Another basketball year has finished!
There was three really great Grand Final games to finish off the season. Congratulations to everyone involved, but thank you to Andy Richards for presenting the premier medals. Great to see and have Andy back in the stadium.
RESULTS:
ABA Orange 21 defeated Stars 18
Mavericks 24 defeated Sabres 16
Flames 47 defeated Bearcats 37
Congratulations to Matthew Turnbull on winning the “Spirit of Basketball” award, in memory of Matthew Roodhouse.
Basketball SA and Inclusive Basketball Program would like to thank lots of volunteers for their work that they have done throughout the year.
To the coaches, you have all done a great job the program doesn’t function with you.
Big shoutout to Juanita and Cassie for organising the referees and court supervision each week.
All the volunteers on the score bench, do not go unnoticed the game doesn’t start without you.
Our referee’s many of them in green shirts and still learning their trade, without them we simply do not play.
There is always room for improvement, so I’m hoping 2022 will be an even better year. The planning starts again, with the coaches coming together next week to look at the teams for next season.
Finally a big shout out to out 2021 SA Sports “Team of the Year” our very own SA Ivor Burge Men’s team. The 3 time National champions and working hard on the 4th. These guys have all played Monday inclusive basketball, a great pathway to state and the National team.
Congratulations to all players, coaches and volunteers. Well done on the 2021 season.
Bring on 2022!
Bill Musserad and Ted Coomans were given Posthumous Awards of Merit at the 2021 Referee Awards Dinner on Sunday, 28 November. Basketball SA would like to share their stories and outline their passion and enthusiasm towards the South Australian Referee Community.
Bill was born in Gippsland, Victoria in 1944.
Bill played basketball as a junior and completed his umpiring courses in Victoria. He continued to play and umpire when he joined the Royal Australian Air Force and was posted to New Caste, NSW in 1965. He was Captain and Coach for the Air force. During his three years in NSW also while coaching the Under 20 Wallsend Baptist Church team, which he always said was his small way to help keep the kids off the street.
In 1969, he was discharged from the Air Force and moved his family back to Adelaide to be close to his wife’s family and started playing socially until he broke his toe and decided that he was getting a bit too slow to be out running the ball.
In 1978 after spending so much time around basketball his daughters wanted to play basketball themselves so he coached them in the school basketball competition and were unbeaten in those three years; during that time Bill was approached to umpire at Morphett Vale Basketball Stadium and he accepted; not knowing how much of a wonderful decision that was but the one thing he did know was that he wanted more training and support for the young up and coming umpires.
For anyone that had the opportunity to meet Bill but maybe don’t remember the name or face; I’m sure this will remind you.. he was the guy walking the courts protecting the umpires and players with a big smile on his face and a bottle of diet coke in hand.
Bill decided to put his umpiring skills and experience to work and to also take more courses including an Umpiring Coaches Course that showed him exactly what he wanted to do.. that was to train umpires to ensure the basketball SA had enough umpires to cover games and that the umpires were always protected. Bill also started running courses for Umpires to progress through the different Levels to further their umpiring careers.
It was at this stage that Bill personally went around to all the Primary Schools to put out flyers to get more kids interested in Basketball either to play or learn umpiring. For more than 6 years he went to many schools being both High Schools and Primary School doing a term of training. Through these lessons he taught the kids the basics of umpiring and had them throwing the ball in the hoop trying to get them excited about basketball. Through this Bill found a lot of great kids that came along and started umpiring and playing. He was also doing classes every year for the children at the Seaford Rise Primary School special class and the gift he got from them he said there were no words. He said that seeing a child in a wheelchair who has been told she couldn’t play basketball her whole life to see her face when she threw the ball into the net there were no words that were strong enough to explain it to anyone who wasn’t there.
For many years Bill also Umpired at the Flinders University once a week with his long-time friend Malcom Evans.
Bill also set up the Basketball Competition for the Seaford Recreation Centre for almost 8 years which gave children in the area somewhere to play with friends at a price that made it possible for parents to afford and for kids to come out and have fun.
Bill also arranged and kept the umpires coming out to the SAPSASA school competitions which were held at Morphett Vale Basketball Stadium every year, all of the umpires he had from kirsty-anne, Alex Bull, Alex Newbury, Adam Alderman and many others including his grandson Jason Ebrey; this was a highlight of the year for them.
