Board & Staff Members

Background

The Bendigo Basketball is governed by the Board of the Bendigo Basketball Association (BBA) who in a unique arrangement with Bendigo Stadium staff, manage or administer the operations of the Domestic Competition, Bendigo Braves and Junior Braves.

The Board of the Bendigo Association and the sub-committees of the Junior Braves, Braves and Domestic Competition Committees are all in volunteer roles and put a massive amount of time into the BBA. Together with the staff of the Bendigo Stadium who are always willing to also put in large amount of volunteer time they together make every effort to run an association that has a history of winning many awards.

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Mark Lennox

Mark Lennox - BBA Board Member, BBA President & BBA Treasurer, Junior Braves Committee and Braves Committee

Mark has been around Bendigo Basketball for a long time. He has been president for a number of years and is back in that role as well as the Treasurer role. Mark is an avid volunteer with the Bendigo Braves Basketball Club and the Junior squad program. Mark helps out as a score bench official as well as court announcer for the Lady Braves.

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Eain McRae

Eain McRae -  BBA Board Member and in the portfolio of Stadium Infrastructure and Development.

Eain was a past President of the Bendigo Basketball Association for 4 years. 

Eain is also a score bench official when the Braves and Spirit play at the Bendigo Stadium. Now Eain is playing a crucial part in acting for the BBA Board through the planning stages and then the redevelopment of the Stadium as well as any other improvements.

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Ben McCauley

Ben McCauley BBA Board Member, BBA Vice President, Chairman of the Junior Braves Committee

Ben has been involved with the Association since he was a junior basketballer and has played in the competition for many years including representative level and also as a referee.

Ben during 2014 stepped into the Junior Braves Committee and is also now Chairman of that Committee. In his spare time he is Assistant Coach of the Junior Braves Under 14A Boys team.

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Terry Davies

Terry Davies - BBA Board Member, President of the Bendigo Referees Assoication, Domestic Competitions Committee

Terry brings basketball and referee experience to the BBA Board. Terry is an ex-policeman of 20 years and a current Worksafe Inspector.

Terry's portfolio consists of the Bendigo Referees but he also a keen supporter of the Bendigo Braves and also Domestic Basketball as a whole.

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Josh Pell

Josh Pell - BBA Board Member, Bendigo Braves Committee

Josh was elected to the Board in August 2011. Josh has played, coached and refereed in the association for a number of years and has had been working with the IT, Banking and Telecommunications industry for 10 years.

Josh's portfolio consists of the Bendigo Braves Committee where he represents the BBA and the Braves at SEABL, Big V and Basketball Victoria Meetings. Josh is also a Board Member of Big V and represents the regional area of Victoria in this capacity.

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Darryn Mawby

Darryn Mawby - BBA Board Member, Domestic Competitions Committee

Darryn brings a wealth of business experience to the BBA Board. Darryn runs his own business and has done so for the past 20 years.

He wishes to see the Domestic Competition improve and will help do so through his Domestic Competitions Portfolio. Even though he retured from the court in 2013 he still takes a keen interest of the teams in the competition.

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Martin Ruffell

Martin Ruffell BBA Board Member, Junior Braves Committee

Martin jointed the BBA Board in September 2012 and brings a wealth of business experience in running his own long term business to the association as it continues to grow.

Martin also he a member of the Junior Braves Committee in ensuring our young elite players have every opportunity to have fun while making it to the next level.

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Stacie Wright

Stacie Wright - BBA Board Member and Domestic Competitions Committee Member

Marketing Manager at Rural Finance, Stacie brings a greal deal of business experience to the BBA Board as well as being a past Domestic BBA Basketballer.

Stacie is a leader in the Stategic and Planning area for the Board of the Bendigo Basketball Association.

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Daniel Nancarrow

Daniel Nancarrow, BBA Board Member, Domestic Competitions Committee

Daniel joined the BBA Board in August 2014. Daniel assists the Bendigo Basketball Association in many ways in a referee capacity on the court also as a nightly supervisor. He also is part of the score table for the Braves and Bendigo Spirit.

 

On the court as an official Daniel was appointed to Big V finals and has represented Bendigo at National Championships.

