2012 FIBA OCEANIA ANNUAL REPORT February 2013
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FIBA Oceania 2010 – 2014 Office Bearers ...... 3
President’sTitle of Report Document – Bob in ArElphinstonial Regular ...... 12pt ...... 4
Secretary General’s Report – Steve Smith ...... 6
Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Development and Executive Visits 2012 ...... 10
Website and Technology ...... 11
Inaugural 3x3 FIBA Oceania Youth Championships: ...... 12
FIBA Oceania Under 19 Championships for men and women: ...... 16
Federation Reports ...... 18
AMERICAN SAMOA: ...... 18
AUSTRALIA: ...... 19
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: ...... 20
FIJI...... 24
GUAM...... 25
KIRIBATI ...... 26
MARSHALL ISLANDS ...... 27
NEW ZEALAND: ...... 28
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: ...... 30
PALAU ...... 31
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: ...... 32
SAMOA...... 33
SOLOMON ISLANDS: ...... 34
TONGA...... 35
VANUATU: ...... 37
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FIBATitle of OceaniaDocument in 2010 Arial Regular – 2014 12pt Office Bearers
President Bob Elphinston Honorary Life President Al Ramsay
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Barbara Wheadon FIBA Central Board Bob Elphinston 2010 - 2014 Steve Smith
Members of Honour Sameme U Samia (deceased) Merv Emms (deceased) Carrie Gaveau Sid Taylor Robin Milligan Ken Clifford John Martin David Rout Michael White
Secretary General Steve Smith
Regan Kama – Zone Development Manager FIBA Oceania Staff Judy Smith – Administration & Special Projects
FIBA Oceania Representatives on FIBA Commissions and Councils
FIBA Foundation Bob Elphinston (Aus) President Technical Commission Bill Mildenhall (Aus) and Patrick Hunt (WABC) Commission for International Competitions John Maddock (Aus) Vice President, Lorraine Landon (Wom Comm), Barbara Wheadon (NZL) Commission for Women’s Basketball Lorraine Landon (Aus) President Commission for Youth Basketball Mel Young (NZL) Commission for Legal Matters Ken Madsen (Aus) Vice President Appeals Commission Ian Ramsay (Aus) Medical Council Dr Peter Harcourt (Aus), President World Association of Basketball Coaches Patrick Hunt (Aus) President, Michael Haynes (Aus) Finance Commission John Gallaher (NZL) Membership Commission Steve Smith Vice President and Ken Madsen (Aus)
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President’s Report – Bob Elphinston Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt FIBA Oceania enjoyed a most successful year in 2012 with the following highlights.
Pacific Youth Championships, hosted by Basketball Australia and held in
Churchill, Victoria, proved to be the most successful yet held with excellent organiTitle ofsation, Document outstanding in Arial Regular facilities, 12pt village accommodation and services located on the University Campus and a high quality coaching programme. FIBA Oceania All Star Teams were selected from this Championship to compete in Australia in January, 2013. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt The commencement of the Spanish Basketball Federation Agreement with FIBA Oceania saw an outstanding coaching experience in Australia and New Zealand with Spanish National Coach Juan Orenga. During the Youth Championships in Churchill, the Orenga clinics involved many coaches from our Island Federations.
Oceania’s representative, Australia, won the Bronze Medal in Olympic Women’s Competition, while the Australia Men finished a creditable quarter final position, losing to the Gold Medallist USA Team.
Australia won Silver Medals in the Paralympic Men’s and Women’s Wheelchair Basketball events.
The inaugural FIBA Oceania 3X3 Tournament, held in Coffs Harbour, proved a great success with strong participation from member Federations. 3X3 half-court basketball offers great promotional and developmental opportunities for Federations and FIBA Oceania is developing resources and a strategy TO SUPPORT ALL MEMBER Federations. Australia, New Zealand and Guam competed in the FIBA World Youth 3X3 Championships, with the Australian girls returning with the silver medal.
The FIBA Oceania Board of Management met twice during 2012 and worked enthusiastically towards achieving many key objectives to support growth in basketball numbers and playing standards.
Basketball New Zealand successfully hosted the FIBA Oceania Under 19 Championships with Australia qualifying to represent Oceania in the FIBA 2013 World Championships.
Oceania is most appreciative of the ongoing financial support of FIBA and provision of Technical Services.
Oceania was well represented at the FIBA Central Board by Bob Elphinston, Steve Smith and Barbara Wheadon and Oceania representatives on each of the FIBA Commissions played strong roles in the ongoing growth of World Basketball.
Patrick Hunt, the Australian President of the World Association of Basketball Coaches, has developed many new coaching initiatives, both within Oceania and globally.
The Board was disappointed with our inability to recruit key staff to FIBA Oceania and the difficulty in gaining support from several Federations to recruit, with Oceania financial support, the positions of National Basketball Development Officers; the slow progress being made in Papua New Guinea who will host the 2015 Pacific Games and the lack of enthusiasm by Member Federations to utilise the FIBA Oceania Facilities Support Programme where $200,000 has been set aside for facility development and renovation.
The Board is appreciative of the efforts and commitment by Secretary General Steve Smith and Projects Manager Judy Smith;
Regrettably we farewelled Regan Kama, Zone Development Manager who left to pursue other opportunities. Regan has been a major asset to the FIBA Oceania Zone and we wish her well in her future endeavours.
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TheTitle Boardof Document is intent in Arial in 2013 Regular on improving12pt the level of support to all Federations, seeking the appointment of an NBDO in all Federations, implementing a 3X3 strategy to grow the numbers of players in all Federations and improving the playing, refereeing, coaching standards across the Pacific.
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FIBA World Events. Who will be the next Federation to join this group?
Finally, I wish all Federations every success in 2013...we need to work together to grow our great game of Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt basketball.
Bob Elphinston OAM President
Fiji’s Milika Koyamainavure is now playing at Iowa New Caledonia Women’s team undertook a Central College thanks to a scholarship supported promotional program within the country by the Oceania National Olympic Committee before the Pacific Youth Championships
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Secretary General’s Report – Steve Smith Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt An annual report is an opportunity to reflect on the year passed, but also to
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Looking at the year past, its overriding feature has been that of a year of competition.Title of Document At the highest in Ar ial level, Regular the London12pt Olympic Games and Paralympic Games featured, in both genders, teams from Australia. The Australians were present in London as a result of winning Oceania or Oceania/Asia qualifications in 2011. That in itself is a remarkable achievement matched by very few of FIBA’s 213 members federations. CongratulationsTitle of Document to the Australian in Arial Regular Basketball 12pt Federation whose development programs over a number of years have yielded the following outstanding results Australian Women (Opals) – Olympic Bronze medallists Australian Men (Boomers) – Olympic 7th place Australian Wheelchair Women (Gliders) – Paralympic Silver medallists Australia Wheelchair Men (Rollers) Paralympic Silver medallists
New Zealand men and women participated in the FIBA Pre-Olympic Tournaments in Greece (men) and Venezuela (women) but were unsuccessful in their bid to win a ‘second chance’ place in the London Olympics. As we had done with Fiji prior to the Beijing Olympics, FIBA Oceania provided assistance to New Zealand in the hope that we could have two Oceania Olympic representatives.
Also during the year, as a result of winning the 2011 Oceania U-17 Championship (in men and women), Australia participated in FIBA’s World Championship for U-17 Women where they finished 5th and FIBA’s World Championship for U-17 Men where they finished with the silver medal. The Australian U-17 men lost only two games during the Championship – their opening game in pool play and the gold medal game – on both occasions to the USA.
FIBA adjusted its world rankings after the London Olympics and 2012 World Championship and based on the performance of its senior and junior teams in men and women, Australia is FIBA’s 4th ranking nation, behind USA, Spain and Russia. The Australian women however hold the number 2 ranking behind the USA. Congratulations to Basketball Australia on consistently maintaining a high world ranking.
Still looking at the global competition level, FIBA staged its second World Championship for U-18 Men and Women in the 3X3 discipline with Guam, New Zealand and Australia represented at the event in Spain. New Zealand claimed 8th position in the men with Australia further behind in 20th position. In the women, Australia finished the Championship in 3rd with Guam at 22nd position. Congratulations to Guam on marshalling their resources to get the women’s team to the World Championship.
