2007 is a challenging year for basketball but I`m not hesitate to say here that we have achieved some of our goals, especially the introducing of the Women`s basket program, the recent tour of our Men`s and Women`s national teams to Australia as part of their preparation to the Pacific Games in Samoa, participating at the Samoa Pacific Games despite of financial difficulties and also other domestics basketball development. And on this note, I would like to sincerely thanks the many Volunteers who had helped in making our programs successful this year, and to our partners for providing the technical and financial back up in order for our basketball program to move especially the FIBA Oceania, ONOC, NOCSI, NSC and the Solomon Island Basketball Federation, and also to the aid donors for their financial support. We look forward to a better working relationship in 2008.
I'm proud to say that we have had achieved some of our basketball program this quarter despite of the many challenges, especially with the successfully organizing of the Women's basketball program that was funded by the Australian High Commissioner and also the recent Primary basketball competition which attracted a lot of young kids to play basketball, and on this note, I would like to sincerely thanks who had helped one way or the other in organizing those programs and also to the many volunteers who had put in their time and effort in making our program success and i`am looking forward for a better working relationship for 2008 basketball programs.
Basketball will continue to roll in the Solomon's despite of many challenges. With the recent Australian tour of our Mens and Womens squad, and the upcoming Pacific Games in Samoa, it had boosted the moral and the promotion of basketball interests not only in the capital but also in the Provinces.
2007 will be another challenging year for Solomon Island Basketball Federation especially in formulating and implementing part of our 4 years strategic plans. One of our priorities this year is preparing our team(s) for the upcoming Pacific Games in Samoa during August/September, and also our ongoing development program with schools, communities, provinces and etc.
It was another successful year of basketball development on its development infrastructure, administration and successful organizing of different comp. and on this note we would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the Solomon Island Federations to sincerely all stake holders, business houses, communities, schools, referees, bench officials and the many volunteers who had help out one way or another in developing basketball in another successful year of basketball. A special thank goes to the FIBA Oceania and the National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands for its financial and technical support towards basketball in our country.
We are now approaching the end of the another successful year of basketball development, and of course this quarter was another historical success of basketball in Solomon Islands interms of its administration, development, infrastructure and of course of the increasing number of people playing basketball, referees, benches in different basketball competition in the provinces and Honiara through out the year.
2006 is a very challenging year for basketball Solomon especially with aimed to achieve our plans and goals. The QQQ primary school league, the Telekom high school league, the proposed open Easter tournament, the Solomon Games and the FIBA youth tournamen
Iam very pleased to write these introductory remarks. Please, because when you read the report, I think you`ll agree that it documents another successful year of operations by SIBF. Proud to lead as a development officer an organization which over the last few years had achieved remarkable success interms of our mission to administer and develop basketball in the country.