WestFront coverCoast copy Bounceto go here front cover June 2012 copy to go here Date to go here From The CEO In This issue Welcome to the June edition of the West Coast bounce. The year so far seems to BWA Staff Profile 1 have gone extremely quickly, a reflection no doubt on how busy we have all been on various projects and activities. This month we welcomed the Boomers to town and supported them in their preparation for the Olympics later this year. WA Represented at 2 2012 Nike All Asia We are indeed fortunate and grateful to have had them play China in Camp Western Australia, two games at the WA Basketball Centre and one game in Albany and look forward to more games in future years. Association 3 Development Major projects of focus over the coming months include: Update Core Business- Development of resources to assist Associations in conducting the SBL Update 4 “business of basketball”, including meetings with Association Committees/Boards to Brett’s Blurb 6 agree assistance required and support from BWA. Melissa Marsh’s 7 WABC Licence agreement– renegotiation of the licence agreement BWA has with 200th SBL game Venues West for use of the courts at the WA Basketball Centre. Olympian Set To Roll 8 Strategic Facilities Plan– research and analysis of existing basketball infrastructure and with Waves the need for additional infrastructure, now and into the future. West Coast Waves 9 An Associations Presidents meeting has been set for Monday 25 June at 6.30pm at the Player Profile Basketball WA offices. I look forward to catching up with the Presidents then and discussing some of the new initiatives we are rolling out to support our Associations and learning how we can improve our service in providing the support needed. Rick Smith CEO Upcoming Events BWA Board Member Profile 2 June Under 13s FDP Name: Kevin Charles Wigg 9 June Position on Board: Member – casual vacancy China Vs Australia Qualifications: Trade Certificate – Electrical Fitter and Electrical Mechanic When joined BWA Board: 2009 10 June Everyone’s Game Carnival Profile: 11 June Kevin has previously been a Board Member, Director of SBL and President of the East Perth District China Vs Australia Basketball Association Inc., totalling some ten years. He was elected to the BWA Council in 2007 and the BWA Board in 2009 and served on the Board until 2011, at which time under the new Constitutionhe 13 June vacated his Board position. He is now filling a casual vacancy on the Board. He has been a SBL China Vs Australia Commissioner since 2008 and continues in that role. Kevin is the General Manager of Black & White Cabs and is a member of the Taxi Industry Board Reference Group and the Taxi Council of WA. He also previously 24 June held positions on the Taxi Industry Board and was a Board member of Taxi 131 008 Ltd. Junior Development Kevin’s other interests include movies, golf, fishing, overseas holidays and spending time relaxing at Wedge Carnival Island. Basketball Western Australia PO Box 185 FLOREAT WA 6014 6272 0741 [email protected] BWA Staff Profile Name: Elaine Taylor Position: Development Administrator When joined BWA: March 2012 Elaine recently moved to Perth from Dublin, Ireland. She started at BWA as the Development Administrator in March 2012. The role involves all of the admin surrounding the State Teams programme – liaising with the Management teams, and organising budgets, uniforms, flights, accommodation, land transport etc for the various teams. The role also involves taking care of the court bookings. Elaine is enjoying the challenge of the State Team programme and trying to make it an efficient and smooth process for all involved. Elaine has always been interested and involved in sport. She competed in basketball and hockey in school, and swam competitively for many years. Elaine is a qualified swimming teacher and holds a degree in Sports Management. Elaine worked for one of the five Regions in Special Olympics Ireland for 4 years as a Sports Development Officer catering for over 2,500 athletes. Her role there involved looking after the Coach Education, Competitions (including managing a team of over 500 athletes attending the All Ireland Games in 2010), recruitment and training of sports volunteers and Development in 8 sports including basketball. Elaine is also trained as a Coaching Ireland tutor and tutored the Special Olympics Introduction to Coaching Practices course for may years. Since coming to Perth Elaine has taken on the volunteer role of State Sports Manager with Special Olympics WA. U17 Skills day a success! Twenty four athletes from WA Country and Metro recently attended an U17 Skills day held at the Cockburn Basketball Stadi- um on Saturday 26 May. This was the first chance for the new BWA High Performance Manager Brett Coxsedge to assess the level of talent in the State. Athletes were put through three sessions focusing on individual skill development as well as some team concepts. Overall