So the other stadiums are full. Out of all the games around the place there would be a game with at least one of the teams based down South or, more likely both teams based down South. Look at the schedule and Switch'em.

Junior basketball is doomed if U16 div 3's from Norwood/Woodville are sent to play at Morphettvale. Who in their right mind would travel mid week at 14 and 15 years of age to the end of the earth to play a game in Div 3?

I remember playing Thursday's and playing every game at Athol Park. Didn't matter what teams were involved.

I think Jack means that BSA have disregarded the distances people have to travel to play. Netball has a central venue for all its district games therefore equaling out the distance for everyone and enjoys a popularity that surpasses our beloved game.
Unless we find a way to make junior basketball travel friendly support will dwindle.

BSA is a joke

Cat,
It equals out for most teams in the following way. If Centrals were playing Southern for example and Centrals travelled from Gawler to Morphett Vale and in the return game the reverse would apply. In a central city venue like ETSA Park each team has less distance to travel to play.
The further away you live the further you have to travel, yes, but you don't ever have to cross town and do further distance. It works , do the sums.

hanging round,
regional comps in a town of a million have as much chance of success as ice has of surviving summer.

It doesn't equal out at all.

If the venue is centrally located, say at Wayville then those people living in the area or playing for a local club never have to travel.

Those people living at Mt Barker or down South, have to travel 30 - 45 mins every week.

Also what happens to club canteens which are a vital source of income for most clubs?

Yes those living further away travel the greatest distance as it should be. Stupid to include rural areas in a district competition and expect urban dwellers to meet the costs of that decision. Doubly stupid to start games at 9.45PM on a Friday night for 16 year olds in these locations,Gawler, Morphett Vale and Mt Barker.

So instead of starting the game at 9.45 which is 15 minutes later than usual, we should start the first game at 6pm so the game can be started at 9.30pm like usual. This obviously than open up the likes of what are you thinking for us to be at xy for a 6pm start through peak hour traffic .....blah blah blah.
Do any of you stop to analyse the whole night or only just your own little world.

live in those areas and you can represent SA country- rural.
But you guys must be right and everything is A ok

Or if you live 15 mins South of MV you're still Metro.

One reason against having either team Central or mavericks in a district comp is distance. When BSA remove their blindfold they might realise a major flaw in their competition is the distances involved to play. Both centrals and mavs also struggle to consistently field teams at div 1 level in the district comp at every age group which is another flaw and has a negative impact on timetabling.

Neither club have a development strategy with mavs having recruited from other clubs for their temporary strength and centrals unable to recruit ostensibly because of distance and a lack of near country networking.

Magic got the rough end of the pineapple from BSA mainly because they didn't have a development strategy in place and went for a wobbly woodville instead on the misguided belief they do.
There are too many teams in district basketball and too great a distance between them for it ever to gel in its present format and merging several clubs would be a positive step.

Anon2117
Mavs div 1 sides finished second in boys and girls at state champs. The 14 girls have just finished 3rd best club side in the country. Those who believe there is no development strategy at mavs are blind. Players have moved back to the club because of prefering the development.
Mavs are here to stay and will only get stronger, I see they have also increased their team numbers this year. There is a lot of good things happening in them hills after regrouping, just ask the kids and their parents.....all are happy.

Two tall girls teams in U 14 and U 16 in the season just concluded did well. Once these pass thru your system it will revert to the old status quo - ziltch!
If you have a development structure its well hidden and creating teams from other clubs hard work is not development.
We need to have this discussion in a decade when you can field teams across each and every age group at Div 1 level and have div 2's to support them.

Anon2117, I like how you don't let the facts get in the way of a good post.

Jack, go live in those cities then and enjoy the travel

Anon 2117 look forward to discussing further in 2019, but then again the sleepy hollow may actually grow...how will you cope with that! Mmmmm think they call it progress, not in your vocabulary...check the dictionary.

It's an interesting argument that we should embrace distance as a necessary and vibrant part of a maturing city as opposed to ensuring that the quality of life we enjoy and the lack of travel and distance remains one of the fundamental draw cards Adelaide has.

Creating solutions that don't diminish the quality of life style and certainly don't turn us into the traffic quagmire that Melbourne and Sydney residents have to endure should be paramount.

BSA have created a competition spread to the extremities of the city and beyond which is ridiculous. It's a long way from progress to excuse poor management for 80 km round trips to play basketball.

If you country folk want to play basketball in the city, you do the drive weekly instead of enjoying your cake and eating it too.

If you can't fill a full comp with Div one teams then that club is not sufficiently developed to allow them automatic access to Div 1 spots. We must eliminate Div 1 byes due to teams not being fielded by any particular club and to be honest it is more likely to be from Centrals or the Mavs.!!

It seems that the success of the mavs is starting to worry a few clubs, wasn't of concern while they were out of contention...every div 1 side boys & girls (U12 to 18's except 18 girls) have finished in finals over the past couple of years...better results than a lot of clubs. Add to that finishing 2nd in boys & girls state champs div 1 this year. An extra 4 teams entered this season. A good result for basketball. Getting their house in order without worrying about what other clubs are doing or running them down.