Hello Mackay Basketball Members and families.
We hope you all had a great break. With fixtures commencing this week we thought it would be a good time to talk about a few things that can help our games run smoothly and help all our players, coaches and supporters enjoy their experience.
FIXTURES
Sub Ups – As per the MBI Bylaws:
8.2 – A junior player may play more than one (1) game on a ‘competition round’ providing it is a higher division and/or age group and with the same club. Higher age group must be only one age group above the natural age.
8.3 – Players can sub up to a higher division and or age group to multiple teams within their registered club providing that from the third (3rd) sub up into any one team, it is deemed to be a permanent sub up to that team and no further additional team sub ups will be allowed in that particular division.
Getting games started on time – With fixtures commencing this week: coaches, club officials, referees and players please help MBI staff and game controllers to get games started at their scheduled times.
No players from teams not playing are to enter the playing surface until the previous Game has finished. Coaches, club officials and players please do not enter the playing surface if it is not your game. For example, do not go onto the court to take shots during timeouts or halftime of another team’s game.
JUNIOR REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAMS
Changes to rep training days/times – Starting 10/07/2022 all rep team practice will be on held on Wednesday and Sunday.
Everyone at Mackay wants to congratulate the under 14 boys and girls rep teams that competed at the Queensland championships in Brisbane over the school holidays.
U/14 boys D1 finished 7th, U/14 boys D2 finished 12th, U/14 boys D3 finished 15th, U/14 girls D2 finished 10th, and congratulations to our U/14 girls that made it all the way to the championship game before finishing as the runner-up and qualifying for the National championship later this year. Congrats to all our outstanding up and coming athletes and a special thanks to all the coaches, assistant coaches, managers, and parents.
Big shout out to our Mackay juniors that recently represented Queensland North at the National championships in Perth; Hannah Jensen, Mackensie Brown & Cheyenne Bobongie were part of the girl’s team that finished 10th and Jeremiah Goodchild was on the boy’s team that came away with an 11th place finish.
At the U/16 nationals in Perth, MBI was also represented by Julie Romagnolo. Julie was a score table official and was selected to be part of the crew for the boy’s championship.
Another Mackay junior and member of the McDonalds Mackay Meteorettes, Monique Bobongie. Monique and her Aussie teammates finished 5th at the recent at the U/17 World Championships in Hungary.
JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Meteormites Program – Term 3
Meteormites moving to the new time of Mondays from 4:15-5pm
5 week program
$40 (ball not included)
August 15-September 12
https://www.mackaybasketball.com/meteormites
Future Development Program – Term 3
Congrats to the following U14 athletes for being selected into the Future Development Program:
· Cooper Currie
· Treyce Ciantar
· Jarek Taylor
· Marcus Milburn
· Usai Bickey
· Isabel Smith
· Maggie Thorburn
· Eden Catip
· Skye Vaughan
· Tahlia Jensen
· Lily Mapp
*All coaching sessions will be Thursdays from 5-6.30pm on court 5 and Sundays 12-1.30pm on court 4. These sessions will be open for coaches to observe and all drills etc. will be available if requested. For more information, please contact MBI Player and Coach Development Manager Rob Grieve at development@mackaybasketball.com.au
School Holiday Camp
We had a great turn out at our recent School Holiday Camp with over 90 kids from all over the Mackay region attending. Special thanks to all the young hoopers that came along to learn and get better, as well as a big thank you to all the coaches that helped and the parents for making it possible for the kids to get involved.
NBL1
We only have one NBL1 home games left this season (before the playoffs). Please get out and support our McDonalds Meteors and Meteorettes as they take on the Darwin Salties on the 6th of August. Let’s get behind our Mackay McDonalds Meteors and Meteorettes and sell out the “Crater” for our last home game before the playoffs. The McDonalds Meteors are currently in first place on the NBL1 north ladder and the McDonalds Meteorettes are in 7th. Tickets can be purchased at www.mackaybasketball.com/tickets
ONLINE STORE
Don’t forget to check out our online store. We have heaps of great gear at fantastic prices. Go to www.mackaybasketball.com/merch-store and click the merch store tab.
#BACKtheMACK