Marking 40 Years of FIBA Oceania)
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Alphabetical list of Movers & Shapers Awards (marking 40 years of FIBA Oceania) c:\documents and settings\steve\my documents\steve's work\fibaoceania mancomm\40 years fiba oceania\40 year movers and shapers\alphabetical list winners movers&shapers.doc No. Nominee Nationality Précis of qualification Coached NZ Tall Blacks to a series win over Australia in 2001 Oceania Championships. Long time (NZ) NBL Coach 1. Tab BALDWIN NZ Coach of Tall Blacks at Indianapolis World Championships (4th place finish). NZ Halberg Award Coach of the Year. International Coaching assignments in several countries. First female coach at the PNG National Sports Institute. Assistant Coach to the 1991 Gold Medal winning SPG Women. 2. Florence BUNDU PNG Coach in Port Moresby and Capital Basketball League Vice President of the PNG NOC. Captain of NZ Tall Blacks. Backbone of Tall Blacks since debut in 1994. 3. Pero CAMERON NZ SPARC Sports Leadership award 2003. 8 (NZ) NBL Titles & 7 All Star fives. Played professionally in Malaysia, England, Turkey, Iran & Australia. Long time President Tahiti Basketball. Competition Manager SPG Tahiti 1995. 4. Ronnie CHAVEZ Tahiti Member FIBA Oceania Board Member of FIBA Central Board. Ken was a FIBA International Referee. President of the Newcastle Basketball Association(AUS) Secretary 5. Ken CLIFFORD AUS General, Ken and his wife Larraine assisted in the training and supervision of referees at FIBA Oceania events. Ken provided training opportunities for island based referees at Newcastle. President BNZ Sir Lance Founding President FIBA Oceania. 6. CROSS NZ Chairman & President New Zealand NOC (deceased) IOC member in NZ Member IOC Executive Board Vice President Basketball New Zealand. Life Member Basketball New Zealand. 7. Cedric CUDBY NZ Chairman BNZ Tours Committee. Represented BNZ during formation of FIBA Oceania. Involvement with Lower Hutt Basketball Association? President Canterbury Basketball 8. Graeme DAVEY NZ President Basketball New Zealand President FIBA Oceania 1 FIBA Central Board Member (Oceania) Past Manager Australian National team to Los Angeles Olympics Manager Sydney Olympic Games Bid. Sports Director Sydney Olympic Games. IOC Award for presentation of Sydney Olympics 9. Bob ELPHINSTON AUS Lecturer at several FIBA Oceania courses and clinics conducted during the time of Al Ramsay. Life Member of Basketball Australia. Member BA Hall of Fame. President of FIBA Oceania 2002-06 President FIBA 2006-2010 FIBA Oceania’s pioneer in the field. The person most often used by Secretary General Ramsay for assignments in Merv the Pacific during the formative years. 10. EMMS AUS (deceased) Undertook overseas coaching/referee/administration visits to Pacific Island nations under very difficult conditions. Formulate many of the early technical resources used by OBC No supporting information provided 11. Larry FEJERAN Guam Long time Referee Head of the Micronesian Sports Officials Association (MSOA). New Arguably best national player for New Caledonia with extensive international representation. FRANCOISE- 12. Angelo Caledonia Long serving and most successful national coach. ELOCCIE (French) National team player (3 Olympics) National Coach Australia (4 Olympics). Long time Coach of Melbourne Tigers in (A) NBL ( 2 NBL Championships 3 NBL Coach of the Year) 13. Lindsay GAZE AUS Member Basketball Australia Hall of Fame Member of FIBA Technical Commission Arguably the most internationally recognised Australia player. Represented Australia at 5 Olympic Games. International scoring records. Storied career in (A) NBL with Melbourne Tigers – 7 MVP awards. Leader in games played, points scored and 14. Andrew GAZE AUS assists. Two NBL Championships. 14 scoring titles in NBL Member of BA Hall of Fame. Professional player in USA & Italy. NBA title with San Antonio 1999. Zone Development Officer for FIBA Oceania 1996 – 2007. 15. Jon HOYLE AUS Previously and subsequently Internationally Coaching expert in Oceania. Assisted in the creation of many of the technical materials used in FIBA Oceania Development Program. 