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Basketball Australia Annual Report

2012/2013

Contents

Published by Basketball AustraliaPO Box 7141, Alexandria NSW 2015Level 2, 191 Botany Road, Waterloo NSW 2017Tel: +61 2 8396 5500 •Fax: +61 2 8396 5501 www.basketball.net.au • [email protected]

Message from the Australian Sports Commission 1

Report from the Chair 2

Report from the CEO 4

BA Strategy 2011 – 2014 on a page 6

High Performance Report 7

Senior National Men’s Team 10

Senior National Women’s Team 11

Senior National Men’s Wheelchair Team 12

Senior National Women’s Wheelchair Team 13

Junior National Men’s Under 19 Team 14

Junior National Women’s Under 19 Team 15

Junior National Men’s Under 17 Team 16

Junior National Women’s Under 17 Team 17

Professional Leagues and Competitions Report 18

Game Development Report 22

2012/13 Financial Management Report 27

International Scorecard 28

2012/13 Directory 34

Corporate Partners and Suppliers 37

BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA • ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013

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Message from theAustralian SportsCommissionThe Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is committed to ensuring Australian athletes excel in the international sporting arena, and increasing Australians’ participation in sport.

These two clear objectives are mutually reinforcing – international success inspires Australians to participate in sport and greater participation helps nurture our future champions. Sport inspires individuals, unites communities and encourages active lifestyles.

Success at the international level has become even more challenging for Australian athletes. Traditional competitors keep getting better, and rising countries are becoming forces to be reckoned with. Our tenth placing in the medal table at the London Olympic Games continued a downward trend over the past three games.

Through Australia’s Winning Edge 2012-2022, our game plan to move Australian sport from world class to world best, we are changing the role of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) and the delivery of the high performance program, improving the financial performance and position of national sporting organisations (NSOs) and strengthening the governance structures and standards of NSOs.

We have initiated a fundamental reform process to improve Australian sport, by linking high performance sports funding more closely with performance; ensuring the AIS is the world’s best high performance sports institute; modernising governance structures in a number of sports; investing to improve coaching, leadership skills, talent identification and innovation in Australian sport; and reinforcing public confidence in the integrity of sport. These reforms will create lasting change and improvement.

In 2013-14, the Australian Government, through the ASC, is investing almost $120 million in national sporting organisations for high performance programs and to promote grassroots participation in sport.

Our partner sports can expect a much sharper focus by the ASC in future on best practice governance and administration, intellectual property ownership, athlete management and support structures and general accountabilities by the sports. Equally, the ASC is committed to changing to meet the needs of contemporary sport.

Importantly, the ASC is focused on promoting grassroots participation in sport throughout Australia and to continue a suite of successful national programs such as the Active After-school Communities program. Increased community sport participation has a profound long term dividend, and remains a vital objective of the ASC.

The ASC looks forward to working in collaboration with the sport sector to encourage more people into sport and to drive Australia’s continued international sporting success.

John Wylie AM Chair Board of the Australian Sports Commission


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Report from the Chair2012-13 was once again a busy and demanding year highlighted by our performances in London in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball Australia is very proud of the performance of our four national teams in London – the Boomers, Jayco Opals, Rollers and Gliders – silver medals for the Rollers and Gliders and another medal in bronze for the Jayco Opals.

We once again maintained our terrific international standing with FIBA rating us 5th in the world out of 213 playing nations. On the wheelchair basketball front, the Rollers and the Gliders continued to be ranked in the top 2 nations.

On the domestic front, the BA Board undertook an extensive and exhaustive search for a new CEO in conjunction with an international recruitment agency. It was a delight to appoint our former Chair, the Hon. Kristina Keneally, to the role of CEO in August 2012. While there were a number of outstanding applicants for the position, the Board was overwhelmingly unanimous in its view that Kristina was the person that BA needed and thus made the appointment. Kristina started in the role in August, 2012.

Early in 2013 the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) introduced two landmark and critical initiatives. The first was the Mandatory Sports Governance Principles aimed at all sports but in particular at the seven sports who receive the most funding, of which we are one. The principles are broadly based but in particular require NSO’s to adopt contemporary governance standards that are practised in the corporate world. Secondly, it requires a closer alignment in the sport, both vertically and horizontally. The good news is that the ASC’s view of BA was that it was already one of Australia’s better governed sports. However, the principles still required us to make a number of constitutional changes.

The second initiative was the launch of Australia’s Winning Edge strategy and followed a review of the performance of the Australian team at the London Olympic Games. The strategy now focuses all sports’ high performance programs on podium finishes at major benchmark events, such as Olympic Games and World Championships. This necessitated a complete review of our high performance programs and led to some major changes such as BA taking over from the AIS our programs at what is now called the BA Centre of Excellence in Canberra.

The Women’s National Basketball League was once again a great success, with more people attending games than ever and increasing viewership on ABC TV – the wonderful broadcast partner that we have had since 1989. The season culminated in a sold out Grand Final in Bendigo between two fantastic regional teams in the Bendigo Spirit and Townsville Fire. The Spirit came away with the championship after a tremendous game.

In March 2013, the National Basketball League clubs made the decision to de-merge from BA. This followed a major “White Paper” that BA had undertaken regarding the NBL. BA worked very closely and amicably with the NBL through the de-merger process and they left with our best wishes and support. Following FIBA rules, the NBL is licensed by BA and agree to follow a range of FIBA rules.

Financially we had a good year finishing with a surplus of $522,000 against a

budget of $364,000. We also lifted our reserves as a percentage of income from 8.4% to 12.54%.

We are indebted to the Australian Sports Commission for the investment that they make in our sport. They are a terrific support and many thanks in particular to Chair John Wylie and CEO, Simon Hollingsworth.

In closing, can I thank a very hard working BA staff for their dedication and contribution. Can I also thank very sincerely my colleagues on the BA Board for their tireless contribution and all those people in our State and Territory Associations who give so much. The success of our sport is grounded in the enormous contribution that is made by our huge and wonderful volunteers – we owe you a great debt of gratitude.

Scott Derwin Chair Basketball Australia


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Report from the CEOTransformation and growth marked 2012-2013 for Basketball Australia. The year began with success at the Olympics and Paralympics, with the Australian national teams bringing home 3 medals – bronze for the Jayco Opals and silver medals for the Rollers and Gliders.

Australian basketball contributed many highlights to the London 2012 Olympics: Lauren Jackson as the Australian Team flag bearer at the opening ceremony, Liz Cambage as the first woman to dunk at an Olympic Games, and Patty Mills taking the record as the highest scoring male player in the tournament.

Domestically, however, there were many changes afoot after the Games. The Australian Sports Commission introduced Australia’s Winning Edge, a new method for funding high performance sports based on medal prospects, and also mandated new Governance Principles for the top seven sports, including ours. Many sports lost funding through the Winning Edge process, but basketball succeeded in securing funding at current levels through to 2014. Basketball Australia, along with the support of the State and Territory Associations, made significant progress in meeting all the new Governance Principles and ended 2012-13 with high praise from the ASC for its efforts in the improving sport governance.

Other changes of significant magnitude took place in 2012-13. Basketball Australia moved away from part-time senior national coaches and appointed full-time Head Coaches for the Jayco Opals, Boomers, Rollers and Gliders programs. The Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence at the AIS was launched, as the AIS basketball program began transitioning to BA, and the BA National Wheelchair Centre of Excellence opened at the New South Wales Institute of Sport. These changes marked a new direction in basketball high performance development in Australia, with the goal of complete integration of BA’s high performance program across the country being led by the national team coaches and their staff.

Of course one of the most notable transformations in 2012-13 came about as a result of the ‘demerger’ of the National Basketball League from Basketball Australia. The separation of the financial, administrative and commercial management of the NBL from BA was the ultimate result of the BA’s White Paper process to deliver a sustainable and commercially successful NBL. While the Board did not begin with the aim of a separation from the NBL, the White Paper process gave all involved the opportunity to consider the most appropriate management model for the League and commence the de-merger process.

The Women’s National Basketball League continued to go from strength to strength in 2012-13. Viewership numbers continued their upward trajectory, with record audiences for last year’s Grand Final. BA is incredibly pleased with our WNBL commercial partners who joined us in the past 12 months, most notably Virgin Australia as the Official Airline of the WNBL, Peak as the League’s Official Licensed Teamwear partner and Alanic as the League’s Official Compression partner. Through much of 2012-13 BA’s commercial team laid the groundwork for these commercial deals through the WNBL Business Plan, and it is very pleasing to see women’s basketball continue to garner support in Australian business and media.

Further changes in our Leagues and Competitions area came about with the commencement of discussions regarding the National Wheelchair Basketball League and the Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball League coming under BA’s umbrella. The past 12 months has seen much detailed and close work with the Leagues and Clubs to make this a reality, and we look forward to the continued

growth of the NWBL and the WNWBL in conjunction with BA in 2013-14.

The Australian Junior Championships continued to grow in terms of participation and national attention. The AJCs also provided a great testing ground for BA’s new approach to social media and online interactivity with fans and players. The learnings from the AJCs gave BA’s media and communications team terrific insights when it came to transforming on our online presence and using social media to build exposure and relationships with fans and players alike. The results are starting to be seen in our growing digital community and other ways we are building upon the strength of our significant participation base. The future of Australian basketball, on show at the AJC’s, looks bright.

BA asked a great deal of the States and Territories Associations in 2012-13, and we appreciate their support for projects such as National Online Registration and the comprehensive review and re-launch of Aussie Hoops. The former is well-advanced with input and advice from the States and Territories, while Aussie Hoops will tip off under its new look and with its new approach in 2013-14.

I acknowledge our State and Territory management teams and Boards, who care passionately about the sport at a local level, who assist the local associations, and who nuture our future national team players at the earliest stages. Thank you for all that you do to build the sport of basketball in Australia.

Sport in Australia owes gratitude to the Australian Sports Commission for its commitment to excellence and its insistence on robust examination of all sports’ high performance, governance and participation activities. BA has a very good relationship


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with the ASC; basketball as a whole is the benefactor of that relationship. I thank the ASC, especially the CEO Simon Hollingsworth and Chair John Wylie, for their collaborative approach this past 12 months.

