2016 ANNUAL REPORT

Table of contents2–3 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

4 CEO’S REPORT

6 MARKETING

8 PARTICIPATION GROWTH

8 NATIONAL SUCCESS

12 CAPACITY BUILDING – COACHES

13 CAPACITY BUILDING – REFEREES

14 CAPACITY BUILDING – ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

15 INTEGRATED & INCLUSIVE COMPETITIONS

16 COOPERATION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

17 HIGH PERFORMANCE RESULTS

18 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

19 STATE CHAMPIONS

20–21 VINCE HICKEY AWARD

Bronwyn MarshallCHAIRMAN

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Another future societal issue of concern to all sports is the drop in the number of volunteers and basketball is not immune to this. The new generations of adults coming through are very different in their outlook from the current older volunteers. The challenge for BQ, Associations and clubs is how to attract younger volunteers by providing them with tangible personal benefits for giving up their time. This is partially why BQ has commissioned further research around the involvement of women and girls in sport. The findings may provide clues for greater involvement in the sport by women and girls, and ultimately expand the volunteer workforce. BQ has a lot of work to do in this space, not only for the state framework but also to help associations and clubs survive into the future.

On the theme of volunteers, I would like to acknowledge the contribution my fellow Directors have given over the past twelve months. Rachelle Foreman stepped down from the Board after serving her full six-year term. As a non-basketball person, she provided the Board with an external perspective and was forever challenging us with the question “Why do you do it that way?”. Scott Butler also stepped down after three years to take up a position with the NBL. His left-of-centre thinking, corporate experience and passion for basketball added greatly to our discussions. We welcomed Sarah Guilfoyle who has brought extensive communications knowledge to the Board and Nicola Ellis was formally voted in as a Director after serving as an invited Director for 18 months. We are all volunteers and we are all fully committed to serving basketball in this state.

A big thank you must go to our CEO Graham Burns and his staff for their efforts that go far beyond what they are paid for. We have been able to expand our staffing structure to offer more player development support regionally and coaching expertise across the state that is filtering down to club level.

At times BQ and its staff are criticised when things go awry. Often these are as a result of trying new things and fine tuning as time goes on. Feedback and suggestions about how to be more effective and efficient are always welcomed. If BQ stood still and therefore never made mistakes, the sport would never evolve.

I like to think of Basketball in Queensland as a big, raucous family. We may not always get on, and we may have periods where we don’t particularly like each other, but we are always united in our common goal of bettering the game we all love so much. It has been proven time and again that when the chips are down we are pulling together for each other. Thank you to all of the people in Queensland who have given so much to our great sport in 2016. I look forward to the results of 2017.

Bronwyn Marshall CHAIRMAN

One of the most important roles of the Board of Directors is the stewardship of Basketball Queensland as an organisation. The board is responsible for protecting BQ’s assets and resources as well as ensuring they are best used to advance the BQ mission: To provide leadership and a state-wide framework that enables everyone to grow, develop and participate in the sport of basketball throughout Queensland and open the door to national and international opportunities. Assets and resources can be of a human, financial, physical and intellectual/intangible nature.

Stewardship is therefore a critical component of forward thinking and planning. To that end, the Board needs to consider future societal trends and how they impact the sport to ensure its future success. Examples of current and future trends include:

• the technology revolution;

• the pace of life as a result of technology;

• friendships and communities built via social media;

• the growth of mega cities, regions and corridors;

• demographic trends such as an aging population, adulthood of Gen Y and Millennials and immigration based population growth;

• the inability of society to pay for health care resulting in a shift to mass prevention and diagnoses and to wellness as an important preventative concept.

In recent years BQ has invested in technology, stakeholder engagement via social media, participation by women and girls and the development of referees and coaches as a reaction to these external trends influencing the sport internally. These activities are discussed in further detail in the CEO Report. Ensuring the continued success of basketball in Queensland requires a long term focus and the Board is always looking for the best ways to use the sport’s resources and assets.

BQ is in a strong financial position but the society of today and the future expects technology to be delivered for free, busy lifestyles and generational change mean volunteering is declining, sponsorship is harder to find and service and a lot of players just want a quick bite of basketball without seeing a need to help fund development. There will come a point where the participant will not be able to pay for the true costs associated with being involved in sport (if that point has not already arrived). BQ therefore, needs to look to additional methods of raising revenue to provide services.

