Newsletter NOVEMBER

WELCOME to our November newsletter.

Wow, another season is over. And what a season it was for Newlands. We introduced 7 new junior and 3 adult teams. With all this comes uniforms, team officials, training facilities amongst the excitement of having new people join our club. We also added a fundraising and junior committee to our senior and executive committee. We were able to also supply our coaches with improve training equipment. There will be at least 5 additional teams for our new season. I look around the stadium in awe of our achievements, players in black and white uniform laughing and enjoying themselves. It is a great reward for the many hours a lot of volunteers give so this can happen. We have completed our latest final series. The results are listed below but the words cannot describe how proud I am of all of players, families and members. Well done to everyone. It was great to see so many Newland supporters. I witnessed one game where Newlands supporters filled both sides of the benches. The junior committee organized cheerleading was enormous. Happy to see everyone having fun and enjoying themselves while supporting our teams.

FINALS
Congratulations to all teams.

Junior team results were:
Panthers (under 8 G) – Finals participation Roar (Under 14 girls) – Semi-finalists (new team)
Leopards (under 8 B) – Finals participation (new team) Power (Under 16 boys) - Semi finalists
Colts (under 10 B) – Semi-finalists (new team) Cougars (Under 16 boys) - Premiers
Lightning (under 10 boys) – Preliminary finalists Thunder (Under 16 boys) - Preliminary finalists
Opals (under 10 girls) - Preliminary finalists Grizzlies (Under 16 boys) - Preliminary finalists
Victory (under 12 boys) – Premiers Titans (under 16 boys) – Did not qualify (new team)
Lions (under 12 boys) – Semi finalists Knicks (under 16 girls) – Grand finalists
Pumas (under 12 girls) - Grand finalist Tigers (under 16 girls) – Preliminary finalists (new team)
Wolves (under 12 girls) - Semi-finalists (new team) Storm (under 18 boys) - Premiers
Spirit (Under 14 boys) – Premiers Magic (under 18 boys) – Did not qualify
Kings (under 14 boys) – Did not qualify Crocs (under 20 boys) – Semi-finalists (new team)
Diamonds (Under 14 girls) – Did not qualify

Adult team results were:
All stars (C grade men) – Premiers Chicks (D grade ladies) - Preliminary finalists
Blokes (D Grade men) - Preliminary finalists

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Our club AGM will be conducted at the Coburg Basketball meeting room 6.15 on Monday the 25th of
November. An annual President and Treasurer update will be provided while the positions of President,
Secretary and Treasurer will be vacated and re-elected. Nominations will be accepted only by club
members at the meeting. Position descriptions are available on request to newlands.basketball@gmail.com.
All club members/families are entitled to one vote.

NEW FEES
Our playing fees will also increase to $6.00 per game per player next season. The money should be paid to
the team managers prior to the game starting.
The cost of the door entry is increasing to $2.50 per person from next season. This is paid to the
doorkeeper on entry to all venues.

NEW PLAYERS
New players are wanted for the new season. Invite your friends and family to come and join us.
• 5 to 18 year olds
• Saturday games
• Training included
• Local Coburg venues
• Beginners welcome
Adults are also welcome to join out adult teams playing on Tuesday evenings at the Coburg Basketball
Stadium.

WINTER 2014 SEASON CHANGES
The under 10 competition will change for the winter 2014 season. That is not this new season but the one
starting in May 2014. Changes will include separate boys and girls competition with no mixed teams. There
will be no ladders and finals in the under 10 competitions. The fixtures will be the same as the under 8
format. The season for under 8 and 10 will complete on the preliminary final day with participation awards
presented.

FAMILY FUN DAY
Once again we will be having a family fun day at the end of the year. The date is the 15th of December.
Come along and have some fun with your children and friends. There will be a small charge for participation.
The format will include ½ court basketball games, raffle, theme song competition and sausage sizzle. Pencil
in this date on your calendar so you can’t forget.

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE
We are conducting a raffle on our family fun day. Books will be sent home with children to be sold in
advance.

NEWLANDS BLOG
Our club blog is now available on line @ http://newlandsbasketballclub.blogspot.com.au/. There is a lot of
information on it including my regular updates and game details.
You can subscribe to it and receive regular updates of information including match game details. There is
no cost to subscribe, membership is free.

