to witness our players giving everything they had on the court, our families turning up in full force to cheer them on, and everyone enjoying time together and making memories that will last a lifetime.

"Koe ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku Tofiʻa"
“God and Tonga are my inheritance.”

It’s game time! 🔥🏀

Our TABA squads are all geared up for the First Nations Tournament kicking off this week, today!

We know our U13 Boys and U17 Girls are first up, leading the charge 👊🏽 — followed by our U17 Boys, U19 Boys, and Open Men’s teams. Altogether, we’ve got 45 incredible athletes representing across the grades. Let’s gooo 💥

📲 Coaches and managers are sending out final team updates. If you haven’t heard from your team manager, please let us know or email us at [email protected]


🗓️ The draw is now live — link will be in the comments (Facebook) and bio (Instagram).

🙏🏽 We appreciate your patience as we work through the final touches.

❌ Reminder: There will be no run at Epsom this week while our teams are away competing.

Let’s go TABA — leave it all on the floor.

Let’s go Tash!🇹🇴😍
From Team Ah-Hing to FIBA-certified — Natasha Ah-Hing becomes Tonga’s first FIBA-licensed referee! 🙌 A proud moment for our whānau.

“To be able to represent my Tongan heritage, my grandparents and my family on the global stage is a huge honour and privilege I don't take lightly,” Ah-Hing said. “It’s a huge, huge privilege to hold this license.”

Her gratitude is deeply rooted in faith, family, and the mentors who believed in her when others didn’t. From her late supporters Steve Hettig and Sarah-Jane Enari to her referee mentor Jilly Harris, Natasha’s journey is stitched together by love, resilience, and community.✍️

Natasha Ah-Hing Breaks New Ground as Tonga’s First FIBA Licensed Referee Natasha Ah-Hing’s FIBA license marks a historic milestone for Tonga, inspiring female referees across grassroots basketball in Oceania.

🏀 TABA Training – Final Saturday Before First Nations
Saturday 13 September

We’re into our last run before tournament week! This is the final full training session for our First Nations squads — it’s important we get together, lock in, and prepare well.

We’ll also have an open court running for anyone keen to hoop — especially with School Nationals, Tertiary Nationals, and U14 Supercity happening, we know, it's an exciting time for our TabaBallers.

📍 Epsom Girls Grammar Gym
Silver Road – Entry via Manukau Rd carpark
🕢 Gym booked until 7:30pm

Court Times & Splits
Court 1
🕟 Open Run – From 4:30pm

Court 2
🕟 4:30pm–5:30pm
• U13 Boys (U11s can also join)
• U17 Boys (U15s can also join)

🕟 5:30pm–6:30pm
• U17 Girls (U15s can also join)
• U19 Boys (Open Men’s can also join)

Let’s make this one count — full energy, team focus, and good runs all round.
See you there!

🏀 TABA Training & Open Gym – Saturday 6 September

We’re back in the gym this weekend at Epsom Girls Grammar with just two more Saturday sessions before tournament week!

It’s important that our squads assemble as we prepare for First Nations — and with plenty of basketball going on, there’s also an open run for anyone keen to get up and down the court.

We dug deep into the archives for this 📸snap of one of our toughest squads to assemble — the same energy we need now as we get ready for September.

Court Times & Splits
Court 1
🕟 Open Run – From 4:30pm

Court 2
🕟 4:30pm–5:30pm
• U13 Boys (U11s can also join)
• U17 Boys (U15s can also join)

🕟 5:30pm–6:30pm
• U17 Girls (U15s can also join)
• U19 Boys (Open Men’s can also join)

📍 Location: Epsom Girls Grammar Gym – Silver Road (entry via Manukau Rd carpark)
🕢 Gym booked until 7:30pm

We’ll run two courts — one focused on First Nations trainings and one for open runs. Towards the end, both courts will open up together.

👟 New, returning, or just keen to hoop? Come through, get some runs in, or jump into a training session and sharpen your game.