The Board has taken the decision to become involved in for-profit joint ventures that will provide additional income but also provide benefit back to the associations and individual participants. There is also potential to commercialise some of the technology developed by BQ. Additionally, over the past couple of years BQ has commissioned various research projects and engaged specialists to assist in evidence based decision making around where to allocate financial resources into the future.

The State Facilities Plan was one of these research projects and was funded by the State Government in 2016. The intent of the plan is to respond in a strategic way to existing facility pressures and future demands brought about by projected population growth. This plan will enable BQ to identify priorities in facility needs and assist in their sustainability. Basketball is competing with every other sport for a very small pool of money for facilities in this state. The Board is now in the process of long term planning around how to work with, and influence, all levels and departments of Government to assist associations in their quest for new courts.

We are always united in our common goal of bettering the game we all love so much. It has been proven time and again that when the chips are down we are pulling together for each other.

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Graham BurnsCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I am very thankful and appreciative of the Basketball Queensland staff who work tirelessly to deliver competitions and programs to develop players, coaches and officials throughout Queensland.

I would like to thank all of the staff at Basketball Queensland for their efforts throughout 2016. There was some turnover of staff throughout the year with most moving on to advance their careers. I am very thankful and appreciative of the Basketball Queensland staff who work tirelessly to deliver competitions and programs to develop players, coaches and officials throughout Queensland. 2016 was an outstanding year and the staff should feel proud of their efforts.I would also like to thank the Basketball Queensland Board for their support and assistance throughout 2016. The Basketball Queensland Board functions exceptionally well, recognising the difference between strategic and operational matters, and never interferes in day to day operational matters. I would especially like to thank Bronwyn Marshall in her second year as the Chairman of Basketball Queensland. Bronwyn, who has a wealth of experience in sports management, has been extremely supportive of me. Her focus is always on the improvement of basketball and the support of the member associations.I would also like to thank our sponsors Hoop2Hoop, Shangri La Gardens, Spalding and Horizon Sports Travel for their considerable financial support. We have been very fortunate to maintain a high level of funding from the Queensland Government without which we could not deliver the high standard of programs that we do.Lastly, thank you to all of the basketball association personnel who give their time willingly to grow and develop basketball throughout the State. Without your significant efforts we could not have achieved the great results for the year.

Graham Burns CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

2016 SAW BASKETBALL QUEENSLAND BUILD ON THE SUCCESS OF PREVIOUS YEARS WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN MOST MAJOR INDICATORS.

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Basketball Queensland continued down the track of digital advertising incorporating AdWords (a Google product which advertises when someone searches for a key word), Remarketing (banner ads which connect with people who have previously visited our website), and Facebook advertising. Unlike traditional advertising, digital marketing enables us to monitor the success of the campaigns and adapt quickly if the results are not tracking as expected.

We averaged 805 visitors per month to the landing page developed for the campaign. Predominantly these people were clicking on “where to play basketball” which assists in lifting participation numbers. This has proven to be a cost effective and targeted manner in which to promote basketball across the State.

We have also continued to grow engagement with our stakeholders through the Basketball Queensland App, which grew by 45% to 6,853 downloads by December 2016. Our social media platforms grew by 48% when compared to 2015.

In addition, we maintained website traffic at over 400,000 visitors throughout 2016.

Marketing

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6,853BQ APP DOWNLOADS

45%INCREASE

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AN OVERALL INCREASE IN

DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT

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COACHESCOACHESCapacity BuildingCapacity Building THE ASSOCIATIONS

WITH THE LARGEST GROWTH WERE

GOLD COAST BASKETBALL,

NORTH GOLD COAST SEAHAWKS,

SOUTH WEST METRO & ROCKHAMPTON WHICH GREW BY

MORE THAN 1,000 REGISTERED PLAYERS

BETWEEN THEM.

Increases across the board in players, coaches, referees and Aussie Hoops. The total number of registered participants in 2016 was 35,559 which is an increase of 1,300 (4%) when compared to 2015. This figure includes players, coaches, referees and Aussie Hoops participants.

