Got to love a 'club' that has to merge to survive....

Does that mean that Magic have an CABL side now?
Oh hang on, they dont. They are now just a social club that feeds to a district club...

No they are a social club feeding a district club.
They are obviously not as great as they think, otherwise they wouldn't have merged.
Not bad considering their vice president was adiment that they would become an association on their own

The title is correct! western magic are a malignant growth.

West have sold out and are an embarrassment. Merging with a 'club' if it can be called that, which never should have existed and have done nothing but damaged the sport in the western suburbs.

For a once proud and strong club like West to merge with that is embarrassing.

I hope it backfires as I'm sure it will.

Further to take if I'm not mistaken the clubs haven't technically 'merged' so I certainly hope BSA are making all these magic players get cleared before they switch to the bearcats. Although knowing BSA I'm sure they're just looking the other way and hoping no one notices. Funny how the rules don't apply when it comes to BSA's agenda.

Wests may be the only winner long term with cat feuds defeating the Woodville - Magic proposed merger and a retro Woodville committee comfortable with what was and not interested in the what is and what will be.
The Western suburbs can only accommodate one large club and it would appear Wests has arisen as that club and will swallow up the magicians and inevitably Woodville.
Self serving is a trait that will become folklore when the epitaph is finally written on this sorry tale of missed opportunities and ego driven whimsy.
I congratulate West for not being shortsighted and wish the new super club of the Western suburbs all the best in its new directions.

westies
50 kids getting the opportunity to play div 1 and 2 basketball...

Um they could have got that by joining Woodville or West without this merger.

All this merger has done is made West bigger, and pretty much eliminated Magic out of the competition.

It must be a real good deal, especially with the president of Magic sending her kids to another club other then the one that her club merged with...

Sounds like this is a real good decision for Magic children

West only have 3 girl and 6 under 10 boys? mmmm seems that even with both clubs "merged" still not working for them. Seems Woodville younger age groups are quite strong.. Best thing Woodville did not join the tragics.. sorry magic

Magic would have had 33 teams had they not got in bed with Westies,and that is with warriors moving into stclair. If Magic were allowed to play higher divs that would have been the end for woodville.How they must have being craping themselves!

Magic players wake up and open your eyes,the Bearcats have taken your best players and haven't formed an association with your club.I read the entire cats site and nowhere did i see that they even acknowledge nor welcome your players to the club,or dare to say anything about a agreement between the two clubs.You should have just put on the green of woodville and stayed in your stadium instead of driving all around the port area,did they give you maps of where its safe to drive at night?

Where do you get 50 kids from??? looking at the west kids it seems their numbers are way down. I think someone is smoking a bit of puff the magic dragon.

Using the above logic Sturt are in trouble in the boys because South have more boys them then they do.

It's not all about numbers, its about quality.

Woodville still have a role to play in basketball in SA. I believe basketball as a sport would be worse without the Warriors. Their girls program has had some real success, they have SASI coaches, they have Classics teams. Oh and they fund ABA programs giving their juniors an opportunity to play at the highest level possible in this State.

Western Magic have none of the above and losing Western would only improve the competition and sport as a whole.

looking at Wests teams this year most of them omly needed a few players to match any team out there ,and now we have it-beware everybody! OK we are expecting at least a lot of teams to make the play offs.

I think other clubs should look at what Magic is doing right to get that many extra members,good on them .Just look at the number of teams the Maverics and Lions have and we must scratch our heads and ask why is this club not allowed to have a CABL team+div 1/2 teams? At least give them div 2 acess for a lengthy period,and if they fold in the meantime bad luck BSA was right then-but if not then let them join the party.

I'm just curious about a few things.

1. What is annual fees for Magic and other Div 1 related clubs.

2. Does BSA charge different fees for registration for different clubs or different divisions.

In terms of 50 Magic players joining west adelaide I think someone is smoking puff the magic dragon. Its about 12 kids.

Have these 12 players been cleared from Magic to West or are they just allowed to play with BSA looking the other way?

If as I expect BSA are not making Magic players get clearences to change clubs maybe this could start a chain reaction?

South could offer Southern some players to fill gaps in their Division 1 teams or vice versa.

Or Torrens Valley offer Norwood some players.

Or South, Southern and Woodville could bolster Forestville's teams so they can finally knock off Sturt?

For those unbelievers out there go to Bearcats playing list and count the players without numbers,you will soon get that whoever posted this is an honest individual.So now what would you want to happen from here on,Woodville was given the chance to form an association with magic and they refused.Leave West and Magic to do there thing now.

Yea nah the person is a real honest person - maybe....

http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-4567-0-0-0&sID=81082

Just because they dont have a number on the west site doesnt mean they are magic players!

And Magic themselves have confirmed that they have Magic players playing for West Adelaide.

How is it possible to be registered with one club yet play for another?

The other clubs need to be asking BSA for an explanation or if its good enough for Magic/West to do it they should prop each other up as well.

The main reason Magic has grown has been their location and low fees. Most teams rip off their juniors because with the stash they fund ABL teams,time for them to get some sponsors and just watch the juniors join in waves.Of course if Magic were allowed to have higher divs+ABL they would be in the same boat as the rest of us. I personally know a lot of good players who play in lower divs because they don"t have the money to go to interstate tournaments which are compulsory for all clubs.

This is a good statement,just look at fees for footy/netball/cricket-fkn cheap as and how do you compete with that?At least magic have found some kind of a solution to parents hip pocket pain.

Honestly wouldn't have any issue with West and Woodville merging to form one Western suburbs club.

But Magic should not be part of it and they should just become the social club or one domestic club of the West/Woodville local competition.

My dear little woodvillian how jealous art thou,because of your leaderships attitude you have missed out in being a part of the wests only megaclub.If you are nice we might accept your best players to and let you guys and the rest of magic become social teams playing little crappy tournaments based at stclair.

Yeah dream on a club made up of 97 teams,that would make sturt-forestville merge or maybe norwood-north.

Magic and West Superclub ... Hiliarious....

Woodville Warriors surviving the next few years....even more hilarious!

Nice colors warriors is your main sponsor the cheescake shop.

Why if everybody hates magic so much were they allowed to compete in district bball in the first place?

so magic players can't move between clubs during seasons then??

Woodville Warriors offer pathways to Magic players also-try out and come play for us.

Ithink Magic members have a sweet deal,they get to play district bball at a good price.If they win their respective summer seasons they can pop into a div higher.I would like to see a lot more clubs like this to boost up div3 ,maybe a club from golden grove/salisbury/seaford!