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02-08-2008, 11:46 AM
taken from abalive.com ...
ABA News
TOM CHICHESTER NAMED DIRECTOR OF SE ASIA DEVELOPMENT
08-Feb-2008
Indianapolis, IN -- Tom Chichester, ABA Director of Officials, has been given the additional title and responsibilities as Director of SE Asia Development by the American Basketball Association. Chichester recently returned from a six week assignment in Singapore where he worked on training of basketball officials in China, Mongolia and Singapore as part of the league's SE Asia initiative as US teams play the Beijing Aoshen Olympian. He will be returning to Singapore this month to continue the training and continue the efforts to develop additional SE Asia teams.
"It was an extraordinary experience. I met so many wonderful people in Singapore," stated Chichester. "The interest in the fast-paced exciting brand of ABA basketball is very high. Hopefully we can add one or two teams next season there so that our teams will have a full road trip when they take the long flight. We are very encouraged about the unlimited possibilities."
Chichester is a former college referee who has worked games in the Big Ten Conference, Mid American Conference, Mid Continent Conference, Patriot League and Ivy League. He served as a member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (Rochester), is a 20-year official for the NCAA Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and served for three years on the Editorial Board for the nationally known Referee Magazine.
As ABA Director of Officials since 1999, he put together the entire ABA officials staff, helped develop the unique ABA rules and was the designer and inventor of "the lights on the backboard" that illustrate the ABA's 3-D Rule, and which has been adopted by both the NBA and the NCAA which use the lights to communicate scoreboard clock expirations, end of periods, shot clock violations. Tom worked for 24 years as Supervisor/Department head within the NYS Department of Corrections.
"We are very pleased that Tom has accepted these responsibilities," stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. "He is a very good man, very smart, totally committed to the ABA. He has definitely made an impact in Singapore and helped create a lot of interest in the ABA there. It is a fun and challenging assignment and we know he is up to the task."
... what exactly does this mean?
ABA News
TOM CHICHESTER NAMED DIRECTOR OF SE ASIA DEVELOPMENT
08-Feb-2008
Indianapolis, IN -- Tom Chichester, ABA Director of Officials, has been given the additional title and responsibilities as Director of SE Asia Development by the American Basketball Association. Chichester recently returned from a six week assignment in Singapore where he worked on training of basketball officials in China, Mongolia and Singapore as part of the league's SE Asia initiative as US teams play the Beijing Aoshen Olympian. He will be returning to Singapore this month to continue the training and continue the efforts to develop additional SE Asia teams.
"It was an extraordinary experience. I met so many wonderful people in Singapore," stated Chichester. "The interest in the fast-paced exciting brand of ABA basketball is very high. Hopefully we can add one or two teams next season there so that our teams will have a full road trip when they take the long flight. We are very encouraged about the unlimited possibilities."
Chichester is a former college referee who has worked games in the Big Ten Conference, Mid American Conference, Mid Continent Conference, Patriot League and Ivy League. He served as a member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (Rochester), is a 20-year official for the NCAA Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and served for three years on the Editorial Board for the nationally known Referee Magazine.
As ABA Director of Officials since 1999, he put together the entire ABA officials staff, helped develop the unique ABA rules and was the designer and inventor of "the lights on the backboard" that illustrate the ABA's 3-D Rule, and which has been adopted by both the NBA and the NCAA which use the lights to communicate scoreboard clock expirations, end of periods, shot clock violations. Tom worked for 24 years as Supervisor/Department head within the NYS Department of Corrections.
"We are very pleased that Tom has accepted these responsibilities," stated Joe Newman, ABA CEO. "He is a very good man, very smart, totally committed to the ABA. He has definitely made an impact in Singapore and helped create a lot of interest in the ABA there. It is a fun and challenging assignment and we know he is up to the task."
... what exactly does this mean?