Our goal is to develop highly skilled players who have the mental, technical and physical attributes to play at the state level in the BNSW Waratah Junior League and BNSW Waratah Senior League. Our representative basketball program fosters a positive, fulfilling experience for everyone involved.
Players are selected via a set of trials conducted before the commencement of the new season according to age group.
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Youth League 2024 Season
The Wolves Youth League team is about to kick off the season with games commencing 17 March 2024.
The 2024 season homes games are:
17 March – 1:00pm
23 March – 3:30pm
6 April – 12:00pm
7 April – 1:00pm
14 April – 11:00am
27 April – 11:00am
4 May – 11:00am
15 June – 12:00pm
6 July – 11:00am
20 July – 12:00pm
3 August- 12:00pm
4 August – 11:00am
These homes game dates are correct as at 21 February 2024, and are subject to change.
Wolves Junior Reps 2024 Season!
The 2024 Waratah Junior Metro League season kicks off in March and to prepare you for the season we have a list of things to note:
- Media Day aka team photos – we are in the midst of locking in the details, we expect to launch the media day in February.
- Preseason games – prior to the season starting some teams may have preseason games, these games will be held on the below dates:
24-25 February 2024
2-3 March 2024
9-10 March 2024
Detailed information will be provided to teams as it is made available to us. - Season commences – the draw will be finalised once the pre-season games have concluded, Round 1 will be on 17 March 2024. For a full list of the round dates refer to your Reps Handbook.
What’s next
If you haven’t already, make sure you do the following:
- Make your regular Reps payments.
- Favourite link the Reps Handbook (full of helpful information).
- Join your team WhatsApp group.
- Know and connect with your Team Manager.
- Learn the parent bench duties and mark in your calendar when you are rostered to do your bench duty.
FAQs
Team Head Coaches have been announced and published in your Wolves Representative Handbook – check out pages 10 and 11 for detailed list.
Assistant Coaches and Team Managers will be announced soon!
The 2024 fees are:
Player: $1,600
Development Player: $900
To ensure parents have adequate time to pay the fees, we have broken the fees into manageable payments:
Payment 1: Position acceptance fee due 1 November 2023
Payment 2: Player levy due 6 December 2023
Payment 3: Player levy due 31 January 2024
Payment 4: Player levy due 10 March 2024
Note: This excludes the uniform costs which was ordered at Information Day.
Reps training commences the week beginning 13 November 2023 and well be held every Tuesday and Thursday (see table above for exact times).
There will be a break of the Christmas school holidays with a revised training session schedule leading into the start of the season.
Our Information Day was held Sunday, 12 November 2023 – 11am to 3pm.
There was the following sessions during the day:
- Introduction to Wolves Representative Program
- Uniform fitting and ordering
- Bench Official course for the parents/guardians
- Wellness session
- On court session
- Fitness testing
- Meet your teammates!
If you missed the Information Day please reach out to reps@thewolves.au to find out the relevant information for you.
We understand that there was a lot of information delivered to parents and guardians at the Information Day, the course was designed to give you a better understanding of what to expect. We will be supporting bench officials during home games, especially towards the start of the season.
We recommend that all parents utilise the local Friday Night Competition to familiarise themselves with the tablet (Courtside App) and our scorepad/scoreboard system.
In addition to this, there are a number of online resources available (some of these are dated but still useful to refer to):
User guide:
Courtside user guide
Instruction videos:
Part 1: Launch and setup
Part 2: Adding a new player or coach
Part 3: Assigning scores, fouls and timeouts
Part 4: Editing actions
Part 5: Referee actions
2024 Wolves Representative Program Sponsors
More information
- Players MUST register online and pay a one off $50 fee for the trial. This fee must be paid at least 48 hours prior to the first trial.
- Players are guaranteed at least two trials before the squads will be reduced
- Players are asked to wear a light/dark reversible singlet to trials.
- All trials are held at the Billbergia Sports Centre- Home of the Wolves at 9 Grand Ave, Camellia NSW 2142.
- All selected players and a parent will be required to attend the compulsory team meeting. Day & time of this meeting will be released in the next few weeks.
- Parents will not be permitted to sit courtside but may wait in the café inside the facility.
Players looking to trial from another Association must complete the online “Intent to Trial Form” . Once this form is submitted, BNSW and all associations involved, will receive an email notifying them of your application.
If you are selected in a Wolves Representative team, player clearance will be processed by The Wolves Basketball Association online with the previous Association. Please note that clearances can be blocked due to outstanding monies or items to the Association the player is leaving from.
If selected in a Wolves Representative team, interstate players must complete an Interstate Clearance Form.
BNSW permit the Wolves Representative Program to accept a maximum of two transfers per junior age group from other Representative Associations competing in the Waratah Junior Metro League. Players who have moved into The Wolves council region are required to apply for special consideration to not be classified as a transfer.
Premier Division, Division 1 and 2 are allowed one transfer per team.
Players who were not named in any team and did not play in Pre-Season or the regular Season in the previous season will be classified as a “free” transfer if playing in Division 1 or below. They will still require a clearance to be processed.
Where a player has moved into the Wolves ouncil Area, special conditions may apply.
If you wish to be considered for any representative team and you are injured or too unwell to trial at the set dates, please email reps@the-wolves.com.au and inform the nature of your issue accompanied with a Medical Certificate.