BA is fortunate to have a very committed, hard-working and enthusiastic team of people working for the sport. I am often impressed by how much our staff accomplish. As a sport, we run four national team programs, 3 national leagues, a learn to play program and a series of national championships as well as all other game development and high performance aspects of the game with less staff and significantly less resources than one AFL or NRL club. We can only do this because of our people, and I salute them and thank them for their tremendous work. In particular I want to acknowledge our senior executive team, including Graeme Allen, and the indefatigable Marie Byrne – the real engine in the BA machine!

I also acknowledge the Board of Basketball Australia, who are committed, focused, and generous with their time and talents. Our Board members volunteer so much of their time and energy and give as much, or more, than professional management boards. It is exciting to work with a group of people who are so committed to growing the participation opportunities, commercial base, international success, and governance standards in basketball. I particularly note those Board members who are stepping down at this AGM for many years of service to the sport of basketball. On behalf of the senior management team at BA, I thank you.

The Hon Kristina Keneally Chief Executive Officer Basketball Australia


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BA Strategy 2011-2014 on a page

Vision

Mission

Our Shared Values

Three Year Outcomes

Strategic Priorities

Basketball

To ignite Australia’s passion for basketball through growth, success and unity

Unity Integrity Excellence Innovation Accessibility National Pride

MarketingCreate and

leverage National Database

International Success

People and Facilities

Integrated Inclusive

Competition

Cooperation and Good

Governance

• Self-sustaining and commercial sport

• Increased player and spectator registrations and affiliations

• Increased participation and spectator involvement

• More international success

• Increased visibility of basketball in all media

• Improved unity and strategic alignment within the basketball community


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High Performance Report2012-13 was a year of tremendous activity for Basketball Australia’s High Performance programs, both on and off the court. The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games tipped off the period for our four senior national teams in spectacular fashion, followed by BA’s successful Winning Edge funding submission to the Australian Sports Commission; the appointment of full-time Head Coaches to the Boomers, Jayco Opals, Rollers and Gliders; and preparation for the transition of the AIS basketball program to Basketball Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Canberra.

Patty Mills


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Athletes with an Intellectual Disability

The Boomerangs, under Head Coach Simon Robinson, had a camp and participated in the June long weekend tournament in Melbourne in 2013 as preparation for the INAS World Championships to be held in October 2013.

The Pearls had a quiet year, with the women’s World Championships cancelled due to a lack of qualified entrants internationally.

3x3

The Inaugural FIBA 3x3 Senior World Championships were held in Athens in August 2012, with Australia sending a women’s team to the competition. Players were selected from the National Women’s Depth Chart and participated in a two day camp at the AIS before departure. Rebecca Dick was the Coach/Team Leader, with Alice Kunek, Sara Blicavs, Katie Ebzery and Tess Madgen representing Australia and winning bronze.

In September 2012, the FIBA U18 3x3 World Championships took place in Madrid, with Australia sending both men’s and women’s teams as well as a team for the mixed competition. Corrylynn Wellsteed coached the women’s team of Jaclyn Smith, Stephanie Bairstow, Ebony Rolph and Kristy Wallace to a bronze medal. The men’s team of William Hoole, Tanner Krebs, Matthew Young and Jake Horstman, led by Jonathan Goodman, placed 20th.

In January 2013, Basketball Australia managed the 3x3 Basketball Competition for the AOC in the Australian Youth Olympic Tournament. The U18 tournament was held in Darling Harbour on portable courts until the weather sent the final day of competition inside at Sydney Boys High. In the seven-team competitions, Australia had two teams (Gold and Green) in both women’s and men’s competitions, winning both gold and silver respectively.

Ivor Burge Championships

High Performance Report

FIBA Oceania Youth Championships

The FIBA Oceania Youth Championships were held in Churchill, La Trobe Valley, Victoria in December 2012, with Australian men’s and women’s teams selected from the September 2012 Australian Development Camp. The women were coached by Paul Flynn and finished the tournament in first place while the men were coached by Justin Schueller who took them to a first place finish.

Winning Edge

In January 2013, Basketball Australia was invited to make a submission to the Australian Sports Commission outlining basketball’s contribution to the Winning Edge 2012-2022 high performance strategy. BA put a strong case to the ASC to demonstrate the potential for podium success in 2014 and 2016 across all of our national programs.

In April 2013, the Australian Sports Commission released revised funding allocations to sports for 2013/14 under Winning Edge, confirming basketball’s national programs would retain strong funding support. The announcement

marked a major change in how high performance sports are funded in Australia and for many sports, resulted in a significant loss of funding. BA was pleased that overall our funding remained largely unchanged. However, the challenge ahead for Australian basketball is to deliver not only in areas where we have traditionally succeeded, but also demonstrate potential podium success in the men’s program.

Under Winning Edge:

• The investment provided to Basketball Australia recognises the ongoing success of the Australian Opals women’s program at Olympic and world championship levels. As such, funding levels for the Opals will remain as they are;

• Basketball will also benefit from part of a 14.1 per cent increase in funding for Paralympic sports;

• There has been no change to participation funding; and

• The Australian Boomers program is unchanged for 2013/14, with future funding in 2014/15 and beyond dependent on the program’s potential for international success.


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AIS Program/Centre of Excellence Transition

In November 2012, as part of the Winning Edge strategy, the Australian Sports Commission announced the AIS would transition out of directly delivering sport programs to empower sports to manage their entire high performance pathway. Basketball Australia commenced the transition from the AIS program to the Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence in Canberra from 1 January 2013. Athletes remained on AIS scholarship throughout 2013 under the guidance of the AIS Head Coaches and Assistant Coaches, Phil Brown, Kristy Flores, Ian Stacker and Paul Goriss.

From 1 January 2014, 12 male and 12 female athletes will be on scholarship with Basketball Australia. The men’s program has 12 school age athletes who are full time in the AIS residence. The women’s program will have 6 school age scholarships and 6 Emerging Opals on scholarship from the end of the WNBL season (March – October) until the beginning of the 2014/15 WNBL season. The Centre of Excellence programs are being run to develop future Jayco Opals and Boomers.

Player and Coach Development

In 2012-13, a National Physical Development Program was implemented and delivered in conjunction with SIS/SAS networks. A National Shooting Program, National Minimum Quality Standards, movement screening and testing protocols were put in place through the NITP network. Individual Performance Plans were developed and being implemented throughout the country from AIS athletes to NITP programs.

National Performance Programs continued to run through State programs and athletes were identified through the National Depth Charts which were regularly updated throughout the year. Athletes were all part of the State Intensive Training Programs.

The new Advanced Coach Development programs have been assessed against previous coaching qualifications and systems put in place to create recognition of competencies for coaches to upgrade their accreditations in the new system.

State NITP Programs were regularly visited, reviewed and supported by Basketball Australia.

Australian athletes and coaches had a number of development opportunities offered to them in 2012-2013 via external suppliers:

• Dante Exum attended both the Euro Camp and the Hoop Summit NBA Camp in the first half of 2013;

• Dejan Vasiljevic and Abiola Akintola also attended the Euro Camp;

• The following players attended the June 2013 NBA Asia Camp in Guangzhou: Keanu Pinder, Tanner Krebs, Matthew Jackson, George Blagojevic, Daniel Pitcher, Tyler Constable, Jaden Weldon, Michael Wearne, Jack McVeigh, Jonah Bolden; and

• The following players and coach attended the June 2013 NBA Asia Pacific Team Camp in Nanjing: Kyle Clark, Robert Colton, Jayden Hodgson, Isaac Humphries, Darryl McDowell- White, Jack White, Thomas Wilson, Jack McVeigh and Jock Perry, with Mark Watkins.

Lauren Jackson


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Senior National Men’s Team

With Head Coach Brett Brown at the helm, the Boomers went into the London Olympic Games campaign on a winning streak after successful tournaments against China in the You-Yi Series and Greece in the Farewell Series.

The team departed for Europe directly from their final camp on home shores at the Gold Coast, playing two games against Spain, and a tournament against Brazil and France before arriving in London.

The men’s Olympic tournament tipped off with losses against Brazil and Spain, followed by wins against China, Russia and Great Britain to put them into the quarter finals. The team lost their quarter final clash against the USA, going down 119-86 after a gallant effort led by Patty Mills and Joe Ingles, ultimately finishing 7th in the competition.

After four years in the role that culminated in that London quarter final appearance, Brown stepped down as Head Coach to spend more time with his family in the

Australian Boomers

United States. Following a recruitment process led by a Head Coach selection panel – which included five-time Olympian Andrew Gaze, three-time NBA Champion and Boomers great Luc Longley, legendary coach Jan Stirling, AFL premiership coach Paul Roos and BA management – three-time NBL Championship-winning coach Andrej Lemanis was appointed the new, full-time Head Coach.

Lemanis was contracted through to the completion of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, with a full performance review to take place at the completion of the 2014 FIBA World Championships. His first camp as Head Coach was in Perth as part of the newly-branded Sino-Australia Challenge. A young Boomers outfit played two games against China in Perth followed by two games in China, with the series drawn 2-2.

Basketball Australia and the Chinese Basketball Association have historically enjoyed a strong relationship, which was further strengthened by the signing of a four year collaboration agreement in 2013

ahead of the Sino-Australia Challenge. That tournament recorded significant returns for our commercial partners, including:

• 52:45 hours of global broadcast coverage;

• A global cumulative viewing audience of 17,291,385;

• Major partner global media equivalency return of $4,204,464; and

• Game attendances of more than 20,500 people.

Lemanis also brought together an Emerging Boomers team to take part in the 2013 Boris Stankovic Cup across June and July, with the team completing the tournament undefeated leading into the World University Games.


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Senior National Women’s Team

Following a European tour and successful Farewell Series against Brazil, the Jayco Opals stepped up their London Olympic campaign with two tournaments in England and France. The team won games against France, Great Britain and Angola in Sheffield before going on to Lille where they defeated China and Brazil but went down narrowly to France.

