2012 FIBA OCEANIA ANNUAL REPORT February 2013 N:\Oceania\Annual Reports\2012 Annual Report\2012 Final Annual Report.Doc 2 2012 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt CONTENTS Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt 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 2 2012 Annual Report – FIBA Oceania 3 2012 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt FIBATitle of OceaniaDocument in 2010 Arial Regular – 2014 12pt Office Bearers President Bob Elphinston Honorary Life President Al Ramsay Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Management Bill Keldermans Committee John Maddock Barbara Wheadon Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Robert Vautrin Michael White Co-opted Burton Shipley 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) 3 2012 Annual Report – FIBA Oceania 4 2012 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt 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 Regularfacilities, 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. 4 2012 Annual Report – FIBA Oceania 5 2012 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt TheTitle Boardof Document is intent in Arialin 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. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Four Federations, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Guam have now qualified for and participated in 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