What does it cost to nominate your team?

The team nomination fee of $40.00 must be paid when nominating the team.

How to nominate your team:

• Returning teams from the current competition can nominate online or by returning the attached form to NSBA.

https://membership.sportstg.com/regoform.cgi?formID=36674

• New teams must complete the attached form and return by email, or dropping it off at the stadium – Level 5, 36 Hume Street.

Where are games played?

We play games at six venues:

·        North Sydney Indoor Sports Centre (36 Hume Street, Crow’s Nest)

·        Willoughby Leisure Centre (Small Street, Willoughby)

·        Marie Bashir Mosman Sports Centre  (1A Cross Street Mosman)

·        St Michaels Primary School (181-187 Longueville Road

·        North Sydney Boys high School (Cnr Falcon and Miller Street.

·        Dunnet Hall Redlands Junior School (Allister Street Cremorne)

 

Please note we mainly designate Kindy, U8’s where back boards can be lowered ie NSISC, St Mics. U12’s also go to external venues mainly due to time slots available for their age group.

 

When does the competition start?

Games commence on Saturday 8th September, the competition goes for 10 rounds, finishing on 1st December.

The Top 4 teams in each U12 and U13 division participate in a Gala Finals Day which will be held on 8th December.

Kindy, U8’s and U10’s teams will finish on the 1^st December.  Each player receives a participation award on the 1^st, if a team is on bye a team member can collect the participation awards from the front desk at NSISC on the 1st. Team playing at St.Michales will receive their awards at the venue.

 

COMPETITION GAME FEES (all prices GST inclusive)

All teams’ games fees must be paid in advance by Friday 28^th September. Game Fees can be paid at NSISC in person or over the phone, Bank Transfer.

Unfortunately, our online payment system is unable to process part payments, so the entire fee must be paid by one person.  If teams want individual team members to pay separate amounts this must be done over the counter.

 

 

 

Individual Registration Fees

Each individual in the team must be registered with Northern Suburbs Basketball Association in affiliation with BNSW, this can be done through the NSBA website or over the counter.  Registration is for 12 months.

 

Category	Cost
Junior - 12 yrs and over	$88.00
Mini Ball - Under 12 yrs	$78.00

 

Miniball Competition Format

 

Scheduling of Games

The following is a general guide for the scheduling of games for each age group.  The number of teams accepted into the competition will determine the venue for each division.

 

Approximate Game Times Guide

 

·         U8’s -    from 7.30am - NSISC, 8.00am - St Mic’s

·         U10’s –  from 8.00am – St Mics, 10.00am - NSISC

·         U12’s –  from 11.45am at NSISC,

-       From 12.00pm - NSBHS, 12.30pm - Marie Bashir 1.15pm – WLC, 2.00pm - Dunnet Hall.

·         U13’s –  from 2.30pm - NSISC

 

·         Sunday Game Dates - please note teams rostered to WLC will play the first Sunday 9^th September.  Games will be played at NSISC between 9.30pm and 1.15pm.

 

·         All WLC divisions will be back playing on Saturdays from the 15^th September.

 

Age Divisions

·         Kindy (must not turn 7 during calendar year 2018)

·         U8’s    (must not turn 8 during calendar year 2018)

·         U10’s (must not turn 10 during calendar year 2018)

·         U12’s (must not turn 12 during calendar year 2018) 

·         U13’s (must not turn 13 during calendar year 2018)

 

Gender Specific Age Divisions 

 

·         U8’s can be mixed, all female, all male teams in a division.

• U10’s and U12’s will have all female divisions, all male divisions and mixed divisions. Mixed has to have 3 of same gender on court at all times.
• U13’s are all female and all male divisions, no mixed.

 

Conditions of Participation

1.     Players must be registered with NSBA and must provide photo Id when requested by staff. E.g. Passport or birth certificate.

2.     All players must comply with the NSBA By-laws and           Competition Rules.

3.     Team grading is the sole responsibility of NSBA. Grading after week Three.

Grading Details – when filling out the nomination please select one of the grading levels. If you are unsure which level to choose please ask for guidance. If you select Top you will be placed in Division one. Bottom is the Lowest. The others are a guide to where you may fit in one of the age divisions. Over the first three weeks we will be asking teams to give us feedback as to how the games are played. If we get the grading’s correct of the nomination form this will hopefully result in less blowouts in the first three weeks. Checking game results are entered correctly. Human error with the results can be the cause of teams being regraded incorrectly.

4.     Children can only play for one team per age division ie U12’s.

5.     Children can also play for one other team up an age group ie U10’s up in U12’s and U12’s up in U13’s and so on. *(Further description – a player is 11 years old in this calendar year, they play for U12’s in one team only. They can also play in U13’s also for one team only, even U14’s in one team only)*.

 

6.     Player Sharing to avoid a forfeit, teams can borrow players from lower divisions in same age division to avoid forfeiting. A team can borrow enough players to have one substitute.

 

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8.     NSBA retains the right not to accept any nomination.

 

More information pertaining to the structure of the Miniball Competition can be found by viewing the NSBA bye-laws.