Led by Head Coach Carrie Graf, the Jayco Opals tipped off their London Olympic campaign with a win against Great Britain, but then suffered defeat at the hands of France despite a buzzer-beating half-court shot from Belinda Snell to put the game into overtime. The team rounded out the group stage with solid wins against Brazil, Russia and Canada – finishing second in the group.

This set up a quarter final meeting with China who the Jayco Opals accounted for comfortably, before falling short in their semi-final clash against the USA and proceeding to a bronze medal match with Russia. A thrilling 9-point win saw the Jayco Opals claim bronze.

Australian Jayco Opals

Some of Australia’s best memories from these Olympic Games were forged by our Jayco Opals on and off the court, including Lauren Jackson being named the 2012 Australian Olympic Team Flag Bearer for the Opening Ceremony in London, and Liz Cambage’s historic first ever dunk by a female basketball player during Olympic competition.

Shortly after the Olympic campaign, Coach Graf stepped down from the role to pursue other interests in Canberra. Following a recruitment process led by a Head Coach selection panel –five-time Olympian Andrew Gaze, three-time NBA Champion and Boomers great Luc Longley, legendary coach Jan Stirling, WNBL great and three-time Olympic medallist Rachael Sporn, AIS Sports Performance Manager David Crocker and BA management – Brendan Joyce was appointed as Head Coach; the first full-time role in more than a decade.

Joyce opened his tenure with a camp in Canberra followed by a tour to China with a young Jayco Opals line-up where the team

won one of three. Joyce immediately set about instilling a cohesive, values-based Jayco Opals culture, scheduling several camps ahead of the 2013 FIBA Oceania Championships.

An Emerging Opals team toured China at the same time, participating in a four-nations tournament against an emerging China team, the USA University Women and Hungary. The team, led by Coach Chris Lucas, put up a strong fight but ultimately lost each of their nine games on the tour.


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Senior National Men’s Wheelchair Team

The Rollers began their 2012 Paralympic campaign in form in Sydney at the 2012 World Challenge with an undefeated run of five games against Japan and Great Britain, placing first in that tournament.

At the Paralympic Games, the Rollers had a dream run going undefeated against South Africa, Turkey, Spain, Italy and the USA right through to the gold medal game where they were matched up against Canada. The Rollers claimed the silver medal in that thrilling wheelchair basketball final, ultimately going down to Canada 64-58.

At a ceremony held during the 2012 London Paralympic Games, Australian wheelchair basketball legend Frank Ponta was inducted into the IPC Paralympic Hall of Fame. A member of the inaugural Australian wheelchair basketball team at the 1960 Rome Paralympic Games, Ponta continued to have a major impact on the Rollers program after his playing days, mentoring the likes of Ettridge, Captain Brad Ness, 2010 World Championship MVP Justin Eveson and Rollers top-scorer Shaun Norris.

Australian Rollers

Following the 2012 Paralympic campaign, Ben Ettridge was re-appointed as the Rollers Head Coach in a full-time position, relocating to a Sydney office base to work with the NSW Institute of Sport on establishing Basketball Australia’s National Wheelchair Centre of Excellence at NSWIS.

The Rollers tipped off 2013 with a camp at the AIS’s European Training Centre in Varese, where they picked up some training scrimmages against club team Galatasaray.

The U23 Wheelchair Men’s team began preparations in January 2013 for their 2013 World Championships. The players attended the Australian Development Camp under the leadership of Tom Kyle and David Gould.


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Senior National Women’s Wheelchair Team

With Head Coach John Triscari at the helm, the Australian Gliders also took part in the World Challenge in Sydney in July 2012 to prepare for the Paralympics. They won the tournament, progressing undefeated as they beat China, Japan and Germany in the round games, then China in a semi-final and Germany in the final.

The team travelled to the Netherlands for the Papendal Games in August for a pre-Paralympic tournament, where they defeated Great Britain and Mexico but lost to Canada and the Netherlands, ultimately playing Great Britain in the finals series, which they won for third place.

The Paralympic Games followed in London, and the team got off to a great start with a narrow win over Brazil and a comfortable win over Great Britain. They then lost to Canada and beat the Netherlands to finish second in their pool. The quarter- finals saw them defeat Mexico and the Semi-Final was a great 1-point win against the US. The Gliders went down to Germany in the gold medal game, securing silver.

Australian Gliders

In February 2013 they toured to the Osaka Cup in Japan, led by David Gould, where they won all four of their games against Canada and Japan.

In April 2013, BA commenced recruitment for a full-time Head Coach for the Gliders program. Iconic wheelchair basketball coach Tom Kyle was appointed to the position in June 2013, bringing a wealth of experience from his tenure with the Rollers, Under 23 men’s wheelchair team and time in the National Wheelchair Basketball League.


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Junior National Under 19 Men’s Team: Emus

The Emus tipped off 2012-13 by qualifying for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championships, led by Head Coach Damian Cotter. The team travelled to Porirua, New Zealand, for the 2012 FIBA Oceania U19 Championships in September, where they defeated New Zealand in all three games to qualify.

The team began their World Championship preparation with a tour to China in May 2013, participating in a four-nations tournament against China, USA and Lithuania. After defeating China in the first game, the Emus lost the next five games before beating China and Lithuania – although they couldn’t get the better of the USA in round three.

In April, the team continued their World Championship preparation by travelling to Europe for games in the Czech Republic and Lithuania, winning 2 of 3 against the Czech Republic and 1 of 3 against Lithuania. The team returned to Europe in June and went to Caceres in Spain, losing to Spain and Argentina before defeating Russia to go into the World Championships with a win.

Dante Exum

The 2013 FIBA U19 World Championships were held in Prague from 27 June – 7 July. The Emus endured two gruelling first rounds with wins against Senegal, Brazil and Russia but losses to Serbia, China and the USA. This meant a tough quarter final match up against Spain, but the team came into their own to win and advance to the semi-finals. There they faced Serbia again and were unable to better their previous result, going down 63-58 and heading into a bronze medal game against Lithuania. The Emus fought hard for a medal, sending the game into overtime, but were unsuccessful and lost 106-100 to finish 4th. Dante Exum was named in the Tournament All-Star 5.


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Junior National Under 19 Women’s Team: Gems

The Gems tipped off the year with a clean sweep of the 2012 FIBA Oceania U19 Championships in Porirua New Zealand, defeating New Zealand in all three games to qualify for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championships.

Commencing preparation for the World Championships, the Gems travelled to China in May 2013 for a four-nations tournament with hosts China, Brazil and the USA. The Gems played 9 games and finished with a 5-4 record. Led by experienced Head Coach Cheryl Chambers, the team featured WNBL Rookie of the Year and rising star Stephanie Talbot from the Adelaide Lightning, along with fellow AIS Centre of Excellence Scholarship holders Louise Brown, Darcee Garbin, Alicia Froling, Tiana Mangakahia and Alex Wilson.

In June, the Gems went on tour to France for tournaments in Reze and Fougeres, where they went undefeated through the two tournaments and clocked wins against Russia, Poland, Argentina, China, Brazil and France, continuing their impressive preparations for the World Championships.

Gems with Head Coach Cheryl Chambers

That month, BA named a Gems team for the 2013 FIBA Under 19 World Championship for Women in Lithuania headlined by a strong WNBL presence. The Gems prepared to take on the world’s best led by the two most recent WNBL Rookie of the Year winners in Carley Mijovic (2012) and Stephanie Talbot (2013), along with fellow WNBL young guns in Darcee Garbin, Casey Samuels and teen sensation Tahlia Tupaea.

Boasting nine Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence products and five players from the 2012 FIBA Under 17 World Championship team – Louise Brown, Alicia Froling, Tiana Mangakahia, Vannessa Panousis and Lauren Scherf – the team brought together an exciting mix of emerging stars and talented prospects.

The Gems travelled to the Canary Islands for a pre-tournament ahead of the World Championships at the end of July 2013.


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Junior National Under 17 Men’s Team

The Junior National Under 17 Men’s Team participated in the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championships in Lithuania from 29 June – 8 July 2012. Led by Head Coach Guy Molloy, the team had unprecedented success at this level. After a loss to the USA in the first game, the team continued the tournament undefeated right through to the gold medal game where they came up against the US again. After a great semi-final win over Croatia, they couldn’t get over the US and finished the tournament with a silver medal. Dante Exum was named in the All-Star Five Tournament team.

The next crop of U17 stars, aiming for the 2014 U17 World Championships, took part in both the September 2012 and January 2013 Australian Development Camps to begin the campaign. Mark Watkins was appointed the new Head Coach to take the team to 2014.

Junior National Under 17 Men’s Team


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Junior National Under 17 Women’s Team

The Junior National Under 17 Women’s Team went to the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championships in Amsterdam from 17 – 26 August 2012. Head Coach Marissa Fillipou lead the team to a 3-2 record in the preliminary rounds, leading to a quarter final match up with the USA, where the Australian team fell short. They went on to defeat the Netherlands and Italy to take out 5th place at the tournament.

The September 2012 and January 2013 Australian Development Camps saw the next group of athletes come together to begin vying for places in the 2014 World Championships team. Chris Lucas was appointed the new U17 Women’s Head Coach.

Junior National Under 17 Women’s Team


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Professional Leagues and Competitions Report

National Basketball League

The National Basketball League tipped off 2012-13 by making history as it launched the first digital coverage deal of its kind in Australia with Perform Media. NBL.TV – a new broadcast platform which saw all games of the iiNet NBL Championship televised live and in full across multiple digital platforms – provided unprecedented coverage of the League through PCs, tablets and smartphones.

On top of that, the League’s new partnership with SKY Television in New Zealand let Breakers fans see more NBL matches across multiple platforms, too – including all Breakers away games – for the first time ever.

The NBL was proud to announce an improved free-to-air broadcast deal which gave fans a live Sunday afternoon game on Network Ten and a better Friday night timeslot on One. Television viewership shot right up yet again, with Friday night audiences up 49% on 2011-12.

The opening of the state-of-the-art Perth Arena – as well as Melbourne and New Zealand playing at Hisense and Vector

Ben Madgen

respectively – was a boon for spectators. In turn, fans voted with their feet, driving an increase in crowd numbers of 26%, with more than half a million people attending NBL matches throughout the season.