For many years Bill helped the Church Competitions which were held at Willunga and other Country areas These competitions were not always in the southern area many were at Hillcrest and Wayville and other areas around the state but those road trips were so much fun for both Bill and the umpires who came along.
He was also involved in the District Basketball Club called South Coast Cobras for many years and was to become president of this club. Which again gave him the chance to put all of his energy into young and senior players and parents. The main aim that he had for the members was that they could get to play a game that they loved that was affordable and safe. Many District Basketball Clubs at the time were out of many people’s affordability in the Southern Areas so this was for everyone and anyone who wanted to play.
He was so proud when he heard his umpires and the players he coached saying that they had got to ABA and playing at the old powerhouse. He always followed their lives and careers and many of “his kids” are still playing and umpiring now. He always encouraged his umpires no matter what grade or stage they were in life to improve themselves and offered encouragement and gave his experience, support, compassion, understanding to all of them. He loved watching them grow and become wonderful Adults. Bill would spend the last few years before his health forced him out, assessing umpires and offering any type of assistance to help them in developing their career.
His heart was overjoyed when he would get calls even up until his last few months from “his kids’ ‘ keeping him up to date with their lives about marriages, babies or even just a general chat.
He put all his heart and soul into his Basketball and the people, he would be there for anyone who had a problem day or night it didn’t matter. They were. his kids. Bill wasn’t just a coach or an umpire, he was a support network for so many players and umpires alike.
He always said that the most important thing about Basketball and Umpiring was that everyone has to HAVE FUN.
Ted began umpiring basketball in the early 1980’s when his young son’s began playing juniors with West Adelaide. Ironically, the whole family became involved with refereeing after his wife Yvonne made comment to John Olivia, the manager at Forestville stadium at the time, about the standard of officiating on an U/10 game, he suggested that if she thought she could do a better job she was welcome to give it a go.
That began two decades of junior district and social involvement at numerous venues and levels. Ted was involved in Church basketball and also briefly with wheelchair basketball.
Ted stepped away from basketball as his career developed but he was prompted to return to the game when his son Nick himself began to referee again after more than 20 years. Ted became a much loved regular of the Wednesday night crew at Port Adelaide in 2016 and refereed his last games there in November 2020 when he was diagnosed with the cancer that eventually took his life on June 30 this year.
He would look forward to his games with school boy excitement on a Wednesday night and as players for the 6:10 game would arrive they would see him stretching and jogging up and down the court to warm up, he really loved it. Whilst he wasn’t the most technical of referees, he was great with people and it was clear to all he wasn’t giving it everything every time. He was big on fair play and his intent was always to let the best possible game of basketball emerge from the way he officiated it.
He will be remembered by all whose lives were touched by him.
3x3Hustle is delighted to announce that Basketball SA has signed on as its newest licensee.
As South Australia’s premier basketball organisation, Basketball SA prides itself on acting with integrity and in the best interest of the sport, supporting diversity and inclusion, celebrating achievement and challenging the status quo.
South Australia is also home to NBL team, Adelaide 36ers, WNBL team, Adelaide Lightning and the highly successful NBL1 Central competition.
Now, the organisation is diving into the world of 3×3 basketball after having significant interest in its recent free ‘3×3 Come N Try’ event at Wayville Sports Centre.
Basketball SA joins Community 3×3 as 3x3Hustle’s South Australian licensees.
3x3Hustle Manager Jaele Patrick was excited to see 3×3 basketball continue to grow with this partnership.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Basketball SA to the 3x3Hustle family,” she said.
“South Australia has such a rich history of basketball success and this partnership only provides more opportunities for that to continue into the future.
“We have already had a glimpse into the future of 3×3 hoops in South Australia with Community 3×3 running three successful 3×3 Street Hustle events, so we can’t wait to see Basketball SA complete the 3×3 pathway in SA with Pro and Big Hustle events in the near future.”
Phil Sinnott, Basketball SA Chief Executive Officer, said: “Basketball SA is delighted to partner with 3x3Hustle, this partnership gives 3×3 Basketball the opportunity to grow within our state.
“We are looking forward to seeing the future of 3×3.”
Basketball SA will be hosting their first 3×3 Street Hustle next Saturday 27th November at Wayville Sports Centre. Register here!
