Fiba Oceania 2010 – 2014 Office Bearers
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2013 FIBA OCEANIA ANNUAL REPORT 2 2013 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt CONTENTS Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt FIBA OCEANIA 2010 – 2014 OFFICE BEARERS .............................................................................. 3 EXECUTIVE REPORT .................................................................................................................... 4 DEVELOPMENTTitle of Document AND EXECUTIVE in Arial Regular VISITS 12pt 2013 .............................................................................. 7 2013 PACIFIC CHAMPIONSHIPS, PORIRUA NEW ZEALAND ........................................................... 8 7TH FIBA OCEANIA ALL STAR TOUR TO AUSTRALIA ..................................................................... 9 FEDERATIONTitle of Document REPORTS in ................................ Arial Regular 12pt ............................................................................. 11 American Samoa ...................................................................................................................... 11 Australia .................................................................................................................................. 15 Cook Islands ............................................................................................................................. 17 Federated States Of Micronesia ................................................................................................ 18 Fiji ............................................................................................................................................ 19 Guam ....................................................................................................................................... 21 Kiribati ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Marshall Islands ....................................................................................................................... 25 New Zealand ............................................................................................................................ 27 Northern Mariana Islands ......................................................................................................... 29 Palau........................................................................................................................................ 31 Papua New Guinea ................................................................................................................... 33 Samoa ...................................................................................................................................... 35 Solomon Islands ....................................................................................................................... 38 Tahiti ....................................................................................................................................... 40 Tonga ....................................................................................................................................... 41 Vanuatu ................................................................................................................................... 42 FINANCIAL REPORT .................................................................................................................. 43 2 2013 Annual Report – FIBA Oceania 3 2013 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Title of DocumentFIBA in Arial Oceania Regular 12pt 2010 – 2014 Office Bearers President Bob Elphinston Honorary Life President Al Ramsay Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Bill Keldermans John Maddock (resigned March 2013) Management Scott Derwin (appointed March 2013) Title of DocumentCommittee in Arial Regular Barbara 12pt Wheadon Robert Vautrin Michael White Co-opted Burton Shipley Barbara Wheadon FIBA Central Board Bob Elphinston 2010 - 2014 Steve Smith (retired November 2013) David Crocker (appointed March 2014) Sameme U Samia (deceased) Merv Emms (deceased) Carrie Gaveau Sid Taylor Members of Honour Robin Milligan Ken Clifford John Martin David Rout Michael White Steve Smith (retired November 2013) Secretary General David Crocker (commenced November 2013) Annie La Fleur – Zone Development Manager Judy Smith – Administration and Special Projects (retired FIBA Oceania Staff November 2013) Lorraine Drew – Assistant to the Secretary General 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 John Maddock (Aus) Vice President, Lorraine Landon Competitions (Women’s Commission), 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 Patrick Hunt (Aus) President, Michael Haynes (Aus) Coaches Finance Commission John Gallaher (NZL) Membership Commission Steve Smith Vice President and Ken Madsen (Aus) 3 2013 Annual Report – FIBA Oceania 4 2013 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Executive Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt 2013 was a year of positive change within FIBA Oceania. The organisation delivered enhanced development and governance support to its 21 Member Federations, continued to improve its position on the international basketball stage, welcomed new leadership, and has maintained its strong leadership and focus on strengthening basketball within the Oceania zone. Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt The Oceania zone boasted a busy tournament schedule in 2013. Australia won the FIBA Oceania Championships , held in Auckland, New Zealand and Canberra, Australia, in both the men’s and women’s competitions. As a result, both teams have qualified for the FIBA 2014 World Championships, and New Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt Zealand will take the second FIBA Oceania position at the FIBA 2014 Men’s World Cup. FIBA Oceania have been active supporters of the new FIBA Competition Calendar which will see competition opportunities expand for FIBA Oceania’s Countries to compete with Asian Federations for FIBA World Cup qualification. This now presents a real pathway for all FIBA Oceania members with the Gold and Silver medallist at the 2015 Pacific Games earning places in the 2017 Asia/Oceania qualification series. The FIBA Oceania Pacific Senior Championships were held in Porirua, New Zealand. Australia won the Women’s Championship and New Zealand Maoris won the Men’s Championship. In addition to the spectacular play, two clinics were held in parallel to the competition: a FIBA Referees Clinic was led by FIBA Referees Director Lubo Kotleba and supported by Ken Coulson and Albert Joseph; and a Coaches Clinic was led by World Association of Basketball Coaches President Patrick Hunt along with Michael Haynes, Annie La Fleur and Peter Lonergan for eight participants from New Zealand, Samoa, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia. The Australian Youth Olympic Festival 3x3 competition took place in Sydney’s iconic Darling Harbour with Australia welcoming a host of strong teams from New Zealand, Great Britain, China, Indonesia, Japan and Oceania representative Guam. The three on three style of play is a high intensity format and was a definite highlight of the Festival. The finals of both the men and the women had Australian Green and Gold teams vying for the gold and silver medals. Both Guam and New Zealand have actively supported FIBA 3X3 Basketball World Championship opportunities. FIBA Oceania’s Under 17 Championships were held in front of great crowds in Knox Victoria, Australia with Australia qualifying both their men’s and women’s teams for the FIBA World Under 17 Championships. Also noteworthy, was the participation by the FIBA Oceania All Stars men’s and women’s teams in the Australian Junior Country Cup in Albury, Australia. The Oceania region had a high level of international referee representations this year, with Vanessa Devlin, Sarah Carey and Riannan Delatorre of Australia joining Timoci Solilada of Fiji and Felix Benavente of Guam in becoming FIBA Licensed Officials. Peter Rodgers of New Zealand and Albert Joseph of Australia were also recognised as new Technical Commissioners of FIBA. This year improved governance measures and heightened activities were implemented within many National Federations. Employment of a National Basketball Development Officer within each Federation remains a key priority of the FIBA Oceania Board, and in 2013 11 National Basketball Development Officers were employed through nine Member Federations. 4 2013 Annual Report – FIBA Oceania 5 2013 Annual Report Title of Document in Arial Regular 12pt With financial support from the Australian Government, the organisation facilitated a National Basketball Development Officer training program in Coffs Harbour and then Sydney. Following these sessions, Zone DevelopmentTitle of DocumentManager, andin Arial former Regular Australian 12pt Opal Annie La Fleur, travelled extensively through the Pacific to view first hand how the information learnt has been implemented within each of the Federations. She visited Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa,