Nunawading Referees – Technical Official’s Commission

About Us

Nunawading Basketball is home to approximately 250 officials (referees, scorers and statisticians) who service the junior and senior local competition games for the MEBA, as well as partnering with schools and the community to provide qualified officials to basketball competitions in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne and wider regions. Nunawading referees also participate in the Basketball Victoria Junior Basketball League, Big V and NBL1 South.

Nunawading has a proud tradition of developing excellent officials with our best officials currently active in the WNBL and NBL, as well as being chosen to represent Australia at various international events including the Olympics.

If you’re interested in joining our team and becoming an official – whether that be a referee, scorer or statistician – or have any questions regarding the development of our officials, please email referees@nunawadingbasketball.com.au

Technical Official’s Commission (TOC)

The Technical Official’s Commission represent all officials at Nunawading. The Commission is responsible for the welfare, working conditions, discipline and expectations of performance of all referees.

Commission members are:

• Sue Kusko  
• Josh Goates
• Tom Bury
• Jeremy Brown
• Sally Wall
• Simone Hallett
• Kirsten De Forest
• Mark Hallett 
• Position Vacant

Referee Development Manager

The Referee Development Manager is responsible for the overall Referee Development Program at Nunawading, including the recruitment, training and development of all referees within a supportive and inclusive structure. It is the Referee Manager’s responsibility to provide programs that give referees the opportunity to meet their goals, including progression to higher levels of refereeing and referee coaching. Our Referee Manager is Kirsten De Forest, who can be contacted at refereemanager@nunawadingbasketball.com.au

Referee Administrators

The Referee Administrators work with the Referee Development Manager, and are responsible for rostering and ensure that all of our referees are registered and that all games are covered with appropriately qualified officials. Our current Referee Administrators are Sally Wall and Simone Hallett, and can be contacted by all active officials via the Nunawading TOC TeamApp platform.

Referee Mentors

Nunawading enlists a group of senior referees as trained mentors who will support and educate our junior officials as they start their journey as Nunawading referees.

Referee Coaches

Nunawading has a team of qualified Referee Coaches used across the competition providing coaching and feedback as required to support the Referee Development Manager with the education and development of the referees, supporting Referee Development Program.

Stadium Supervisors & Venue Captains

Stadium Supervisors are appointed to every shift of basketball at Nunawading Stadium. If you experience any issues or would like to seek clarification regarding referees or competition rules, then please seek your stadium supervisor immediately. They will be wearing a Nunawading grey supervisor shirt and ref supervisor’s vest.

At most external venues, there is a doorkeeper appointed to assist the venue, however at some a senior official will be appointed as a Venue Captain.