FIBA OCEANIA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 Tahiti celebrating after winning the Bronze medal at the U16 Oceania Championships Bottom: New Caledonia and Tahiti celebrate together after their Bronze Medal finals game at the U16 Oceania Championships 1 2015 was a highly productive year for the FIBA Oceania family, with three major championships, 3x3 continuing to grow and the expansion of the Hoops for Health program into new federations, along with the introduction of a new initiative in the form of a Women’s Empowerment and Leadership workshop. Significantly, the new FIBA competition structure has provided further opportunities for Oceania federations to compete on the world stage from 2017 onwards, with many federations using 2015 to develop the foundations for strengthening their federations for the future. Participation numbers doubled in our pilot Hoops for Health program in Fiji, whilst sold out crowds in Melbourne and Wellington for the FIBA Oceania Championships, and the passion and excitement for basketball in PNG during the Pacific Games, shows that our sport is continuing to grow at all levels throughout the region. In 2015, we welcomed a new National Federation into the Oceania Family. With Timor-Leste becoming the 22nd National Federation in our region. Work has already begun in Timor-Leste, with funding approved for the Mum’s a Hero program to launch in early 2016. With FIBA in Oceania moving to a new home in Southport, providing greater ease for movement around the region, 2016 will be another immense year as we aim to Double the Number of Participants, Raise the Profile of Basketball and Improve the Capability of Federations. Thank you to all the hardworking athletes, coaches, referees, volunteers and administrators “2016 will be another immense throughout the region who make our game so great. year as we aim to Double the Number of Participants, Raise the Profile of Basketball and Together – We Are Basketball. Improve the Capability of Federations” - BURTON SHIPLEY BURTON SHIPLEY FIBA IN OCEANIA PRESIDENT 2 CONTENTS 5-6 OFFICE BEARERS 7-18 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 19-52 FEDERATION REPORTS 53-54 FINANCIAL REPORT 55-56 RELIVING 2015 3 Corey Webster v Matthew Dellavedova during the FIBA Oceania Championships 4 Rheina Ale sets up the play for American Samoa in the Gold Medal game against Fiji at Pacific Games FIBA OCEANIA OFFICE BEARERS 5 President Burton Shipley Honorary Life President Al Ramsay 2014 - 2019 Scott Derwin Tony Thompson Management Committee Thierry Durand Greg Williamson Deborah Shoniber FIBA Executive Committee Burton Shipley 2014 - 2019 Scott Derwin FIBA Central Board Burton Shipley Deborah Shoniber Sameme U Samia (deceased) Lawrence Quan Merv Emms (deceased) Lina Saurei Carrie Gaveau Elizabeth Freeman Sid Taylor (deceased) Robert Vautrin Robin Milligan Glynis Miller Members of Honour Patricia Ramsay Award Ken Clifford (deceased) Ken Madsen John Martin Bob Pelkey David Rout Judy Smith Michael White John Maddock Executive Director David Crocker Annie La Fleur –Development Manager Amanda Jenkins- Sports Administrator FIBA Oceania Staff Catherine Grawich- Sports Administrator – Hoops for Health Albert Joseph - Referee Supervisor FIBA Commissions and Council Members (2014-2019) Technical Commission Patrick Hunt (AUS) Chairman & Bill Mildenhall (AUS) Competitions Commission Bob Elphinston ( AUS ) & Jan Stirling ( AUS ) Legal Commission Scott Derwin ( AUS ) & Chris Patterson ((NZL NZL) ) Governance Commission Burton Shipley ( NZL ) Medical Commission Peter Harcourt ( Chair ) Finance Commission Scott Derwin ( AUS ) & ChrisJohn PattersonGallaher ( (NZLNZL ) Players’ Commission Jenni Screen ( AUS ) Ethics Panel Ken Madsen ( AUS ) Working Group on Calendar Bob Elphinston ( AUS ) Working Group on National Federations Tony Thompson ((GUM GUM) ) World Association of Basketball Coaches Patrick Hunt ( AUS ) (President) & Michael Haynes ((AUS AUS) ) 6 ADMINISTRATION 2015 saw the implementation of the One FIBA project. United by the same vision, FIBA and its Continental Zones have come together as ONE FIBA, representing the 215 National Member Federations striving to make basketball the most popular sports community in the world. As part of this One FIBA project, staff from the Oceania regional office joined their colleagues from around the world during a two-day workshop at the FIBA Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. This provided staff an opportunity to meet face-to-face with their colleagues to plan and share resources for future activities. Catherine Grawich, who spent 2014 working with Basketball Fiji through the Australia Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) program, joined the FIBA team as the Hoops for Health Sports Administrator. Catherine has driven the transformation of the Hoops for Health project from a one Federation pilot project in 2014, to four national federations in 2015. 