REGISTRATIONS

• Registration OPENS on Monday 22nd July 2024
• Registration CLOSES on Sunday 11th August 2024

Please read through the below information before registering.

All players must register via PlayHQ within the registration period. Registrations can be done here

SEASON DATES

• Saturday u8-u14 girls and u8-u16 Juniors begins 5th October 2024 and ends 29th March 2025.
• Sunday u18 and u20 Juniors begins 6th October 2024 and ends 30th March 2025
• Tuesday girls u16 – u20 girls competition begins 8th October 2024 and ends 25th March 2025

Girls are permitted to play in a Juniors (Boys) team, however, they must also be part of a Girls team unless exempt. Please contact the Club if your daughter wants to play in both the Juniors and Girl’s competitions as two (2) registrations will be required.

AGE CUTOFF DATES

For the Summer 2024/25 season, the cut-off date for ALL age groups is the player must be under the age as of 30th April 2025

eg. A player turning 12 on the 1st of May (or after) WILL be eligible to play in u12’s.

A player turning 12 before (and including) the 30th April 2025, will NOT be eligible for u12’s and will age up to u14’s.

Any player turning 20 before (and including) the 30th April 2025 email operations@solwaybasketball.com 

CLUB REGISTRATION FEES

• Under 8s to U16s:        $310
• Under 18s and U20s :   $260

NOTES:

• Fee is per player per team.  The higher fee for U8-U16 is to cover venue hire for weekly training.
• No discounts for siblings or for 2nd teams
• NB: Basketball Victoria charges an extra annual registration fee to cover competition administration, affiliation and insurance costs. This fee of $29 (up to 17 years) or $43 (18 years and above) may be charged again for Winter 2024 Registration and will cover the registered player for a year from their registration date.
• Basketball Australia has introduced a mandatory annual Game Development levy of $5.50 (inc gst) per player. This fee will be added to your total at the payment section of the registration. More information on BA Game Development levy can be found here.
• Venue entry fees are no longer being charged, instead this cost has been incorporated into weekly competition fees and are now covered by your Player registration fee.
• Please refer to PlayHQ for further information

LATE REGISTRATIONS

All late registrations enquiries must be sent to [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: players who do not register and pay BY THE DUE DATE will not be included in the initial formation of teams.

Players registering after the closing date will only be placed where team spots are available, if any.

ALLOCATION REQUESTS

During the registration process, players are invited to nominate up to three friends that they would like to be in a team with. Age group coordinators take these requests into consideration whilst making teams, however there are no guarantees that these requests will be met.

Players with specific requests regarding allocations into teams should contact the Club before the close of registrations via email on [email protected]

More information on the team selection process can be found here

TRAINING

Solway Club training will commence at the beginning of Term 4, 2024 once all Training venues re-open. Training times and days for each team are set according to the coach’s availability. Venues include Solway Primary School, Ashwood High School, Parkhill Primary School, St Michael’s Primary School (Ashburton), Essex Heights Primary School, Stonnington Stadium, APARC and Waverley Basketball Stadium.

COACHES AND TEAM MANAGERS

The Club is seeking additional coaches and team managers for our upcoming season. Please register your interest on the registration form or contact your Age Group Co-ordinator and/or email the Club.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF TEAMS FOR NEXT SEASON

Teams for the Summer 2024/25 season will be posted on the Solway Basketball Club’s website on the evening of Tuesday 17th September 2024 – After the last grand final is played. 

The coach, team manager and training details for each team will be available if allocated.

Following team announcements, the team manager will be issued a team contact list and will connect with the team to provide game and training details.

We have the right to change team allocations up until the completion of grading if/as required

REFUNDS

Club registration fees are set as low as possible to ensure that participation in basketball is affordable for families when compared with other junior sports.

Each basketball season commences within a few weeks of the closing date for registrations. Once registrations close teams are finalised. Once teams are finalised the Club makes financial commitments towards the booking of training venues, allocation into competitions at Waverley and, for some teams, coaches. These commitments must be made before the commencement of each season. Given this, the Club appreciates your acknowledgement that refunds of Club fees post the close of registrations can only be considered in writing, under exceptional circumstances and with the approval of the Club President.

The Club is unable to facilitate refunds of Basketball Victoria fees.

INSURANCE

As indicated above, the Basketball Victoria fees include coverage for all non-Medicare costs associated with injury occurring to players, coaches and team managers at Solway’s training venues or during games.

Please ensure your injury is recorded by the venue at the time when the injury occurred.

For more information on insurance coverage, including how to make a claim, please refer to www.vinsurancegroup.com/basketball

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Any queries should be emailed from the contact form on this site, by selecting Registration Enquiry from the menu