Within the continent of Oceania, we staged three important competition events, a qualification event for this year’s U-19 World Championship in men and women. Basketball New Zealand hosted this event in Porirua with the Australian Gems (U-19 women) and Australian Emus (U-19 men) overcoming their New Zealand rivals to gain entry into this year’s World Championship for Men (Czech Republic) and Women (Lithuania). Needless to say both teams go with the best wishes of all our members and we will be watching the progress of the Australian teams with great interest.
In November, Latrobe City in the Australian state of Victoria, played host to our 9th Pacific Youth Basketball Championships. Basketball Australia, Basketball Victoria, the City of Latrobe and Monash University staged a fantastic event which is certain to be a memorable experience for all participants. Sixteen teams representing 8 of our member countries took part in the competition and the associated clinics and workshops. Coaches and referees as well as players had their basketball horizons broadened through a number of training sessions conducted around the event.
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A highlight of the closing ceremony of this event was the naming of an All Star men’s and women’s team, four AllTitle Star of coachesDocument and in 2Arial All RegularStar refer 12ptees. The “All Stars” earlier this year returned to Australia for further training and competition.
Still on competitions, we also staged FIBA Oceania’s first 3X3 Championship during the year – an event in
Coffs Harbour which aimed at the same time to help to introduce this new discipline to the Pacific and Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt familiarise our staff with the running of a competition in this new discipline.
Congratulations again to Guam (men and women), who through their participation in this event, won the right to return to Australia to take part in the Australian Olympic Committee’s Youth Olympic Festival 3X3 competitionTitle of as Document Pacific Island in Arial Champions. Regular 12pt
Coaching: Our development programs for coaches took a slightly different direction in 2012 from past practices as we firstly worked closely with Basketball Australia to develop and then deliver a Tournament Coach module of our coach education program.
FIBA Oceania’s Regan Kama worked closely with Basketball Australia, Patrick Hunt and Michael Haynes from the World Association of Basketball Coaches and former Australian Opal assistant coach Peter Lonergan, to fine tune a curriculum focussing on assisting coaches to prepare for and then participate in Tournament style competition – such as the typical FIBA Oceania Championship.
Our first course was delivered in conjunction with the Pacific Youth Basketball Championships in Victoria and coaches from the National teams of Palau, Guam, PNG, Solomon Island, New Caledonia and Tahiti were able to use the event to improve their game assessment and team scouting skills. A range of topics including nutrition, preparing for a championship and reacting to the games and events unfolding during the Tournament were studied in workshops and practical sessions.
In a separate project but working again with the World Association of Basketball Coaches, FIBA Oceania in collaboration with Basketball Australia and Basketball New Zealand produced no less than 6 coaching DVD’s during the year on a range of topics from coaching teams for 3X3 Basketball, undertaking a home training program, shooting techniques and preparing a national team for international competition. The DVD’s feature the national team coaches of Australia, New Zealand, Spain and 6 Pacific Island federations.
We are especially delighted that under a co-operation agreement between FIBA Oceania and the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB), we were able to use national coach Juan Orenga to conduct clinics in Australia and New Zealand and film the clinics for the benefit of coaches not able to be present. All DVD’s have been distributed free of charge to all our federations and will over the coming months be loaded to FIBA’s YouTube coaching site for the use of the wider basketball community. All of our federations have been given free copying rights on all of these resources.
If these resources are appropriately copied and circulated by our federations we are confident they can make a substantial difference to team training and game coaching across the zone.
Officiating: Mention has already been made of the referee education conducted during the Pacific Youth Basketball Championships and I express my thanks to Basketball Australia and especially Bruce Kiers and Alan Garraway for their role in conducting this training.
FIBA International referees from Australia, CNMI and New Caledonia had an opportunity during the year to officiate at the FIBA Europe Youth Championships where they received high level education and evaluation from staff working for FIBA Europe. We were also able to provide a place at the NBA Summer Camp for one
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FIBA Europe also shared their referee education and evaluation systems with Basketball Australia’s Officials
Manager, under a program brokered by FIBA Oceania. Peter Carey attended the FIBA Europe Referee
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FIBA Oceania’s U-19 Championships provided an opportunity for FIBA International Referees from Fiji and the Solomon Islands to officiate alongside Australian and New Zealand counterparts, at an event which no doubt is the highlight of their career so far.
Development: A program of National Basketball Development Officers has for many years been an important part of the FIBA Oceania Development Program. We are on a drive to expand the number we have in place over this year and as we go to press, we have added NBDO’s in Guam, the Solomon Islands and Samoa to the staff we have in Palau, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga. We are committed to commencing a jointly funded program in Tahiti later this year and we also expect that 2 NBDO’s will be employed in PNG within a short period to help develop the sport in that country.
The Board of FIBA Oceania has strongly endorsed a development strategy based around the sub-zones of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia and as the year unfolds we will look to make appointments of sub zone development officers for each of these regions.
With an increasing focus on the governance and administration of sport we are committed to the employment of a Zone Administration Manager who will in addition to these responsibilities also help us popularise the 3X3 discipline across the region.
FIBA have foreshadowed that the competition system for National Men’s and Women’s teams will change in the years ahead with a move towards an extended playing season for national teams and a revised competition pathway which will pit Oceania teams against Asian countries for entry into the World Cup.
Changing of the guard: Towards the end of the year we said farewell to Regan Kama, who left our organisation but not our sport, to pursue employment opportunities more compatible with the needs of her young family. Regan has been with us for almost 8 years and has made a tremendous contribution to the organisation during that time. She continues her interest in basketball as a player and coach, so don’t be surprised to see her at Oceania events in the future.
With Regan’s departure, an opportunity opened up for Annie La Fleur a former Olympic Medallist and member of the Australian Opals golden dynasty to join our organisation. FIBA Oceania has certainly already benefited from Annie’s extensive international playing and coaching experience and I am confident she will help take our organisation to a new level.
For her part, Annie has long harboured a desire to work fulltime in basketball and to give back to the game which she has acknowledged has given her so much. Her enthusiasm for the job is palpable and infectious. Her close family ties to Papua New Guinea have given her a keen awareness of the variety of conditions under which our sport is played across the region.
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I thank those national federations who have helped us capture a picture of basketball across the zone by makingTitle contributions of Document to thisin Arial annual Regular report. 12pt
I also thank the enthusiastic, hard working and dedicated FIBA Oceania staff and also the members of the
Board for their guidance.
Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt I acknowledge that the conduct of basketball activities and growing and developing our sport is the result
of many hundreds of volunteers in our 21 member federations.
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Best regards
Steve Smith Secretary General
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Development and Executive Visits 2012 Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt
Month Who Where Departure Date Return Date th th January Sydney Basketball Australia 24 January 26 January Regan Kama Title of Document in Arial RegularCoach 12pt Workshop February Melbourne 6th February 6th February Steve Smith 3X3 court inspection Geneva 9th February 17th February Steve Smith Title of Document in Arial RegularFIBA 12pt Central Board Sydney 28th February 28th February Steve Smith Basketball Australia March Sydney 28th March 29th March Steve Smith Basketball Australia April PNG 13th April 18th April Steve Smith PNG Federation Rio 26th April 1st May Steve Smith FIBA Central Board Melbourne 30th April 3rd May Regan Kama BA Coach Workshop May Steve Smith 11th May 13th May Sydney Judy Smith FO Board Meeting Regan Kama Steve Smith Fiji 16th May 20th May Judy Smith OSFO and ONOC Assembly Preparation program 20th May 26th May New Caledonia Coffs Harbour Melbourne 21st May 23rd May Judy Smith PYBC Meeting Judy Smith Coffs Harbour 26th June 28th June Regan Kama Pacific Youth 3X3 Championships July Tamworth 7th July 14th July Regan Kama BA Tournament Course Module Steve Smith London 25th July 19th August Judy Smith Olympic Games September New Zealand 19th September 23rd September Steve Smith U19 Qualification competition Guam Micronesian 20th September 1st October Judy Smith Basketball Tournament October Melbourne 2nd October 4th October Judy Smith PYBC meeting November Kuala Lumpur 10th November 11th November Steve Smith FIBA Board Meeting Judy Smith Melbourne 23rd November 1st December Steve Smith Pacific Youth Basketball Regan Kama Championships Gold Coast 24th November 28th November Vanuatu ASM Team end of season trip Paul Goriss Coaching Clinics 14th November 24th November Marshall Islands December Coffs Harbour 28th December 29th December Patrick Hunt WABC meeting
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Website and Technology Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt FIBA Oceania continued to keep abreast of the technology
changes implemented by SportingPulse. The website continued to provide information and resources to the Basketball Federations of the zone. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt The competition website: The competition website recorded 310,431 hits during the year. The peak usage of this website occurred during our major competitionTitle of periods: Document in Arial Regular 12pt
14,700 hits were received during the Under 19 World qualifications in New Zealand.