2015 included a very special recognition for Australian Jan Stirling as she was inducted into the 2015 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame. Jan started her career as a player, representing the Australian Opals at the 1975 FIBA Women’s World Championships before taking up an unprecedented coaching career. Amongst a long list of achievements, Jan took her hometown team of Adelaide Lightning to 12 straight WNBL final appearances and five consecutive Grand Finals- resulting in four Championship titles. Alongside this success, Jan was appointed the first former Opals player to coach her country. In her seven years in the top job, Jan led the team to successive Olympic and World Championship podium finishes with the 2006 World Championship Gold medal (Australia’s first senior gold medal at a global event) their greatest achievement. The 2015 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame accolade is a well-deserved honour and something both Jan and FIBA in Oceania are very proud of. The Oceania region was honoured to have the FIBA President, Mr Horacio Muratore visit during the FIBA Oceania Championships. Mr Muratore attended both matches in Melbourne, Australia plus Wellington and Tauranga, New Zealand. The President was also on hand to officially open the FIBA in Oceania office in Southport, Australia, alongside Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate. FIBA President, Mr Horacio Muratore, during the Welcome to Country ceremony at the opening of the FIBA in Oceania Southport office 7 DEVELOPMENT National Basketball Development Officers (NBDO’s) are employed in partnership between National Federation and FIBA to increase the number of people playing basketball regularly in their country. In 2015, NBDOs were employed in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Development Officer and Hoops for Health Administrator 3x3 Workshop in Fiji In April 2015, seven National Basketball Development Officers (NBDOs), five Hoops for Health (H4H) Administrators and two local coaches assembled in Suva, Fiji for a 3x3 workshop. This workshop was delivered by FIBA’s 3x3 Development Associate, Nicolas Widmer with the assistance of FIBA Development Manager, Annie La Fleur. The workshop included participants getting an introduction to 3x3 and the 3x3 online platform, 3x3 Planet, as well as going into the local Suva schools to introduce 3x3 to the students. The participants were tasked with planning and executing a 3x3 tournament for the city of Suva at the end of the week-long workshop. This allowed the participants first-hand experience in organizing an event, with each participant now able to take the skills learnt to utilize 3x3 as both a development tool and as a pathway onto the world stage. FIBA Oceania development visits Throughout 2015, a number of FIBA Oceania technical experts visited 15 of 21 national federations to deliver coaching, refereeing and technical skills work- shops, many of which were supported by Olympic Solidarity funding. FIBA Development Manager, Annie La Fleur visited Cook Islands, Nauru, Tuvalu and FIBA 3x3 Development Samoa to deliver coaching and refereeing workshops. Renowned Australian national team coach Carrie Graf spent four months in the Federated Associate, Nicolas Widmer States of Micronesia delivering coaching and technical skills workshops throughout each state. This was a great opportunity for both FSM and during his 3x3 workshop in Fiji Carrie to share her years of experience with those on the ground. Leah Seru conducting a Hoops for Health session in Fiji National Basketball Development Officer Workshop 8 DEVELOPMENT The Pacific Games was a big emphasis in 2015 with numerous in-country visits to prepare volunteers for the Games. In order to help facilitate this preparation, FIBA Referee Manager Albert Joseph, statistician educator Trish Nicholls and score-table educators Michelle Nicholas and Greg Stevenson each visited Papua New Guinea (PNG) to provide training and guidance to volunteers for the Games. These visits were highly productive, with PNG volunteers at the Games proving to be very effective. Pacific Games preparation was not just limited to PNG, with Marty Hanson (AUS), Annie La Fleur and Kennedy Kereama (NZL) also visiting Kiribati, Nauru and Fiji respectively to assist preparations of their national teams in the lead up to the Games FIBA in Oceania Development Manager Annie La Fleur visited the American Samoa Basketball Association and along with Michael Haynes (AUS), the Fiji Basketball Federation to facilitate a workshop to design a High Performance Plan in preparation for the 2017 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers. Executive Director, David Crocker