Mar.26, 2012

Attention all grade 9 players - consider signing up for and participating in the Basketball BC camp in Prince George at the end of this week.  After a one-day camp, a team will be selected to participate in a provincial competition in the Lower Mainland.

Athlete Development Camps are held across BC in April and are organized by local coaches recruited by Basketball BC. Louise Holmes of Duchess Park will run the camp out of Prince George this year.  The camp runs Mar. 31st (9am-4pm) at Duchess Park. 

For more information, go to:
Basketball BC U15 Program overview
To sign up online, go to:

Online Registration


Cost:  Basketball BC Athlete Development Camps ($50 + $15 Basketball BC and Canada Basketball Membership)

Description: The camps offer players, of varying experience, the opportunity to enhance the development of their skills during a 6 to 8 hour instructional camp.

Participants Receive:

• A 2012 Basketball BC membership
• Individual Skill Development
• A written player evaluation by the development  camp coaching staff
• Insurance while participating in all Basketball BC events
• Basketball BC Program T-shirt and sack-pack
• Opportunity to be selected to an Under 15 Provincial Zone Team

Stage 2 -If selected to the Under 15 Zone team
U15 Provincial Zone Team & Provincial Championship (10 players plus 2 alternates)
An additional fee of $170* will be charged to participate in the Lower Mainland tournament.
Information: At the conclusion of each Regional Athlete Development Camp the coaches in attendance select a Provincial Zone Team to train and play exhibition games.  Each team consists of ten players and two alternates. These teams will also take part in the U15.
Provincial Zone Team Championships held May 18-20, 2012. Basketball BC “Fair Play” rules, which provide all participants with quality playing time, are utilized throughout the program's duration.

In addition to participating in championship competition, a committee made up of Provincial Team Coaches, with feedback from the Zone Coaches, will evaluate the players participating in the Provincial Championships. Identified players will be invited to a Provincial Team selection camp held on the May 25-27 weekend.

Participants Receive:

• On-going training and practices with Provincial Zone Coach
• A Basketball BC reversible jersey and shorts
• Participation in a BC Provincial Championship Tournament (May 18-20 in Langley)
• The opportunity to participate in a Provincial Team Selection Camp
• The opportunity to be selected to U15 Basketball BC Provincial Teams

Mar.22  UNIFORMS!

The following players have not yet turned in their uniforms.  A bill of $100.00 will be applied if these are not returned.  Please try to get them in right away.

Ameera Briere #13
Rryzel Montederamos #3
Sky Peardon #20
Haley Thorne #16
Dara Wallace #9
Taylor Wiebe #15

Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Coach

Sr Girls AA Basketball Provincials played in Kamloops this week!
The NVSS Viqueens finished 14th and won the Most Sportsmanlike award!  Congratulations to our senior girls! :)

Sr Girls A Basketball Provincials played at the Northern Sports Centre in Prince George this week!

#1 Houston Christian defeated #2 Cedars Christian (80-63) in the Tournament Final Game!

For more information, go to:
http://seniorgirlsbasketballprovincials.com


Games are live streamed.  For more information, go to:
http://www.sportscanada.tv/

Scores on Day 1 of the Jr Girls Provincials

Livestreaming of the games - online on the computer - go to:
http://langleyeventscentre.com/events/video-streams
 

Opening Round
St Thomas Aquinas 52   College Heights 16
Holy Cross 53   Kelowna 31
Oak Bay 65   Selkirk 51
Notre Dame 53   Brookswood 63
South Kam 55   Charles Hayes 11
Little Flower Academy 34    W.J. Mouat 53
MEI 60    Mark Isfeld 30
Riverside 54    Duchess Park 36

Consolation Round
College Heights    Kelowna
Selkirk    Notre Dame
Charles Hayes   Little Flower
Mark Isfeld   Duchess Park

Quarter Finals
St Thomas Aquinas    Holy Cross
Oak Bay   Brookswood
South Kam    W.J.Mouat
MEI    Riverside

Final Standings:
#1 Oak Bay defeated #2 South Kam in the Final 47-41.
#11 Duchess Park defeated #12 Notre Dame 45-29
#16 College Heights lost to #15 Charles Hays (Prince Rupert) 29-24

Grats to Duchess Park for winning the Most Sportsmanlike award!

For additional updates, go to:
http://bcjuniorgirlsbasketball.ca/index.[h[/scheduleresults

Week of March 5-9th

Parents - I contacted Louise Holmes, the Duchess Park coach and she has passed on our request to
Mike Fawcett, our photographer, so hopefully we can get copies of the team photo for all families soon.
Re: Provincial Competition:  The Duchess Park Jr Girls were given a reasonably good ranking (#12) for a team from the North Central Zone (usually we get 14, 15, or 16) and are at the Jr. Girls Provincial Tournament this weekend.  They play today (Thursday Mar.8) at 2pm vs #5 Riverside and then again at 8 pm.

Livestreaming of the games - online on the computer - go to:
http://langleyeventscentre.com/events/video-streams

Here is the list of teams who made the Jr Girls Provincial Tournament.
1. South Kamloops OK1
2. St. Thomas Aquinas LM1
3. Oak Bay  VI1
4. MEI  FV1
5. Riverside  FV2
6. Notre Dame LM2
7. Holy Cross FV3
8. Little Flower Academy LM3
9. Mouat FV4
10. Kelowna OK2
11. Brookswood Host
12. Duchess Park NC1
13. Mark Isfeld VI2
14. Selkirk EK1
15. College Heights NC2
16. Charles Hays NW1

Draw:
1. South Kamloops vs. 16. Charles Hays
8. Little Flower vs. 9. Mouat
4. MEI vs. 13. Isfeld
5. Riverside vs. 12. Duchess
2. St Thomas Aquinas vs. 15. College Heights
7. Holy Cross vs. 10. Kelowna
3. Oak Bay vs. 14. Selkirk
6. Notre Dame vs. 11. Brookswood.

For more updates, you can look online at: http://bcjuniorgirlsbasketball.com/

Week of Feb.27-Mar.2

Congratulations to everyone on a good effort at the Zone Tournament!

We won game 1 over Cedars by 7 points, lost by 7 to College Heights, beat Correlieu by 2 points, and lost to Columneetza by 1 point.  The total difference was 1 point after 4 games!!

Great excitement, lots of challenges!  I was impressed with everyone's effort and desire to compete!

We should have another game on Thursday right after school versus the Grade 8 Girls - hope everyone can make it!  Please bring your uniforms to the game and we'll take a team photo following.

Week of Feb.20-25

In preparation for the upcoming Zone Tournament at Duchess Park, we will practice after school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday - 3:30-5:00 PM.

Zone Tournament update - Our First Game is Thursday, Feb.23 at 5:30 against Cedars Christian!
Friday morning, we will play at 9 AM (or 10:30 AM if we lose) so we will need to get a good night's rest Thursday night with an early departure from NVSS on Friday!

The Draw was adjusted Tuesday morning to accomodate Columneetza.  The change to the draw means we may end up playing either College Heights or Kelly Road on Friday morning.

Good luck, team!