107,723 hits were received during the FIBA Oceania 3X3 Pacific Youth Championships in June
An amazing 130,510 hits were recorded during the Pacific Youth Championships in November and December.
This proves that if competitions, results, photos and game statistics are posted to the website, people will view them.
An enhanced feature of the competition website was the addition of individual player head and shoulder shots on each player’s page. Also showing on the player’s page were the game statistics for this Championship, plus the stats for any previous FIBA Oceania event the player participated in. The screen shot above shows the page of Allissonne Laukau (New Caledonia), her photo, season stats and game log, plus her stats from the 2008 and 2010 Pacific Youth Championships.
The player photos were managed by the Reporter’s Academy, a program managed by Edwina Ricci for Oceania Sport. The junior reporters shot and uploaded over 200 photos in the first 24 hours of the Championships to improve the presentation of information about the event.
During the year the website recorded 3,573,305 hits, a little down from the previous year.
Towards the end of 2012 it was agreed that the existing FIBA Oceania (www.fibaoceania.com) website was looking ‘tired’ and plans were established for the release of a new-look website by May 2013.
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Inaug ural 3x3 FIBA Oceania Youth Championships: Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt The inaugural FIBA Oceania 3x3 Youth Championships for boys and girls was conducted in Coffs Harbour
from 25th – 29th June 2012. The event was FIBA Oceania’s first effort in the new “3x3” arena, and was regarded by all participants as a great success.
PromotedTitle asof Document a ‘youth-focused’ in Arial event,Regular we 12pt aimed to establish the Championships somewhere between a results -focused international competition and no-rules ‘streetball’ games. A design theme was developed that was colourful, 3x3 specific and very youthful. The FIBA Oceania competition website was redone with the youth design theme, receiving 121,562 hits. A Face book page was set up utilising the same design theme.Title The of theme Document was continued in Arial Regular onto the 12pt courts with volunteer shirts, country posters, bench covers and court dividers utilising the same theme and colours. This proved very successful and gave the event the exact ‘look’ we were hoping for.
We followed FIBA’s recommendations in conducting the event, incorporating skills challenges into the Championships. We added court side music and a dance off competition for the players, coaches and referees, which proved to be a great hit with the participants.
The NSW Department of Sport & Recreation provided a $10,000 grant for the event, while the NAB bank supported the event with cash and water bottles for the participants.
The event was open to all Federations of FIBA Oceania, with 40 international teams and club teams from Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, New Caledonia, Guam and Fiji participating. The competition was contested as two separate events. In the first round of competition the international and club teams were mixed together, and at the end of that round robin, the international teams went into their own pool and the club teams played off in their division.
This format allowed the Australian and New Zealand club teams to compete against the International teams, an experience that was cherished by the club team players. It also allowed a qualification system to identify the best Pacific Island teams (excluding Australia and New Zealand) to represent Oceania at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival. Guam men and women won that right.
An Athlete Village was established for the International teams at the Park Beach Tourist Park. Club teams were invited to stay in the Village at their own expense, resulting in the Park being taken over completely by 3x3 participants. Meals were provided at the Village, and buses ran from the Village to the stadium. Establishing the difference between this and other international competitions, the event commenced with an opening dinner, where players, coaches and referees from every country were mixed on tables of 10.
The World Association of Basketball Coaches, under the management of Australia’s Patrick Hunt, conducted a 3x3 coaching clinic for international, club and local coaches. Over 30 coaches availed themselves of the clinic which was conducted by New Zealand’s FIBA Championships gold medal winning Youth 3x3 coach Anthony Corbin, and FIBA Oceania’s Development Manager Regan Kama. These clinics were videotaped and DVD’s have been sent to all Oceania Federations as a coaching resource.
Local high school students were trained in a range of volunteer roles, including scoring, timekeeping and media. Media coverage for the event was extensive, and included multiple television station coverage, local newspapers and via the FIBA Oceania competition website. The website received 121,562 hits.
New Zealand men and Australia women won the international component of the event. A full report of the event was produced and is available on line at www.fibaoceania.com under the FIBA 3x3 tab.
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2012 Pacific Youth Championships: thTitle of Document in Arial Regular 12pt The 9 Pacific Youth Championships were contested by 16 international teams at Churchill, Australia from th nd Saturday 24 November – Sunday 2 December 2012. Over 300 people participated as players, coaches, referees, bench, educators, administrators and volunteers. The event was judged to have been the best- ever Youth Championships, due in large part to the excellent pre-championship planning by the local organisingTitle committeeof Document and in theArial ‘can Regular-do’ mentality 12pt that existed within the LOC and the facility management team. A strong partnership was established between FIBA Oceania, Basketball Australia, Basketball Victoria, Basketball Victoria Country and the Latrobe City Council to ensure that the Championship met all of our goals. No one was disappointed with the results of the very busy 7 day event. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Samoa and Papua New Guinea joined us at this Championship, returning to the junior international scene after a long absence. Fiji, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Australia, New Zealand and Guam joined Samoa and PNG as the 8 federations at the event.
FIBA Oceania continued the practices of previous Championships by including: A professionally conducted event with the competition games at the heart of the schedule A cultural night with every Federation presenting a cultural item Player and coach education programs under the management of WABC Referee education programs managed by Basketball Australia HIV Awareness and Anti-doping programs conducted by ONOC staff An inclusive Athlete Village for players, coaches, staff and referees Selection of an All Star boys and girls team for participation in the 2013 Australian Country Cup
Because of access to facilities and personnel in Australia, we were able to undertake a number of ‘firsts’ during the Championships. These included: The attendance of Spanish National Coach Mr Juan Orenga who presented coaching clinics.
Actual drug testing of athletes, exposing players to the realities of drug testing procedures. All tests were negative.
Water recovery and basketball specific gym sessions for the players.
Post recovery massage facilities, operated by GippsTAFE students free of charge for all participants
Live streaming of games through the Championship website, allowing families across the Pacific to watch the Championship games.
Community engagement program with local schools
The newly created “Tournament Coach” module, presented by Peter Lonergan to 11 Pacific Island coaches. These coaches were not involved with teams in the Championships
A full report of the Championships can be found on the FIBA Oceania website www.fibaoceania.com
Final placing for teams at the Championships: Place Men Women 1st Australia Australia 2nd New Zealand New Zealand 3rd Fiji Fiji 4th Guam Guam 5th New Caledonia Tahiti 6th Samoa New Caledonia 7th Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 8th Tahiti Samoa
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FIBA Oceania Under 19 Championships for men and women: Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt The 2012 FIBA Oceania Championship was played as a three match series between Australia and New
Zealand at the Te-Rauparaha Arena in Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand. The event was staged by New Zealand Basketball Federation, the City of Porirua and the Porirua Basketball Association.
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All participants in the Championships were provided with ‘Drugs in Sport’ education session provided by Drug Free Sport New Zealand. This was a valuable and useful exercise.
Two FIBA International Referees, Brian Pongatapu from the Solomon Islands and Navi Naivalu from Fiji were provided with an opportunity to use their International Referee accreditation to work alongside International Referees from Australia and New Zealand. A unique experience from which they gained immense value.
