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BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND MESSAGES 5 CONTENTS From our Chair 5 From our Chief Executive 7 2018 HIGHLIGHTS 8 FIBA WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS 10 NATIONAL TEAMS 12 MBO Tall Blacks 12 Tall Ferns 14 Junior Tall Blacks 16 Aon Junior Tall Ferns 17 National Junior Teams U15 18 National Junior Teams U17 19 National 3x3 Teams 20 BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 NATIONAL LEAGUES AND CHAMPIONSHIP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 56 TOURNAMENTS 22 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Sal’s National Basketball League 22 Revenue and Expenses 57 Women’s Basketball Championship 23 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets 58 National Championship Tournaments 24 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 59 Consolidated Statement of Cashflows 60 NATIONAL ACTIVITIES 28 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 61 Evolution of the High Performance Programme 28 Independent Auditor’s Report 72 Alumni 30 Awards 30 MEET THE TEAM 74 3x3 National Basketball Tour 32 BBNZ Board 74 Coach Development 32 BBNZ FIBA Representation, Patron, Staff, Life Members Community 33 and Roll of Honour 76 TEAMS AND RESULTS 34 BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND CONTENTS 3 BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND MESSAGES FROM OUR CHAIR The highlights of this huge year include: • The women’s open 3x3 team won • providing more tournaments than a gold medal at the FIBA Asia 3x3 ever before, as secondary school Championships. participation levels continued to rise • Eleven teams represented New • hosting five Tall Blacks internationals Zealand at FIBA events around at a cost of more than $1 million the globe. • sending more age group teams to • With the support of local more FIBA events, further around Associations, BBNZ delivered the globe than ever before two additional tournaments over the year, taking the total to 26. • sending teams to the Commonwealth Games and securing two medals • The 50-year celebration at the Schick Championships marked a The breadth and depth of this • delivering an unprecedented number significant milestone for secondary annual report is evidence that of high performance coach and school basketball in New Zealand. 2018 was one of the biggest referee development sessions in years in the history of the game communities. • More people watched the National Basketball League (NBL) in New Zealand. As a basketball To achieve this we raised the most through livestreaming, with more community we made great leaps funding, particularly sponsorship, in than 430,000 unique views – a towards realising our vision of the history of Basketball New Zealand tremendous achievement, with a ‘hoop at the heart of every (BBNZ). We concluded the year with interest continuing to grow. only a small deficit after the massive neighbourhood’ ie, basketball • The move towards a league format taking its place as a cornerstone investment of the FIBA World Cup games. for the top tier of the Women’s sport in this country. Basketball Competition (WBC) As a Board we are particularly proud provided a significant stepping of these achievements by BBNZ: stone for our best local women • We hosted more than 20,000 players, as well as a more visible spectators across the five home platform for them to demonstrate internationals that the Tall Blacks their skills. played as part of the FIBA Asia World • The beginning of a regional Cup Qualifying series. This included coach and referee development setting a record of 9,161 Tall Blacks network will assist the growth and tickets for the game in Auckland development of local referees versus China. and coaches – with $200,000 • We worked with Auckland Basketball distributed to support this initiative. Services Ltd (ABSL) on a pilot ‘Hoops • Basketball became the second most in Schools’ project. This resulted in played sport at secondary school, 12 South Auckland primary schools with a massive 44.9% increase in getting new hoops installed and a players in the last decade1, and Kiwi Hoops programme delivered remained the fastest growing top in each school. 10 participation sport at this level. • Our Tall Ferns and Tall Blacks flew the flag at the Commonwealth Games, each securing a bronze medal. 