After a playing career that included winning provincial high school championships with Miller in 1978-79 and five seasons with the University of Regina, Poncsak became a basketball official who also instructed clinics, supervised and served as an administrator and executive locally, provincially and nationally until his 2021 death at age 59.
In addition to officiating professional basketball leagues in Saskatchewan, he also refereed Canada Games and university championships, with the highlights being gold medal assignments at the 2005 Canada Summer Games in Regina, the 2000 CIAU women’s final in Edmonton and the 2009 USports women’s final in Regina.
Poncsak was on the Saskatchewan senior men’s team handball squad from 1986-99, afterwards becoming a Level IV coach with the national team and, as technical director and executive director of the Saskatchewan Team Handball Federation, helping to develop local senior leagues, a high school program and the long-running Heritage Classic tournament.
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