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Annual Report 2012/2013 Contents Basketball Australia Annual Report 2012/2013 Contents Message from the Australian Sports Commission 1 Report from the Chair 2 Report from the CEO 4 BA Strategy 2011 – 2014 on a page 6 High Performance Report 7 Senior National Men’s Team 10 Senior National Women’s Team 11 Senior National Men’s Wheelchair Team 12 Senior National Women’s Wheelchair Team 13 Junior National Men’s Under 19 Team 14 Junior National Women’s Under 19 Team 15 Junior National Men’s Under 17 Team 16 Junior National Women’s Under 17 Team 17 Professional Leagues and Competitions Report 18 Game Development Report 22 2012/13 Financial Management Report 27 International Scorecard 28 2012/13 Directory 34 Corporate Partners and Suppliers 37 Published by Basketball Australia PO Box 7141, Alexandria NSW 2015 Level 2, 191 Botany Road, Waterloo NSW 2017 Tel: +61 2 8396 5500 •Fax: +61 2 8396 5501 www.basketball.net.au • [email protected] BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA • ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013 Message from the Australian Sports Commission The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is committed to ensuring Australian athletes excel in the international sporting arena, and increasing Australians’ participation in sport. These two clear objectives are mutually In 2013-14, the Australian Government, reinforcing – international success inspires through the ASC, is investing almost $120 Australians to participate in sport and greater million in national sporting organisations participation helps nurture our future for high performance programs and to champions. Sport inspires individuals, unites promote grassroots participation in sport. communities and encourages active lifestyles. Our partner sports can expect a much Success at the international level has sharper focus by the ASC in future on best become even more challenging for practice governance and administration, Australian athletes. Traditional competitors intellectual property ownership, athlete keep getting better, and rising countries management and support structures and are becoming forces to be reckoned with. general accountabilities by the sports. Our tenth placing in the medal table at Equally, the ASC is committed to changing the London Olympic Games continued a to meet the needs of contemporary sport. downward trend over the past three games. Importantly, the ASC is focused on Through Australia’s Winning Edge 2012- promoting grassroots participation in sport 2022, our game plan to move Australian throughout Australia and to continue a suite sport from world class to world best, we of successful national programs such as the are changing the role of the Australian Active After-school Communities program. Institute of Sport (AIS) and the delivery of Increased community sport participation has the high performance program, improving a profound long term dividend, and remains the financial performance and position of a vital objective of the ASC. national sporting organisations (NSOs) and strengthening the governance structures The ASC looks forward to working in and standards of NSOs. collaboration with the sport sector to encourage more people into sport and to We have initiated a fundamental reform drive Australia’s continued international process to improve Australian sport, sporting success. by linking high performance sports funding more closely with performance; John Wylie AM ensuring the AIS is the world’s best high Chair performance sports institute; modernising Board of the Australian Sports Commission governance structures in a number of sports; investing to improve coaching, leadership skills, talent identification and innovation in Australian sport; and reinforcing public confidence in the integrity of sport. These reforms will create lasting change and improvement. 1 BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA • ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013 Report from the Chair 2012-13 was once again a busy and demanding year highlighted by our performances in London in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Basketball Australia is very proud of the performance of our four national teams in London – the Boomers, Jayco Opals, Rollers and Gliders – silver medals for the Rollers and Gliders and another medal in bronze for the Jayco Opals. We once again maintained our terrific The second initiative was the launch of budget of $364,000. We also lifted our international standing with FIBA rating us Australia’s Winning Edge strategy and reserves as a percentage of income from 5th in the world out of 213 playing nations. followed a review of the performance of 8.4% to 12.54%. On the wheelchair basketball front, the the Australian team at the London Olympic Rollers and the Gliders continued to be Games. The strategy now focuses all sports’ We are indebted to the Australian Sports ranked in the top 2 nations. high performance programs on podium Commission for the investment that they finishes at major benchmark events, such as make in our sport. They are a terrific On the