MAY 2006

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Alberta Basketball Officials Association

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: President’s Message

vincial, national or in- Weekend will return on
KANDEE 2
O’LEARY NEW ternational. You have September 22-24. Our
SECRETARY shown that Alberta offi- relationship with Bas-
CABO NEWS
cials are among the ketball Alberta has
2
best. Basketball has turned the corner and
become an all year both sides are working
SUMMER 2 event and therefore hard to make it even
TOURNAMENTS
there are summer tour- better.
naments available for On the last note,
WHAT DO ALL 3 Welcome to first officials. Your local as- FIBA rules are going to
THOSE LETTERS
MEAN?
edition of the ABOA signor will have knowl- be a reality so be pre-
newsletter on the web. I edge of these tourna- pared to learn a new
AGM AND 4 would like to congratu- ments. set of rules by
CABINET
late all the Alberta offi- In September , 2007/08.
cials that received ap- in conjunction with Bas- Have a great
ALBERTA 4
SUMMER GAMES
pointments this year, ketball Alberta , Super- summer.
whether they were pro-

FIBA Rules
SPECIAL POINTS OF
INTEREST:
• ABOA Treasuer Paul
Rocca says “All ACAC
Playoff cheques and
ASAA Provincial
Cheques have been
mailed out in in Early
May. If you have yet to
receive you r cheque
please contact ABOA
Treasurer Paul Rocca at
paul.rocca@scotiabank.com.”
Alberta Schools ABOA is encouraging all http://www.fiba.com/
Athletic Association other leagues pages/en/aboutfiba/
downloads/regulations.asp
voted overwhelmingly (recreation or commu-
at its AGM in May to nity) to remain with
change to FIBA rules for their current NCAA rules
the 2007-08 season. until the fall of 2007.
ACAC and CIS
For more infor-
Women intend to
mation on FIBA rules
change to FIBA this fall and mechanics manual
subject ratification of
go to the FIBA website
motions at meetings
at
later this summer.
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Kandee O’Leary New Secretary

On May 13 President Dick Vander-
stam announced the appointment of
Kandee O’Leary of EBOA to the posi-
tion of ABOA Secretary.
Kandee began officiating 18 years
ago as a member of the North Central
Board. Since joining the Edmonton
Basketball Officials Association in
1990, she has participated in 4 provin-
cials culminating in this past year at
4A boys’ tournament. For the past 5
years, she have been on the ACAC
Woman’s List.
Kandee replaces Stan Krawiec
of CABOA who has been the Secre-
tary for the past two years and who
resigned at the AGM due to family
commitments.
Kandee’s duties will also include
the updating of the Association’s
Bylaws and Policies

CABO News
ABOA Supervisor
“two Kevin Hamel announced
at the AGM that two
scholarships are
available to scholarships are available
to assist officials in the
assist officials in
cost of attending basket-
the cost of
ball officiating camps.
attending
The first scholarship if
basketball
the $500 CABO scholar-
officiating ship open to any ABOA
camps” official. For more infor-
mation contact Kevin
Hamel at
khamel@shaw.ca.
The second scholar-
ship is the Ritchie Nicurity
Scholarship. Six $500
student scholarships are
awarded annually in an
open cross-Canada com-
petition. More info and an
application form is avail-
able on the CABO site
under the CBOA Wall Of
Fame page.
Issue 2 of CABO’s
Post Play newsletter is
now available on the
CABO site:
http://
www.cabocanada.org/

Summer Tournaments
ABOA Evaluation Shootout in Edmon- nament in Calgary information on these sum-
Chairman Jake Stein- ton June 30 - July 3 July 14 - 16. mer tournaments, please
brenner recently an- in Edmonton. check the ABOA website
In addition to these
nounced several oppor- at http://
2. Alberta Summer there will also be ASG
tunities for officials to www.refalberta.ca/.
Games in Red Deer Zone Qualifying Tourna-
gain valuable experi-
July 27 - 30. ments which will be as-
ence at a high level of
signed locally.
competition. 3. Basketball Alberta
Pre-Nationals Tour- For more detailed
1. Great Canadian
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What do all those letters mean?

Like any organization, we use a lot of acronyms and sometimes we
forget that not everyone knows what we are talking about. Here
are some of the acronyms we use:

ABOA: Alberta Basketball Officials Associa- FIBA: International Basketball Federation

tion FMBOA: Ft. McMurray Basketball Officials Asso-
ACAC: Albert Colleges Athletic Conference ciation

ASAA: Alberta Schools Athletic Association GPBOA: Grande Prairie Basketball Officials As-
sociation
BA: Basketball Alberta
LABO: Lakeland Association of Basketball Of-
CB: Canada Basketball
ficials (North East)
CIS:
CIS Canadian Interuniversity Sport
LBOA: Lloydminster Basketball Officials Asso-
CWUAA:
CWUAA Canada West Universities Athletic ciation
Association
MHBOA: Medicine Hat Basketball Officials Asso-
BRBOA: Battle River Basketball Officials Asso- ciation
ciation (Camrose area)
IAABO: International Association of Approved
BBOA: Brooks Basketball Officials Associa- Basketball Officials
tion
MVBOA: Mountain View Basketball Officials As-
CABO: Canadian Association of Basketball sociation (Olds area)
Officials
NWBOA: North West Basketball Officials Asso-
CABOA: Central Alberta Basketball Officials ciation
Association (Red Deer Area)
PBOA: Peace Basketball Officials Association
CBOA: Calgary Basketball Officials Associa-
SABOA: Southern Alberta Basketball Officials
tion
Association (Lethbridge area)
DVBOA: Drayton Valley Basketball Officials
THBOA: Three Hills Basketball Officials Associa-
Association
tion
EBOA: Edmonton Basketball Officials Asso-
VBOA: Vegreville Basketball Officials Associa-
ciation
tion
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Annual General Meeting and Cabinet Hi-
Hi-lites
ABOA held a Cabi-
net Meeting of all Local
Board Representative in
conjunction with its
AGM in Red Deer on the
May 5-7 weekend.
It was determined
at the Cabinet Meeting
that all ABOA working
officials shall be Active
Officials. The designa-
Alberta summer games
The Alberta Sum-
mer Games will take
place in Red Deer from
July 27 - 30. There will
be 8 midget-age boys
and girls teams - one
from each of the ASG
Zones.
ABOA will appoint
14 officials to work
these games which be-
CONTACT US
Alberta Basketball Officials Association
Percy Page Centre
11759 Groat Road
Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6
Editor: Ken Runquist
Email: aboa@basketballalberta.ab.ca
Website: http://www.refalberta.ca
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tion of Associate offi- den as Member-at-
cials will no longer be Large for two-year terms
used. The ABOA Execu- - both by acclamation.
tive will determine vari- Jake Steinbrenner was “ . . . all ABOA
ous levels of Active re-appointed for two
working officials
membership over the years as Evaluation
shall be Active
summer. Chair and Kandee
O’Leary was appointed Officials
During the AGM,
for a one-year term as
Morgan Munroe was re-
Secretary.
elected as Interpreter
and Wanda Vandervel-
gin on Friday, July 28. Contact your local
Board president or see
Officials will receive
the ABOA website for
ASG apparel, accredita-
more information.
tion, meal pass, local
transportation as well
as accommodations &
travel expense for out-
of-towners. No game
fees are paid to any
technical officials at the
Games.
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