The NBL returned a strong list of corporate supporters in 2012-13 – including naming rights partner iiNet – alongside Virgin Australia, AND1, Spalding and the Australian National Preventative Health Agency. NBL official licensed merchandise was sold in 120 retail outlets in Australia and 110 outlets in NZ, and the League’s website experienced a 66% boost in traffic.

On the court, quality was world-class. We welcomed former NBL MVP Gary Ervin back to Townsville, as well as a number of new imports who excited and entertained crowds: Seth Scott and Jonny Flynn of Melbourne, Darnell Lazare and Corin Henry of Sydney and Lance Hurdle of Wollongong. Importantly, a number of young Australian rising stars were drawn back to the NBL from college, such as Clint Steindl and Cameron Gliddon in Cairns, and Nate Tomlinson in Melbourne. Two NBL greats also returned to the League in the form of Tigers Head Coach Chris Anstey and Kings Head Coach Shane

Heal, passing their vast experience onto the next generation of stars.

The 2012-13 NBL Grand Final Series was certainly one to remember, with the New Zealand Breakers and Perth Wildcats storming their way through the semis. The Breakers and the Wildcats forged the premier rivalry in the League, producing high-quality games that have kept fans on the edge of their seats time after time. Ultimately, the Breakers prevailed, claiming their historic third straight championship.

2012-13 was a year of transformation for the NBL. In July 2012, the ownership of the Gold Coast Blaze took the decision to withdraw from the League after going into voluntary administration, unable to meet the financial terms required to participate. Having experienced significant growth over three consecutive seasons, the NBL moved forward as an eight-team league with a revised fixture with a 24 round season, All-Stars Weekend and top-four Finals System intact.

In March 2013, Basketball Australia formally commenced discussions with Clubs about the next step in the growth of the League, initiating a “White Paper” consultation process to examine options for the NBL’s future strategic growth and best possible opportunity for financial success.

As part of the NBL White Paper consultation process, NBL Clubs identified ‘Returning the League’ as their desired option. In May 2013, BA agreed to work with Clubs to determine the best path forward in pursuing a possible de-merger, with NBL Clubs looking to resume effective commercial and operational control of the League for the 2013/14 season.

BA – seeing a sustainable men’s national competition as integral to the game in Australia – worked with Clubs in 2012-13 to provide the leadership and transition to commercial and operational control conducive to the League’s future success and viability, with the de-merger completed in the 2013-14 financial year ahead of that NBL season.


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Women’s National Basketball League

The Women’s National Basketball League – Australia’s longest running elite women’s sporting competition – entered its 33rd consecutive season in 2012-13. We went into this WNBL season buoyed by the brilliant performances from the Jayco Australian Opals at the 2012 Olympic Games, and we were proud to have seven of our 12 Opals playing in this year’s competition.

Indeed, the calibre of our players and our teams made for one of the closest and most competitive seasons yet, producing thrilling basketball for fans and some shock results. In turn, fans voted with their feet, driving a phenomenal 37% increase in attendances across the league.

A new, key feature of the 2012-13 season was a series of games taken to regional centres. In Round Five the West Coast Waves hosted the Boomers in Eaton, Western Australia while Logan also hosted a ‘home’ game against Dandenong in Rockhampton, Queensland. The Canberra Capitals travelled to Albury for Round Seven, while West Coast hosted Sydney in Alice Springs in Round 18.

Suffice to say, the 2012-13 WNBL Grand Final between the Bendigo Spirit and the Townsville Fire was an historic game for both teams. It was the first time that both Bendigo and Townsville appeared in a WNBL Grand Final, and it was also the first time Bernie Harrower and Chris Lucas took their teams to a Grand Final as Head Coach. For the winners Bendigo Spirit – led by home-town favourite Kristi Harrower – it was both the first time Bendigo laid claim to a national sporting title and the first time a regional WNBL team won the championship.

Adelaide Lightning star Suzy Batkovic capped off another outstanding year, winning Most Valuable Player award for the second consecutive season in 2012-13. Continuing the form that saw her claim the WNBL’s highest individual honour in 2011-12, the Jayco Opals veteran was again dominant in the major statistical categories, leading the competition in points (21.3 per game), rebounds (9.8) and blocks (2.6) as her Adelaide team reached the WNBL finals for the second consecutive season.

2012-13 WNBL Champions Bendigo Bank Spirit

Kelsey Griffin’s 20 point, 11 rebound effort in the 2012-13 WNBL Grand Final topped off her debut season in the League as the 25 year old US import was crowned Grand Final MVP.

The League continued its free-to-air television partnership with the ABC – which has existed since 1989, making it one of the longest running broadcast partnerships in Australian sport – with an improved broadcast deal giving fans a better timeslot for free-to-air TV and more choice on how they view weekly games.

The WNBL proudly boasts a broad, supportive fan-base right across the country – and that’s why we were pleased to announce our improved WNBL coverage deal with the ABC for fans who couldn’t physically make it down to a game to support their local team. Those fans were still able to watch a live WNBL game every Friday night through ABC’s Grandstand portal; catch the delayed coverage on free-to air TV at the far more convenient timeslot of 4:00PM Saturday; or watch it anytime on ABC TV’s catch up service iView.

The 2012/13 season recorded television viewing audiences of 1,389,000 at an average per game viewing audience of 60,391, resulting in a 18% increase on the previous season. An average television audience of 149,000 viewers witnessed the Bendigo Spirit win the Championship title at the sold out 2012/13 WNBL Grand Final hosted in Bendigo – a viewing audience increase of 30% on the previous year.

The WNBL website – www.wnbl.com.au – continued to be the go-to for all news, results, match reports and features. Live Stats were again a major feature of our online presence, with all WNBL games from the season-opener to the Grand Final providing live stats updates.

Once again, our corporate partners – Champion, Spalding, iiNet, the Australian Sports Commission, Skins, Victor, SportingPulse and the ABC – provided invaluable support across the season.


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Professional Leagues and Competitions Report

AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Australian Junior Championships are one of the most anticipated events on the basketball calendar as every State and Territory is represented in events for both boys and girls from the U14’s age group through to the U20’s. In addition to these age categories, Championships are also run for athletes with an intellectual disability and junior wheelchair championships.

Throughout the year, we’re continually entertained and inspired by the most promising young talent in Australia as our stars of tomorrow for the title of National Champions. It’s safe to say everyone who plays at these championships follows in some very big footsteps, with the AJCs having proven time and time again to be a springboard to national and international careers for many of our great players.

2012 Australian U16 Junior Championships: Tamworth, NSW

• Men’s Champion – The Robert Young Trophy: Vic Metro 70 def. QLD South 46 (3rd – VIC Country)

• Women’s Champion – The Norma Connolly Trophy: Vic Metro 53 def. QLD South 50 (3rd – NSW Metro)

• Fair Play Award: QLD South Women

2012 Australian 18 & Under 3x3 Junior Championships: Sydney, NSW (in conjunction with Rollers & Gliders World Challenge)

• Men’s Champion: SA Metro 13 def. Tasmania 7 (3rd – ACT)

• Women’s Champion: VIC Country 13 def. VIC Metro 12 (3rd – QLD)

Australian Junior Championships

2012 Australian U14 Boys Club Championships: Kalamunda, WA

• Championship Division – The Ken Watson Trophy: Dandenong Rangers 42 def. Melbourne Tigers 40 (3rd – Hills Hornets)

• Shield Division: Penrith Panthers 38 def. Albury Cougars 32 (3rd – Maroochydore Clippers)

• Fair Play Award: Bendigo Braves

2012 Australian U14 Girls Club Championships: Morphett Vale, SA

• Championship Division – The Michele Timms Trophy: Melbourne Tigers 62 def. Hawthorn Magic 32 (3rd – Norths Bears)

• Shield Division: Dandenong Rangers 55 def. Coffs Harbour Suns 37 (3rd – Central District Lions)

• Fair Play Award: Canberra Capitals

2012 Australian Schools Championships: Kilsyth/Knox, VIC

• Men’s Champion: Caulfield Grammar def. Lake Ginninderra (3rd – Unley High School)

• Women’s Champion: John Paul College def. Rowville Secondary College (3rd – Mountain Creek State High School)

2013 Australian U20 and Ivor Burge Championships: Launceston, TAS

• Men’s U20 Champion – The Jack Terrill Trophy: VIC 67 def. NSW 63 (3rd – SA)

• Women’s U20 Champion – The Arthur McRobbie Trophy: VIC 57 def. SA 48 (3rd – NSW)

• Ivor Burge Men’s Champion: VIC Metro 78 def. QLD 43 (3rd – VIC Country)

• Ivor Burge Women’s Champion VIC Metro 78 def. NSW Country 45 (3rd – NSW Metro)

• Bob Staunton Awards: Dante Exum and Alex Wilson

• Ivor Burge MVP: Cameron Slacik and Kaitlyn Papworth

• Kim Larkin Fair Play Award (Ivor Burge only): Tasmania Women

2013 Australian U18 Junior Championships: Brisbane, QLD

• Men’s Champion: VIC Metro 63 def. NSW Metro 60 (3rd – Tasmania)

• Women’s Champion: QLD North 55 def. VIC Country 52 (3rd – QLD South)

2012 JUNIOR AWARDS

An important part of the Australian Junior Championship series is acknowledging some of our most talented performers and rewarding them publicly, whether they are athletes, coaches, referees, administrators or volunteers.

