AGM MINUTES

The AGM minutes are now available on the bulletins page or by clicking here.

PRE SEASON MEETING

The pre-season meeting will take place at Aldworth School on 9th September commencing at 20:00hrs.

AZTECS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Once again the Aztecs Basketball Club are hosting a pre-seasonBasketball tournament on Saturday 12th Setember 2010. In previoues years this competition has been well supported for contact details and further information click here for the flyer. (PDF)

MESSAGE FROM EB REGISTRATIONS

Thanks to those of you that have provided feedback either via email or via the online survey. We have now removed the ‘New Registration form’ button from the online system to stop any registrations while we review the system and start making some amendments and improvements.

Registrars, clubs and individuals can still sign in and see this seasons data however, from the first week in August we plan on implementing the changes for the new season and moving the system over for the 2010/2011 season only then will the New Registration form button appear and everyone can start registering for 10/11.

Once the system is up and running for 10/11 I will email you all along with all the clubs to let them know they can start registering.

REGISTRAR AWAY

Please be aware that the registrar will be away on holiday over the periods 30th July - 4 Aug and 18th Aug -6th September. Please make ever effort to register your team and players as soon as possible.

WESSEX REPORT 2010

A report for the 2009/10 season from the Chairman and committee members can be found by clicking here.

FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY

We would like to invite your team(s) to the 8th FLANDERS BASKETBALL TROPHY in Ghent, Belgium on August 21st and 22nd, 2010.
This is one of the biggest international basketball-tournaments in Europe.

Last August, we hosted more than 100 teams from 20 countries (including NIGERIA) and more than 100 referees from 15 countries (including Russia, Canada, USA, and many European countries).
The tournament will be held in 12 sportscentres (all indoor-courts), and there are always 2 referees per game.
All games will be played on 4 x 8 minutes with stop-clock (24-seconds’ rule).

There are 14 age-groupes (3 groupes are split into a “high”-level and a “lower”-level):
boys U14 : 1997-1998 : 2 open places
boys U16 : 1995-1996 (high level) : 2 open places
boys U16 : 1995-1996 (lower level) : 4 open places
boys U18 : 1993-1994 (high level) : 4 open places
boys U18 : 1993-1994 (lower level) : 3 open places
boys U21 : 1990-1992 : 2 open places
girls U14 : 1997-1998 : 3 open places
girls U16 : 1995-1996 (high level) : 2 open places
girls U16 : 1995-1996 (lower level) : 5 open places
girls U19 : 1992-1994 : 4 open places
mens seniors : 4 open places
women seniors : 2 open places
mens veterans : 2 open places

Please visit our website www.flandersbasketballtrophy.com to find out more information about this event.

Always welcome in Ghent at the FBT 2010 !!

Regards
Geert BAEYENS
Promotor FBT 2010
Telephone : 0032 497 44 32 79

CUP FINAL RESULTS

Cup Final Sunday has been and gone, and if you missed it unlucky! as it looks like you missed a spectacle of Wessex Basketball at its best:

1. U14 Boys Final - Woking Blackhawks 73 v Reading Rockets 34.
2. U18 Girls Final - Woking Blackhawks 57 v Reading Rockets 46.
3. U16 Boys Final - Farnborough 37 v Reading Rockets 76.
4. U18 Boys Final - Woking Blackhawks 70 v Reading Rockets 48.
5. Karl Taylor Cup - REME 83 v Basingstoke Bobcats 77. MVP- C Coles, REME
6. Ladies Cup - Aldworth Arrows 49 v Aztec Storm 41. MVP- A Buttle, Aldworth Arrows
7. Karl Taylor Plate - Aztec Lemmings 57 v Woking Blackhawk Chasers 59. MVP- Josh Hearn, Woking Blackhawk Chasers
8. Ladies Plate - Diamonds 68 v Camberley Finches 33. MVP- Nadine Dudley, Diamonds

All the winners are highlighted in bold. Well done Woking who won all their finals.

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARDS 2010.

Nominations are sought from clubs, associations, regions, etc. to recognise the outstanding service provided by their basketball volunteers during the past season.

