Scott Yeoman

Sep 7, 2023 | sunlive.co.nz | Scott Yeoman

Two of New Zealand’s top match officials in football and netball have spent the week at the Zespri AIMS Games in Tauranga, mentoring the next generation and giving back to the sports that have taken them around the world. Anna-Marie Keighley was a referee at the recent FIFA Women's World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, officiating matches on both sides of the Tasman.

Sep 5, 2023 | sunlive.co.nz | Scott Yeoman

The ball hits the hoop and rebounds high into the air – so high it flies over the heads of every player on court, except for one. Zahkiel Bennett-Vaimauga reaches up and snatches the ball with ease; sometimes he barely needs to jump. The 6-foot-2 basketball player from Howick Intermediate turns and fires the ball to one of his teammates, who, a little shorter in stature, speeds down the court, dribbling the ball low to the ground, skilfully avoiding the lunging arms of the opposition.

Sep 5, 2023 | stuff.co.nz | Scott Yeoman

The girls from Ūawa are huddled closely together on the side of the netball court, getting some last minute advice from their coach before the start of the next quarter. It’s proving to be a tough first match for them at the Zespri AIMS Games in Tauranga – an uphill battle against a slick-looking side from Maidstone Intermediate School in Upper Hutt.

Jun 15, 2023 | theweekendsun.co.nz | Scott Yeoman