Male Player of the Year – Dante Exum (VIC)

• Silver medallist – Under 17 World Championships

• All Star Five – Under 17 World Championships

• Silver medallist – Under 18 National Championships

• AIS Scholarship Holder

Female Player of the Year – Vanessa Panousis (NSW/AIS)

• Member of the Under 18 Women Sydney Comets Gold Medal winning team, named MVP of the Grand Final

• Captain of the Under 18 Metro Women’s Gold Medal winning team – the first ever gold women’s medal for NSW

• Member of the Sydney Uni Flames in the WNBL

• Member of the Under 17 Australian Team who finished 5th at the World Championships

• BNSW Female Junior Player of the Year


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Male Wheelchair Basketball Player of the Year – Tom O’Neill-Thorne (NT)

• Selected in Emerging Rollers team that won gold at Fazza Cup in Dubai

• Selected in National Wheelchair Basketball League team Qld Spinning Bullets

• Selected in Emerging Rollers team that won 3rd at NSW Slam Down Under

• Selected in QLD Junior team that won bronze at Kevin Coombs Cup

• High Point Scorer at Kevin Coombs Cup

• Awarded NT Junior Sports Person of the Year (2012)

• Current Scholarship holder with NTIS

• Achieved all of this at 15

Male Player of the Year with an Intellectual Disability – Jamie Phillips (VIC)

• A member of the Vic Metro Ivor Burge team that won gold at the Ivor Burge Championships

• A contributor to the team’s success averaging 14 points, 8.7 rebounds and 0.9 blocks per game whilst also providing leadership and support to his fellow teammates

• Selected for the Australian Boomerangs Training Squad in the preparation for the 2013 INAS World Championships in Turkey

Female Player of the Year with an Intellectual Disability – Nyamal Bany (VIC)

• Starter and youngest member of the Vic Metro Ivor Burge gold medal winning team in the Ivor Burge National Championships in Canberra

• Since 2011, Captain of the Emerson Girls Basketball Team in the Vic Health Cup Special School State Championships (State Champions in 2011 and runners up in 2012)

• Invited to attend the Australian Pearls training camp

Male Coach of the Year – Guy Molloy (VIC)

• Head Coach – Australian Under 17 Men’s Team

• Silver medallist – Under 17 World Championships

• Head Coach – Ballarat SEABL Men’s Team

Female Coach of the Year – Lori Chizik (VIC)

• Australian Under 20 Championships – National Champions, Victoria Women

• Assistant Director of Coaching – Bulleen Boomers

• Basketball Coordinator – Wesley College

Male Referee of the Year – Jack Taylor (ACT)

• Referee at 2012 Australian Schools Championships, received gold medal men’s game

• Referee at 2012 U18 AJCs, received bronze medal women’s game

Female Referee of the Year – Kate Davies (VIC)

• Promoted to Victorian Senior Panel 4 after 2011 rankings

• Under 18 Girls Grand Final Referee at the 2012 National Junior Classic

• Under 16 Girls National Championships Grand Final Referee in Tamworth 2012

• Under 18 Girls VC Grand Final Referee of the 2012 VJBL (Victorian State Junior League)

• Vic Youth League 1 Men’s Finals series, not Grand Final though. (Big V League)

• Selected to attend and attended the 2012 FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament in Churchill

• Ranked 2nd on Victorian Senior Panel 4 for 2012

• Promoted to Senior Panel 3 and given the opportunity to referee SEABL in 2013

Male Contribution to Basketball for Players with an Intellectual Disability – Shane Howard (VIC)

• In 2012 Shane coordinated and run Colac Basketball’s for players with a disability, organising referees, coaches, managers, scorers, and carers

• Vice President of the Colac Basketball Association

• A tireless worker for the All Abilities program in Colac, all players and officials have enjoyed his high level of commitment to this program

Female Contribution to Basketball for Players with an ID – Cheryll Peters (VIC)

• Tireless volunteer work to grow Westernport’s All Abilities program, including local school programs, organising and driving Westernport’s participation in tournaments and boosting program growth

• Involved with Westernport’s All Abilities programs since their inception at the Westernport Basketball Association

• Previous work as a coach and manager of the BVC State Teams attending Ivor Burge National Titles

• Provides regular advice to Basketball Victoria on inclusion

Best Media Coverage – Roy Ward (VIC)

• Journalist since 2007 covering everything from Victorian junior basketball to the Horsham Hornets and the Canberra Gunners, Boomers/Jayco Opals and NBA

• Currently covers basketball for The Age focusing on the NBL and the WNBL

• Also writes as a sports journalist for a number of weekly local publications

• A regular supporter of the Vic Metro State Team program and has written numerous profile stories on elite junior players

• Passionate about basketball, having played with the Whittlesea Pacers from U14’s to U20’s and in the Big V Youth League with the Pacers; refereed for the VJBL junior panel and the ACT senior panel and served as an Assistant Coach to Steve Bruce with the Horsham Hornets in the Big V competition

Jnr Statistician of the Year – Richard Noble (ACT)

• Helped develop and sustain statisticians in the ACT

• Ran U20 and Ivor Burge Championships

• Attended U18 AJCs as ACT representative


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Game Development Report

Basketball is the second highest team participation sport in Australia, played by more than one million people across the country with 9% of Australians aged between 5 and 75 years currently playing the game. Of our 1,015,000 grassroots participants, 625,000 are 15 years and over, while 390,000 are under 15 years.

The latest sports participation data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics – released in October 2012 – shows basketball has defied the national trend and continued to grow its already strong participation base among children. The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities survey collected information on participation in sport, cultural activities and use of technology for children aged between 5 and 14.

In a glowing endorsement for Australian basketball, the study found:

• Overall, 42,000 fewer Australian children are playing organised sport than three years ago;

• However, basketball participation for 5 – 14 year olds jumped from 201,900 in 2009 to 220,200 in 2012 – that’s an increase of 7.9%, or 18,000 participants; and

• Since the 2006 version of the ABS study, basketball participation among children has grown by almost 44,000 children – that’s 25% in six years.

That growth is even more remarkable when you consider that the same ABS study found nearly all other major participation sports – including cricket, swimming, netball, tennis and Australian Rules Football – suffered a decline in participation levels within the same timeframe.

Basketball has always been one of Australia’s strongest participation sports – and the latest ABS data cements that. These numbers are a ringing endorsement of the strength and effectiveness of Basketball Australia’s grassroots programs – including Aussie Hoops and Active After-School Communities – as well as the support put behind game development at national, state and local levels.

Aussie Hoops

AUSSIE HOOPS

It has been a productive year for Aussie Hoops, the number of Associations and Clubs taking part in the program shooting up from 154 to 213 – an increase of 38%. Of those 213 Associations and Clubs, 79 registered participants online (37%). The total number of Aussie Hoops participants registered online in 2012-13 was 4,978, with the majority coming from Victoria (45%), Queensland (36%) and the Australian Capital Territory (14%). 2,179 (44%) of the total participants also paid for the program online.

Aussie Hoops received marketing support from the Women’s National Basketball League during its 2012-13 season, with a number of half-time game activations rolled out across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. An Aussie Hoops participant was featured each week in the WNBL’s Spotlight game program, providing a direct link between

the elite end of the sport and the stars of the future participating at a local junior level.

Aussie Hoops also benefited from game day activations during the Sino-Australia Challenge in Western Australia on 7 and 9 June 2013. Twenty participants from Perth Basketball Association and Kalamunda Basketball Association participated in player introductions, anthem ceremonies and half time entertainment before being presented with an Aussie Hoops medallion by Australian Boomers players.

Alongside day-to-day operations and increased exposure for the program, a major Product Positioning and Branding Review commenced. With valuable funding support from Basketball Australia’s principal partner, the Australian Sports Commission, leading sports marketing agency Gemba was engaged to conduct the review.


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THE BASKETBALL NETWORK

In 2012, Basketball Australia engaged a full-time staff member for the role of The Basketball Network Manager. This additional resourcing resulted in renewed interest around the program and subsequently, significant advancements in the solution. In 2013, Basketball South Australia and Basketball Tasmania also engaged part-time resourcing for The Basketball Network (TBN).

Out of the 411 affiliated associations in Australia, 262 associations are actively using part or all of TBN to better manage their membership, competition and capacity to communicate through a website.

More than $5.7 million in online transactions has passed through the gateway during this period, up from $3.8 million in the previous year – an increase of 151%. 161 associations/clubs transacted online payments, with not one organisation discontinuing its use.

Basketball Australia delivered education and training in conjunction with state bodies to more than 172 associations and clubs, as well as conducted training for state operational staff with 29 people in attendance. State TBN coordinators and leading associations attended a three day conference, with 100% of attendees indicating the conference was valuable and they would certainly attend again.

2013 FIBA Oceania Referees

Basketball WA provided associations with 55 laptops to utilise Stadium Scoring for representative competitions, with legacy associations able to use the hardware for domestic associations reducing the burden on staff and volunteers to enter results manually.

Basketball Australia in conjunction with Fox Sports Pulse surveyed over 1000 states, associations and clubs regarding their use of TBN and received more than 242 results. Overall, satisfaction with the solution was positive. A need for further training and education was identified.

Basketball Australia and Fox Sports Pulse developed an integrated approach to provide 1st level support to states, associations, and clubs increasing support satisfaction, reducing response times and improving shared knowledge between the two organisations.

Over 327,601 participants hold an active record in 2012-13, with 116,000 also holding a game record.

The extensive review – running for more than six months – included a situational analysis, consumer research, internal and external stakeholder consultation, determination of the optimal business model and brand strategy development. The report recommendations and product strategy have articulated a clear pathway for Aussie Hoops to achieve significant growth in participation over the next five years. Importantly, realisation of this potential presents the opportunity for Aussie Hoops to be recognised as a tier one junior game development program in Australia.

The final report was overwhelmingly endorsed by the Australian Sports Commission, Basketball Australia and its State and Territory member associations. The remodelled Aussie Hoops program will be re-launched in the 2013-14 financial year.

THE ACTIVE AFTER-SCHOOL COMMUNITIES PROGRAM

The Active After-School Communities (AASC) program continued to provide sporting opportunities for primary school children across Australia, investing approximately $20 million into grassroots sport in order to deliver more than 28,000 programs engaging 760,000 participants.

An estimated $600,000 of that funding was allocated to basketball programs in 2012-13, with the number of participants in basketball programs increasing by 11% to a total of 52,612 participants nationally. Major increases occurred in the Northern Territory (45%), the ACT (31%), Queensland (28%) and Western Australia (23%).

The number of basketball programs delivered by AASC increased by 8% in 2012-13 to a total of 1,976 programs, with major increases in the Northern Territory (39%), Western Australia (29%) and Queensland (17%). The number of coaches in basketball programs also increased by 9% to 1,378 in 2012-13, with major increases in coaches coming from sports clubs (15%), community members (14%) and students (8%).


