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.
Youth League Trials for 2024 Season!
Youth League is coming back to The Wolves in 2024!
If you are interested in representing Wolves in our Mens or Womens teams, register to trial this November (held over two days):
Trial 1 – 4 November 2023
Completed
Trial 2 – 11 November 2023
Completed
Results of the Youth League Trials will be released soon via email.
Wolves Junior Reps 2024 Season!
Now that our Junior Rep Trials have concluded and training has commenced, you might be wondering what’s next, to ensure you have access to the latest updates make sure you save this page and refer to it when you have any Reps related questions.
What’s next
If you have already done:
- Accepted to be part of the 2024 Wolves Representative Program and paid acceptance fee.
- Read through the Wolves Representative Handbook 2024.
- Signed the agreement (player and parent) section and returned completed form to reps@thewolves.au.
- Attended Wolves Reps Information Day.
- Ordered and paid for the uniform kit.
- Collected your fitness test results.
Then the next steps are:
- Attend training every Tuesday and Thursday.
- Plan for Central Coast Classic (accommodation, transport, team functions etc.)
- Lock in the below dates to your calendar:
Team Photos & Uniform Presentation Evening – 30 January 2024
Central Coast Classic Tournament – 2 – 4 February 2024 - Await further communication on future updates.
Reps Training Schedule
ALL training at Billbergia Indoor Centre – Home of the Wolves has been cancelled for 5 & 7 December 2023, refer to your team WhatsApp group for more information.
Note: Tap on your age group to expand your preferred section.
5:00pm – 6:30pm
U12B Orange Training Court 1
U12B White Training Court 2
U12B Black Training Court 3
U12 Girls Training Court 4
5:00pm – 6:30pm
U14 Girls Training Court 5
6:30pm – 8:00pm
U14B Orange Training Court 6
U14B White Training Court 1
U14B Black Training Court 2
U14B Grey Training Court 3
6:30pm – 8:00pm
U16 Girls Training Court 4
8:00pm – 9:30pm
U16B Orange Training Court 1
U16B White Training Court 2
U16B Black Training Court 5
6:30pm – 8:00pm
U18 Girls Training Court 5
8:00pm – 9:30pm
U18B Orange Training Court 3
U18B White Training Court 4
U18B Black Training Court 6
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.
Every player was given the opportunity to try on the sample kit (by iAthletic) prior to placing their order.
For players that were not able to attend the Information Day, you will be able to try on the sample kit at your first training session Tuesday, 13 November 2023.
Every player that completed the fitness testing at the Information Day, will have their results given to them at their first training session Tuesday, 13 November 2023.
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
Wolves Representative Handbook 2024
Our Wolves Representative Handbook can be downloaded by tapping the below button or you can read directly from our webpage below.
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.