350 International Games as Australian Coach 16. Patrick HUNT AUS Coach Canberra Cannons in (A) NBL 2 Instrumental in establishment of AIS Basketball Program Oceania President World Association of Basketball Coaches Leader WABC Coaches International Study Tour. Extensive duties on behalf of FIBA Oceania. Internationally recognised coach educator, USA, Croatia, Russia, Spain, NZ, Japan, Canada among others. Long time President of American Samoa Basketball Federation. American 17. Ed IMO National Coach. Samoa Basketball Competition Manager 1997 Mini Pacific Games. Mr Basketball in Marshall Islands. Marshall National Coach 18. Giff JOHNSON Islands Long time administrator, mentor referee for RMI Basketball Presently Secretary of the federation. National Coach PNG 1987 to 2001. Strong involvement with Lae Basketball Strong supporter of Federation programs whenever called upon to help. 19. Tom JOUMKALOP PNG Worked enthusiastically to develop basketball wherever in PNG his work took him, Lae, Highlands. Strong role in the development of Lae basketball players. National Player, National Coach Palau. President of Palau Basketball Federation. President Palau National Olympic 20. Frank KYOTA Palau Committee. Main fundraiser for Palau Basketball through connections with Shell. Life Member Basketball Australia. Manager National Women’s team 1984-88 Director Women’s National League 1996-2001 President of FIBA Women’s Commission 2002-2010. 21. Lorraine LANDON AUS Basketball Director Sydney Olympic Games IOC Women in Sport Award 2004 IOC Golden Rings award for Olympic Games duties FIBA Merit Award Sydney Olympic Games Technical Delegate Athens & Beijing Olympic Games. Arguably most recognised Pacific island female basketball because of her domination of women’s basketball at the LANGAMAZI 22. Brigitte Tahiti South Pacific Games for Tahiti. 1975 – 1999. NO National Junior Team Coach. Oceania All Star Coach Past President and past Secretary Vanuatu Basketball Federation (VBF), Port Vila Basketball Association. Head of 23. Gloria LANGO Vanuatu LOC for 2000 FIBA Oceania Youth Tournament in Vanuatu. PNG National player. National Coach. Past President of the Federation. Member of executive of National Olympic 24. Fred LAVAKI PNG Committee. Zone Development Officer for FIBA Oceania 1996 – 2006. 25. Stuart MANWARING AUS Previously and subsequently Internationally Coaching expert in Oceania and other continents for FIBA. 3 Provided many of the technical materials used in FIBA Oceania Development Program. FIBA Referee FIBA Commissioner Olympic Games & World Championships FIBA Referee’s Instructror 26. John MARTIN AUS Technical Expert used by Ramsay & Smith in Oceania events. Life Member Basketball Australia Member of Honour FIBA Oceania. Storied Player in the (A) NBL primarily with Illawarra Hawks. National Team Player. AIS Coach. Australian National Junior Coach & Winner of FIBA Silver Medal @ FIBA U-19’s. 27. Gordie McLEOD AUS National League Coach West Sydney Razorbacks & Singapore Slingers. BNZ Director of Coaching. (NZ) NBL Coach. Participant as player, coach and coach advisor at FIBA Oceania Senior & Junior Tournaments. Past Secretary of Fiji Basketball. Competition Manager 2003 SPG’s Competition Manager 2001 Oceania 28. Glynis MILLER Fiji Tournament. Competition Manager 1997 Youth Tournament. Member of FIBA Oceania Board Member of FIBA Central Board. Long time coach, administrator, president, referee, head of MSOA. 29. Bob PELKEY Guam Recently retired as President of Guam Basketball. First recipient of the Patricia Ramsay Award. Past President Solomon Islands Basketball Federation. Solomon 30. Lawrence QUAN Long time sponsor of Solomon Island Basketball Islands Innovative approaches to Basketball Development in Solomon Islands including Australian Volunteers Abroad. Sponsoring Australian Player to 12 month placement in Honiara. Founding Secretary General FIBA Oceania. Advocate at 1968 FIBA Congress for recognition of Oceania zone of FIBA. Secretary General FIBA Oceania 1967 to 1998. 31. Alistair RAMSAY AUS President FIBA Oceania 1998-2002. Honorary Lifetime President FIBA Oceania. Member of Basketball Australia Hall of Fame. Basketball Australia “Legend” Long time Secretary of Basketball Australia, member of FIBA Competition Commission, supporter of Al Ramsay in work in FIBA Oceania. Person responsible for persuading FIBA to commence a Junior World Championship. 32. Bob STAUNTON AUS Provided many Basketball Australia generated resources for use by Ramsay in Pacific Island nations. Conducted several administration courses for Ramsay in Pacific Island nations. 33. Kazuki SUNGINO Palau Highly respected by Palau Basketball Federation Executive for development work on behalf of basketball. 4 (Topps) Identified as role model by other sports for sports administration. Highly regarded by NOC of Palau for work with basketball. National player and coach. NBDO in Palau since 2000. Recognised as “Mr Basketball” by community, media, government in Palau Prior to Lauren Jackson arguably the most recognised female basketballers from Australia. Storied (A)WNBL career – 5 Championships 34. Michelle TIMMS AUS Storied career as OPAL including Captain at 2000 Olympics. Storied WNBA career with Jersey retired as mark of respect. Member of Basketball Australia Hall of Fame Past President American Samoa Basketball Federation. American 35. Ken TUPUA National Player, Long time National Coach. Samoa Secretary General of National Olympic Committee. Regarded by