Paul Buttsworth from Australia was brought to New Zealand to help improve the quality of score benches in New Zealand. Basketball New Zealand Commissioner, Alistair Todd acted as Game Commissioner and Paul was able to provide guidance on how score bench operations and procedures could be improved and brought more in line with FIBA International expectations.
FIBA Oceania invested more than our usual budget in the decoration of the arena with floor decals and other arena signage. This helped to create a unique atmosphere around the event and was noted and commented on by the participating teams.
The City of Porirua and the management of the Te-Rauparaha Arena did an outstanding job of staging the event. Facility Manager, Willie Taurama had a “can-do mentality” which made working within the facility easy and seamless.
Basketball New Zealand’s representative, Maree Taylor again did an excellent job of working with the FIBA Oceania staff in the conduct of the event.
The championship drew crowds of between 1,000 and 1,800 people for all games, which created a great atmosphere for the participants and certainly lifted the performance of the New Zealand teams. Basketball New Zealand engaged the services of Gareth Hare to “Livestream” the games and this was greatly appreciated by fans not able to be in the venue.
Men’s Results: Game 1: Australian Emus 85 (36) defeated New Zealand Tall Blacks 64 (36) Game 2: Australian Emus 95 (52) defeated New Zealand Tall Blacks 70 (28) Game 3: Australian Emus 93 (46) defeated New Zealand Tall Blacks 60 (44
Australia wins the Oceania Championship 3 games to nil and qualifies for the 2013 Under 19 FIBA World Championships in the Czech Republic.
Women’s Results: Game 1: Australian Gems 72 (35) defeated New Zealand Junior Tall Ferns 65 (31) Game 2: Australian Gems 89 (48) defeated New Zealand Junior Tall Ferns 55 (32) Game 3: Australian Gems 83 (46) defeated New Zealand Junior Tall Ferns 54 (25)
Australia wins the Oceania Championship 3 games to nil and qualifies for the 2013 FIBA Under 19 World Championships in Lithuania.
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Federation Reports Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt AMERICAN SAMOA: By Milton Taufa'asau
MajorTitle Successes of Document for the Federationin Arial Regular in 2012 12pt: Condu cting youth clinics & training for youth national teams
Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: Participating in U19 Competitions
CompetitionsTitle of Document within your in country Arial Regular in 2012: 12pt Local leagues or association activities: 2012 Flag Day League American Samoa did not compete in any International Competitions during 2012 American Samoa conducted 1 player’s clinic in 2012
Federation website: American Samoa were unable to access the website during 2012
FIBA Organizer: American Samoa is unfamiliar with the FIBA Organizer software so were unable to use it. They will need to be trained on how to use it.
Other General Comments: In 2012, the American Samoa Basketball Federation under the out-going President, Ed Imo, was working together with the Department of Parks & Recreation in American Samoa to hold clinics for all sports. For basketball, we were able to mainly focus on younger athletes in breaking them down to age groups.
Categorizing the different athletes from ages 5-7, 8-11, 12-14, 15-17 & 18 and up. Two coaches were selected to help conduct the clinics, Milton Taufa'asau & Diehl Langkilde. Both coaches were informed and briefed on the clinics and the duration of the program. The summer program was two and a half months of training that began in May and concluded in July. The program was designed using just basic grassroots technique in educating the athletes on proper techniques, footwork, ball-handling, drills, etc. Each drill was also designed to keep the interest of the athletes by implementing FUN activities to keep the athletes interest high. The summer clinic was a success with athletes receiving basketballs, t-shirts & tokens for participating in the clinic.
Training for both boys & girls basketball teams were in preparations for the 2012 Pacific Youth Championships to be held in Australia in November. Team training began in March 2012 with coaches being assigned. Diehl Langkilde, who coached in the 2010 Pacific Youth Championships in New Caledonia, returns as head coach for the boys’ team.
Forest Duldulao, a first time national coach, was selected to head coach the girls’ team. Milton Taufa'asau was selected to be head of delegation for American Samoa's team. Training took place at the American Samoa Community college gym from Monday to Friday evenings for 2 hours or more. Eight girls were selected and 10 boys were selected for the teams. However, due to unforeseen circumstances without funding for the team, American Samoa was unable to participate in the competition.
American Samoa turned its attention to the Kona Youth Championship that was held in December in Hawaii with different categories of competition, such as the U19. But, unfortunately, the team was unable to attend due to funding issues. Regardless of the situation, the Federation remains focussed on developing athletes in American Samoa and to promote basketball by introducing the 3X3 in the summer of 2013 plus preparations for the 2014 Pacific Youth Games & 2015 Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea.
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Competitio ns within your country in 2012: Junior National Championships: Australian Under 18 National Championships; Australian Under 16 National Championships;Title of Document Australian in UnderArial Regular 14 Boys 12pt and Girls Club Championships Senior National Championships: Australian Under 20 National Championships National Schools Championships: Australian Schools Basketball Championships Local leagues or association activities: Numerous club-based tournaments held around Australia Other Titlecompetitions: of Document Ivor inBurge Arial Championships Regular 12pt (Players with an intellectual disability)
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Championships: Yes. Men's and Women's teams winning Gold Medal Other International events: FIBA Under 17 World Championships; Stankovic Cup; London Olympic Games; FIBA Under 18 3X3 World Championships; FIBA 3X3 World Championships; FIBA Oceania Under 19 Championships
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Players: National Performance Program; Australian Development Camps; Clinics for Referees: National Referee Development Program; National Intensive Referee Training Program Clinics for Coaches: National Coaching Clinics; Juan Orenga Coaching Clinics; Specialised coaching clinics and seminars throughout the country Clinics for Scorebench: National Statisticians Committee Workshop Clinics for Live Stats: Training duties undertaken by state associations Clinics for Administrators: Conduct workshops and training seminars for state and local associations around the country assisting with the use of FIBA Organiser, website development and other administrative duties Other clinics: Nil
Federation website: Jardian Ormsby the Digital Manager for Basketball Australia was in charge of updating the website in 2012. In Australia all States and Associations are provided with a free Sporting Pulse website so from grass roots to the top the website is used regularly.
FIBA Organizer: FIBA Organizer is used on a regular basis by the federation and the membership database is frequently updated. FIBA Organizer was used to run competitions in all Australian Championships in 2012. FIBA Organizer is used by many state and associations to manage their representative and domestic competitions.
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FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA: Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Kaselehlie and warm greetings from the Garden Island of Pohnpei!
It is with great honour and privilege to present to you this Annual Report for the FSM Basketball Federation (FSMBF) for the year 2012. This report was prepared and compilTitleed in of accordanceDocument in with Ar ial the Regular mandates 12pt of FIBA Oceania’s statutory responsibility which requires, in part, the provision of information, activities and progress reports for all basketball associations and stakeholders within the Federation. This is the first report of its kind as compiled by the Federation.
FSM BasketballTitle of Document Federation in Arialis made Regular up of 12pt four basketball associations, which includes Pohnpei Basketball Association, Chuuk Basketball Association, Kosrae Basketball Association and Yap Basketball Association. Contained in this report were the compiled annual programs and activities for year 2012 from Pohnpei and Chuuk Basketball Associations. Unfortunately, Yap and Kosrae Basketball Associations were unable to submit their activity reports in time for compilation and submission of this report, however, a number of undocumented basketball activities were conducted in Yap and Kosrae states, as orally reported by the local associations.
The year 2012 has been seen as an amazing and exciting year as compared to previous years. There were numerous programs and activities conducted all over the state associations as highlighted in this report. Multiple basketball tournaments and leagues for men, women, and junior competitions were conducted with great success.
Another milestone realized for the Federation during the year 2012 was the participation of Pohnpei, Chuuk, and Yap States basketball associations in the 2012 Micronesian Basketball Tournament held in Guam last summer. Congratulations to Pohnpei, Chuuk, and Yap Basketball Associations for your participation. May the future bring great success to your respective basketball endeavours.
