The Big Bangs France launched their activities in April 2010. After taking benefits from a tournament organized in the Alps, we sponsored two teams, boys and girls, in the inter-uni annual tournament. Great success!
The IEP boys and girls teams won their respective tournament in Strasbourg, France. The teams, led by Cesar and Domi, both member of French board, gave their maximum to beat teams like Paris, Lyon or Lille.
In spite of a difficult draw, the boys did a terrific come back to win, in a breathtaking final game, the championship …

Ladies and Gents!
Last year we had 3 players make it on to the CPL All-Star Ballot… this year we have 6!!
So congratulations to the following:
Div 1 North: Brian Familar Matt Goodwin Raff Webb
Div 1 South: Wayne Peoples
Div 2 North: Pierre Johannessen Beau Lloyd
The voting is limited to ONLY CPL PLAYERS – so if you haven’t yet, make sure you get your votes in by heading to the Canberra Player’s League website at www.canberraplayersleague.com and follow the instructions on how to vote!
Voting ends on Australia Day, 26th of January, so …

ACT Australian of the Year 2010 awards go off with a BIG BANG
BIG BANGS CEO, Pierre Johannessen has been named ACT Young Australian of the Year
Canberra, Thursday 26 November 2009:
The BIG BANGS CEO, Pierre Johannessen has been awarded the title of ACT Young Australian of the Year.
Chief Minister Jon Stanhope presented Johannessen with the coveted award at the National Portrait Gallery recognising his tireless efforts in humanitarian aid globally.
Johannessen co-founded the BIG BANG BALLERS, an international NGO using the game of basketball to tackle youth poverty and social disadvantage. In …

WALID:  
after coming home today, i felt damn bad; partly because we lost, but a lot more thinking that i won’t be playing anymore games with you guys.. this team was fantastic… registering for the BBBL was one of my wisest decisions, and I’ll always remember this summer..
thank you asif bhai for your priceless advice and help, both on basketball and life.
thanks to everyone in this team for making me feel part of a team, and helping me throughout this whole tourney.. I’m sorry if i had messed it up anywhere, …

And the streak continues… after a huge previous week, Big Bangs Australia followed up their win against hte Regulators with a victory against the Wingmen.
Fighting off some pretty play by Scotty, the Big Bangs rallied around lots of hustle by Wayne, Ingmar and Brian on the defensive end, with some strong inside play from the bigs Raff and Ilya.
The game was close throughout, one of the key differences coming from Rieuk; after putting in a lot of hours this week in training, Rieuk drained 2 free throws and ended the …

Not a day goes by that I am not filled with pride at the work the Big Bangs continue to do around the world.
From Julien going head to head with the politics of basketball in Pakistan, breaking down social barriers and standing up for everyone’s right to play the game they love, all the way to the Philippines, where a an entirely new family of Big Bangs is nurturing kids and sponsoring a championship team, whose charity work is only just beginning.  Brian’s enthusiasm and drive in his native home …

Wow.  The Big Bang Ballers just spent the morning with none other than Australian cricketing great, Adam Gilchrist.
Gilchrist, Chairman of the National Australia Day Council, met with Pierre at the Civic Youth Centre in Canberra as part of the Australian of the Year Awards.
Pierre was nominated by our good friend and Canberra Players League representative, Dean Brown, who also volunteers his time and efforts to the Big Bang Ballers. A big thank you to Dean and the CPL for their kind words and nomination. The Big(STAR)Bangs are proud to participate and support the Canberra Players …