Spartans News

MSDBA (Spartans) are delighted to invite you to register for the upcoming 2021 Summer season of mid-week basketball which will be for 9/10 rounds plus Grand finals. We will then revert back to a full Winter season from April to September. There are several changes regarding how we will operate (see key points below), and…

We appreciate everyone’s keenness and we would love to be starting back this week along with Melbourne Basketball and VBHBA, however they have started back with no show courts, and only have a booking until the end of January, this quick uncertain start for 2 rounds prior to Christmas is a risk they are willing…

The big question is when will we start back?  We are looking at a January 2021 return, and as soon as we receive a confirmed booking we will make the season details available and open up registrations.  I’m sure you are also asking, why is it taking so long?  We completely understand how frustrating this is – unfortunately…

Spartans Basketball wants to help get people back playing Basketball this year with an Outdoor Round Robin Tournament. With the affects of COVID and returning to Basketball at MSAC still being worked on, Spartans Basketball has been able to secure bookings at two outdoor venues in Metro Melbourne. Outdoor Basketball isn’t common in Melbourne, so…

Details on how to register for the upcoming season will be made available on our website, Facebook page and emailed to team contacts as soon as those details are confirmed. There is still a lot of red tape which needs to be worked out for a return to MSAC, which unlike other venues is the…

Great job Melbourne on getting our COVID case numbers down. We still have a while to go before restrictions are lifted for persons over 18 years old to play indoor contact sport. Once we hear a confirmed return date we will start planning what an upcoming season will look like. All teams registered in the…

COMPETITION UPDATE #8 – 7/7/2020 – Version 2 @23.30pm MSD Spartans acknowledges the Victorian Government’s announcement today (July 7) of increased COVID-19 restrictions (return to Stage 3) for Metropolitan Melbourne (plus Mitchell Shire) from 11.59pm July 8 for a period of six weeks (August 20). The 2020 Winter Season will not go ahead in any capacity,…

Association President, Basketball Australia Hall of Fame Member, Tuesday Court 1 Scorer Avis Scullin OAM gives an insight into the world of score table officials in Victoria. Basketball Associations require volunteers to be able to run their domestic competition. Players pay to come in the door. Referees are paid for the games they officiate. The…

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…