Nepean Valley Basketball

Fees are broken into 3 Categories. 1. Team Entry 2. Player Registration 3. Game Fees

Clubs may collect fee’s and include other costs to cover training.

* Please note: We are not currently affiliated with Basketball NSW, so no BNSW registration or secondary registration applies.

Team Payments and Invoicing Policy

Nepean Valley Basketball operates on a three-stage payment system to make it fair and manageable for all teams while ensuring competitions remain sustainable.

1. Nomination Fee – due before the season begins, payable upon team acceptance.
2. First Instalment – due approximately 25 % into the regular season (around Week 4 of a 16-week season).
3. Final Instalment – due approximately 75 % into the regular season (around Week 12 of a 16-week season), and before finals commence.
4. Finals will be invoiced separately.

A $100 late payment fee applies to team invoices not paid by the due date.

This fee reflects the administrative and operational costs associated with managing overdue accounts.

Teams may request a short extension or payment plan prior to the due date in cases of hardship.

Unfinancial Teams

Teams or players with outstanding fees are considered unfinancial.

• Unfinancial players are not permitted to play until all fees are settled.
• Teams that remain unfinancial may be withdrawn from fixtures and ineligible for finals.

Other Details

Nepean Valley Basketball By-Laws

• The Nepean Valley Basketball By-Laws will be linked here soon or posted on the new website when it launches.

Forfeits

• A forfeit fee will apply for any game not played, whether the forfeit is notified in advance or not.
• A team that forfeits more than (3) three games in a season maybe removed from the competition or (2) two times in a row.
• Full details are outlined in the Nepean Valley Basketball By-Laws.

Score bench Duty

• Teams will be required to provide duty as per the Nepean Valley Basketball By-Laws.

Regular Season Game Settings and Timings

• No zone defence for Division 1 – unless a team can only have 4 players on the court.
• Trapping Defences which rotate back into man to man principals shall be acceptable.
• It is not up to the referee’s to make a determination as to whether or not a zone defence is being played. Team Managers need to approach the court supervisor.
• 4 registered players are needed to start a game.
• 2 x 20-minute halves running clock
• Half time is 2 minutes (maybe reduced if games are not running on time)
• Clock doesn’t stop for time-outs in regular round games
• 2 Time-outs per half but not permitted in last 3 minutes of the second half.
• No Overtime – Tied games (draws) will be permitted in regular season games.
• Finals eligibility – players must participate in at least 50% of total round games
• The Competition Manager has the right to promote or relegate teams if necessary for the benefit of the competition.

Uniform Rules

• tops must be matching
• shorts must be matching
• numbers (0-99) must be displayed on the front and back of each playing top
• no parts of the uniform may feature external pockets or any other feature with potential to cause injury
• undergarments which protrude from under the uniform must be the same colour as uniform, black or white.
• Please note that all teams must be in correct uniform from week 4.

Age

• Players cannot be turning the age of the competition they are competing in during the calendar year.

Representative Players

• No team can have more than (3) representative players
• any player selected to represent an association in any given season is considered a representative player from the commencement of the Winter Competition of that year to the completion of the Summer Season following. You are included in the 3-player count if you have been selected by any association to represent them either as a full-time, rotational, train on, or development player.

ELIGIBILITY

• Once a player has played for one team in a particular competition, they may not transfer to another team in that competition without written permission from NVBA
• Players may participate in a number of competitions (eg: Senior Men Monday and Senior Men Thursday or U/13s and U/14s) but not in two grades of the same competition (eg: U/11 A grade and U/11 B grade).
• Exceptions will be allowed where a player is filling in for a team in a higher grade. Once a player has played for a particular team in a higher grade, they may only fill in for that particular team in that competition up to a maximum of 3 games.