THE future of hoops on the South Coast appears in safe hands after Shoalhaven's Ben Bagoly was this week unveiled as Basketball NSW's southern regional development officer.
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Bagoly, the current Shoalhaven Tigers Waratah League division two men's coach, is one of five regional development officers announced this week, as the state continues its push to improve basketball at all levels.
"I am looking forward to joining the team at BNSW as the regional development officer for southern NSW, to help grow the game through a range of programs for all to enjoy," Bagoly said.
As part of the legacy program run across New South Wales in association with the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022, BNSW's regional development officers will be responsible for sports development, female-specific participation programs, female leadership programs, indigenous participation programs, education programs for coaches and officials as well as better access to play and participate in basketball for residents in regional and remote areas of the state.
Being delivered by Basketball NSW and across the next three years, these appointments were made towards the execution of Basketball NSW's plan to significantly increase both the levels of participation and inclusion across all areas of the state to assist in growing the game at the grassroots level.
"We are grateful for the NSW state government's support in both securing and hosting the event and for funding the local legacy programs that underpin the national legacy programs across Australia," Basketball NSW CEO Maria Nordstrom said.
"The legacy program is supporting the New South Wales government's strategic focus on women and girls in sport through the 'Her Sport Her Way' program and basketball's goal to move towards gender equity. We also want to develop a new generation of female leaders for the sport over the legacy period.
"Furthermore, basketball in New South Wales is also focussed on growing the game and breaking down any barriers to participation for children from an indigenous and multicultural background, bringing basketball to every part of our state and making basketball everyone's game."
Other regional development officers unveiled this week included Lauren King (far north), Cristi Juffermans (northern), Adam Marjoram (western) and Isabel Forbes (Riverina).
Regional development officers have commenced their employment this week and together with their manager Jacqui Dover, BNSW's Indigenous, cultural and linguistically diverse programs manager will start scheduling holiday camps, basketball clinics, 3x3 tournaments, workshops and courses to be held during the July and October school holidays.
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