JUNIOR COMMITTEE
Thank you to the junior committee for organising the cheerleading during the finals. They are now
organising a club theme song competition. The finalists will present their entry at our family fun day and
prices will be awarded.

ADULT TEAMS
After the participation, support and success of our adult teams we are entering another men’s and ladies
teams. Contact Daphne if you are interested in playing.

TRAINING
There will be changes to our training schedule. We currently conduct training on Mondays and Thursday at
the Coburg Stadium. We are fortunate that most of our teams train at the same times which allow us to
provide back-up support when our volunteer coaches are unavailable. As we grow we need more training
courts, these are not always available. We are enquiring about other options such as outer venues but once
again these are not available when our coaches and players are available. To continue to provide training for
our teams training will change to 40 minutes sessions.

Sessions will start at 4, 4.40 & 5.20 pm.

Monday
Opals Di Crt 1 @ 4 pm
Currently Available Crt 1 @ 4 pm
Colts Greg Crt 2 @ 4 pm
Lightning Tony Crt 2 @ 4 pm
Leopards Wilton Crt 3 @ 4 pm
Rockets Rebecca Crt 3 @ 4 pm
Glory Maddie Crt 4 @ 4 pm
Panthers Belinda Crt 4 @ 4 pm

Bullets 1 David Crt 1 @ 4.40 pm
Bullets 2 David Crt 1 @ 4.40 pm
Victory Jayden Crt 2 @ 4.40 pm
Lions Matt Crt 2 @ 4.40 pm
Kings Ken Crt 3 @ 4.40 pm
Titans Liz Crt 3 @ 4.40 pm
Spirit Jeremy Crt 4 @ 4.40 pm
Thunder Pat Crt 4 @ 4.40 pm

Storm David Crt 1 @ 5.20 pm
Crocs David Crt 1 @ 5.20 pm
Magic Chris Crt 2 @ 5.20 pm
Power Chris Crt 2 @ 5.20 pm
Grizzlies Daphne Crt 3 @ 5.20 pm
Pumas Leanne Crt 3 @ 5.20 pm
Currently Available Crt 4 @ 5.20 pm
Currently Available Crt 4 @ 5.20 pm

Thursday
Wolves Julie Crt 1 @ 4 pm
Sapphires Daphne Crt 1 @ 4 pm
Diamonds Jess Crt 2 @ 4 pm
Knicks Wilton Crt 2 @ 4 pm
Roar Katie Crt 3 @ 4 pm
Tigers Tracey Crt 3 @ 4 pm

ASSISTANT COACHES
Thank you to those people who have responded to our advertisement for assistant coaches. The response
has been good although we still have positions available. If you would like to know more please contact me.
The role would require you to:
• Attend training sessions
• Participate in conducting training drills
• Attend games
• Assist with game day coaching duties
• Other tasks as directed by senior coach
• Attend and successfully complete coaching training (yet to be arranged)
These positions are offered to suitable adults and children associated with our club. Adults will require a
WWC.

SPORTING APPAREL
Newlands merchandise is available on sale at the stadium during Monday training sessions.
Prices are: Drink Bottles $8, Sweat Towels $15, Pens $6, Sweat band set $20, Hoodies $40,
Tee Shirts $30, Bags $40, Personalised Playing Singlets $40 (Reduced to $25 with trade in),
Shorts $40 (Reduced to $28 with trade in).

SAUSAGE SIZZLE
Thank you to the volunteers at the Masters Hardware fundraising sausage sizzle on the Melbourne Cup long
weekend. A fantastic effort by all. Well done everyone who assisted.

BIRTHDAYS
Happy September birthday to the following club members
2nd CJ Poa 8th Olympia Chatziopoulos
11th Miguel Christensen Toner 14th Jordan McDonald
15th Niki Nteris 16th Selin Unal
22nd Christian Delcampo 25th Vanessa Colaiacoro
29th Maeve Bousie
If I have missed anyone, please let me know and have a great birthday.

HAPPY BASKETBALLING
Wilton


THEME  SONG  COMPETITION
The Junior committee are conducting a competition to find a club theme song. Entries will be judged at our family fun day on 15th December. Prizes will be awarded for finalists. First prize will be a $50 Rebel Sports voucher.