The number of registered players participating in competitions at associations was static at 27,459. The Associations with the largest growth were Gold Coast Basketball, North Gold Coast Seahawks, South West Metro and Rockhampton which grew by more than 1,000 registered players between them. This offset a decline in numbers at several associations which have experienced excellent growth over many years.

The number of Aussie Hoops participants grew by 8% when compared to 2015 to 3,739.

In 2016, females represented 27.6% of our registered participants. This is a decline when compared to 2015 and this decline in participation of women and girls is a focus for Basketball Queensland moving forward.

Our Under 18 State Teams performed well with the South Queensland Girls and Boys teams winning Silver Medals at the Australian Junior Championships. In addition, the Under 20 Women’s team won the Bronze Medal.

Basketball Queensland also had ten Under 15 and 17 Emerging Teams competing in tournaments in California, USA. This is our second tour of the US for the Emerging Teams and we saw significant improvement in the delivery after learning valuable lessons in the first year.

Four Queensland boys and one girl were awarded Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence Scholarships and five Queensland athletes were selected in Under 17 Australian Teams.

ParticipationGrowth

NationalSuccess

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OUR STRONG MARKETING CAMPAIGNS HAVE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO OUR GROWTH IN PARTICIPATION.

PARTICIPANT GROWTH

35,559

34,259

30,614

27,812

COMMUNICATION

NATIONAL COMPETITION MEDALS

WEBSITE VISITS

2016201520142013

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1,676

43,446 e-Newsletter

8,873

2015 2016

388,321 401,263

3.4%480 2,610

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COACHES REFEREES ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENTThroughout the year 568 people completed a

Level 1 coaching Course which is the same number as 2015. There was a significant increase in the number of people attending Level 2 Coaching Courses with a 94% increase to 97.

To support the development of coaches we also conducted a coaching conference in association with the Australian Basketball Challenge. Central and North Queensland conferences were completed in association with the tour of an American skills coach, Jason Wright.

We have also used our player development programs to develop coaches with 27 coaches benefiting from the development activities at the Future Development Program Whole of State Camp. We also have Development Coaches involved in our State Teams with each team generally having at least one Development Coach. The Emerging Team program is also assisting in the development of our coaches as they have to learn to adapt to the different challenges of games in the US.

We have also continued the Coach Acceleration Program. The third intake into this program saw thirteen coaches from across the State take part in two activities throughout the year including a conference at the Centre of Excellence in Canberra and involvement in the Future Development Program camp. This program is instrumental in cultivating our next crop of elite coaches.

We also rolled out the new Basketball Queensland Coaching App. This App enables coaches to store their accreditation details on their phone or tablet, register and re-register their accreditation, be notified of events and has video resources as well as a training plan builder.

There were 615 participants who attended referee accreditation courses throughout 2016. Basketball Queensland continues to offer these accreditation courses free of charge which is something unique to our State.

A new initiative in 2016, the ‘Flying Squad’ was introduced for the BQJBC. Referee coaches from across the Brisbane area, visited associations to support the development of referee coaches and referees at association level.

Development of referees is also supported by well-attended Queensland Basketball League (QBL)conferences in South and North Queensland as well as an Action Day for referees officiating in BQJBC. Associations also receive the benefit of regular contact and advice from the Basketball Queensland Referee Development Manager.

Once again the Basketball Queensland Annual Conference was well attended. This provided an opportunity for associations to hear from experts in governance and financial management and to share ideas as we showcased some of the great work being done by associations throughout Queensland.

We also rolled out a number of webinars to assist in training associations to use the Fox Sports Pulse database and competition software.

Capacity Building

2016

LEVEL ONECOACHING COURSE

5682016

LEVEL TWOCOACHING COURSE

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Our aim is to maximise the use of technology at all levels to ensure our service delivery is optimum. All of our associations now offer on-line registration and payment. In addition, most associations are maximising the delivery of competitions through the use of the competition software we provide. This includes the use of Stadium Scoring, a paperless scoring system which allows automatic upload of competition data to the association website. It is a feather in our cap that Queensland is recognised nationally as leading the way in the uptake and use of this technology.

Team numbers in our representative competitions also continue to grow. There were 269 teams competing at the 2016 Junior State Championships which is an increase of 16 teams (6.3%) when compared to the total teams in 2015.