Finally, on behalf of FSMBF, I would like to thank all our respective governments, the FSM National Olympic Committee, the NGO’s, our corporate sponsors and all stakeholders for your generous support for our basketball programs and activities throughout the year 2012. Your response to the call of our youths in pursuance of their love of basketball is greatly appreciated. I also would like to encourage our basketball friends from the Yap and Kosrae Basketball Associations to get into the loop and provide your activity reports for inclusion in our next and subsequent annual reports.
Aurelio P. Joab President, FSM Basketball Federation
Pohnpei Basketball The Pohnpei State Basketball Association (PSBA) conducted a series of basketball tournaments from January to December. First, the Association went through a re-organization of its officers in late January with the newly elected officers planning their activities for 2012.
The primary focus of PSBA is to implement the provision of its by-laws and develop the basketball program in Pohnpei State by instilling and expanding the program throughout all communities in Pohnpei. After all plans were laid out, the Association commenced year-round basketball tournaments in accordance with its prepared calendar of activities.
The following are the new PSBA Officers: Mr. Cassidy Shoniber- President Mr. Willy Hawley Jr- Vice President Mr. Ramsie Joab- Secretary Mr. Albert Johnny- Treasurer
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2012 Major Highlights 2012 MBTTitle inof GuamDocument in Arial Regular 12pt The State of Pohnpei took part in the 2012 IP&E Micronesian Basketball Tournament for Men and Women hosted by Guam from July 23 -30. Pohnpei was able to field a men’s team only to participateTitle ofin Documentthis tournament. in Arial Regular 12pt
However, due to financial constraints, Pohnpei State was not able to send players to Guam, rather, prospective players were scouted and recruitedTitle from of Document Pohnpeian in Arial communities Regular 12pt in G uam. Many thanks to Pohnpei basketball icons and veteran players, Burt Weilbacher and Alex Peterson for their diligent efforts in organizing a team for Pohnpei State.
Liberation Games 2012 The game of basketball during the 2012 Liberation Day Games turned out to be a huge success with a total of 25 teams participating in the basketball competition. The competition for the year 2012 was comprised of men’s, women’s, and junior boys competitions.
In the regular or municipal competition, there were 11 men’s teams, and 8 women’s teams. A total of 6 teams were registered and qualified to participate in the junior’s 16 & Under competition. With the assistance and collaborative efforts of many partners, the 2012 Liberation Day Games went down into history book with a great success. Many thanks to the various partners and the people of Pohnpei for a successful turnout.
State Tournaments Throughout the year, the Association conducted 13 basketball tournaments- 6 men’s, 4 women’s, and 3 juniors’ tournaments, which included:
• February: Open Tournament (men’s only) • March: March Madness Tournament (men’s only) • April: Women’s Open, 17 & Under Boys, and Men’s Pre-liberation Tournament • May to June: Training Pohnpei Junior team preparation for Kosrae Youth Tournament • July: Open Tournament (men’s & women’s) • August to September: Liberation Day Games Basketball Tournament • November: 7 Stars Open Basketball Tournament (men’s & women’s) • December: 2012 High School Pride Tournament (juniors)
Community Tournaments The Association provided assistance to municipal tournaments in 2012. There were 9 tournaments conducted in the communities throughout Pohnpei. The presence of PSBA officials during these tournaments contributed a great deal of success for these tournaments.
2012 Community Tournaments Include: U Municipality: U Constitution Day Games Kolonia Town Kapingamarangi Community Tournament Kitti Municipality: Kitti Constitution Day Games Kitti Municipality: Friendship Tournament Nett Municipality: Nett Constitution Day Games Kitti Municipality: Pehleng Basketball Open Tournament Kolonia Town: Kolonia Charter Day Games U Municipality: St. Joseph Youth Games from September Sokehs Municipality: Roie Open Basketball Tournament
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Junior Tournaments There Titlewere of 3 Documentjunior tournaments in Arial Regular conducted 12pt in 2012. In April, the 17 & under competition was held at Pohnpei Campus Gym. A junior tournament was incorporated in the 2012 TitleLiberation of Document Day Games in Arial Basketball Regular Competition.12pt Pohnpei’s junior boys’ team was invited to a Youth Tournament held in Kosrae in the month of July. The team was comprised of players from all the high schools in
Pohnpei. Invitations for the tournament were sent to Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Pohnpei, Kosrae Community in Guam, Hawaii, and the US
mainland. The Juniors Boys Team from Pohnpei captured first place, beating all teams during the preliminary matches and during the play-offs and the championship game.
Interscholastic Tournament In March a prestigious basketball event for the 3 public high schools in Pohnpei took place. It is a one day event and games were held at the Ambros Court in Kolonia Town. The basketball competition comprised of boys and girls from all 3 high schools. NMHS High swept all teams from the remaining two high schools, and claimed the first place berth.
It is an annual event for Pohnpei to host the High School Pride Basketball Tournament. During the 11th tournament, four high schools in Pohnpei and Kosrae High School participated in a one week tournament for boy’s and girl’s competition. Pohnpei SDA School came out on top in the girl’s competition while Kosrae High School claimed the first place in the boy’s division.
Referee Clinics Pohnpei State Basketball Association conducted various training for basketball officials throughout the municipalities in Pohnpei. Accreditations and certificates were issued to the course participants who completed and passed Level 1 at the Community Level. Level 1 referee training was conducted in Kolonia Town Community Level training was conducted in Kitti Municipality Community Level training was conducted in Sokehs Municipality
In all the 3 referees’ clinics conducted by the Association, a total of 42 participants completed these trainings (14 in Kolonia, 16 in Kitti, and 12 in Sokehs). All the participants were trained on the basic rules and principles of basketball officiating and FIBA basketball mechanics. Three-person officiating (3PO) mechanics were also included in the training.
Pohnpei State Basketball Association is now conducting its tournaments using the 3PO mechanic. The quality and number of Pohnpei referees and officials have increased significantly over the past decade. The Association will continue to strive for improvement and develop its officials in all aspects of the sport.
Acknowledgement The basketball programs of Pohnpei State Basketball Association would never reach this level without the support from our sponsors and partners. In that spirit, the Association would like to thank all involved in our basketball programs for year 2012, and we continue to solicit your assistance in all our programs and activities in the future.
Ramsie Joab Secretary
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Chuuk Basketball Association We areTitle pleased of Document to report in Arial on theRegular work 12pt that has been done as we continue to refine and grow our organization and to assist our communities, youths and all members to develop the sport of basketball.
This year has not been easy for us; technically, financially and other unforeseen challenges. As most are awareTitle our basketballof Document association in Arial Regular is very much 12pt like a community based organization that guides the sport of basketball in Chuuk but there are many individuals that assist us in different capacities at all levels. The challenging task for us is to re-establish a Chuuk Sports Commission to assist with management and implementation of our plans and strategies. The commission is an important governance vehicle that will help bringTitle togetherof Document the viewsin Arial and Regular contributions 12pt of many skilled people in the interests of basketball as a whole.
There was significant progress made this year in developing youth activities at the community level. There is, however, still plenty of work to be done by our basketball association and partners if we are to re- establish our organizations to act in the interests of sports with well represented stakeholders and good governance for a successful organization. One area that remains problematic for us has been having access to a basketball gym. There’s still a disconnection between our basketball association and school sports facilitators in coordinating school games, where in no doubt needs improvement and it is critical to the health and success of our sport.
