It is with great pleasure that we can recognise a milestone in the sport of Broomball in Australia.

BASA (Broomball Association of South Australia is celebrating its 30th bitrthday in 2012.

Created as a social distraction 30 years ago by a few hardy soles some who are still playing in Adelaide, the sport has moved from earlier rinks to the current location at Thebarton when the old Payneham rink closed its doors many many years ago.

BASA members have attended every World Championship and can boast two Secretary Generals of the IFBA.

There is now available an 'official' web site available covering all the details of the 2012 IFBA World Broomball Championships being held in Ottawa.

It can be found at the following address: www.2012worldbroomball.ca

It is with great pleasure that we are able to confirm that Mr Doug Nixon, the current IFBA Referee in Chief will again be in Melbourne for the 2012 Broomball Australia Nationals being held from March 7th - 11th.

With the weather in Canada where he lives currently around -37c the warmer shores of Australia will help thaw him out.

Recently Broomball Victoria went live with their new web site. The home of the 'Thunder' contains much information including details on the up-coming Broomball Australia Nationals and is certainly worth the visit.

It can be found at the following address: www.broomballvictoria.org.au

After posting the information on the 20th anniversary of the worlds an email was received from Doug Nixon the IFBA Referee in Chief.

His email is reproduced below:

Yes I remember that also.

It was a great deal of fun. I played for the mens ( Roblin Millers ) and the Mixed ( Selkirk Flying Angels , who won the Mixed ).

We also beat Embrum in the Nationals that year , but did not meet them in the finals. I remember watching the Aussies and their kick passing.

A significant anniversary has arrived.

It is twenty years since the first IFBA World Broomball Championship - and there was an Aussie team present.

The first Worlds was held in Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Australia had both a Mens and a Mixed team present. It is interesting to see that some of the team are still out there on the ice every week. For images and team members go to the BASA site at www.basa.org.au and look for the story at the top of the home page.

Many thanks to Kim Shapley for the information.

The Broomball community across the globe is saddend to learn that we have lost a member of our playing family.

Broomball Australia joins with our fellow broomballers around the world in paying respect to Michael Tanguay.

To his family and friends our thoughts go out to you.

Michael played on the Frost Broomball team.

Alan Jabs
President Broomball Australia

(The following is posted on the IFBA Web Site)

In Memory of Michael Tanguay,

The Executive of Broomball Australia has been actively persuing membership of the ASC (Australian Sports Commission) To date we have prepared a significant document and support evidence which will support our application. The aim is to gain recognition at a Federal level which will allow access to significant resources, grants and high level recognition by important sponsors and sporting organisations that will assist with the development and promotion of Broomball within Australia as well as Internationally.

It has now been confirmed that the Broomball Australia Nationals to be held in March 2012 have fixed the date as 7th - 11th March 2012.
Host Association Broomball Victoria is now well into the planning of the event with session and game times to be confirmed in early 2012 and once member associations advise of team numbers.