We wish to honour these unpaid contributors to basketball in England in the following categories:

• Volunteer Administrator of the Year
• Volunteer Coach of the Year
• Volunteer Court Announcer of the Year
• Volunteer Official of the Year
• Volunteer Statistician of the Year
• Volunteer Team Manager of the Year
• Young Volunteer of the Year

England Basketball reserve the right to create additional volunteer awards and to recognise others for their services to basketball. Initial plans are to honour at least three finalists in each of the categories. Award winners will receive a trophy while the nominating organisation for each of the winners will receive a cheque for £500 (or £250 in the case of non-Clubmark accredited organisations).

Download the 2010 Volunteer Recognition Awards nomination form here (PDF).

Also, please download Edition 57 of England Basketball's newsletter Zone Press to see full coverage from last season's Awards Luncheon.

NOTE: The awards are for outstanding volunteer service to basketball in the above categories. The emphasis should be on people who have made a positive and harmonious contribution in a particular category to their club/area/region.

Please download and complete the form for your respective nominees and return it to us by post, by Friday 09 July 2010.

NOTE: The Harry Errington Award is for the Volunteer Administrator of the Year (i.e. for services to basketball administration).
The John Sage Award is for the Volunteer Coach of the Year (i.e. for services to basketball coaching).
The K K Mitchell Award is for the Volunteer Official of the Year (i.e. for services to basketball officiating - referees / table officials).

The Volunteer Announcer of the Year is for good quality PA Announcers - not "court
commentators".

REMINDER

Your attention is drawn to the following extract from the Wessex Basketball Association Constitution:

10. CONSTITUTION AND LEAGUE REGULATIONS

(a) No amendment to the Constitution and League Regulations shall be effected, unless at an Annual or Extraordinary General Meeting.

(b) Any proposed amendments to the Constitution and League Regulations shall be submitted to the Association's Secretary by 30th April, or in the case of an EGM, with the resolution requesting the meeting.

NEW RULES GUIDANCE

The following guidance has been published by England Basketball and clubs should note that for local league there is no requirement to comply until 1 September 2015!

Any questions should be directed to the Wessex Committee in the first instance.

Tim Brown - Area Chairman

England Basketball Policy on the Introduction of New FIBA Basketball Rules

Effective from 1 October 2010, and for international level basketball competitions, FIBA has decided the following changes to the rules that will impact on court markings and 24-second devices:

• Extending the distance of the 3-point line to 6.75m (currently 6.25m).
• Altering the keyway to a rectangular shape.
• Adding a "no charge" semi-circle under the basket.
• Adding a new marking on the sideline for throw-ins during the last two minutes of a game.
• Enabling the 24-second device to be reset to 14 seconds.

• Any venue wishing to (a) host official FIBA competitions, (b) host teams preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games, or (c) provide a practice venue before and during the 2012 Olympic Games should observe the time scales provided above.
• Any venue wishing to host senior men's and women's national league competitions in England should have the new court markings, or the ability to temporarily tape the court in order to comply, by 1 October 2012.
• For all age-group national league competitions, inter-regional tournaments and national school competitions venues should be ready by 1 September 2013.
• Courts used solely for local club/school competitions should comply by 1 September 2015.

• For all new basketball courts or facilities where floors are being re-surfaced and re-marked it is recommended that the new FIBA court markings be incorporated with awareness that the temporary use of tape for the keyway, until full implementation, is satisfactory. It is felt that use of the new 3-point line will be fair to all the teams playing at a particular facility.
• For courts that are not able to be re-marked, or re-surfaced, it is recommended that painting over the old markings is undertaken prior to incorporating the new lines. For purely domestic local club/school usage it is suggested that only the 3-point line should be re-marked.

SURREY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD

A member of the Wessex Committee Martin Marshall has been recently rewarded by Surrey County Council in recognition of his sterling work for Woking Basketball Club.

His citation reads as follows:

Martin shows complete commitment to basketball and his club, Woking Blackhawks. Martins efforts have underpinned the success of the club, which has flourished and doubled its membership in the process. Since taking on the role of Club Secretary over 3 years ago, Martins administration skills have ensured that all 200 members in 11 teams are properly registered and eligible to play, a time consuming task. He has also developed his own software to record club statistics. In addition to this, Martin has taken on the role of Team Manager for the clubs first team and has extended his commitment by becoming Fixture Secretary for the Wessex League. Martin also promotes the club in the community, producing leaflets and flyers and organising stands and displays at local youth events. Martin is respected throughout the club for his hard work and the positive and professional manner in which he carries it out.

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