2012 Activities January – March: Business League (men) April- June: Open League (men) July: 2 Community Leagues, Mortlocks Goodwill games, 3 on 3 basketball tournament (men) August-October: High School Basketball Tournament (Boys & Girls) October: 2 days Basketball Tournament (men) November: 16 & under community tournament (boys) November-December: Basketball Open League (men), 4 community basketball leagues, 3 on 3 basketball tournaments
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Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: 2012 Oceania Youth Tournament, Melbourne, Australia Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012:
Finding financial assistance and sponsorships to help run development programs, local tournaments and basketball championships due to the large scale increase in hire charges of limited venues. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Competitions within your country in 2012: Junior National Championships: Raiwaqa Junior League from January to November
Senior National Championships: 2012 Fiji Taki Easter Basketball Championships 21st-27th May
National Schools Championships: 2012 Suva Secondary Schools Basketball League 4th July- 7th May 2012 Tuckers Ice Cream Suva Secondary Schools Basketball Championships 27th - 31st August
Local leagues or association activities: Raiwaqa Inter-Lane League 2nd July - 21st August. Raiwaqa League Games 11th Feb - 31st March Suva League Games 31st Jan - 1st March Lautoka League Games 11th Feb - 21st March Business House Competition: 13 companies participated in the round robin, once a week league games for 8 weeks Inter-University Games: Competitions between women and men's teams between the University of the South Pacific, Fiji School of Medicine and Fiji National University. Inaugural Bainimara Basketball Cup: Ran for 3 weeks, organised for Government organisations
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Championships: Both men's and women's teams were bronze medal recipients in the 2012, OYT Championships in Melbourne, Australia (24th Nov - 2nd Dec).
Other International events: The inaugural FIBA Oceania U16 3X3 Tournament that was held in Coffs Harbour, Australia (18th - 22nd of April)
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Players: Raiwaqa Children's Clinics (Ages 8-17yrs old) during the school term break. Children's Clinic at USP: every Saturday for four weeks.
Clinics for Referees: Navitalai Naivalu, Fiji’s most qualified referee, ran three Referee's Clinics in Suva and two for those in the Lautoka and Nadi in the past year.
Clinics for Coaches: PEMAC Teachers Clinic during their ED186 class in USP.
Federation website: Stories and articles have been posted on the Fiji website on a day-to-day basis to inform interested viewers on the progress that Basketball Fiji has undergone. Basketball Fiji also has a Facebook page that is viewed by all players and spectators who are frequent Facebook users.
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Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: Guam participated in FIBA 3X3 events in Greece and Spain, and FIBA OceaniaTitle of Document3X3 in Australia in Ar.ial Regular 12pt
Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: The Guam Federation hosted the Micronesian Basketball TournamentTitle of inDocument 2012. Some in Arial major Regular challenges 12pt for our Federation was the use of FIBA Organizer, getting volunteers that knew how to run the scorebench, and confirmation of teams from the Micronesian region.
But the tournament went well in the end. Our volunteers pulled through and we were able to get teams from Marshall Islands, Guam and Palau National teams to participate. Guam-based players made additional teams, representing their home countries of Chuuk, Pohnpei and Yap.
Competitions within your country in 2012: Local leagues or association activities: March Madness
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Championships: Boys' and girls’ did well, placing 4th. Micronesian Basketball Tournament: Men’s national and junior national team, women’s national and junior national team and the University of Guam women participated. Our senior women won the gold, while the senior national men defeated the junior men for the gold medal. Other International events: FIBA 3X3 Greece, FIBA U 18 World Championships, 3X3 Spain. The players who were able to compete in these tournaments were extremely thankful for being
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Players: During the year, clinics were conducted for Junior and Senior Men's and Women's Teams. Clinics for Scorebench: We used the Micronesian Basketball Tournament to run courses. Clinics for Live Stats: Judy Smith was able to teach volunteers for the MBT. Clinics for Administrators: Judy Smith was able to teach Geraldine Biliran and Mary Ann Carlos during the Micronesian Basketball Tournament.
Federation website: The Board Members of the federation were able to post stories to the website in 2012. We found that this was a great way to get our news out into the basketball community.
FIBA Organizer: FIBA Organizer was used by the Federation in 2012 at the Micronesian Basketball Tournament.
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Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: In 2012, the KBF has successfully completed two major events. These were Title South of TarawaDocument and in the Arial Independence Regular 12pt Championships. NBDO Iotia, togethe r with the organising committee were appointed by the federation to organise and monitor the event. The competition ran much longer than expected, because of the large number of teams and the insufficientTitle of Document playing courts in Arial in Tarawa.Regular 12pt
Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: The major challenges in 2012 we encountered for the federation was the lack of playing courts compared to the increase of participation in basketball.
Competitions within your country in 2012: National Schools Championships: NBDO Iotia and KBF were running the most successful event for the Junior Secondary Schools and Primary Schools. The program within schools was conducted mostly by the NBDO in order for them to get prepared before the championship commences. The teachers and parents had a chance to be involved with the program in a big way.
Local leagues or association activities: Local leagues within clubs have conducted regular competitions. On completion of the leagues the champions from each club were represented in the finals at Bairiki court. The main sponsorship was from TTT Enterprises. NBDO Iotia and KBF wrote to the TTT Enterprises to gain sponsorship and to help with donating the prizes.
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Players: Most of clinics that were run in 2012 for players with the NBDO Iotia assisting KBF in providing training sessions for the players.
Clinics for Referees: NBDO Iotia has conducted clinics for referees on a regular basis in order for them to refresh their skills. The clinics were run within the clubs. The participation in clubs saw numbers of 50+, 30 men and 20 women. Referees courses were also run in schools for teachers in order for them to have the ability to officiate in competitions.
Clinics for Coaches: NBDO Iotia was out in the community conducting clinics for teachers and kids in school development programs and he also had time to run clinics for coaches in the surrounding communities. Clinics for Administrators: Administration clinics were conducted mostly by the KBF. NBDO Iotia assisted by organising the venues, and informing participants before clinics started.
Federation website: NBDO Iotia has been posting stories regularly to the KBF website. He has also included education materials, displayed fixtures and results and also posted information on the website notice board for the public. It is a great way of communicating to members of basketball in Kiribati.
FIBA Organizer: FIBA Organizer is a very good tool because it has huge storage facilities and provided essential and efficient information for members, players, fixture and this was used on a regular basis.
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MARSHALL ISLANDS By DeborahTitle K.of Shoniber,Document Secretary in Arial General Regular 12pt
Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: During 2012, the Marshall Islands Basketball Federation activitiesTitle generated of Document the mostin Arial-ever Regular involvement 12pt by women in the sport. This included: the election at the AGM of three women to the seven- member board, Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt seven women coaches (along with 16 male coaches) receiving level one certificates following completion of a training course in Majuro led by Australian Institute of Sport Coach Paul Goriss,
Elementary school coaching clinics led by Marshall Islands national women’s team players,
The most-ever women’s teams (six) competing in the national 12th Ralik Ratak Shootout Invitational Basketball Tournament.
The Federation also broke new ground by partnering with an anti-substance abuse NGO to involve junior level players in health promotion outreach to local elementary and high schools.
The Federation continued an ongoing “Soul to Sole” sports shoe donation to local schools, provided administrative support through its National Basketball Development Officer to the annual high school boys’ and girls’ league, and sent both men’s and women’s teams to compete at the Micronesian Basketball Tournament in Guam — the only country besides Guam to field both men’s and women’s teams.
The Federation also organized its 12th national basketball tournament that featured 10 men’s and six women’s teams competing for $3,700 in cash prizes with major sponsorship by the Bank of Marshall Islands and the National Olympic Committee.
The Federation’s National Basketball Development Officer Mouj Lewi oversaw these and other basketball activities during 2012.
Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: Continuing lack of a national gymnasium following collapse of a portion of the roof in 2011.
Competitions within your country in 2012: Senior National Championships: 12th Ralik Ratak Shootout Invitational Basketball Tournament December 2012. Local leagues or association activities: Majuro High School League January-March 2012, numerous community-level leagues.
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: Micronesian Basketball Tournament: We sent both a men’s and women’s team to this event.
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Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: ClinicsTitle for Players:of Document Multiple in Arial clinics Regular were 12ptheld at public elementary schools in Majuro with approximately 150 students of boys and girls.
Clinics for Referees: Refresher half-day rules reviews x 2 for 10 referees
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Clinics for Scorebench: One was run with 12 participants.
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Comments about the website: During final quarter of 2012, MIBF website averaged 12,500 "hits" per month.
FIBA Organizer: The Federation did not use FIBA Organizer in 2012 because we are not trained to operate it so we will need training in the future to make use of it.
NEW ZEALAND: By Iain Potter, CEO
Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: Although not strictly a BBNZ programme, we can take some pride in the performance of the NZ-based franchise - the Breakers - in retaining their Australian NBL title. The Breakers have become a model franchise, not just in basketball, but right across the range of Trans Tasman sporting involvement.
