To celebrate the 40th year of FIBA Oceania, the secretariat has produced a very attractive pictorial history of the organisation from 1968 - 2009

Click here to download the publication.  Please be patient as it is a big file.

As one of its events to mark the 40 year milestone since the recognition of the Oceania zone by FIBA, FIBA Oceania recently announced the names of 40 persons recognised as having a leading role in the growth and development of the game across the region.

Click here to read the names and exploits of the 40 recognised people.

Players, coaches, referees and administrators from 13 member countries of FIBA Oceania were recognised in the final list approved by the FIBA Oceania Board at its recent meeting in Saipan, Marianas Islands during the FIBA Oceania Tournament for men and women.

The 21 member federations of FIBA Oceania were invited to submit the names of people who over the last 40 years have made a significant contribution to basketball in their country or in the region.  A small committee consisting of Al Ramsay, the father of FIBA Oceania, Barbara Wheadon, current FIBA Oceania President and Steve Smith, FIBA Oceania Secretary General, sorted the nominations and made a recommendation to the FIBA Oceania Board.

The list which follows, includes the identity of all 40 awardees, their basketball nationality as well as a brief resume of their contribution to basketball across the region. 

The list features some world famous names such as Andrew Gaze, Michelle Timms and Pero Cameron from the playing ranks and equally well known Tab Baldwin and Lindsay Gaze in the coaching ranks.  In the administration area, Al Ramsay the founding Secretary General and Bob Elphinston the current President of FIBA give the list an international flavour. 

Less well known but proving that basketball across the region has grown to its present status through the work and enthusiasm of numerous volunteers in many countries, are Bob Tuxson a former national player and national coach from Fiji, Ronnie Chavez a former President of Tahiti Basketball and competition manager at the 1995 South Pacific Games and Kazuki (Topps) Sungino former national player, national coach and now National Basketball Development Officer from Palau.

Each of the award winners will receive a commemorative plaque from FIBA Oceania as well as a copy of the 40 years souvenir publication marking this milestone in the organisation’s history.  They will later have their achievements immortalised in a ‘40 Years Movers and Shapers’ publication.

Congratulations to the 40 award winners.  FIBA Oceania hopes that the recognition of your achievements will inspire the next generation of basketballers across the zone to make the second 40 years an equally progressive period for our sport.

On October 21st 1968, Al Ramsay stood before the Congress of FIBA in Mexico City and called for the recognition of a fifth FIBA zone, that of Oceania.  His motion was carried by acclamation and today marks the 40 year anniversary of the formation of FIBA Oceania.

To read more about the 40th year celebrations, and comments from FIBA President Bob Elphinston and former FIBA Oceania Secretary General AL Ramsay, please click here to download the pdf.

The 40th year logo is available in a variety of formats, from jpeg to EPS, Corel Draw and email format.  To download each, click on the specific buttons below.

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