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Welcome to the Hamilton Board of Approved Basketball Officials Website!

This site is intended to improve our communication link and share information with our membership. We've provided a number of resource links and easy access to reach elected executives to help us serve our membership better. Remember your feedback is important to us.

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INTERPRETATION / CLARIFICATION FROM IAABO

IAABO Executive Director Tom Lopes has confirmed that the use of an "I-Pad is not permissible."

This falls under rule 10, section 1, article 3 - "A team shall not use television monitoring or replay equipment or computers (other than for statistics) for coaching purposes during the game or any intermission..."

ANNOUNCEMENT!

For 2012 we are excited to announce that Special Guest Speaker Chuck Swirsky is confirmed to speak at the Fox 40 Referees Camp in association with the Hamilton Board of Approved Basketball Officials and McMaster Basketball Camp.

Please see our Summer Camp page for more details!

What's New

UPDATED WEEKLY...

For a Summary of the Educational Topics, and rule references, that have been covered at our 2011-12 Meetings, please review the following document prepared by our Education Officer, Les Fenyvesi: 2011-12 Education Summary

OTHER UPDATES...
2012-02-02
- 2012-01-20 - Goaltending & Basket Interference (NFHS)
- Halton Elementary School Rule Modifications
  - Halton Elementary School Person-Person Rules
2012-01-13
- Hamilton Elementary League Rules
2011-12-19
- FIBA Youth Rules Presentation from 2011 Holiday Meeting
2011-12-12
- Ontario Basketball Rules Differences - Version 3.03 (last updated December 12, 2011 - minor clarification only)
2011-11-26
- 2011-12 - NFHS Summary of Changes re: Team Control on Throw-In's
2011-11-20
- Burlington Allstars House League Rules
2011-11-12
- Blessed Sacrament House League Rules - U14 Boys
- Blessed Sacrament House League Rules - U10, U12 & U14 Girls
- HBA House League Rules
- Newman Youth Basketball House League Rules
- 2011-12 - IAABO Scorer's Instructions
- 2011-12 - IAABO Timer's Instructions
2011-11-06
- Summer Camp Announcement
2011-11-01
- 2011-12 IAABO Refresher Exam
- 2011-12 IAABO Refresher Exam - Answers
- 2011-12 - Crew of Two Procedures
2011-10-19
- Traveling presentation by Ron Belcher
2011-10-13

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2011-10-06
- Quiz #2
2011-09-27
- Quiz #1
2011-09-19
- You Make the Call Update - Welcome Back!
2011-09-10
- 2011-12 NFHS Rule Changes & Points of Emphasis Presentation
2011-08-29
- 2011-12 NFHS Rule Book
- 2011-12 NFHS Case Book
- 2011-12 NFHS Rule Changes
2011-08-01
- Summer Camp Pictures added (bottom of page)
2011-07-13
- Meeting Dates added for 2011-12 Season
2011-06-02
- Articles from www.sportsofficials.ca
  - Congratulations Willie & Dave Brown
  - Congratulations Ron Foxcroft
2011-05-15
- Updated Award Winners from 2011 AGM
2011-04-03
- 2011 CABO - FIBA Rules Casebook
2011-02-25
- 2011-02-25 - FIBA Change of Interpretation
2011-02-14
- 2010-11 FIBA Exam Answers
- 2010-11 FIBA Exam - Page 1, Page 2
2010-11-29
- IAABO Memo on Concussion Procedures
2010-11-12
- 2010 FIBA Rule Changes (NOTE: This document was prepared for CIS / OUA games however the OBA - Ontario Basketball - has also adopted the same rule changes as the CIS as of Nov, 2010.)
- 2011 OBA Coaches Manual (includes OBA Person-to-Person Rules and FIBA Rule Modifications adopted by the OBA)
2010-09-30

CIS / OUA 2010 Rule Changes Added

2010-09-01
- Game Management - Tom Lopes, IAABO (presented at the HBABO Fox 40 Summer Camp, 2010)

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