Cairns Basketball took out the 2016 Vince Hickey Award which is presented to the association with the best overall results for Junior State Championships. This is the first time Cairns Basketball has won this award which is recognition of the great work they are doing with the development of their players and coaches.

The Rockhampton Cyclones won the 2016 QBL Women’s Championship, the Richter Mylonas Cup, in two games beating Mackay Meteoretts in the best of three grand-final series. This is their second successive championship. Cairns Marlins won the 2016 QBL Men’s Championship, the Warren Berginey Cup, beating Brisbane Capitals in Brisbane.

We have seen an increase in the number of associations that have strategic plans and budgets. Basketball Queensland introduced a grant scheme in 2016 offering funding to associations that had both a plan and a budget and this contributed to an increase in associations taking the time to plan for the future. Overall, we have seen significant improvements in the governance of associations and associations are to be congratulated for their efforts in this regard.

Integrated & Inclusive Competitions

Cooperation & Good Governance

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THERE IS A GENUINE DESIRE ON THE PART OF ASSOCIATIONS TO SHARE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCES WHICH HAS REALLY DEVELOPED IN RECENT YEARS.

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National RepresentativesU17 MEN NATIONAL TEAM Sam Froling Callum DaltonKody Stattmann

U17 WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM Miela GoodchildMark Wroble (Assistant Coach)

U19 MEN NATIONAL TEAM Sam FrolingTom Fullarton

U19 WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM Zitina Aokuso

EMERGING BOOMERS Todd Blanchfield Clint SteindlMitch Norton Harry FrolingWill Magnay Leonard King (Assistant Coach)

OPALS SENIOR WOMEN NATIONAL TEAM (RIO OLYMPICS) Marianna ToloScott Butler (Assistant Coach)

BOOMERS SENIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM (RIO OLYMPICS) Aron Baynes Cameron BairstowBrock Motum Chris GouldingMick Downer (Assistant Coach)

QUEENSLAND ATHLETES AT BASKETBALL AUSTRALIA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE Will Magnay Callum DaltonSam Froling Tom FullartonZitina Aokuso

QUEENSLAND ATHLETES ATTENDED THE 2016 AUSTRALIAN DEVELOPMENT CAMP:Ryan Runnals – CairnsKody Stattmann – CairnsNic Stoddard – BrisbaneZitina Aokuso – South West Metro Grace George – IpswichMiela Goodchild – Logan Shyla Heal – South West Metro

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2016 was a very successful year for Queenslanders on the court, with a number of our players and teams achieving medals of all colours at International and National events. A particular highlight was the first ever Gold medal won at the U17 Women’s World Championship in Zagreb Spain. Queenslanders Meila Goodchild and Coach Mark Wrobel made key contributions to the team and came home with a Gold medal around their neck. The Australian Men’s National team finished a respectable 4th place at the 2016 Rio Olympics. 4 Male and 1 Female Queenslander secured their place as Olympians.

There was also a strong Queensland contingent present on the Australian U17’s men’s team, with Callum Dalton, Sam Froling, Kody Stattmann and team captain Tom Fullarton all representing Australian in Spain. Likewise, we had a number of Queenslanders selected to represent Australia on the men’s & women’s U19 National team.

While our athletes performed well at the International level, Queensland State teams continued to reach new heights at the Australian Junior National Championships, our U18 South State teams winning Silver Medals and our U20 girls team taking home the Bronze. Three podium finishes in 2016, along with 7 Queenslanders invited to attend the Australian National Development Camp, were 2 highlights in what was a year of significant achievements for our athletes, coaches and teams.

