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

Werribee Basketball is providing aspiring coaches the opportunity to earn accreditation and develop their coaching at the Club Coaching Course (previously level one).

Run at Eagle Stadium on Sunday, April 29 from 11am – 5pm, the course consists of six hours of practical on court work, and one hour of online training.

Suitable for coaches of all levels looking to gain a deeper understanding of how to plan a season, structure a training session, and build in individual and team skills to both their offence and defence.

This course also gives access to the Coaching Made Easy resources of Individual Body Movement and Ball Skills, Individual Offensive and Defensive Skills, Role of the Coach, Team Offensive and Defensive Skills, and Training Drills.

It’s $150 and you can register here.

If you have any questions email rob.coulter@basketballvictoria.com.au

Werribee Basketball is excited to announce our Domestic Development Program (DDP) is returning in term 2.

DDP is an 8 week program, with 2 midweek sessions available on Tuesday’s at Thomas Carr College and Thursday’s at Eagle Stadium.

The program provides extra development opportunities for domestic players who want to improve their game so that they can enjoy participating, competing and succeeding at whatever level they desire. It also bridges the gap between domestic and representative basketball for athletes and coaches.

DDP athletes work on skill and concept progression each week. The content and curriculum for the program is set by the WBA Player & Coach Development Manager, Reece Potter.

The program is led by extremely experienced coaches including Reece Potter and other experienced Representative coaches.

Program Details (Tuesdays) 

Thomas Carr College (Thomas Carr Drive, Tarneit) 

Day & time: Tuesdays, 5pm-6pm
Date commencing: 1^st May
Date concluding: 19^th June
Cost: $100* per athlete
Age group: U/10 – U/16

Program Details (Thursdays)

Eagle Stadium (35 Ballan Road, Werribee)

Day & time: Thursday, 6pm-7pm
Date commencing: 3^rd May
Date concluding: 21^st June
Cost: $100* per athlete
Age group: U/10 – U/16

For more details CLICK HERE or REGISTER HERE.

Just like many mothers in Wyndham, Kylie Bozanic has three sports-mad sons and all were keen to get involved in organised sports.

For middle son Kyle, unfortunately there was a serious lack of sporting options.

“Four years ago when we started looking for sports Kyle could play and be involved in, there was really nothing in the Wyndham area.”

Kyle has a physical disability, but he was never going to let that stop him.

Kylie also didn’t want her son to miss out, so she got together with a group of local parents and with the help of Manor Lakes Basketball Club formed the Werribee All Abilities Basketball Club.

As the name suggests, the club is open to players of all abilities and is an opportunity for athletes with physical or intellectual disabilities to play basketball.

Now 12, Kyle loves the game and is a keen player and referee.

“He was thrilled when we started the club up four years ago,” Kylie said.

“A lot of parents, teachers and volunteers who have helped over the years have had personal experience with kids with disabilities. Thanks to their hard work we have grown from 6 kids to 40.”

Kylie said that while the kids love basketball and being active, it is not to the only benefit of being part of the club.

“Many of these kids can find it difficult socialising. The club is a great social outlet where they learn social skills and confidence. They love coming along each week and catching up with their teammates.”

“Werribee All Abilities provides these kids a chance to be fit and healthy.”

“I often sit back and watch the training sessions with a smile on my face at what we have grown in to, and it is only getting bigger and better!”

Werribee All Abilities is open to all and Term 2 starts on Tuesday 17^th April and costs $50 for the term. There are two session times every Tuesday: 4.30pm – 5.15pm and 5.15pm until 6pm.

For more details contact Kylie on 0421 697 574, CLICK HERE to check out Werribee All Abilities Facebook page or HERE for the website.

Werribee Basketball is proud to announce a new sponsorship partnership with My Physio Evolution.

Werribee Basketball members will benefit from this corporate sponsorship with My Physio Evolution offering all WBA members a flat $60 consultation fee for physiotherapy consultations.

This is 20% off initial consultations and 10% off standard rates.

My Physio Evolution offers Wyndham residents world class physio facilities and includes a high performance training facility, large clinical pilates area, the largest RedCord studio in the southern hemisphere and a heavy weights gym.

Opening hours are 8am-7:30pm Monday – Friday and 8am-1pm Saturday.

Click here to learn more about My Physio Evolution or book your appointment today. (Don’t forget to tell them you’re a WBA member!)