Daniel is very proactive in assisting referee development with video technology so that referees can learn using various methods.

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Craig Green

Secretary, Bendigo Basketball Association and Manager of Sport Bendigo Stadium

Craig commenced with the Bendigo Basketball Association as Secretary in October 2011 and is also the Manager of Sport at the Bendigo Stadium.

Craig looks forward to making the BBA the best Domestic Basketball Association in the state by ensuring the needs of players are met at grass roots level no matter what their ability, or the elite level so they walk away having a fun filled experience. Additionally Craig has a keen interest in running of the Special Needs Program so anyone in the community including those with an intellectual disability have the opportunity to participate in basketball.

Craig comes with a professional background in banking, finance, training as well as being a volunteer in the administration or coaching within a number of sports including cricket, football and athletics with a number of roles over the past 28 years.

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Paul Harrower

Paul Harrower BBA Referee Advisor

Paul has been the Referee Supervisor at the Bendigo Basketball Association for many years. Paul brings extensive knowledge to the position and has a passion to see the junior referees develop.

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Jonathan Goodman

Jonathan Goodman is the full time Director of Coaching of the Bendigo Basketball Association. Jonathan is also the current Lady Braves coach.

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Brock Rogers

Brock is the Domestic Competitions Co-ordinator and Referees Administrator.

Brock comes to the BBA after 5 years as the Operations Manager for the Bendigo Soccer League. Brock was a past Bendigo Braves Junior Representative player, a coach and referee.

Brock currently plays Aussie Rules for the Eaglehawk Football Netball Club and sits on the Bendigo Jockey Club - Young Members Committee.

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Nathan Williams

Nathan is the Bendigo Braves and Bendigo Junior Braves Administrator. Nathans goal is to make Bendigo Basketball the best run and most elite Basketball program in all of Australia! Nathan also coordinates basketball programs such as the McBiddy Ball program, the Braves "Love the Game" Basketball camp. Nathan is also part of the SEABL referees panel.

Off the court Nathan has a keen interest in Mental Health Awareness and on behalf of the Bendigo Stadium received a Clubs Victoria award for his 'Be Brave Speak Up' concept held in 2014.

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Kevin Probert

Kevin is the Sponsorship Manager of the Bendigo Braves Basketball Club and Marketing Manager of Bendigo Stadium. He is also not too bad at basketball in representing the Braves as a point guard in over 200 games and also has higher honours in Australian junior team representation.

Off the court Kevin has a keen interest in utilising the Braves good name in the community to assist community projects. On behalf of the Bendigo Stadium, Kevin received a Clubs Victoria award for his 'Be Brave' concept held in 2014, which assisted with funding for the Bendigo Hospital Kids Ward with a room that could be utilised for the kids to take their minds away from the illnesses they have while in hospital.

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Karen Burt

Karen works in the Sports Office on a Tuesday and specialises in the area of adminstration of the Domestic Competition. Karen has been a Secretary of the Junior Braves Squad in a volunteer capacity in the past and all her children are also involved in the sport at aither Domestic or Representative level.

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Sandra Gillies

Sandra works in the Sports Office as the Night Supervisor on a Monday and Wednesday evenings. Sandra has also had a long association with the Celtics Basketball Club on their committee and is also a keen volunteer with the Bendigo Spirit as well as following the Bendigo Braves.

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Therese McRae

Therese is the Sports Office as the Night Supervisor usually on a Tuesday night. Therese is also a scorebench official for Braves, Lady Braves and Youth League games and has been involved with the Bendigo Basketball Association for a number of years.

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John Norton

John works in the Sports Office at night to collect game fees, enter game results and assists with questions players may have. John comes to the BBA with much enthusiasm for all sports and is also heavily involved at Committee and officiating level with the Bendigo Umpires Association (AFL)

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Devin Gordios

Devin works in the Sports Office on a Friday night to collect game fees, enter game results and assists with questions players have. Devin has had experience with Sports Administration through work experience with Bendigo Stadium and Basketball Victoria Country. Devin is a player and coach in the Bendigo Basketball Competition including Bendigo Junior Braves. 

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