Sunday, 14 November the Ivor Burge Men’s team won the InDaily Team of the Year at the Sport SA Awards!
The Ivor Burge South Australian Men Red State Team is made up of athletes with an Intellectual Disability. The team is the high-performance aspect of the Basketball SA Metro Social Basketball League Inclusive Program. The Ivor Burge National Championships are held annually by Basketball Australia. The National Championships were held in May 2021 with the South Australian Men’s State Team defeating Victoria in the final.
Ivor Burge SA Men Red is the most successful of any of the state basketball teams in recent years, winning the last 3 National Championships. A feat unmatched at any level of state competition. The team epitomises the values of Basketball SA through their excitement, hard work, dedication, supportive culture, and fair play.
The team inspires new players to get involved and shows that there is a successful and achievable pathway for players with an intellectual disability.
We are excited to see the Men’s team again in 2022.
Congratulations again, a great achievement!
refbook will be the Officials’ Technology Partner for Basketball South Australia, providing a dynamic platform for basketball officials across the states’ centrally-appointed competitions.
refbook is a cloud-based software that facilitates the management and assignment of sports officials. The online solution will provide the flexibility and functionality needed across South Australian basketball, servicing junior leagues through to state championships and NBL1 Central.
refbook Head of Commercial, Jon Chapman, said the partnership with Basketball SA has developed over a number of years with both organisations enjoying the benefits of technology partnership.
“refbook is thrilled to commit our partnership with Basketball SA, a federation that has been close to our journey from the start.” Chapman said. We have really enjoyed working with Basketball SA’s officials team for almost two years, and the ideas and feedback loop that has developed is providing a leading foundation for mutual future success.”
Basketball SA Referee Framework Services Manager Phil Haines said ”Basketball SA is delighted to continue the strong working relationship with refbook which will see us continue to have state of the art platform at our fingertips. This partnership will help us to continually improve our off-court efficiency which allows us to provide a stronger focus on the court.”
As part of the partnership, refbook will be offering a special package for BSA-affiliated associations, who will benefit from a range of unique features currently in development.
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About refbook
refbook is a sport officials’ assignment and management software from Melbourne, Australia. Its guiding principle is to use technology and automation to empower and connect sports administrators and officials. refbook is committed to providing a technology solution that meets the needs of all sporting levels, equally servicing both administrators and officials.
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BASKETBALL WORLD CUP
In one year today, the world’s best female basketballers will tip-off for the first game of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 (FWBWC22) in Sydney.
The Women’s World Cup, FIBA’s flagship women’s event, returns to Australian shores for the first time in 27 years, after the 1994 edition inspired a legendary era of players such as Michele Timms, Penny Taylor and of course FWBWC22 ambassador Lauren Jackson.
The Opals have their ticket secured and reigning World Cup champions Team USA joined them by winning the recent Tokyo Olympic Games. The remaining nations will fight it out for the last 10 places throughout Qualifying tournaments in February.
12 teams, 144 players and 38 games to be played across 10 days from September 22 – October 1, 2022. The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup is a must-attend event for your 2022 plans.
To get exclusive and first access to the best seats in the house, sign up to the event newsletter here.
You can also follow the journey on the event social media accounts – @FIBAWWC on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter.
See you in one year today!
Basketball South Australia would like to say thank you to all the Referees and Stadium Staff that helped out this weekend. We would also like to acknowledge and thank our member families who had jam packed weekends juggling multiple commitments and the ongoing dedication of all Coaches and Team Managers. Without the support from everyone we wouldn’t have basketball and we are fortunate when our interstate counterparts continue to struggle.
Over the weekend we had the following:
Special thanks to our referees:
There were a total of 439 games and 878 referee appointments. It was a massive task to get all of these games covered. We managed to get 852/878 appointments filled – this equates to 97% of referee appointments filled.
This is thanks to the 189 Referees that worked games over the weekend.
Some referees worked 15 games over a 3-day period which was a massive help. On average referees worked 5 games over the weekend.
In saying all this we will need to do it all again. From Friday the 8th of October to Sunday the 10th we will have another double round. We will be calling on all referees to assist here again. If you could please make yourself available to referee this weekend it would be greatly appreciated. Pays will be increased to 15% more for all Sunday games.