AGM 25th November 6:15pm

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Our club AGM will be conducted at the Coburg Basketball meeting room 6.15 on Monday the 25th of November. An annual President and Treasurer update will be provided while the positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer will be vacated and re-elected. Nominations will be accepted only by club members at the meeting. Position descriptions are available on request to newlands.basketball@gmail.com. All club members/families are entitled to one vote.

Regards
Wilton

Presidents update

As our teams are preparing for the finals it is now time to step up recruiting for next season. We have entered 2 more under 8 teams and 1 under 10 girls team this coming season.These teams this season were full and we have needed to enter extra teams to allow more court time for the players and the chance for new players to join. The growth in these age groups is due to the fantastic work by the coaches and the programs/culture they have created.

Training will continue for all teams during the finals. The courts are available and it is a good opportunity to work on improvements. I am also inviting and expected new players to come along with the view of joining next season.

We will have some new coaches at the same time trying to recruit more. If you are interested please see me.
The adult teams are also entering their respective finals with all teams very competitive. This again is the time to register your interest in playing adult basketball on Tuesday nights for Newlands as we plan to enter extra teams next season. Please see Daphne if you are interested. We would love to have you join and no experience is required.

Good luck to all teams in finals, play with pride, have fun and continue the Newlands culture of respecting and treating all as equals.

Your President
Wilton McDonald

Presidents Update

President update
Time again to give you an update on our club's status.

First I wish to thank and acknowledge the work that Lana contributed to our girls program. It was a sad moment yesterday when she informed me that due to work commitments she could no longer coach her girls team. I did not have the opportunity to thank her as no sooner had she told me and I needed to address other issues. I first met Lana in a coaching course we were doing. Identifying her talents I tried to convince her to join Newlands but true to her character she chose to stay with the club she was then with. I was excited when she later joined us because I knew she was the person who could build our girl's program. Our girls program is very strong at the moment, we have an enormous amount of girls playing for us. We now have several girl's team coaches working with Liz to build our club. But to Lana I give a big thank you, you will be missed and we hope that you continue to play in our ladies team and stay a member of the Newlands Basketball Club.

With Lana's resignation I am looking for a replacement coach. I will not rush in and appoint the first person. I need to get a coach that will suit the ability and personality of the girls. I am also looking for more coaches for next season. We will have positions available in our younger age groups. I plan to enter 4 under 8 teams next season. Currently we have 2 teams that I coach with Belinda and Daphne's assistance. But we need another 3 coaches. There may be other teams that require coaches also. Our growth is enormous as are the opportunities we are providing. Not everyone is cut out to coach, the work can be hard at time but the rewards are very satisfying.

You should now be preparing for our finals. They are just around the corner. Good luck to you all. Our success in the past has been very good. Last year half of our teams played in the grand finals. Overall a third of our teams won their grand finals. I don't know if we can match those results this season but enjoy yourselves and any thing can happen.

This season we have focused on our building our girls & under 8s teams while starting adult teams. The adults teams paly on a Tuesday night providing opportunities for parents, coaches, friends and some of our older juniors. After a slow start all 3 teams are doing well. The ladies are on top of their ladder while both men's team had strong wins last week.

We are a young club and our growth is exciting. We are way beyond where we thought we would be when we started the club. We are one of the biggest club at Coburg and growing. Keep up the good work. I am extremely proud of each of you. We have a lot of new players watching our games and coming to training. Remember to be good role models as you never know when or who is watching.

There is more I could and most likely should add but I will save it for our next newsletter.

Enjoy the day

Your President
Wilton McDonald

Assistant Coaches needed

Hi Team

 

Due to the enormous growth in our club and particular our younger teams I am looking for people who would like to assist with coaching.

 

The role would require:

• Attend training sessions
• Participate in conducting training drills
• Attend games
• Assist with game day coaching duties
• Other tasks as directed by senior coach
• Attend and successfully complete coaching training (yet to be arranged)

If you know of people who may be interested please encourage them to speak with me. 

These positions are offered to suitable adults and children associated with our club.

Adults will require a WWC.

 

Enjoy your day.

 

Regards

Wilton