BNB SERVICE AWARDS INFORMATION

In 1981, Basketball NB implemented a BNB Service Awards recognition program, with guidelines developed by then Awards chair, Don Mills of Moncton. The awards would be given in three categories, Executive/Officials, Coaching and Special Merit. The intention was to recognize service over time to basketball, not only to BNB, but to minor associations, schools, and to the referee’s association. Guidelines mentioned length of service and quality of service. The length of service usually would be in the minimum 12-15 years range although it might be less due to intensity of service by an individual. Due to the nature of our sport, many recipients combined service in more than one aspect of the games, coaching and refereeing, BNB or minor association executive and coach, and so on. For this reason, individuals are not recognized more than once with a service award even though they are involved in more than one aspect of the game. 

Individuals with a long history of distinguished service to the game of basketball may be named as an Honorary Life Member of Basketball NB through a motion passed by the BNB Board of Directors. There are presently 16 BNB Honorary Life Members. This recognition is ordinarily given near or at the end of an individual’s volunteer days.

The BNB Awards Committee, through the BNB ED, calls for nominations each year for the Service Awards. In addition, the ED or Awards Committee members may add names to an eligibility list for consideration by the committee. In the short-listing process each year, names on the eligibility list are considered for awards in the various categories and often times two awards are given in each of the three Service Award categories. In particular, the Special Merit award usually recognizes individuals who are involved in more than one aspect of the game. Names of those on the eligibility list who do not receive an award in a particular year are considered in subsequent years as well.

As part of the process of developing an on-going high quality and extensive eligibility list, BNB encourages the NBIAA Coaches Association, the NBAABO, individual schools, minor associations and individuals to submit names of potential recipients to the attention of the BNB Awards Committee. Information about the volunteer, length of service in various aspects of the game, contact information for the individual and any career highlights should be emailed to the BNB office: info@basketball.nb.ca.

A number of new awards have been added in recent years, including the Up and Coming Coach Award, Volunteer of the Year, Team of the Year and Minor Association of the Year. 

SERVICE AWARD DESCRIPTIONS AND NOMINATION FORM - CLICK HERE.

PAST AWARD RESIPIENTS:

Year	Exec/Officals	Coaching	Special Merit	Up & Coming Coach
2022
2021	Dave McGrattan	Tyler Gideon	Alyssa Lebans	Ben Mowat
2018	Donnie Forsythe Jeff Smith	Peter Hickey Paul Hickey Jeff White	Kyle Woodworth	Matt Daley
2017	George Tibbo Mike Doran		Michael Beaulieu Ken Anderson	Emily Thomas
2016	Jeff MacDonald	Geoffrey McCullogh Fred & Lisa Brown	John Hickey Terry Hatt	Nate Horsman
2015	Dirk Bishop	Fred Connors Ryan Daye Dana Lawrence	Kevin Daley Laura Myers	Ryan Chase
2014	Jeff McGinley JP Richard	Moira Gagnon Serge Langis	Jonathan MacAloon 1994 NB Women’s Francophone Games Team
2013	Danny Patterson Mike Murray	Scott Jones Jay Mingrone	Dave Shiels Kiwanis Club of Moncton
2012	Vernon Thomas Todd Messer	Dave Taylor Lorri Henry	Dave Durepos Jason Peters
2011	Norval McConnell Keith Thomas	Danny Aucoin Lorraine Simonds	Jeff Roberts Kim Giddens
2010	Adam Humphrey Trevor Perry	Frank Brubacher Ron Johnson	Peter Vincent Bill Jarrett
2009	Jim Watters Guy McIsaac	Mark Bohan Byron Barton	Ruth Henry-Dickinson Steve French
2008	Paul Vaughan Joe Sullivan	Lori Wall Steve Chapman	Don McNeill Neil Smith
2007	Scott Wood Brian Greig	James Blackie Tom King	Paul McCarthy Brian Frontain
2006	Bill Gallant Bruce Hendry	Michael Maxwell Glen Spurrell	Wayne Lord Bill Mayberry
2005	Alison Gates Gale Jeffrey	Don Fletcher Azade Hache	Libby O’Brien David Saad
2004	Peter DeMerchant Alan Doucet	Brian Boyd Bob Wallace	Doug Doney Mark Palmer
2003	Garry Fox David Nickerson	Paul DeMerchant Gerald Sullivan	Roger Cormier Robert Munro
2002	Don O’Neill Ray Tonge	Andrew Sharkey Lou VanGuelpen	Trudy Melvin Phil Wright
2001	John Curtis Nancy Morrison	Bob Conley Gary Young	Robert Neal Wayne Veysey
2000	David Fleiger Wayne Mullin	Ken Curwin John MacKay	Norma Shaw Reg Springer
1999	Rob McCosh Tom McGrattan	Doug Prescott Bill Turgeon	Rod Cox Leslie Forbes
1998	Jack Low Hugh Peters	Iain Dunlop David Forrest	Hal Mersereau Don Walker
1997	Phil Chisholm Brian Harris	Larry Gould Garth Wade	Al O'Blenis Dick Slipp
1996	Tom Hendershot David McManus	Greg Gould Rick Stocker	Doug Adair Paul Daley
1995	Frank Henderson Dave Ross	Robert (Buzz) Betts Dick Murphy	Dave Ring Douglas Skinner
1994	Rod Aube Seward Neilsen	Dwight Dickinson Andrea Dwyer	Jon Brain Ken Scott
1993	Chuck Beyea Dick Steeves	Irene King Dennis Rollins	Fran Hughes Terry Duguay
1992	Frank Cluff Art Gremley	Peter Corby Barb MacMullin	Claire Mitton Ivan Rideout
1991	Chuck Prescott Fran McHugh	Peter McAleenan Malcolm Early	Judy Astle Peg McAleenan
1990	Jim Morell Don Mills	Al Casey Bob English	Dave Kean Bill Davis
1989	Bryan Whitfield Ken Estabrooks	Hector Roach Terry Miller	Tony Troy Bob Bonnell
1988	Les Hull Bill Agnew	John Kirk Steve O'Rourke	Lorne Whalen Phil Sharkey
1987	Joan Nichols Brian McCarthy	Keith Gorman Brian Forsythe	Tom Hanley Rip Seely
1986	Walter Golding Jim Purcell	David Daye Mike Jackson	Beef Malcolm Bill Reardon
1985	Don Grant Tony Tammaro	Earl Wilcox Bunt Shaw	Doug Costello David Nutbrown
1984	Fred Horgan Dave MacMullin	Joanne Thurrot Ed Skiffington	Rankine Smith Ralph Fitzpatrick
1983	Bill Vaughan Ernie Holton	Gladys Bell Rick Cotter	Art Pottle Greg Murphy
1982	Bill Ritchie Harry Smith	Don Nelson Judy Wilson	Dunc McGeachy Butch Cogswell
1981	Marg Corbin Gord Label	Ron Hooper Leckie Langley	Joyce Slipp Wayne MacKay

HONOURARY LIFE MEMBERS:

2018 - Seward Neilson (Saint John)
2017 - David Daye (Woodstock)
           David Saad (Fredericton)
2010 - Chuck Beyea (Clarendon)
2008 - Cindy Floyd (Quispamsis)
            Art Gremley (Miramichi)
2007 - Chuck Prescott (New Maryland)
           Joyce Slipp (Fredericton)
           Peter McAleenan (sussex)
           Brian Forsythe (Moncton)
           Rick Cotter (Fredericton)
           Jack Low (Riverview)
           Bill Ritchie (Fredericton)
           Fred Horgan (Saint John)
           Ron Hooper (Petitcodiac)
           Gord Lebel (Fredericton)
           Ralph Fitzpatrick (Saint John)
 

Year	Volunteer of the Year	Association of the Year	Team of the Year
2022
2021		506 Elite
2018	Mike Lavigne (Fredericton)	Salisbury Minor BA	1988 NB Men's Junior Team (National Silver Medal)
2017	Jeff Mowatt (Moncton)	Kennebecasis Valley BA	MKMBA U14 Girls
2016	Robert Campbell (Salisbury)
2015	Robert (Bob) Fife (Hampton)
2014	Jim Ryan (Sussex)
2013	Bryan Crosby (Moncton)
2012	Des McCarthy (Sussex)
2011	Chris & Lynda Smith (Saint John)
2010	Mark McAleese (Riverview)
2009	George Flanagan (Quispamsis)
2008	Terry Hatt (St. George)