2021 Women’s Champions – Southern Tigers
The Southern Tigers have held on with a bunch of clutch plays as they won the inaugural NBL1 Central Womens 87-77 over the North Adelaide Rockets at the St Clair Recreation Centre.
The X-Factor for the Tigers in Bianca McCalop started with two triples and along with Jemma Thacker pushed them out to a 10-0 start. Tia Bails then drained a triple before Morgan Yaeger got going followed by a Thacker triple for an 18-5 start. With five straight triples to the Tigers it took Jess Good with two triples in a row to snap the momentum, but veteran Tara Dodman drained another triple to leave both teams with ten triples in the opening stanza as it stood 29-22 with the Tigers up at quarter time.
2021 Men’s Champions – North Adelaide Rockets
The North Adelaide Rockets ended a 15-year drought in the Mens as they stunned in the finals series and in the NBL1 Central Mens Champiosnhip decider with an incredible fairy-tale finish 72-87 over the Norwood Flames at the St Clair Recreation Centre.
Sunday Dech set the Rockets going with a couple of big buckets early with a triple then putback two with the Rockets opening a 2-11 run with CJ “Turnage-nator” Turnage guarded closely by Dech; Tobias Dowdell off to an incredible start with 5 points of his own. Anthony Green hit back for the Flames with a thunderous two-handed slam but Dowdell then added another two with Jack McVeigh dropping his first bomb of the night to make it 6-16 and timeout to Mike Malat and the Flames. Green flushed another one down before Jimma Dau hit back for the Rockets with a triple followed by former Rocker Ray Harding at the other end with a triple along with Turnage. Verle “The Red Tornado” Williams found Dowdell with the no-look pass and Tobias flushed it down one handed for an explosive opener 16-25 after one.
South Australia will soon have a new ‘home for basketball’ thanks to a $15 million investment by the Marshall Liberal Government.
The new centre will become the headquarters for the Adelaide Lightning, Basketball SA, SA Country Basketball, SA Church Basketball and SA Wheelchair Basketball.
The State Basketball Centre will be built as an extension to the Wayville Sports Centre, creating 64 jobs through construction, and provide four additional courts including a show court capable of hosting 1,600 people for events.
The new facility will cater for community through to high-performance basketball and see local, district, state and national league teams all training from the same venue.
Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing, Corey Wingard, said the project is another big win for the state as the Marshall Liberal Government continues to position South Australia as a national and world leader in sport and recreation.
“Over this past year we’ve committed to major infrastructure upgrades which will benefit tennis, soccer, netball, cycling, athletics and lacrosse and it’s fantastic to be able to add basketball to this extensive list,” Minister Wingard said.
“Our State Sport and Recreation Infrastructure Plan recognised the need for an alternative ‘home’ for community basketball and the Adelaide Lightning; specifying a smaller, high-quality boutique show court would be a more appealing prospect for players, spectators and television viewers.
“The additional four courts in the State Basketball Centre will take the Wayville venue to seven courts overall, which will alleviate pressure on local suburban and country basketball courts, meaning more kids will have the opportunity to play basketball and be active.”
Basketball SA CEO Phil Sinnott said the announcement of the development marks a momentous occasion for basketball in South Australia.
“The State Basketball Centre is an important facility for grassroots, community, high-performance and elite level basketball, supporting Basketball SA in its overall facilities development and upgrade strategy,” Mr Sinnott said.
“The development will allow us to expand local and country tournaments, carnivals and high-performance programs.
“We are also excited to have the ability to host national championships and showcase this facility to the rest of Australia.”
The Wayville location was selected for its proximity to the CBD, existing site services and infrastructure, public transport and the newly developed Adelaide Showground caravan park accommodation.
The facility will also provide wider community benefits through collaboration with the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of SA, who will use the State Basketball Centre during the Royal Adelaide Show each year as they currently do with the Wayville Sports Centre.
The Wayville Sports Centre at the Adelaide Showground is situated on land owned by the Minister for the Department for Environment and Water.
The Adelaide Showground is assigned under a long-term lease to the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of SA, who lease the Wayville Sports Centre to Basketball SA to manage the facility.
Construction of the facility is anticipated to commence following the completion of the Royal Adelaide Show in 2021.
