About Us

The VBRA Knox Branch was established in 1978 and is currently the largest Branch of the VBRA with over 300 members. In recent times, the Branch has been recognised for its strength in Referee Development, by being awarded the Basketball Victoria Referee Program of the year in 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2014. We provide a friendly and welcoming environment where people of any age can come down to pursue eliteness or enjoy themselves whilst gaining life skills.

Life Members

1980 Heather Kemp

1982 Fred Jago

1986 Alice Jago

1987 Keith Vaughan

1990 Arthur Manton

1991 Bev Agombar

1997 Niall Quinn

1997 Peter Williams

2000 Pat Vaughan

2003 Ron Sturgeon

2006 Stephen Cavanagh

2007 Ken Andrews

2007 Horst Eberius

2007 Chris Reid

2013 Anthony Auslebrook

2015 Rebecca Sturgeon

2017 Susanne Wilkinson

2018 Tony Hawke

2018 Sean Gottliebsen

Development

We are very lucky at VBRA Knox to have such a great group of supervisors, lead by the wisdom and highly recognised knowledge of our Adviser, Anthony Aulsebrook. Our branch is also fortunate enough to take a group away every year on a Referee Development Camp, where we ran our theory component of the A grade course, as well as conducting activities for the other members that attend, creating an educational and fun learning environment over the Melbourne Cup long weekend.

Major Recognitions

2000 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2005 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2006 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2007 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2008 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2009 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2011 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2014 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”

2014 – VBRA Branch of the Year – Large

2016 – VBRA Branch of the Year – Large

2017 – Basketball Victoria “Best Referees Program”