1. School Sport New Zealand Census 2019 BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND MESSAGES 5 Funding all of these activities was a proposal rejected. The Tall Blacks interest into a strong and healthy challenge. The sponsorship secured secured the same amount as 2017 adult participation environment. was a new record for BBNZ, beating ($150,000) to assist the World Cup We desperately need a strong and the previous record set in 2017. campaign, again a let down considering motivated adult basketball community Commercial Director Chris Simpson that they won eight from eight in their as they are the referees, the coaches, deserves particular acknowledgement qualifying series during 2018. the funders and administrators who for getting us to this level. All that will see our game make it as a major While Sport New Zealand provides support helped us to a small deficit sport in New Zealand. I urge you all to good funding for our community for the year, a good result given the help build this part of our community. rigorous requirements FIBA put on programme, we continue to The team at BBNZ delivered a huge the hosts of the Tall Blacks games advocate for better high performance and unprecedented amount of activity and the additional costs associated support. Two staff members have over 2018. The Board acknowledges with sending age group teams around been appointed to parts of the the exceptional contribution of our the globe. This result was better than High Performance Review being Chief Executive, Iain Potter, and the budgeted as the Board had anticipated conducted by High Performance tireless efforts of his talented and the huge financial challenges that Sport New Zealand. We have also had committed team. came with hosting under the new several discussions with a number World Cup Qualifying system, but the of politicians, including the Minister Finally, I would like to thank the many result was better than budgeted. of Sport and Finance, Hon Grant volunteers and staff within Associations. Robertson, who certainly understands Your dedication is the foundation on Frustratingly, we were again largely our position. which our game is built. overlooked for funding by High Performance Sport New Zealand. Basketball continues to grow and Our women’s 3x3 team achieved it is likely we will see it become a massive result in winning the Asia the largest secondary school sport 3x3 title to show they are a genuine in New Zealand, possibly by 2020. Olympic prospect, so it was deeply One challenge we have as a Greg Williamson disappointing to have their funding community is to transfer all that Chair BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 FROM OUR CHIEF EXECUTIVE Our commercial revenues rose again Finally, as I did last year and will as we had more events to sell, more continue to do, I implore everyone visibility and, consequently, more to use the combined voice and power interest. Chris Simpson did a great of our community to help us grow job bringing new sponsors in. Of and to help change policies that course, more sponsors means more hinder us. We need more facilities, work to deliver on promises, so more resources, more funding, more thanks to those BBNZ staff who took visibility. Support basketball by talking responsibility for that. Without the about it, by telling politicians that they home internationals our commercial need to care, by giving funders facts revenues will likely fall back in 2020 and figures and positive feedback but, happily, we already have a high when they do fund us, by getting into 2018 was a huge year for level locked in for 2019 and we have your local media. BBNZ can only do basketball. The FIBA Asia World many new conversations underway. some of this work – the real power lies with you in the community, please Cup Qualifying Series – five It is pleasing to have claimed the use it. home games in 2018 – required number two spot in participation at a massive investment of time secondary school level – we would 2019 promises to be a great year. and resource. Thank you in easily be number one if we were able We will have a World Cup for the particular to David Huxford, our to attract more girls to our game. Tall Blacks, Olympic qualifying for It must be a priority for 2019 and Event Director, and Maree Taylor the Tall Ferns, 3x3 Olympic qualifying, beyond. There is real scope for World Championships for our U17 for not only getting us through basketball with girls and I urge you boys, and also Asia and Oceania but for New Zealand being to put some emphasis on this area. events, plus the continued growth praised by FIBA for the level of The media tell us they are interested of basketball at grassroots. events we staged. All BBNZ staff in more stories and more coverage were called on to help on top of of girls and women, so we have a Get excited! their usual duties – thank you great opportunity to show that we all for gutsing it out! And thank are truly a sport for all. you also for delivering more The WBC and the NBL continue to activities during the year in grow. Please get behind your teams your usual roles. – they are a really important public window for our sport, as well as being part of the aspirational pathway for Iain Potter players, coaches and officials. Chief Executive BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND MESSAGES 7 2018 HIGHLIGHTS BASKETBALL NEW ZEALAND TOURNAMENTS AND LEAGUES saw a 66% increase in registrations, with a record 105 teams from 47 secondary schools (up from 2017’s 63 teams from 31 schools).

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