The Dandenong Basketball Referees Association (DBRA) was founded on February 25th, 1962 with its inaugural Annual Meeting being conducted in Dandenong on January 20th, 1963. Games were originally played at the Dandenong Market Stadium and other outside venues until the current venue was opened in 1991.
After starting out with just twenty referees VBRA Dandenong now has over 150 referees registered with the branch, officiating over 6000 games each year for Dandenong Basketball.
The DBRA is today governed by an elected committee. The committee represents all financial referees at Dandenong. The Committee is responsible for working conditions, discipline, social events, tribunal support and developing high expectations of the performance of all referees.
Current members are:
Tracey Russell President
Eden Kastrati Vice-President
Rob Lynch Secretary/Treasurer and Domestic committee representative
Jess Watt
Niam Westaway
Adam Craig
Adrian Poletko
Stadium Supervisors
Basketball Supervisors are appointed to every session of basketball at Dandenong Stadium. If you experience any issues or would like to seek clarification regarding referees or competition rules, then please seek your basketball supervisor immediately. They will be wearing a supervisor shirt. For issues with Stadium matters including court and lighting or issues with other spectators or patron the Stadium Supervisor should be sought.
Referee Advisor
The Referee Adviser is in charge of the referee development program at Dandenong. It is the Adviser’s responsibility to establish and improve a culture for achievement to higher levels of refereeing in a structure that adequately supports all referees, supervisors and referee coaches. Our current Referee Advisor is Allan Manhire.
You can contact our Referee Advisor at allan.manhire@dandenongbasketball.com.au
Referee Courses Coordinators
The Referee Courses Coordinators’ role is to coordinate and present the different referee schools to promote referees to higher accreditation levels. Currently our coordinators are:
Referee Coordinator – Allan Manhire
Life Members
| LIFE MEMBER | YEAR INDUCTED |
| Doug Shiels | 1969 |
| Ron Burgess | 1972 |
| Don Jose | 1973 |
| Ivan Murphy | 1974 |
| John Morgan | 1981 |
| Bill Cooney | 1984 |
| Doug Rowley | 1985 |
| Daryl Moody | 1995 |
| Charlie Hogan | 2005 |
| Peter Reid | 2005 |
| Bob Tyler | 2006 |
| Nigel Dukes | 2008 |
| Andrew Spalding | 2008 |
| Arthur Payne | 2009 |
| Ron Williams | 2009 |
| Corey Neil | 2010 |
| Allan Manhire | 2012 |
| Daniel Banik | 2012 |
| Robyn Manhire | 2015 |
FIBA Badge Referees
| FIBA BADGE REFEREE | YEAR STARTED |
| Ron Burgess | 1974 |
| Scott Cogley | 1990 |
| Vaughan Mayberry | 2000 |
| Robyn Manhire | 2009 |
NBL Referees
| NBL REFEREE | YEAR STARTED |
| Andrew O’Sullivan | 1974 |
| Scott Cogley | 1993 |
| Vaughan Mayberry | 1993 |
| Daniel Banik | 2006 |
WNBL Referees
| NBL REFEREE | YEAR STARTED |
| Michael Sellinger | 2004 |
| Clinton Boyd | 2007 |
| Robyn Manhire | 2008 |
| Andrew Manhire | 2010 |
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