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GREEN SHIRT PROGRAM

The Green Shirt program for beginner referees remains popular, with sales of 1,437 green shirts from State Offices and the online store in 2012-13.

REFEREE SUPPORT

In 2012-13, manuals supplied to referees attending the Australian Junior Championships were updated. Officiating Guidelines were created to give referees a resource for what is expected with game control, judgement, rule knowledge, court presence and mechanics. Officiating Directives provided a more instructive outline of what referees should and shouldn’t call during a game.

Funding from the Illicit Drugs in Sport program was also able to provide Referee Evaluation booklets for every referee attending the AJCs, as well as the 55 referees officiating in the AJCs’ participation division.

The introduction of the Australian U18 3x3 tournament in conjunction with the Rollers and Gliders World Challenge provided opportunities and challenges for referees and Scoretable with the new fast paced game. This was the platform for the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney and Basketball Australia hosted the 3x3 tournament in Darling Harbour, with referees from the Australian U18 3x3 tournaments and ACT called upon for their vast education and knowledge.

Statisticians

INTERNATIONAL FIBA REFEREE APPOINTMENTS

The following Australian FIBA/IWBF Referees were appointed to officiate at international Championships:

Michael Aylen Olympic Games, London, UK

Vaughan Mayberry Olympic Games, London, UK

Matt Wells Paralympic Games, London, UK

Philip Haines Paralympic Games, London, UK

Brad Giersch FIBA Olympic Qualifier, Venezuela

Chris Reid U17 Men’s World Championships, Lithuania

Toni Caldwell U17 Women’s World Championships, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Matt Townsend Boris Stankovic Cup, China

Scott Beker Chinese Basketball Association Semi-finals, China

Tim Boswell NBA Summer Camp

Brett Hogan East Asian Basketball League

NATIONAL REFEREE PATHWAYS REVIEW

A National Review of Referee Pathways was conducted, with a final report submitted to Basketball Australia’s Competitions Commission on 1 October 2012. The purpose of the review was to examine the effectiveness and relevance of current systems being utilised for the Referee Pathway. The review also sought current best practices across Australia, with a view to implementing these in a model to provide consistency while also considering the needs of some States and Territories.

Consultation for the report involved:

• Online survey to the public;

• Consultation with State/Territory CEO’s, State Referee Managers, Educators and other personnel involved with referee management and development; and

• A post-consultation workshop bringing together participants from coaching, refereeing, elite and grassroots basketball (the final report and recommendations which were submitted to the BA High Performance and Competitions Commissions had been developed from this workshop).

The review ultimately recommended a pathway model for the identification, education, development and retention of referees. It also identified ways of using technology to deliver a referee pathway that provides opportunities at all levels of the sport.

NATIONAL OFFICIALS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

Basketball Australia was once again successful with its application for the National Officiating Scholarship in December 2012, which was granted to two referees: Nikki Ireland from South Australia and Rebecca Keirs from NSW. The year-long scholarship involved workshops hosted by the Australian Sports Commission as well as working and reporting to the physiologist, nutritionist and psychologist managing the program. Nikki and Rebecca both travelled interstate to officiate and be evaluated by referee coaches on SEABL games in Canberra and Big V Championship games in Victoria.


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Scoretable

STATISTICIANS

A workshop for the Australian Basketball Statistics Committee was conducted over two days in Sydney in October 2012, with a comprehensive review of all course and training materials and subsequent updates recommended incorporate all rule changes since the last review of training resources in 2009.

The workshop was represented by a Coordinator from each available State/Territory. Issues discussed included the segregation of the level 2 course and upgrades of nominations to level 4. Sian Mulholland from the Australian Sports Commission addressed the Committee to outline the requirements and process of having the Statisticians Curriculum accredited with the ASC.

The Australian Basketball Statistics Committee subsequently updated all course and training materials, with the final documents distributed to personnel qualified to run statisticians courses.

SCORETABLE

The Scoretable community once again been worked tirelessly to look after games, tournaments and national team scrimmages during camp. Opportunities available in 2012-13 for people to gain experience on international games and coaching included:

• FIBA Oceania Pacific Games;

• Australian Youth Olympics, 3x3 Basketball;

• The Sino-Australia Challenge;

• Rollers and Gliders World Challenge; and

• Gems v Japan games in Canberra.

As part of their educational pathway, one Scoretable representative and one statistician from each State were sent to the 2012 Australian U16 Championships in Tamworth and to the 2013 Australian U18 Championships in Brisbane. Scoretable representatives were given the opportunity to work among people from other States in order to facilitate knowledge-sharing and education.

Scoretable educational materials have also been updated as required, and representatives have been kept updated with changes to scoretable operation by FIBA. The next face-to-face workshop is scheduled for 2014.


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COACHING

In 2012-13, Basketball Australia commenced two major projects to support our coaches:

• The National Coaches Database – in line with the National Registration Database, compiled to identify accredited coaches across the country and migrate them to the The Basketball Network; and

• The National Coach Depth Chart – used to show the placement of identified coaches in order to accurately project their capability for certain events or programs.

A total of 14 Coaches Clinics were delivered across Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Launceston, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Bendigo and Ballarat – providing coach development opportunities from primary school and domestic coaches right through to our national level senior and junior coaches. Coaches are able to watch an experienced coach in action take a group of young players through fundamentals, drills and the philosophy of the game in two hours. Clinics were also conducted at the Australian Junior Championships in Tamworth, Maitland, Launceston, Kilsyth and Brisbane, as well as the 2012 Farewell Series in Melbourne.

2012-13 saw the establishment of the National Coach Development Strategy to formulate a clear, integrated, national plan raising standards across all levels of coaching and supporting long-term coach development. The strategy aims to create a world-class coaching system which produces exceptional coaches and highly-skilled players by drawing on experience within the game and focusing on best practice from around the world and other sports.

BA developed the Terms of Reference for a Coach Development Experts panel, with the support of Basketball Victoria, to assist the education of coaches and parents in managing the workloads of students and junior players. The need was identified to:

• Establish Athlete Welfare Task Force to identify opportunities and priorities;

• Conduct Athlete Welfare Workshop to identify priorities and support mechanisms; and

• Conduct regional workshops to implement athlete management communication structures.

During 2012-13, BA also:

• Developed NCAS Association Coach Curriculum to provide updated content to deliver the new Basketball Australia Coach Development Program NCAS Accreditation system;

• Captured and migrated Level 2 and Level 3 accredited coaches to the new NCAS Awards (Performance/Master Coach) system;

• Provided resourcing to Association Coach courses in NSW and Victoria, including accredited program content and workbooks and materials and consultation to State Directors of Coaching;

• Contributed to the PHD student program at the AIS which in turn supports the development of basketball in Australia;

• Managed the FIBA Licensed Coaches Program covering Performance and Master coaches that are or have been involved in the international program;

• Delivered coaching workshops on international trends in basketball observed at FIBA World Championships and Olympic Games to broaden the knowledge and sphere of influence in developing internationally competitive players and coaches – an effective strategy of in servicing and developing high performance and association coaches; and

• Hosted Juan Orenga, the Spanish National Men’s Coach, providing an opportunity for a series of world-class Coaches Clinics in Australia in conjunction with FIBA Oceania.

ILLICIT DRUGS IN SPORT

The Illicit Drugs in Sport (IDiS) program continued athlete education around Illicit Drugs and Social Media at the start of the 2012-13 year. IDiS courses reached the Australian Boomers prior to the 2012 Olympic Games, as well as NBL and WNBL players at the joint pre-season tournament in Dandenong. WNBL players also received education on match-fixing, with the NBL having previously undergone this session.

The National Education Manager (NEM) continued with delivery of direct education to the National Intensive Training Programme (NITP) athletes at a state level, and over the course of a project year each state program was provided with education opportunities delivered to fit in with athlete camps and availability. Direct education was provided to students participating in No School No Play, athletes at the U20 AJCs and Ivor Burge Championships, and National Wheelchair Basketball League players.

BA also sought further training from ASADA on education around performance and image enhancing drugs. The third and final IDiS round was developed around the theme of Illicit and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Supplements, with the Emerging Boomers undertaking that round in 2012-13.

MATCH FIXING AND INTEGRITY

BA was one of the first sports to provide direct education to athletes on match-fixing and integrity issues, also having made a significant contribution to the Australian Government’s development of a national digital education tool for all sports.

Taking a proactive approach to these issues, BA expanded the National Education Manager’s role to include integrity, and education was delivered to all BA and stakeholder staff on issues pertaining to betting, match-fixing and integrity.


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2012/13 Financial Report

2012/13 operating revenues of $13.74 million were comprised as follows:

Grant revenues $5.53 million 40.2% of total revenue

Membership and participation fees $1.79 million 13% of total revenue

Sponsorships $2.44 million 17.8% of total revenue

Media rights $1.78 million 13% of total revenue

Competitions income $1.17 million 8.5% of total revenue

Other income and interest $1.03 million 7.5% of total revenue

2012/13 expenditures of $13.22 million were made up as follows:

High Performance and National Teams $4.71 million 35.7% of total expenditure

National Basketball League $4.05 million 30.6% of total expenditure

Community Basketball $1.55 million 11.7% of total expenditure

Women’s National Basketball League $0.88 million 6.7% of total expenditure

Administration and finance $1.55 million 11.7% of total expenditure

Other marketing and communications $0.48 million 3.6% of total expenditure

In 2012-13, BA had a good year finishing with a surplus of $522,000 against a budget of $364,000. We also lifted our reserves as a percentage of income from 8.4% to 12.54%.

BA Limited’s Statement of Financial Position at 30 June 2013 was as follows:

Current assets $5.27 million

Non-current assets $0.15 million

Total assets $5.42 million

Current liabilities $3.69 million

Non-current liabilities $0.01 million

Total liabilities $3.7 million

Accumulated funds $1.72 million

KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION

During the year the company had 14 key management personnel (2012: 13) who were compensated as follows:

Remuneration band 2013 2012

$nil 5 4

$1 - $99,000 2 4

$100,000 - $199,000 5 3

$200,000 - $299,000 1 1

$300,000 - $400,000 1 1

Total key management personnel compensation $1,417,314 $1,406,587

Bonus payments (included above) $43,100 $70,872

In its fourth year of operation, BA Limited (Basketball Australia) recorded an overall surplus of $522,094 for 2012/13.


