MABO

There is more Nova ScotiaN representation at Nationals to celebrate!

MABO assignor Matt Boyle made us all proud at the men’s tournament, and had the honor of officiating the Bronze Medal game (pictured below). Matt gives so much back to officiating, from training new officials to spending weekends busy making sure all minor games have an official, all while pushing himself in his officiating career constantly. We love seeing his hard work pay off with these well deserved big moments! Congratulations Matt!

From left to right:
Robb Caporicci (OUA)
Matt Boyle (AUS)
Ryley Kerrison (Can West)

Nova Scotia was well represented at Nationals this weekend!

At the women’s Tournament, our Provincial Assessor Stephen Clow was awarded the honour of officiating the Gold Medal Game alongside Carrera Lamoureux (Manitoba), and Shelley Quintos (QC).

Stephen is a great official who works incredibly hard and gives back so much to the officiating community. Stephen, we are all so proud of you and congratulate you on this well earned opportunity.

This happens to me many times when I’m photographing basketball. I’ll admit — I can have a bit of bias depending on who’s playing. When a call happens that I disagree with, I often go back and check my photos.

In this case, I didn’t think she stepped out of bounds. Neither did her fans.

But when I reviewed the image… she was out of bounds.

Moments like this remind me just how difficult the job of an official really is. Most times, they are right. They do an amazing job, making split-second decisions under pressure.

Respect for the stripes.

Congratulations to a pillar of our officiating community, Paul Hanson!

We are so grateful to see Paul celebrated for all his hard work, and even more grateful he will continue to be an integral part of our community off court by helping teach the next generation of officials.