the day was a great success. A big thank you to the 10 coaches who attended and helped out on the day. WA-ITP update BWA is currently in the process of reviewing its High Performance programs. As part of the review, BWA will be re-structuring its Intensive Training Program to better cater for athletes (and coaches) in WA. Applications will be circulated to Associations and Clubs in July/August. Interested athletes (and coaches) are also advised to keep an eye out for future announcements on the BWA website. FIBA Oceania 3x3 Championships- WA Represented Congratulations to Megan McKay (Katanning) and Andrej Donlagic (East Perth) for their selections to represent Australia at the inaugural FIBA Oceania 3x3 Championships at Coffs Harbour 26-28 June. National teams from New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, New Caledonia and Guam have already committed to the tournament and it is expected that Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and American Samoa will also join the tournament in Coffs Harbour. Basketball WA wishes both players success at the Championships. WA Represented at 2012 Nike All Asia Camp Three of WA’s best junior basketballers have been selected to attend the 2012 Nike All-Asia Camp held this year 6th -10th June in Guangzhou, China. Tevin Jackson (Willetton), Caleb Davis (Stirling) and Jack Fletcher (Willetton) will be attending the five day camp run by Perth Wildcats Head Coach Rob Beveridge. The camp has been running since 2000 with the aim to provide athletes from Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, China and New Zealand the opportunity to be taught by NBA coaches, NBA players and compete against the best players in the Asian region. At the 2011 camp, NBA players Demar DeRozen, Rudy Gay and Yi Jianlan instructed at the camp with Jianlan teaching post footwork. “This camp is for players with the potential to have a professional career” says Coach Beveridge “Davis and Fletcher had a great U18 Australian Championships and Jackson has untapped athletic potential. The exposure to high quality coaching and competition will greatly assist their development as professional athletes” Sportslink Intellectually Disabled Basketball Program Gets underway for Term 2 Basketball WA are pleased to announce the start of the Term 2 Sportslink Basketball Program. The Sportslink program offers skills development for young people with an Intellectual Disability. The program operate as a vehicle to Teach basic skills Teach body movement fundamentals Provide a gross motor skills program including using both left and right sides of the body Provide an opportunity for children with ID to have a physical outlet Provide an opportunity for children with ID to make friends and build relationships The Sportslink program is held at the WA Basketball Centre from 4.00 – 5.00 pm on Court 8. Coaches of this pro- gram are Perry Lakes Hawks State Basketball League players Matt Rosinski and Shane Ross. For further questions regarding the program, attendance or session dates please contact Vanessa Lock on [email protected] or 62720750. Basketball WA Country Working Group The Basketball WA Country Working Group (CWG) is made up of delegates from a representation of Country regions: South West Carole Kjellgren (Australind) Goldfields Karen Scruth (Kalgoorlie Districts) Great Southern Ken Davies (Denmark) Mid West Scott Rubery (Geraldton) North West TBA Peel Suzanne Norman (Mandurah); Craig Watts (Pinjarra) Wheatbelt Graeme Mason (Narrogin) Basketball WA Craig Reynolds (Chairperson); Vanessa Lock (Community Basketball Administrator). For further information on the CWG, please contact Craig on 62720746 or email [email protected] Association Development Update Thank you to all the Associations who completed the Association Development Checklist. The results have thrown up some interesting information in regards to where the Associations are at and provided a starting point for the Association Development Officer role. Over the next few weeks there will be a Members only section on the Basketball WA website that will contain different resources that Associations can use and other handy information. If there is something specific that Associations would like to see in a Members only section please email Association Development Officer, Paul Campaner at [email protected] with your suggestions and we will get that information uploaded. There will be a login and password sent out to all Associations in the very near future so you can access this section. Paul will soon be attending a meeting of all Association Development Officers where the 5-on-5 Program will be discussed amongst other topics. The Australian Sports Commission has released a Healthy Club Check that will also be discussed and how that can be incorporated into this assessment. In regards to valuable resources, this will be a key meeting to see what other states do well, what works and doesn’t work.