Spartans News

Spartans Basketball are continuing to plan for a reduced season to start on the 7th July as outlined in the Competition Update #3, full details – https://www.spartansbasketball.net.au/competition-update-3-4-4-2020/ Restricted outdoor training is now an option for players to get some practice. We encourage people to follow the guidelines set out by the State Government and Basketball…

The following details have been provided from Basketball Victoria. All sports across Victoria are experiencing this, and as such we have been in regular contact with the relevant sporting bodies, as we work through the best way to manage this situation for our participants, while carefully managing the financial situation of our sport.   As you would be aware, in addition to competition…

It’s safe to say we are all missing Basketball.  We hope everyone is staying safe during this unpredictable and unprecedented period. Below we are proposing a two step course of action for the 2020 Winter and 2020/21 Summer Seasons. Step 1 – Shorter Winter Season 2020 Winter season will start on July 7, this short…

We know how much people like their personal and team stats, so a heads up as we move from SportsTG to PlayHQ an unfortunate downside is the loss of data which can not be moved from one system to another. For the last 5 seasons we have used courtside to score our games and it has…

Below are decisions MSD Spartans have made in relation to Summer Season 2019/20 and the upcoming 2020 Winter season. In needing to be compliant with the current State of Emergency and suspension of competitions by Basketball Victoria, MSD Spartans has determined the following: The Summer 2019/20 Season has been deemed to have concluded. Despite no…

As of today, March 14th, all MSD Spartans Basketball competitions will be POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. MSD Spartans will continue to take directions from Basketball Victoria on the situation. We have not received any confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus from any players, staff or officials, the decision to suspend…

What is the Basketball Victoria (BV) – Individual Registration Project?  The Individual Registration Project is about aligning all basketball participants across Victoria under a common registration fee structure and user experience, ensuring a standardised online registration process. A common registration process will provide many benefits including, an accurate state-wide database to assist with participant and…

As we commence our 2020 Winter season, there are two significant changes being introduced by Basketball Victoria (BV) to all associations and clubs.           Firstly, all basketball players will be required to complete an individual player registration with BV – this is an annual fee, valid for 365 days – payable…

All games for Tuesday 21st Jan will go ahead as originally scheduled and display as Round 12 online. Based on our competition rules for calling off last weeks round all games will be regarded as a bye, unfortunately we do not have any space in the year to make up a lost round. The combined…

The fixture for the 2019/20 season is now available, round 1 will be released ASAP with a number of teams having to be promoted and relegated based off of results, requests, team entries and returning teams positions, we appreciate teams who are very forthcoming with the information to help assist with this. Round 2-3 will…