● BASKETBALL & SPORT
Basketball and sport
From the Australian Institute of Sport to Chair of Basketball Australia, and still on the court as a Masters athlete.
● ON THE COURT
Playing
1981 · WA Under 18 basketball team
1982 · Australian Institute of Sport scholarship, 'Most Dedicated Athlete' award, and the WA Under 20 team on tour in the USA
1983 · Australian Junior team at the FIBA World Championship in Palma, Majorca, and the Australian Universities team at the World Student Games in Edmonton, Canada
1984 to 1989 · National Basketball League with the Perth Wildcats and Coburg Giants, and the WA State League
1987 · WA State Junior Pairs rowing champion
1990 · Co-founder, coach and General Manager of the Goldfields Giants in WA's State Basketball League
2002 to now · Masters basketball, from the World Masters Games in Melbourne to regional, national and international events today
● OFF THE COURT
Leading the sport
1994 · Marketing Manager, Perth Wildcats
1997 to 1999 · CEO, Perth Wildcats
1998 · NBL Association Development Award, and Director of the Women's National Basketball League and Basketball WA
2000 to 2003 · CEO, Victoria Titans
2001 · Team Manager, Australian Men's basketball team, in Japan and New Zealand
2007 · Led the rebrand of Basketball Australia
2014 to 2021 · Basketball Australia Board, and Chair from 2016 to 2021
2016 to 2022 · FIBA Competitions Commission, and FIBA Women's World Cup Board member and Chair of its COVID Working Group
Since 2023 · FIBA Masters Sport Commission
“I really respect who you are, the way you interact with and treat others and your values-based approach to business.”
Andrej Lemanis, Head Coach, Australian Men's Olympic Basketball Team
● TODAY
Still giving back
Ned remains heavily involved in basketball in Australia and around the world, with strong contacts across clubs, the NBA, FIBA and many national federations. He chairs the Confederation of Australian Sport, sits on the board of World Masters Games 2029, and mentors athletes, executives, directors and chairs across basketball and wider sport.