By Marcus Uhe
Former head coach of the Clyde North Ravens Basketball Club, Michael Juaneza has been suspended from all basketball activities for 10 years following a Basketball Victoria tribunal hearing on Monday 26 September at Casey Stadium.
Mr Juaneza pleaded guilty to all charges of cheating and bringing basketball into disrepute, a Basketball Victoria spokesperson said.
His guilty plea resulted in the decade-long ban, and a separate two-year ban from attending basketball venues.
Meanwhile, the club’s former president, Leslie Juaneza, was found guilty by the tribunal after initially offering a not-guilty plea to the same charges of cheating and bringing basketball into disrepute.
She received a two-year ban from basketball activities but was not banned from attending basketball venues which will allow her to spectate games involving her children, according to a Basketball Victoria spokesperson.
The club was also fined a maximum penalty of $500 for the same charges.
Mr Juaneza said that an appeal had been submitted and that legal representation was being sought, but did not specify which outcomes were being appealed.
On Thursday 15 September, the club announced it had ceased operations after the Casey Basketball Association declared it would not accept future entries from the club unless it reformed as a non-for-profit entity.