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International Scorecard2012-2013 NATIONAL TEAM RESULTS

BoomersExhibition Games in Granada Malaga (Spain) and Strasbourg (France) July 2012

Team Peter Crawford, Patrick Mills, Adam Gibson, Joe Ingles, Brad Newley, Matthew Dellavedova, Davd Barlow, Mark Worthington, Aron Baynes, David Andersen, Matthew Nielsen, Aleks Maric

Staff Brett Brown, Andrej Lemanis, Martin Clarke, Mohammad Dakhil, Nic Mercer, Steve Evans, Graham Lee, Diana Glazer

Results 17.07.12 Australia lost to Spain 69-75

18.07.12 Australia lost to Spain 75-81

22.07.12 Australia lost to Brazil 71-87

23.07.12 Australia defeated France 69-67

London Olympic Games Malaga (Spain) and Strasbourg (France) July 2012

Team Peter Crawford, Patrick Mills, Adam Gibson, Joe Ingles, Brad Newley, Matthew Dellavedova, Davd Barlow, Mark Worthington, Aron Baynes, David Andersen, Matthew Nielsen, Aleks Maric

Staff Brett Brown, Andrej Lemanis

Results 29.07.12 Australia lost to Brazil 71-75


02.08.12 Australia defeated China 81-61

04.08.12 Australia defeated Russia 82-80

06.08.12 Australia defeated GB 106-75

08.08.12 Australia lost to USA 86-119

Sino-Australia Challenge Perth and China June 2013

Team Adam Gibson, Jason Cadee, Igor Hadziomerovic, Ben Madgen, Chris Goulding, Cameron Gliddon, Clinton Steindl, Jesse Wagstaff, Anthony Petrie, Daniel Johnson, Luke Nevill, Cameron Bairstow

Staff Andrej Lemanis, Luc Longley, Rohan Short, Mick Downer, Graham Lee, David Philpot, Nic Mercer, Diana Glazer

Results 07.06.13 Australia lost to China 55-61



14.06.13 Australia lost to China 88-81

Emerging BoomersBoris Stankovic Cup Lanzhou, China 27 June 2013 – 3 July 2013

Team Igor Hadziomerovic, Jason Cadee, Mitchell Norton, Owen Odigie, Todd Blanchfield, Clinton Steindl, Ryan Broekhoff, Andrija Dumovic, Cody Ellis, Mitchell Young, Cameron Bairstow, Matthew Andronicos

Staff Andrej Lemanis, Michael Downer, Rohan Short, David Hillard, Jared Campbell

Results 27.06.13 Australia defeated Argentina 62-59


29.06.13 Australia defeated Puerto Rico 72-68

30.06.13 Australia defeated Germany 79-64

02.07.13 Australia defeated Nigeria 76-61


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Jayco OpalsSheffield Invitational Tournament 13 -15 July 2012

Team Elizabeth Cambage, Lauren Jackson, Kristi Harrower, Laura Hodges, Jennifer Screen, Samantha Richards, Kathleen MacLeod, Belinda Snell, Rachel Jarry, Suzy Batkovic, Abby Bishop, Jenna O’Hea

Staff Carrie Graf, Phil Brown, Peter Buckle, Rachel McAlister, Tony Ward, Dr Don McIntosh, Renae Maycock

Results 13.07.12 Australia defeated France 69-59


15.07.12 Australia defeated Angola 70-46

Lille International Tournament 20 -22 July 2012


Staff Carrie Graf, Phil Brown, Peter Buckle, Michele Timms, Rachel McAlister, Delwyn Griffiths, Dr David Hughes, Renae Maycock

Results 20.07.12 Australia defeated China 84-53

21.07.12 Australia defeated Brazil 78-75

22.07.12 Australia lost to France 58-64

Emerging OpalsChina Four Nations Tournament 17- 27 June 2013

Team Stephanie Cumming, Katie Rae Ebzery, Kate Gaze, Emma Langford, Tessa Lavey, Lauren Mansfield, Nicole Seekamp, Olivia Thompson, Alex Sheedy, Abigail Wehrung, Rosemary Fadljevic, Amy Lewis

Staff Chris Lucas, Simon Pritchard, Claudia Brassard, Miranda Wallis

Results 17.06.13 Australia lost to USA 50-83


19.06.13 Australia lost to Hungary 76-84



23.06.13 Australia lost to Hungary 63-79


London Olympic Games July 2012


Staff Carrie Graf, Phil Brown, Peter Buckle, Michele Timms, Rachel McAlister, Dr David Hughes, Renae Maycock

Results 28.07.12 Australia defeated GB 75-58

30.07.12 Australia lost to France 70-74



05.08.12 Australia defeated Canada 72-63




China Tour 19 -23 June 2013

Team Natalie Burton, Cayla Francis, Renae Camino, Natalie Hurst, Sara Blicavs, Tess Madgen, Jennifer Screen, Belinda Snell, Marianna Tolo, Kristen Veal, Kelly Wilson

Staff Brendan Joyce, Lori Chizik, Scott Butler, Tamara Sheppard, Rachel McAlister, Dr Simone Page

Results Game 1 Australia lost to China 64-69

Game 2 Australia lost to China 61-65

Game 3 Australia defeated China 69-59


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International Scorecard

RollersParalympic Games London August 2012

Team Justin Eveson, Bill Latham, Shaun Norris, Michael Hartnett, Tristan Knowles, Jannik Blair, Grant Mizens, Tige Simmons, Brett Stibners, Dylan Alcott, Brad Ness, Nick Taylor

Staff Ben Ettridge, Tom Kyle, Matteo Farrano, Jesse Adams, Joanna Vaile, Leigh Gooding

Results 30.08.12 Australia defeated South Africa 93-39

31.08.12 Australia defeated turkey 71-64

01.09.12 Australia defeated Spain 75-59

02.09.12 Australia defeated United States 65-49

03.09.12 Australia defeated Italy 68-48

05.09.12 Australia defeated Poland 76-53

06.09.12 Australia defeated United States 72-63

08.09.12 Australia lost to Canada 58-64

GlidersWorld Challenge Sydney 17-21 July 2012

Team Amanda Carter, Clare Nott, Shelley Chaplin, Cobi Crispin, Leanne Del Toso, Kylie Gauci, Bridie Kean, Katie Hill, Tina McKenzie, Amber Merritt, Sarah Stewart, Sarah Vinci

Staff John Triscari, David Gould, Ben Osborne, Miranda Wallis, Marian Stewart

Results 17.07.12 Australia defeated China 60-41

18.07.12 Australia defeated Japan 67-41




Papendal Games Arnhem, Netherlands 15 -19 August 2012


Staff John Triscari, David Gould, Ben Osborne, Miranda Wallis, Marian Stewart, Scott Smith

Results 15.08.12 Australia lost to Canada 46-61


17.08.12 Australia lost to Netherlands 51-56

18.08.12 Australia defeated Mexico 70-45


Paralympic Games London August 2012


Staff John Triscari, David Gould, Ben Osborne, Miranda Wallis, Marian Stewart, Scott Smith

Results 30.08.12 Australia defeated Brazil 52-50


01.09.12 Australia lost to Canada 50-57

02.09.12 Australia defeated Netherlands 58-49

04.09.12 Australia defeated Mexico 62-37

06.09.12 Australia defeated USA 40-39

07.09.12 Australia lost to Germany 44-58

Osaka Cup Japan 14- 16 February 2013

Team Natalie Alexander, Shelley Chaplin, Shelley Cronau, Leanne Del Toso, Caitlin De Wit, Melanie Domaschenz, Natalie Hodges, Georgia Inglis, Amber Merritt, Kathleen O’Kelly-Kennedy, Ella Sabljk, Sarah Vinci

Staff David Gould, Alison Mosely, Sissy Taufika, Jane Kyle

Results 14.02.12 Australia defeated Canada 64-55





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Emus2012 FIBA Oceania U19 Championships Porirua, NZ 20 – 22 September 2012

Team Mirko Djeric, Nicholas Duncan, Dante Exum, Anthony Fisher, Matthew Jackson, Fabijan Krslovic, Jack Lopez, Gerard Martin, Emmett Naar, Dane Pineau, Michael Rowley, Dougal Weir

Staff Damian Cotter, Mark Watkins, Bob McGugan, Peter Suffolk, Dr George Pitsis

Results 20.09.12 Australia defeated NZ 85-64

21.09.12 Australia defeated NZ 90-75


2013 Four- Nations Tournament China April 2013

Team Mirko Djeric, Nicholas Duncan, Anthony Fisher, Fabijan Krslovic, Jock Landale, Gerard Martin, Emmett Naar, Joshua Oswald, Keanu Pinder, Dane Pineau, Felix Von Hofe, Dougal Weir

Staff Damian Cotter, Paul Goriss, Jennifer De Gabriele, Peter Suffolk, Dr George Pitsis

Results

Sanming 19.04.13 Australia defeated China 83-79


21.04.13 Australia lost to Lithuania 63-85

Chongqing 23.04.13 Australia lost to USA 68-82 24.04.13 Australia lost to China 51-59


Nanchang 27.04.13 Australia defeated China 54-50 28.04.13 Australia lost to USA 58-80

29.04.13 Australia defeated Lithuania 77-73

2013 Tour to Europe Nymburg and Prague, Czech Republic and Kaunas, Lithuania May 2013

Team Jonah Bolden, Mirko Djeric, Nicholas Duncan, Dante Exum, Anthony Fisher, Fabijan Krslovic, Gerard Martin, Emmett Naar, Joshua Oswald, Keanu Pinder, Dane Pineau, Felix Von Hofe

Staff Damian Cotter, Paul Goriss, Bob McGugan, Steve Evans, Dr George Pitsis

Results

Czech Republic 26.05.13 Australia lost to Czech Republic 71-75

27.05.13 Australia defeated Czech Republic 80-52


Australia won series 2-1

Lithuania 30.05.13 Australia defeated Lithuania 72-56



Lithuania won series 2-1

Pre- World Championship Tournament Nymburg and Prague, Czech Republic and Caceres, Spain June 2013

