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Beat Your Best! Fun. Challenging. Motivating. These aren’t the words to describe the current suspension of sport, but they are the key ideas that have defined McKinnon’s solution to the Coronavirus pandemic for both players and coaches. FOR THE PLAYERS – MCKINNON ONLINE TRAINING CHALLENGE The Online Training Challenge is a series of weekly challenge…

VJBL Update March 27 We hope you and your families are all well and coping with the current uncertainty and troublesome times we are going through. We do understand the frustration we are all facing with our children not being able to play the sport they love and we also know that in times like…

SYDNEY TO HOST FIBA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WORLD CUP 2022 Overnight FIBA has announced that Basketball Australia and the New South Wales Government has won the bid to host the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup at Sydney Olympic Park over ten days in September and October of 2022. The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup is played…

SYDNEY KINGS OWNERS TSE, PURCHASE BRYDENS SYDNEY UNI FLAMES WNBL FRANCHISE The WNBL Club, which has been owned and managed for the past 17-years by Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness (SUSF), will now form part of the TSE / Kings family as they press forward in their mission to continue the growth of basketball in…

OLYMPIC UPDATE – MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO As a result of the International Olympic Committee’s announcement overnight and previous statements by the Australian Olympic Committee Basketball Australia has commenced planning for the Olympic games to be held in Tokyo 2021.  We support this change and know it’s made in the best interests of our athletes,…

MEDIA STATEMENT REGARDING WNBL FREE AGENCY PERIOD The Free Agency period was scheduled to begin today, but will now be postponed until further notice, with a view to begin no later than 1 May 2020. The League and ABPA will continue to consult through this period aiming to advance the interests of all clubs and players…

This last fortnight has been difficult throughout the community. COVID-19 may have forced the suspension of Victorian sporting competitions, but it can never silence the voices of every basketball athlete with a desire to reach their highest potential. Basketball Victoria sees it as our duty to ensure Victorian basketballers can build their skills and sporting…

NBL1 2020 Season Cancelled Basketball Victoria, in conjunction with the NBL, have notified clubs of the decision not to proceed with the 2020 season. The decision follows the indefinite closure of indoor sports centres because of COVID-19. All three conferences, NBL1 South, NBL1 North and NBL1 Central, had already been postponed until May. Basketball Victoria…