High Performance

SILVER2016 South Queensland Boys U18 Australian Junior Championships2016 South Queensland Girls U18 Australian Junior Championships

BRONZE 2016 U20 Women’s U20 Australian Junior Championships

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SOUTHERN DISTRICTS SPARTANS SILVER MEDAL WINNER SHIELD DIVISION

CAIRNS MARLINS 6TH PLACE FINISH SHIELD DIVISION

TOWNSVILLE HEAT 4TH PLACE FINISH SHIELD DIVISION

TOWNSVILLE LIGHTNING 6TH PLACE FINISH CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION

GOLD COAST 11TH PLACE FINISH CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION

SOUTHERN DISTRICTS SPARTANS BRONZE MEDALIST SHIELD DIVISION

Under 14 Club Championship Results

State Championship Winners

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT

UNDER 16 NORTH BOYS – 4TH

UNDER 16 SOUTH BOYS – 8TH

UNDER 16 NORTH GIRLS – 8TH

UNDER 16 SOUTH GIRLS – 4TH

UNDER 18 NORTH QLD BOYS – 6TH

UNDER 18 SOUTH QLD BOYS– SILVER

UNDER 18 NORTH QLD GIRLS – 10TH

UNDER 18 SOUTH QLD GIRLS – SILVER

UNDER 20 MEN – 6TH

UNDER 20 WOMEN – BRONZE

State Team Results

UNDER 12’S BRISBANE CAPITALS GOLD

UNDER 14’S SOUTHERN DISTRICT SPARTANS

UNDER 16’S CAIRNS MARLINS

UNDER 18’S GOLD COAST WAVES

UNDER 12’S TOWNSVILLE FLAMES

UNDER 14’S TOWNSVILLE LIGHTNING

UNDER 16’S SOUTH WEST METRO PIRATES PURPLE

UNDER 18’S LOGAN THUNDER

2016 VINCE HICKEY AWARD Basketball Queensland congratulates Cairns Basketball on winning the Vince Hickey Award for Champion Association in the 2016 State Championships It’s a historic moment for Cairns being the first time they have claimed this Award, joining five other associations who have won since its inception in 1990.

Cairns run to the title this year was built on their incredible consistency, placing top 6 in 7 out of 8 Division 1 competitions. The highlight from these results was their championship-winning U16 Boys team, while the U14 Boys and U18 Girls clinched silver and bronze respectively for the association.

Townsville finished runners’ up for the Award, just a solitary point behind Cairns, however they would be delighted with their campaign which included two Division 1 gold, one silver and one bronze. Southern Districts were a further two points behind to finish third overall, ending their proud and record run of five straight Awards, while Brisbane put in another commendable performance to finish fourth.

The consistency of these four associations at the State Championships is enviable; it is now the fourth straight year they have made up the top four in this Award. Points are allocated to Associations based on the overall ranking of all teams in an age group. Points are given to an Association

only for their highest ranked team per age group and gender. The number of points awarded is determined by the number of teams who competed in that Championship - for example the U12 Girls consisted of 24 teams so the Division 1 winning team was awarded 24 points.

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RANK ASSOCIATION U12 BOYS

U12 GIRLS

U14 BOYS

U14 GIRLS

U16 BOYS

U16 GIRLS

U18 BOYS

U18 GIRLS TOTAL

1 CAIRNS 21 19 41 29 41 28 36 24 239

2 TOWNSVILLE 15 24 40 33 37 32 34 23 238

3 SOUTHERN DISTRICTS 23 22 42 31 40 24 33 21 236

4 BRISBANE 29 14 37 24 35 27 40 25 231

5 GOLD COAST 26 21 36 32 33 23 41 13 225

6 IPSWICH 18 20 28 28 39 31 31 22 217

7 MACKAY 20 17 33 25 31 30 37 18 211

8 LOGAN 19 23 38 30 30 25 19 26 210

9 SOUTH WEST METRO 25 12 34 26 34 33 29 12 205

T10 SEAHAWKS GC 27 18 26 27 28 26 35 15 202

T10 NORTHSIDE 24 13 39 23 38 20 24 16 197

12 SUNSHINE COAST RIP 22 32 20 36 29 27 19 185

13 SUNSHINE COAST PHOENIX 13 15 35 14 26 21 39 20 183

14 ROCKHAMPTON 28 16 31 19 23 22 15 17 171

15 TOOWOOMBA 16 8 25 18 20 17 28 2 134

16 BUNDABERG 17 11 23 12 32 9 22 126

17 GLADSTONE 5 7 17 22 9 14 30 5 109

18 REDLANDS PCYC 8 29 16 10 4 32 9 108

19 CABOOLTURE 18 6 9 8 41

20 BURDEKIN 17 17 6 40

21 MULGRAVE COASTAL 27 12 39

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