domestic front, the BA Board Olympic Games and World Championships. support and many thanks in particular undertook an extensive and exhaustive This necessitated a complete review of our to Chair John Wylie and CEO, Simon search for a new CEO in conjunction with high performance programs and led to some Hollingsworth. an international recruitment agency. It major changes such as BA taking over from In closing, can I thank a very hard was a delight to appoint our former Chair, the AIS our programs at what is now called working BA staff for their dedication and the Hon. Kristina Keneally, to the role of the BA Centre of Excellence in Canberra. CEO in August 2012. While there were a contribution. Can I also thank very sincerely number of outstanding applicants for the The Women’s National Basketball League my colleagues on the BA Board for their position, the Board was overwhelmingly was once again a great success, with more tireless contribution and all those people unanimous in its view that Kristina was the people attending games than ever and in our State and Territory Associations who person that BA needed and thus made the increasing viewership on ABC TV – the give so much. The success of our sport is appointment. Kristina started in the role in wonderful broadcast partner that we have grounded in the enormous contribution August, 2012. had since 1989. The season culminated in that is made by our huge and wonderful a sold out Grand Final in Bendigo between volunteers – we owe you a great debt Early in 2013 the Australian Sports two fantastic regional teams in the Bendigo of gratitude. Commission (ASC) introduced two Spirit and Townsville Fire. The Spirit came Scott Derwin landmark and critical initiatives. The first away with the championship after a Chair was the Mandatory Sports Governance tremendous game. Principles aimed at all sports but in Basketball Australia particular at the seven sports who receive In March 2013, the National Basketball the most funding, of which we are one. League clubs made the decision to de- The principles are broadly based but merge from BA. This followed a major in particular require NSO’s to adopt “White Paper” that BA had undertaken contemporary governance standards regarding the NBL. BA worked very closely that are practised in the corporate world. and amicably with the NBL through the Secondly, it requires a closer alignment in de-merger process and they left with our the sport, both vertically and horizontally. best wishes and support. Following FIBA The good news is that the ASC’s view of BA rules, the NBL is licensed by BA and agree was that it was already one of Australia’s to follow a range of FIBA rules. better governed sports. However, the principles still required us to make a Financially we had a good year finishing number of constitutional changes. with a surplus of $522,000 against a 2 BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA • ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013 Adam Gibson 3 BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA • ANNUAL REPORT 2012/2013 Report from the CEO Transformation and growth marked 2012-2013 for Basketball Australia. The year began with success at the Olympics and Paralympics, with the Australian national teams bringing home 3 medals – bronze for the Jayco Opals and silver medals for the Rollers and Gliders. Australian basketball contributed many Of course one of the most notable growth of the NWBL and the WNWBL in highlights to the London 2012 Olympics: transformations in 2012-13 came conjunction with BA in 2013-14. Lauren Jackson as the Australian Team about as a result of the ‘demerger’ of flag bearer at the opening ceremony, Liz the National Basketball League from The Australian Junior Championships Cambage as the first woman to dunk at an Basketball Australia. The separation of the continued to grow in terms of participation Olympic Games, and Patty Mills taking the financial, administrative and commercial and national attention. The AJCs also record as the highest scoring male player in management of the NBL from BA was provided a great testing ground for BA’s the tournament. the ultimate result of the BA’s White new approach to social media and online Paper process to deliver a sustainable and interactivity with fans and players. The Domestically, however, there were many commercially successful NBL. While the learnings from the AJCs gave BA’s media changes afoot after the Games. The Board did not begin with the aim of a and communications team terrific insights Australian Sports Commission introduced separation from the NBL, the White Paper when it came to transforming on our online Australia’s Winning Edge, a new method for process gave all involved the opportunity presence and using social media to build funding high performance sports based on to consider the most appropriate exposure and relationships with fans and medal prospects, and also mandated new management model for the League and players alike. The results are starting to be Governance Principles for the top seven commence the de-merger process.
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