This post is just to let everyone know the dates as early as possible. Registrations and other information will become available at a later date.

It also provides our athletes a legitimate 2-week break before commencing pre-season. This benefits our players physical and mental prepareration for the season ahead.

On top of the on-court benefits for players and coaches, parents/guardians also get more time to organise logistics, including sourcing the required uniform and attire.

A wonderful evening at Eagle Stadium on Saturday night as the Devils went pink for our Youth and Senior Women’s double header.

The night was a celebration and raised much-needed funds for The McGrath Foundation, raising money for breast cancer nurses across Australia.

Werribee Basketball’s High Performance Camp was a great success on Friday, with participants and parents alike raving about the high-intensity clinic.

The first of our four School Holiday Camps this July, High Performance Camp gave VJBL representative players the chance to test their skills using draft combine-style testing with professional testing company Primco Testing Solutions.

Atheletes also had a terrific session with NZ Olympic Coach Kennedy Kereama. Coach Kereama stayed throughout the camp and provided invaluable advice that will help participants develop their on-court skills.

Parents and athletes have already started to let us know what they thought of the camp.

Participant Tyler Evans’ mum Sonia said:

“My son Tyler really enjoyed the high performance camp. We’re stoked to hear that he got the second highest in the vertical leap! It was well run and gives my child a starting point on where he needs to to improve on his skills”

Participant Leo Li said:

“It was fun and inspiring! It taught me a lot of stuff. It was very enjoyable! Epic!”

Josiah Beaten’s father Hugh said:

“My boy was so happy with the way you guys ran it. As a parent who has sat through a few of these and having watched some of yours today I was impressed with the drills you were getting the players to do. More please.”

Devean Lyons’ parents Megan and Clayton said:

“Devean had an awesome day, camp was action packed and well run, look forward to next week’s shooting camp. Job well done WBA! #welovewerribeebasketball”

There are still some places available for our three Holiday Camps coming up in the second week in the holidays: Domestic Shooting on Tuesday, Elite Shooting on Wednesday and Game Play Super Camp on Friday.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE REMAINING CAMPS

Our school holiday camps were again a huge success. Here are some photos from the camps:

Any questions about future camps can be directed to the Player & Coach Development Manager, Reece Potter.

Email:

reece.potter@wyndhambasketball.com 

Phone: (03) 9742 5440 

Our brand new t-shirt design are now available!

The t-shirts are $45 for a pack of two (one grey, one charoal) and you can buy them this weekend!

We will be in Eagle Stadium’s foyer on Saturday from 9am until 4pm and at the uniform shop on Sunday between 9am and 11am – don’t miss out!

Whether you play domestic, representative, Big V, are a referee or just a supporter of Werribee Basketball, you can now represent the WBA in style.

Make sure you get yours before the Queens Birthday long weekend!

Werribee Basketball’s referees have taken out three major awards at the Technical Officials Commission’s (formerly VBRA) annual awards in May.

Highlighting just how strong Werribee’s program is, our referees won Large Referee Branch of the Year, Branch president Allison Scholey won the Marg Gorman Female Domestic Senior Basketball Referee of the Year and Werribee’s own Ron Clarke was awarded Life Membership of the TOC.

Allison said the Large Branch of the Year award was a tribute to the years of work by all of Werribee’s referees.

“This award is due to the hard work that people like Ron and many others have put in over the years, the people who set up the association – I’m just the cat who got the cream!”

“We have 215 referees in our program now and our continued growth is testament to the refereeing pathways we provide,” Allison said.

Not wanting to dwell on her own award, Allison simply said she was honoured. She said her career highlight was definitely refereeing with her daughter. 

“I started a long time ago just to save some money for a holiday to England. I would never have imagined I’d be here all these years later still enjoying getting out on court and guiding our younger referees through!”

Ron’s elevation into the Hall of Fame comes 34 years after he started refereeing at Werribee as a 17 year old.

While he is now based in Melbourne, during his many years at Werribee he officiated domestically, through the state league program, at Big V, SEABL and NBL level.

He spent many years as Referee’s Advisor of Werribee’s program and has been instrumental helping guide the program to become what it is today.

Ron says his time teaching the next generation of referees is what he enjoys most.

“I like seeing the kids develop life skills. What our young referees learn on the court and the confidence they get from refereeing, they take that with them into the outside world.”

Ron said receiving the recognition from the TOC was very emotional.

“I don’t consider this an award. For me, it’s an achievement. It’s recognition of a lot of hard work and I’m thrilled by it.”

Werribee Basketball is pleased to announced our latest sponsor to sign on in support of the club, Franky’s A1 Car Sales.

Franky’s A1 Car Sales is a family owned business based here in Werribee and specialise in buying, selling and repairing vehicles.

Our sponsors are critical to helping the association run, so we encourage Werribee Basketball members looking to buy or sell your car to head down to Franky’s.

For more details you can visit Franky’s website here or call 03 9742 6007.

You’re invited to Werribee Basketball’s night of nights!
Our Gala Dinner is a celebration of the achievements of our domestic clubs, representative teams and all players, coaches officials, administrators and volunteers!

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS

Any questions or enquires can be directed to Daniela Borg – secretary@wyndhambasketball.com

You may notice Werribee Basketball’s Player and Coach Development Manager Reece Potter walking around Eagle Stadium with a big smile on his face this week – and it’s with good reason!

As head coach of the Vic Metro U18s Womens, last week Reece led his side to the gold medal at Basketball Australia’s National Championships in Geelong.

Describing the week as “a great thrill,” Reece said he was grateful for the opportunity to coach at a national level.

“Coaching the next generation of top-line basketballers at a national championship really is a great honour. To go through the tournament undefeated and win the gold medal made it even more worthwhile!”

Reece, who also coaches Werribee’s Senior Women’s side in the Big V, has built quite a name for himself as an up-and-coming star of Australian coaching. At just 26, he can already boast stints as an assistant coach in the WNBL and as head coach at SEABL and Big V level.

With this impressive resume, where does a National Championship rank in his career so far?

“It’s right up there. It was a huge week in Geelong and the players were terrific all week. There is a certain level of pressure that comes with playing for Vic Metro – expectations are always high. Our girls handled that brilliantly and deserve the accolades.”

It wasn’t all smooth sailing for the Vic Metro girls. In a pool game against NSW Metro, they found themselves 20 points down in the third quarter.

The team chipped away at the margin and with three seconds on the clock scores were level. A missed lay-up followed by a tip-in on the buzzer helped the Victorians steal an exciting victory.

“We were lucky to get out of that one. To get out of that hole gave the group a lot of confidence and highlighted the fact we had a seriously good team,” Reece said of the dramatic victory.

And what next for Coach Potter?

“I’m really looking forward to the rest of the Big V season. We’ve lost a couple of close games early, but we’re focused on turning it around and I’m hopeful we can push towards the finals.”

Are you an aspiring sports broadcaster? Perhaps you love creating atmosphere in crowds. Werribee Basketball could have the perfect role for you!

We are looking for a court announcer for our Big V home games at Eagle Stadium.

The court announcer is a paid position and is responsible for getting the crowd involved during all Devils’ home games.

You will be required to work all Big V home games and be comfortable speaking in front of crowds and using a microphone.

You can apply by sending your resume to info@wyndhambasketball.com