A team of 32 International Technical Officials will ensure the smooth running of the 2017 IWBF Asia Oceania Championships, which are set to take place in Beijing, China between the 20th to 29th October.
Lorraine Landon (AUS) will manage the competition as Tournament Director, with Matt Wells (AUS) alongside her as AOZ Technical Officer, supported by AOZ Secretary General Don Perriman (AUS) and IWBF Technical Chairman Norbert Kucera (GER).
Running the games will be commissioners Taichi Nishimura (JPN), Ang Kean Koo (MAS), Chen Chuan Jun (TPE).
On court, 15 referees will make up the crews, they are: Blaine Krapljanov (AUS), Barry Spicer (AUS), Fengwin Wang (CHN), Jun Zhang (CHN), Tomas Pajer (CZE), Mehdi Aghajani (IRI), Jafar Mohammed Pour (IRI), Ahmed al Shuwali (IRQ), Takahiro Hirata (JPN), Ryotaro Kishi (JPN), Ayman Moumani (JOR), Jung Hoon Shin (KOR), Shu-Fei Hseih (TPE), Somkiat Ngoenphotduang (THA), Mohammed Al Ali (UAE).
Off court, Sebastien Gauthier (CAN), Eisuke Kanno (JPN), and Poh Boon Yap (MAS) will act as the referee supervisors.
A team of 7 personnel will oversee the classification at the tournament. Lisa Chaffey (AUS) will act as the Classification Instructor working with AOZ Classification Officer Toufic Allouche (LIB) and classifiers Raul Cembrano (PHI), Jin Yin Tan (MAS), Tim Maloney (AUS), Omid Mirzahosseini (IRI) Masahisa Komatsu (JPN).