✎Manage Staff members

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  Justin Ludlow

  General Manager

  Justin began as General Manager of Basketball Otago  on February 1 2016 after spending the preceding ten years with the Oamaru Licensing Trust culminating in his appointment as joint GM in September 2013.

  This background has provided Justin with experience in working within a community minded organization, as well as having hands on roles with HR, strategic & financial planning and working closely with community funders.

  Justin has played the game competitively at  club and representative level, as well as continuing to spend time on the court as a referee, and as coach of Bayfield High Schools senior girls team. Justin also contributes as a member of Bayfield’s Sports Council.

  In 2017 Justin was awarded with the Women’s Basketball Championship (WBC) Administrator of the Year award.

  Justin lives in Dunedin with his wife Joelene and four daughters Lydia, Caitlin, Emma & Stella.

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  Greg Brockbank

  Operations Manager

  My name is Greg Brockbank, I am the Operations Manager at Basketball Otago.

  I studied at Bayfield High School and Otago University, graduating with a Bachelor of Physical Education and have been working at Basketball Otago ever since.

  I enjoy the varied nature of the role I am in, and actively participate in competitions as much as possible, refereeing and coaching at numerous levels.

  The highlights of my career to date, include being involved with our NBL team in 2014, the travel overseas and around the country and the people I have been able to meet in the sport.

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  Natalie Visger

  Development Officer

  My name is Natalie Visger and I am the Development Officer for BBO. My family and I moved from the state of Utah to Dunedin in May of 2015. Previously upon relocating I was the Head Women’s Basketball Coach for Snow College in Ephraim, UT from 2011-2015. Snow is a member of the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA). Before that I was the Head Assistant Coach at NCAA Division II member Montana State University Billings (MSUB) for 5 years from 2006-2011.

  My playing experience included 3 years professional basketball in Germany from 2003-2006 in the DBBL 2nd League; and as a student I played 4 years at Montana State University Billings (1999-2003), and graduated with a Bachelorette degree of Science in Biology. While coaching at MSUB I earned a Master’s degree of Science in Sport, Recreation, Management and Fitness.

  In NZ I have coached the Otago U15 and U23 Women’s teams, the Otago Girls’ High School Senior As and most recently the NZ Under 16 National team in 2016-17. I started with BBO in February of 2016.

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  Joelene Ludlow

  Administration

  Joelene joined the Basketball Otago team recently and oversees the office and administration functions.

  Joelene can be contacted Monday to Friday, 10.00am - midday.

BBO Resources

Any incidents that occured whilst playing basketball in a BBO sponsored competition or develoment programme should be reported with the BBO Incident Report below.

• BBO Incident Report
• BBO Code of Conduct
• BBO Zero Tolerance Policy
• 2017 Annual Report
• Basketball Otago Mouthguard Policy
• Basketball Otago Strategic Plan 2019 - 2021
• BBNZ Child Protection Policy