No images? Click here ![]() Issue 7: 17 March 2022 REFEREE LEADERSHIP GROUPTe Kirikauri Pene has been appointed to the new position on the Referee Leadership Group (previously known as the National Referee Appointments and Development Committee). That completes the membership of the group for the 2022-2023 term, with the other members re-appointed from the previous National Referee Appointments and Development Committee. Here are short profiles of the members. Peter Rodgers is the Chair of the Referee Leadership Group and is the current National Referee Instructor, a FIBA-mandated position, and has completed the FIBA Referee Instructor Programme training. He is also the Chief Referee Evaluator for the National Basketball Leagues. Peter’s association with refereeing and referee training goes back to the mid-eighties and has seen him contribute in many different roles, including a 12-year career refereeing in the NBL. ![]() Ken Coulson has been appointed to a position on the group allocated for a person who has completed the FIBA Referee Instructor Programme training. He is a former top referee, both in the NBL for 23 years and at the international level, including refereeing at the 2000 Olympic Games. Ken has also had a long involvement in referee training at all levels and is currently active at national tournaments and in both the New Zealand and Australian NBLs. ![]() Jilly Harris has been appointed to a position on the group allocated for a person who has completed the FIBA Referee Instructor Programme training. She also holds FIBA Commissioner, score table and statistician licences. Jilly is the games and officials manager at Auckland Basketball Services, involved with the training and development of referees at community level, works as a referee trainer at national tournaments, and she also works with Māori Basketball. ![]() Stephanie Eldred is the current National Leagues Appointments Officer and is also a referee evaluator for these leagues. She referees in the local Canterbury club competition and has done for many years. Stephanie is also working with the local development officer to help train some younger referees through the same competition and has previously been involved in training young referees at association level and as both a referee and trainer at age-group and school tournaments. ![]() Marty Davison is one of New Zealand’s top active referees, being a senior referee on the NBL referee panel and the holder of a FIBA international referee licence. He started refereeing when he was in 14 to make a bit of pocket money and really enjoyed the challenge and has kept it up ever since. Marty has also been involved in referee training at a community level in Canterbury. ![]() Te Kirikauri Pene is the referee co-ordinator for Rotorua Basketball Association, working successfully to develop a local pool of referees. Coming from a family heavily involved in basketball, she started refereeing at the age of 12 and has refereed at various levels including regional and national tournaments before getting involved in referee training. ![]() COACH LEADERSHIP GROUPBBNZ has also established a new Coach Leadership Group to help guide and support the development of coaching in basketball. You can read more about this group and the people appointed to it on the BBNZ website here. FITNESS RESOURCESHopefully there’s been a lot of work done over the summer on fitness to get ready for this season. As well as getting yourself fit, testing yourself with the FIBA fitness test (the beep test) is a good exercise, especially for those planning to referee at national tournaments this year, as you should be able to reach level 8 (66 laps) for females and level 10 (86 laps) for males. Some resources on fitness, including a link to the audio for the fitness test, have been added to the Officials Hub on the BBNZ website here. AON U19 NATIONALSWe are seeking expressions of interest for referees for the Aon U19 Nationals. The tournament is being played in North Canterbury on 4-7 June (travel required a day each side). If you would like to be considered for this panel, please e-mail referees@nz.basketball. REFEREE TECHNIQUE FOCUS:
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