Team Jonah Bolden, Nicholas Duncan, Dante Exum, Anthony Fisher, Fabijan Krslovic, Gerard Martin, Emmett Naar, Joshua Oswald, Keanu Pinder, Dane Pineau, Michael Rowley, Felix Von Hofe

Staff Damian Cotter, Paul Goriss, Al McAughtry, Peter Suffolk, Dr George Pitsis, Bob McGugan

Results 21.06.13 Australia lost to Argentina 91-94



2013 FIBA U19 Men’s World Championships June 2013

Team Jonah Bolden, Nicholas Duncan, Dante Exum, Anthony Fisher, Fabijan Krslovic, Gerard Martin, Emmett Naar, Joshua Oswald, Keanu Pinder, Dane Pineau, Michael Rowley, Felix Von Hofe

Staff Damian Cotter, Paul Goriss, Al McAughtry, Peter Suffolk, Dr George Pitsis, Bob McGugan

Results 27.06.13 Australia defeated Senegal 90-46

28.06.13 Australia lost to Serbia 57-78






06.07.13 Australia lost to Serbia 58-63



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International Scorecard

Gems2012 FIBA Oceania U19 Championships Porirua, New Zealand September 2012

Team Mikhaela Donnelly, Darcee Garbin, Jessica Good, Brianan Kentwell, Tiana Mangakahia, Carley Mijovic, Maddison Penn, Tenaya Phillips, Casey Samuels, Stephanie Talbot, Madeleine White, Alex Wilson

Staff Cheryl Chambers, Wayne Pollock, Peta Sinclair, Robyn Houghton, Paula Peralta, Dr Sandra Mejak

Results 20.09.12 Australia defeated NZ 72-65



2013 Four Nations Tournament China April 2013

Team Louise Brown, Alicia Froling, Darcee Garbin, Jessica Good, Tiana Mangakahia, Carley Mijovic, Vanessa Panousis, Casey Samuels, Lauren Scherf, Stephanie Talbot, Tahlia Tupaea, Alex Wilson

Staff Cheryl Chambers, Wayne Pollock, Robyn Houghton, Jessica Thornton, Dr Viran De Silva

Results 03.05.13 Australia defeated Brazil 62-46



07.05.13 Australia defeated USA 59-49






2013 France Tour- Reze and Fougeres May 2013

Team Louise Brown, Alicia Froling, Darcee Garbin, Tiana Mangakahia, Carley Mijovic, Vanessa Panousis, Maddison Penn, Casey Samuels, Lauren Scherf, Stephanie Talbot, Tahlia Tupaea, Alex Wilson


Results 06.06.13 Australia defeated Russia 79-29

07.06.13 Australia defeated Poland 59-37

08.06.13 Australia defeated Argentina 84-43





Tournament in Canary Islands July 2013






2013 FIBA U19 World Championships for Women Klaipeda and Panevezys, Lithuania July 2013



Results 18.07.13 Australia defeated Argentina 69-48





24.07.13 Australia defeated Serbia 89-53





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U17 Men2012 FIBA U17 World Championships for Men Kaunas, Lithuania 29 June-8 July

Team Nicholas Duncan, Mirko Djeric, Fabijan Krslovic, Darcy Malone, Gerard Martin, Ben Simmons, Joshua Derksen, Dante Exum, Matthew Jackson, Michael Luxford, Jack Purchase, Felix Von Hofe

Staff Guy Molloy, Jamie O’Loughlin, Kevin Smith, Bruce Anderson, Cliff Baxter




03.07.12 Australia defeated Egypt 88-73


06.07.12 Australia defeated Argentina 78-59

07.07.12 Australia defeated Croatia 83-71


U17 Women2012 FIBA U17 World Championships for Women Amsterdam, Netherlands 17- 26 August

Team Annie Blackburn, Louise Brown, Stephanie Collins, Alicia Froling, Keely Froling, Tiana Mangakahia, Vanessa Panousis, Danni Pearce, Lauren Scherf, Alanna Smith, Carly Turner, Abigail Wehrung

Staff Marissa Fillipou, Simon Pritchard, Chris Lucas, Donna Ironmonger, Rosie Molloy, Dr George Pitsis

Results 17.08.12 Australia lost to Spain 49-65


19.08.12 Australia lost to Netherlands 62-70

21.08.12 Australia defeated Turkey 53-63



25.08.12 Australia defeated Netherlands 82-59

26.08.12 Australia defeated Italy 58-49

FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth ChampionshipsWomen Churchill, VIC December 2012

Team Shelby Britten, Ella Hellessey, Bride Kennedy-Hopoate, Krystle McKenzie, Danijela Milisic, Bridget O’Brien, Georgia Pineau, Alexandra Sharp, Elizabeth Tonks, Morgan Yaeger

Staff Paul Flynn, Tracy York, Ashleigh Joyce, Judi Roberts

Results 26.11.12 Australia defeated Tahiti 105-24

27.11.12 Australia defeated New Caledonia 117-21

28.11.12 Australia defeated Samoa 142-9

29.11.12 Australia defeated PNG 124-23

30.11.12 Australia defeated Fiji 92-20


Men Churchill, VIC December 2012

Team Abiola Akintola, Kyle Clark, Darryl McDowell-White, William McDowell-White, Timothy Molloy-Leigh, Matthew Owies, Jock Perry, Jacob Pupavac, Dejan Vasiljevic, Tom Wilson

Staff Justin Schueller, Alan McAughtry, Ashleigh Joyce, Wayne Bird

Results 26.11.12 Australia defeated Guam 84-46

27.11.12 Australia defeated Samoa 83-36

28.11.12 Australia defeated Tahiti 87-55

29.11.12 Australia defeated PNG 109-31

30.11.12 Australia defeated Fiji 99-53



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2012-13 Directory

Patron The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister

Chair Scott Derwin

Directors Martin Cleaver Scott Derwin Andrew Gaze Rob Marcolina Gillian McFee Justin Milne

Chief Executive The Hon Kristina Keneally

Basketball Australia Members Constituent Associations Basketball ACT Basketball NSW Basketball NT Basketball Queensland Basketball SA Basketball Tasmania Basketball Victoria Basketball WA

NBL Clubs ACN 137 225 837 Pty Ltd [Adelaide 36ers] Taipans Basketball Incorporated [Cairns Taipans] Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club LtdProteam Holdings Ltd [NZ Breakers]Wildcats 2000 Pty Ltd [Perth Wildcats]Townsville Crocodiles Pty LtdWollongong Hawks Basketball LtdKings Basketball Pty Ltd

Life MembersFrank Angove OAM (dec), Ivor Burge MBE (dec), Richard Butler, Bob Elphinston OAM, William Feltham (dec), Lindsay Gaze OAM, Ron Harvey CVO AM, Adrian Hurley OAM, Robert Kidner (dec), Lorraine Landon, Ken Madsen MBE, John Martin, Arthur McRobbie OAM (dec), Alistair Ramsay OAM MBE, John Raschke OAM (dec), George Russell OAM, Jack Small OAM (dec), Malcolm Speed, Robert Staunton OAM (dec), Sid Taylor AM, Ken Watson MBE (dec), Betty Watson OAM

CommissionsAssociations CommissionGillian McFee (Chair)Rob Marcolina (BA Board)BACT, Mark WhiteBNSW, Paul BealeBNT, Paul FeeneyBQ, Neil Hamilton-SmithBSA, Peter SextonBTas, Lou CoxBV, Dan KirtleyBWA, Libby Woods

High Performance CommissionAndrew Gaze (Chair)Jill CookJason HellwigPaul RoosBob McGuganBronwyn MarshallDavid Crocker

Competitions CommissionAndrew Gaze (Chair)Libby WoodsJohn DavidsonJohn MartinGrant WallaceSimon Brookhouse

NBL CommissionJustin Milne (Chair)Martin Cleaver (BA Board)Michael SlepoyStephen DunnAdrian GarronePeter BahlmannKristina Keneally (BA CEO)

WNBL CommissionScott Derwin (Chair)Lesley PodestaAlexis DodwellJayne ArlettJeremi MouleMatthew Phelps

Honours and Awards CommissionKen Madsen (Chair)Barry BarnesRachael SpornPat MickanLesley PodestaKristina Keneally (BA CEO)

Australian Basketball Hall of Fame MembersLegends - Dr John Raschke (dec), Alistair Ramsay, Lindsay Gaze

Inductees - Michael AhMatt (dec), Frank Angove (dec), Barry Barnes, Sandy Blythe (dec),Ray Borner, Sandy Brondello, Cal Bruton, Dr Ivor Burge (dec), Ken Cole (out of session induction in December 2012), Steve Carfino, David Carmichael, Wayne Carroll, Jenny Cheesman, Norma Connolly, Kevin Coombs, Eddie Crouch, Karen Dalton, George (Juris) Dancis, Ian Davies, Mark Davis, Lorraine Eiler, Bob Elphinston, Merv Emms (dec), Trish Fallon, Scott Fisher, Inga Freidenfelds, Andrew Gaze, Lindsay Gaze, Shelley Gorman, Ricky Grace, Al Green, Elaine Hardwick, John Holden, Adrian Hurley, Maree Jackson, Michael Johnson, Damian Keogh, Brian Kerle, Leroy Loggins, Luc Longley, Greg Love, Robyn Maher, Tom Maher, Herb McEachin, Arthur McRobbie (dec), Karin McRobert, Keith Miller, PatriciaMoore, Danny Morseu, Julie Nykiel, Bill Palmer, Ed Palubinskas, Darryl Pearce, Henry Perazzo (dec), Alistair Ramsay, Dr John Raschke (dec), George Russell, Avis Scullin, Larry Sengstock, Jack Small (dec), Phil Smyth, Malcolm Speed, Rachael Sporn, Robert Staunton (dec), Sid Taylor, Michele Timms, Ray Tomlinson, Bob Turner, Fred Van Dongen, Andrew Vlahov, Betty Watson, Ken Watson (dec), Michael Wrublewski (dec), Bill Wyatt, Robert Young

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