One of the keys to their success has been their ability to win games on the road, a challenge that has long vexed NZ teams in rugby league, football and netball codes. But they have also offered a development pathway for NZ's best young talent into professional ranks, an alternative to the traditional US college route.
As a result, the Breakers now contain a nucleus of players that have become the core of the Tall Blacks programme.
Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: At the end of 2012, the Tall Blacks - our senior men's national team - lost their funding from the national high performance agency on the grounds that they were not viewed as a potential podium finish at major international championships.
Ironically, this decision came almost exactly 10 years after the same team won New Zealand's supreme sporting accolade - the Halberg Award - for making the world championship semi final at Indianapolis.
We believe this is an incredibly short-sighted decision, based on criteria that make it virtually impossible for us to ever regain future funding support from this source. We now face a major challenge to maintain and improve our international standing with a self-funded programme, unless alternative sources can be found.
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Competitions within your country in 2012: TitleNZ ofU21 Document Champions in Arial- Wellington Regular (men) 12pt and North Harbour (women) NZ U19 Champions - Waitakere West Auckland (men) and Waikato (women) NZ U17 Champions - North Harbour (men & women) NZ U15 Champions - Waitakere West Auckland (men) & North Harbour (women) TitleNZ ofU13 Document Champions in Ar- Northial Regular Harbour 12pt (men) & Waitakere West Auckland (women) Senior National Championships: Bartercard NBL - Auckland Pirates Women's Basketball Championship - Nelson Sparks NZ Open Champions - Waikato Titans (men) & Rotorua (women) TitleNational of Document Schools inChampionships: Arial Regular 12ptWestlake Boys High (boys) & Hamilton Girls High School (girls) Local leagues or association activities: NZ Wheelchair Champions - Auckland
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Championships: Both New Zealand men and women reached the finals of the tournament - unbeaten through the preliminary rounds - and then gave Australia a good run for their money.
Other International events: Our Junior Men and Junior Women took on Australian in the FIBA Oceania U19 Championships in an attempt to qualify for the 2013 world championships. Both teams really pushed their rivals in the opening games of the series and the women, against all odds, were perhaps unlucky not to go one up. But as the series progressed, Australia stamped their class on the competition and although the Kiwis never gave up, they came up short of upsetting their opponents for the first time. Standout performers were Junior Tall Blacks captain Reuben Te Rangi and Junior Tall Ferns forward Penina Davidson.
Having lost to Australian in 2011 Olympic qualifying, our men and women faced a daunting last-ditch international qualifying tournament, featuring many of the best (and unluckiest) teams in the world. The Tall Ferns could not progress past pool stages, after losing to the Czech Republic and, narrowly, to Argentina. The Tall Blacks were on the back foot from the time they lost captain Kirk Penney and starting forward Tom Abercrombie through injury.
They were forced to blood several new players and ultimately, could not regroup in time to move past pool stages. A heavy loss to Macedonia put them behind on point’s differential and even a win over Angola could not salvage their aspirations.
The biggest gain from the campaign was undoubtedly the promotion of teenage point guard Tai Webster into the starting line-up - he could be a Tall Black star for many years to come.
New Zealand also participated widely in the new FIBA 3X3 concept, reaching the quarterfinals in their bid to retain the world youth men's title won in 2011 and also capturing the Oceania men's youth title.
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Coaches: FIBA Oceania WABC Global Coaches' Clinic was held on 22nd of September 2012 in Porirua.
A total of 60 coaches attended the clinic featuring Deslea Wrathall (NZ U19 Men's Head Coach), Sean Fuller (NZ U19 Women's Head Coach), Cheryl Chambers (AUS U19 Women's Head Coach), and Damian Cotter (AUS U19 Men's Head Coach). Patrick Hunt (WABC) facilitated this clinic.
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FIBA Organizer: FIBA Organizers membership data base was updated on a regular basis during 2012 and a competition was run using it.
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS: By Michael White
Basketball continued as one of the CNMI's most popular sports in 2012. BANMI emphasized youth basketball, with the objectives of providing activities in which our youth can participate and enjoy themselves, promoting physical fitness, and laying the groundwork for growth and development of our sport at the senior level. Major competitions organized or administered by BANMI included:
January to March: MISO (high school) Boys League, with six varsity and four junior varsity teams;
March: Fourth Annual Settsu-Saipan Basketball Tournament, with four boys' and four girls' teams, including a boys' and a girls' team from Osaka, Japan;
May: Micronesian Basketball Tournament (MBT), for boys and girls under 17, featuring eight boys' teams and four girls' teams;
May to August: United Filipino Organization (UFO) Basketball League, with 15 senior men's teams;
June to September: Emon Lodge Basketball League, with nine senior men's teams;
October to December: Tan Holdings Basketball League, featuring six senior men's teams; and October to December: MISO (high school) Girls League, with four varsity and three junior varsity teams. In addition, there were several other leagues and competitions which were not organized or administered by BANMI.
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HIGHLIGHTS Elementary After School Competitions (January to March) EASC GIRLS DIVISON Champions – GBH Elementary School “Lady Smuuch” (1st year) EASC BOYS DIVISION Champions – SDA Elementary School “Kings” (1st year) EASC BABELDAOB CO‐ED Champions – Ngeremlengui Elementary School (1st Year) IP&E Amateur Basketball League (ABL) Champions (November to March) – “FR spoilers” (1st year) Surangel’s Women National Basketball League (WNBL) Champions (April to June) – “Sam’s Kryptonites” (1st Year) Surangel’s WNBL Super League Champions – “Team Dims” IP&E National Basketball League (NBL) “Champions” (April to June) – “FR Spoilers” (1st Year) IP&E NBL Super League Champions – “West All Stars” PNOC Sports Outreach programs – Coaching, refereeing and table official’s training to Peleliu State, Koror State and various PBF league associations. Etpison Cup 3X3 program. School visits (Dates upon request) – GBH and SDA Elementary Schools. PHS, MHS, EHS High Schools. Micronesia Basketball Tournament 17U CNMI, Saipan (May) – Palau Men’s Junior National Team Silver Medallist. Belau Games Summer Youth Sports Festival – June 25‐29, 2012 Koror State Hamlet Leagues (KSHL) summer programs 12U Co‐Ed Champions – Ngerchemai Kids Power 15U Co‐Ed Champions – Ngerchemai Juniors 18U Girls Champions – MEDA girls 18U Boys Champions – Peched REDS Micronesia Basketball Tournament open div. Guam (September) – Palau Men’s National Team – Silver Medalist. Filipino Basketball League (FBL) Champions (March to November, Sundays only) – FR Spoilers Rudimch Enterprise Government/Business League (August to October) Government Division Champions – MOF Omsangel
Business Division Champions – PPR Shark Attack 2012 Rudimch Enterprise GBL Season Champions – MOF Omsangel
Interscholastic Sports League (ISL) Basketball competitions GIRLS VARSITY CHAMPIONS ‐ PHS Black Widows 5 teams competed. BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY CHAMPIONS ‐ PHS Tarantula BOYS VARSITY CHAMPIONS – PHS Spiders WNBL Christmas Holiday Basketball Camp
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2012‐13 ANNUAL PLAN TitleIP&E of AmateurDocument Basketball in Arial Regular League –12pt 23 team s Elementary After School Competitions Filipino Basketball League IP&E National Basketball League Title ofo DocumentNBL Super in LeagueArial Regular 12pt Surangel’s Women National Basketball League
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With this in mind we want to take this opportunity and thank the following key sponsors for the overall success of the federation. Major Partners: • Palau National Government • Palau National Olympic Committee • Oceania National Olympic Committee • FIBA Oceania
Major Corporate Sponsor • IP&E Palau Incorporated • Surangel and Sons Co. • Rudimch Enterprises • Koror State Government • Palau Shipping Company
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: By Karo Lelai, Secretary
Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: The AGM was successfully held with a record number of 12 centres attending with the new executives elected and sending teams to participate in the Oceania Youth Championships.
Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: The biggest challenges for 2012 were lack of funding and internal politics.
Competitions within your country in 2012: Local leagues or association activities: Most centres had their own competitions. Other competitions: PNG Men’s Basketball League, PNG’s first semi-pro basketball competition kicked off in 2012.
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International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: FIBA OceaniaTitle of DocumentPacific Youth in Championships:Arial Regular 12pt Boy’s and girl’s teams both competed in the FIBA Oceania Youth Championships in Australia .
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SAMOA: By Talalelei Pauga
Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: * Participation in the 3X3 Under 16 tournament in Coffs Harbour where the young athletes gained tremendous experiences against powerhouses of Australia and New Zealand.
* SNBF back into the Oceania arena in youth competition after being absent from the games in 10 years. A major boost is the selection of 2 members in the Oceania All Star Team: Sapeti Tufuga and Theodore MacFarland. * Increase in number of women participation in the sports with new teams from Letogo Club, Laulii Club and Pioneer Club. Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: * August 2012 - the AGM was held and the new board and new president were selected to lead Samoa Basketball - facing challenges of taking the games to the next level. A division in people playing basketball occurred, resulting in a new Basketball Association being created.
* Having only one indoor gym which is co-shared with the National Volleyball Federation - a challenge of limited use to the gym, as Volleyball Federation have their own competitions to run.
Competitions within your country in 2012: Junior National Championships: This was run in two separate Leagues with the first in the beginning of the year and the second at the end. The beginning league saw 10 boys’ teams participating with some new and amazing talents. Tama o le Mau was the eventual champion for boys. The women though had only two teams in the competition.
Senior National Championships: As in above, there were also two leagues.
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Unfortunately we only ran one league for open division where Bright Star won the competition.
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Other competitions: Independence Tournament and Teuila Tournament were held. Both tournaments were won by Navu Club - for both Men and Women. The junior division was also won by Navu for the girls and by Tama oTitle le Mau of Document for the boys. in Ar ial Regular 12pt
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Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Players: No formal program was carried out but Under 16 and Under 19 were involved in training programs during their preparation for the FIBA Oceania tournaments.
Clinics for Referees: August - Clinics were done locally by Mr. Aki Su'a for all referees. We had 9 participants.
Clinics for Coaches: Mr. Pauga in July conducted a brief training program for coaches where mainly the under 16 coaches and three new coaches were involved.
Clinics for Scorebench: Mrs. Marlene Levy - also provided training for table officials where 8 girls and 3 boys participated.
Clinics for Live Stats: This was also run by Mrs. Marlene Levy with the same scorebench participants.
Federation website: The federation did not post stories on the website because they will need training again on how to do this and also not enough time was allowed to post stories.
FIBA Organizer: FIBA Organizer was not used during 2012 due to lack of knowledge on how to use it.
SOLOMON ISLANDS: By Uriel Matanani, Secretary SIBF
The main focus for the Solomon Islands Basketball Federation (SIBF) in 2012 was to re-ignite interest back into the sport. SIBF worked on a revival strategy that would push the code back into public attention. Hence a special AGM took place in August under the guidance of the National Sports Council (NSC) and the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) to elect new leadership.
The new executive members led by Brian Pongotapu as President, were able to carry out a tournament sponsored by Ela Motors in the latter part of the year. This was a domestic tournament focused in Honiara, and the strategy that was used here was to give the game extensive media coverage in the small span of time that was allocated, in order to pull in more supporters, including sponsors for the coming new season of 2013.
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Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: - ElectionTitle of of a Document new SIBF Executivein Arial Regular Committee 12pt in August - Resumption of the basketball competition in Honiara -Resumption of the High School basketball competition in Honiara
- Review of the current SIBF Constitution (still in progress)
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Other competitions: - Filipino Community Basketball Tournament, supported by SIBF - Chinese Youth Basketball Challenge, supported by SIBF - Interbank Sports Tournament , supported by SIBF
Federation website: The secretary for SIBF posted stories on the website in 2012 and it was found to be easy to follow and use.
Other General Comments: The Solomon Islands Basketball Federation (SIBF) is now on a revival mission with the code in the country. Members of the Executives know full well the difficulties in getting the sport of basketball back into the main sporting scene here in the Solomon Islands, after so many years of inactivity and very limited support from the general public. However, with that being said, the current phase is looking quite promising as the sport is once again slowly picking up pace.
SIBF looks forward to stronger relationship and network with FIBA Oceania towards help boosting the objectives of its mission to revive and redevelop the code in all local Provinces in the coming years.
TONGA: By Aki Hamala, Isi Niualiku
Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: We had an increase of middle school and high schools participation from 4 in 2011 to 7 in 2012. We increased the total numbers of students from the high school of about 100 in the year 2011 to more than 200 in 2012.
We held two workshops. The first one was at the Havelu Middle School in which 4 schools were able to attend. We had a speaker that spoke on why we need to stay in school and get an education. We also had Hiko Fungavaka from TASANOC speak on clean sports. Keeping the sport clean from cheating and drug use was his topic.
We also organised for a speaker from the Ministry of Health to speak on being and staying healthy, the right diets, but unfortunately they were unable to attend. We had a total number of 80 students participate on the first day and 70 students on the second day. This workshop we had students from Tonga High School
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The second workshop was held at the International Ocean of Light High School and was open to boys and
girls. It was a good way to show to the girls that basketball is available and is a good and fun game, because
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primary school in 2011, to see them in middle school playing basketball. All the middle and high schools that we visited and told them about the basketball program all agreed and said yes they would like to be involved in the school tournament. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Major Challenges for the Federation in 2012: We didn’t have enough equipment at the beginning of the year and a lack of facilities for basketball to be used was a challenge.
We have two public facilities but one needs to be refurbished and the other is mostly used for volleyball and badminton so we had to rely heavily on the LDS school church as a facility. Lack of transport to get the students from school to the basketball courts was also an issue.
Competitions within your country in 2012: Junior National Championships: 1 primary tournament. National Schools Championships. Other competitions: one junior 3X3 mini tournament
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: FIBA Oceania Pacific 3X3 Youth Championships in Coffs Harbour
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012:Clinics for Players: Yes, two workshops were conducted. A primary school clinic was run every Saturday morning from 8:00 am until 2 or 3 pm.
Federation website: NBDO Isi was in charge of posting stories to the website during 2012 and is a good way for the students and teachers also the parents to see basketball in Tonga being played.
FIBA Organizer: FIBA Organizer was used in 2012 but not very much because we did not think that it was useful for us at this time, but we would like to use it in 2013.
Other General Comments: With the addition of new schools to basketball we feel like we are heading in the right direction. Of course we have our ups and downs and this will give us the opportunity to look at our weakness and make changes for the better of basketball. Our successes will tell us that we are moving basketball forward.
We are seeking the help of the Ministries of Education and with basketball in the schools and communities we should be able to develop, educate and promote basketball to make it grow. Promoting the game in the schools and in our communities will help us prepare for competitions outside our Island and most importantly give the kids and the community the opportunities that basketball offers.
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VANUATU:Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt By Franconieri Franck, President
Major Successes for the Federation in 2012: TitleRebuild of Document the relationship in Arial Regularwith local 12pt basketball clubs that led to the re-establishment of the Port Vila Basketball Association VBF operating again.
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Competitions within your country in 2012: Junior National Championships: Division 2 Efate Cup National Schools Championships: Interprovincial School Sports Opening tournament Easter tournament Independence tournament
International Competitions that your country participated in during 2012: U14 Tournament (Vanuatu) - Vanuatu v New Caledonia (AS 6ieme Basketball Club)
Clinics and Training Programs conducted in your country during 2012: Clinics for Players: 6 Clinics for Referees: 2 Clinics for Scorebench: 1 Other clinics: A week in Ambae with the partnership of Save the Children’s fund, 1 tournament. .
Federation website: Nick Cooper and NBDO Stanford posted stories on the website during 2012. The Federation should also have access to upload on the website.
FIBA Organizer:FIBA Organizer was not used during 2012 because there was difficulty using the organizer because it was seen to be complicated so more training will be needed to address this issue.
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