Taree Basketball is determined to provide young players with the facilities to improve their skills.
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With plans in place to also increase the number of children playing the game in the Manning, the focus is squarely on the number of accredited coaches as a basis to achieve those results.
This weekend on Sunday at Saxby’s Stadium in Taree 14 people will be attending the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) Club Basketball Coach Course (previously known as level one) to gain accreditation to help guide junior basketball talent into the future.
The course will be conducted by former Taree Tornadoes representative, Martin McLean, who is the current Basketball NSW Coach of the Year.
Martin grew up and played representative basketball in Taree before moving to Newcastle where he played in the South East Australian Basketball League with the Newcastle Hunters before stepping up to play in the National Basketball League with the Newcastle Falcons.
He is the president and basketball co-ordinator for Newcastle Basketball, which includes head coach duties, and the tradition continues within the family with his daughter, Cassidy, being a member of the Australian U17 women’s team, the Sapphires, who made basketball history earlier in the year by defeating Italy 62-38 in the final of the 2016 FIBA U17 world championships in Spain. Cassidy has also made her debut for the Sydney Uni Flames in the National Women’s Basketball League and as a 16-year-old certainly has an impressive playing resume at such a young age.
Will we or won’t we ? Taree Basketball has submitted an application for a Community Building Partnership Program 2016 grant for the refurbishment of the floors at Saxby's Stadium. With recipients soon to be announced hopes are high for funds to be allocated to allow this work to be completed.
Saxby’s Stadium was constructed and is maintained with funds raised by and granted to Taree Basketball and as the Manning’s premier indoor complex where basketball, futsal, netball, badminton and disability sports are played each week, it would be good to tick the floor refurbishment off the “to do” list.
Massive news this week from St Joseph’s Primary School where their girls and boys teams returned home from the Catholic Primary Schools Basketball Challenge which was played across venues in Queanbeyan and the Australian Capital Territory with very impressive results.
The St Joeys girls team won the challenge and the boys also turned in a very creditable performance to finish third.
Individual players are still welcome to sign up for Saturday school basketball with the weekly game fee set at $5 and all players are required to hold a current Basketball NSW individual registration which may be paid at Saxby’s Stadium tomorrow. Children who have played in competitions earlier in the year and paid their registration fees at that time will not be required to pay again.