Play Juniors
SUMMER SEASON | November 2025 – April 2026
We’re launching our junior basketball competitions — open to everyone, from first-timers to future stars! Club teams and independent teams (minimum 7 players) are invited to register.
To keep games fair and fun, all teams must register their players, coaches, wear matching uniforms, and follow our Nepean Valley Basketball Code of Conduct.
Closing date: 31st October 2025 or until full
Planned start date: November 2025
FEES ARE BROKEN INTO 3 CATEGORIES | 1. TEAM ENTRY FEE | 2. PLAYER REGISTRATION | 3. GAME FEES
| Product | Fee (inc GST) |
|---|---|
| Junior 12 months Registration + Insurance * | $100 |
| Junior Team Nomination | $85 |
| Junior Price per Game | $85 |
| Playing | Competition | Max Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Friday Nights | All ages | NA |
| Saturday Day | All Ages | NA |
* Please note: We are not currently affiliated with Basketball NSW, so no BNSW registration or secondary registration applies. If affiliation is established before the start of the competition, the registration fee will increase to $140. You will need to register to be able to participate.
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. Coaches 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.