Coles Express NBL1 National Final Referee Panel

Pictured: Bianca Vernon

The referee panel for the Coles Express NBL1 National Final has been selected. With each of the five NBL1 conferences, the NBL, the WNBL and Basketball Australia all nominated referees from across Australia. 

A selection committee led by the NBL’s Head of Referees, Scott Butler, selected the panel of 18 referees and six reserves who will officiate the NBL1 National Finals. 

The selected panel is aimed at providing the country's best performing and up-and-coming referees a chance to learn from Butler and officiate a major event. 

Across the weekend the referees will be evaluated by Butler and his team of referee coaches, with the best performing officials over the first two days selected for the two Championship games on Sunday. 

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The Coles Express NBL1National Finals will take place from September 9th-11th at the State Basketball Centre in Melbourne. The best women’s and men’s teams from each conference, and the Wildcard Series winners, will compete for the Coles Express NBL1 National Championship Title. 

The full referee panel is below:

NBL1 North: 

Marc Mill, Darrell Millard, Alex McEwan and Calia Hanks

NBL1 East: 

Michael Beevers, Luke Joseph, Byron Geddes, Nathan Paff and Jack Taylor. 

NBL1 South:

Brad Henshaw, Bianca Vernon, Ruben Woolcock, Shannon Jennings and Elliot Green. 

NBL1 West: 

Mark Grist and Craig Copes

NBL1 Central:

James Griguol and Hugh Starkey

Reserves:

(NBL1 South), Aydin Baker, Jordan Royal, Brittany Andreola, Joshua Durand, Chloe Erskine and Meaghan Sheehy.

Feature image via: Ian Knight