Officials News
February 12, 2013
Two of FIBA’s six appointed world-wide referee trainers and educators will attend the Pacific Rim Championships at North Shore over Easter 2013.
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July 24, 2012
As the Tall Ferns battled for a last-gasp entry into the Olympics last month, they weren’t the only Kiwis strutting their stuff at Ankara, Turkey. Continue reading »
May 31, 2012
Wellington Basketball Association has two courses available to those interested in refereeing and scorebenching. Continue reading »
April 5, 2011
Looking for opportunities to develop as a referee? Want to be part of a Trans-Tasman group of referees over Easter? The Easter tournament in Rotorua brings together a unique referees group this Easter in Rotorua. Continue reading »
February 28, 2011
Ken Coulson (NZL) will be a FIBA Technical Commissioner at the FIBA U19 World Championships for Women in Chile latter this year. Continue reading »
March 18, 2010
Three of Oceania’s top referee educators will lead development programmes at next month’s Rotorua Easter Tournament. Continue reading »
February 5, 2010
Basketball Hawke’s Bay are conducting the following basketball coaching and refereeing courses … Continue reading »
August 12, 2009
As of December 31, 2008, basketball’s world governing body, FIBA, required sports management agents who represent players in negotiating international transfers to be accredited by FIBA. Continue reading »
July 23, 2009
Basketball New Zealand regional referee officer and NBL official James Campion will conduct a series of BBNZ level one referee courses in Dunedin in conjuction with the second tournament of the Women’s Basketball Championship. Continue reading »
June 22, 2009
Lubomir Kotleba, the sports director for FIBA, basketball’s world governing body, will be the guest speaker at a referee clinic to be held in Albany on Thursday, July 9. Continue reading »
April 8, 2009
Read the latest information about the NZ Masters Basketball organising group for the Sydney World Masters Games in their April newsletter. Continue reading »
March 11, 2009
The next World Masters Games will be held in Sydney from October 10-18, 2009 and New Zealand-based organisers are looking to form a club to enter Kiwi teams. Continue reading »
March 4, 2009
The FIBA U19 Championship for Men is being held in Auckland from July 2-12, and is a unique opportunity to showcase our country and to let our personality shine through in our volunteers. Continue reading »
February 17, 2009
Counties Manukau Basketball will host upcoming entry-level coaching and referee courses in South Auckland. Continue reading »
January 12, 2009
Some of New Zealand’s most promising young basketballers take their first tentative steps towards international careers when they contest the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup with the NZ Koru programme, starting today. Continue reading »
November 4, 2008
National Basketball League referee Gavin Whiu has been nominated as a finalist for Referee/Umpire of the Year at next week’s Tainui Waka Sports Awards. Continue reading »
October 29, 2008
Applications for 2009 Prime Minister’s Scholarships for athletes, coaches, support team members and officials can now be submitted online. Continue reading »
February 29, 2008
Saturday night’s Stars-Saints Dominion Finance NBL round one game will not only be the Stars season-opener, it will also mark the national league debuts of referees Kieran Udy and Bo Wills-Choat. Continue reading »
February 25, 2008
The latest edition of the Basketball New Zealand referees’ newsletter, Nothin’ But News, includes an introduction from new BBNZ CEO Dale Stephens, reports on the 2008 Koru Tour to Australia and Points of Emphasis, plus the Referee Evaluation Game Report form . . . Continue reading »
