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It's fair to say that Duane was born holding a basketball. His father, Peter, was selected to the German National Basketball Youth Squad in the early 1960's before he moved to Australia. Duane began playing at an early age and has been a member of Manly Warringah Basketball Association (MWBA) since 1986, through which he completed his first referee's course at age 11. Duane's younger brother, Cameron, has represented Manly Warringah as a junior and in their Youth League team. He also played basketball for Lismore's State League team, and for the Southern Cross University team.

Now 29, Duane has played, coached and refereed at representative level, participating in the Sydney Junior Championships (as a player, coach and referee) as well as what was known as the "Metro Cup" (as a referee) in the early 1990's. He also represented Beacon Hill High School (as a player) both in the Sydney Schools competition along with the Shell Cup between 1989 and 1993.

Duane recently moved to Tweed Heads and has become involved with basketball there. He is now looking after the representative referees for the Tweed Coast Slammers. Along with basketball, Duane's interests include computers, playing sport and riding his motorbike.

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