ABOUT US
Springwood and Districts Basketball Association (S&DBA) is based out of Blaxland High School Sports Centre. We are a member of Basketball New South Wales, as well as being active members of our Blue Mountains and Penrith community. S&DBA is a non-profit organisation, providing a fun environment for people of all ages and abilities to play basketball. We have a large range of development sessions for all ages and experience levels, as well as domestic and representative competitions for both girls and boys of all different age groups. We currently run basketball activities on all days of the week, with an emphasis on creating more opportunities for young players, and in particular pushing for more female participation.
The Blue Mountains region is a tight-knit community, with around 80,000 members, which is embedded in the community values we create within both our domestic and representative programs. We are currently experiencing dramatic growth in our numbers and are excited to expand basketball opportunities within our local communities.
WHAT WE OFFER
We have a large range of development sessions and domestic competitions that cater to all ages, genders and abilities – giving everyone a chance to play basketball to the best of their abilities! Our Development Sessions are all about learning to play the game, our Domestic Competitions (all played out of Blaxland High School) are for playing the game we love, and our Representative Teams are for the best of our players to compete against other Associations!
MISSION STATEMENT
We are experiencing excellent growth across our Association, particularly in our girls department! We have grown the number of rep teams and competition participants drastically – however we are now finding that our Pink Squad development session is shrinking in numbers. Our all-inclusive Ball4All programs hasn’t had many new participants in a while – it’s the same familiar faces each week. Both of these spaces, the female participation and all-abilities participation, are really exciting opportunities for us to expand into in this coming year.
We are however in a tricky position where our boys’ programs are nearly full – most of our space to grow is in these two spaces. In order to grow these spaces, we are offering a variety of packages to all the primary schools in our Local Government Area that will hopefully incentivise participation in our programs. Whilst we would lose money on the discounted sessions, we think it’s worth it to get players onto the basketball court. The packages can be viewed below:
OUR PACKAGES
PACKAGE 1: Girls Only Sessions $25 per on court hour, $20 per hour of coach travel
- Can be either in-school hours or after school hours (it does need to be on the school site)
- We provide the coach and the equipment (if the school has any equipment, that would be awesome!)
- Cost to the school subsidises our cost to cover the coach and their travel
- Can be booked for however many weeks, dependent on coach and school availability
- Can use the Sporting School Funds for it, h however bypass the portal and invoiced straight to us, meaning that there are no extra fees added by BNSW, and we can keep the prices low.
- Every participant receives great skills training in a girls-only environment, as well as a free term of our Girls Only Pink Squad training sessions, which run 5:10 – 6:10pm on Monday afternoons. This is via a promo code unique to the school, is given upon signing up, and is eligible for anyone in the family.
PACKAGE 2: Special Education Sessions $25 per on court hour, $20 per hour of coach travel
- Can be either in-school hours or after school hours (it does need to be on the school site)
- We provide the coach and the equipment (if the school has any equipment, that would be awesome!)
- Cost to the school subsidises our cost to cover the coach and their travel
- Can be booked for however many weeks, dependent on coach and school availability.
- Coaches would need teaching assistants on hand to ensure the lessons go smoothly.
- Can use the Sporting School Funds for it, however bypass the portal and invoiced straight to us, meaning that there are no extra fees added by BNSW, and we can keep the prices low.
- Every participant receives great skills training in a safe environment, as well as a free term of our all-ability Ball4All training sessions, which run Saturday mornings 10:30 – 11:30am on school weeks. This is via a promo code unique to the school, is given upon signing up, and is eligible for anyone in the family.
PACKAGE 3: Mixed All-Ages Skill Sessions $50 per on court hour, $35 per hour of coach travel
- In school hours only, we provide the coach and equipment (if the school has any equipment, that would be awesome!)
- Cost to the school is to fully cover the coach, their travel, equipment hire, administration costs etc
- Can be booked for however many weeks, dependent on coach and school availability
- Can use the Sporting School Funds for it, however bypass the portal and invoiced straight to us, meaning that there are no extra fees added by BNSW, and we can keep the prices low.
- Every participant receives great skills training in a safe environment.
- Any school attendees get a free term of our all-ability Ball4All training sessions, which run Saturday mornings 10:30 – 11:30am on school weeks, and/or a free term of our Girls Only Pink Squad training sessions, which run 5:10 – 6:10pm on Monday afternoons. This is via a promo code unique to the school, is given upon signing up, and is eligible for anyone in the family.
PACKAGE 4: Mix and Match (dependent on the sessions booked)
- Can combine any of the previous packages on the same day (ie Girls Only Sessions + Special Education Sessions)
- In school hours only, we provide the coach and equipment (if the school has any equipment, that would be awesome!)
- Cost to the school is as per the individual packages
- Difference in travel prices would be averaged out
- Can be booked for however many weeks, dependent on coach and school availability
- Can use the Sporting School Funds for it, however bypass the portal, meaning that there are no extra fees added by BNSW, and we can keep the prices low.
- Every participant receives great skills training in a safe environment.
- All school kids get a free term of our all-ability Ball4All training sessions, which run Saturday mornings 10:30 – 11:30am on school weeks, and/or a free term of our Girls Only Pink Squad training sessions, which run 5:10 – 6:10pm on Monday afternoons. This is via a promo code unique to the school, is given upon signing up, and is eligible for anyone in the family.
PACKAGE 5: Advertisement Only
- No cost to the school
- We provide various advertisements to your school in digital or physical form, including but not limited to any/all of the below:
- Pamphlets for all our sessions
- Specific flyers for our Girls Only Pink Squad, and our all-abilities Ball4All
- Social Media graphics for posting
- Newsletter Articles + Graphics (according to your specifications of their size)
- Link to our website on your website, and vice-versa
- Any school attendees get a free term of our all-ability Ball4All training sessions, which run Saturday mornings 10:30 – 11:30am on school weeks, and/or a free term of our Girls Only Pink Squad training sessions, which run 5:10 – 6:10pm on Monday afternoons. This is via a promo code unique to the school, is given upon signing up, and is eligible for anyone in the family.
CONTACT US
If you think that your school would be interested in working together towards these goals, we would love to get in touch. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any enquiries, or with any further questions.
We hope to hear from you soon, and welcome you into the Scorchers family!
Email: development@springwoodscorchers.com.au and office@springwoodscorchers.com.au
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