Hawks STATE CHAMPS 2024 & WABL 2025 TRIALS
HAWKS State Champs/WABL Teams Selections
State Champs 2024 & WABL 2025 Trial Information Brief : PLHBA TRIALS WABL 2024 V5 FINAL
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REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED for WABL 2025
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PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION All trials will be held at Bendat Basketball Centre unless otherwise notified. Trial dates & times Court Plan Trials Commencing 8th October OPEN TRIAL is for all NON HAWKS WABL PLAYERS and New to WABL players ALL U11 Girls are required to attend the Open Tryout & WABL Trials , including our WABL 2024 U12G bottom agers PLAYERS ARE NOT TO WEAR STATE REPRESENTATIVE OR ANY OTHER ASSOCIATION ATTIRE TO TRY OUTS to ensure a fair and open trial process for all. TRY OUTS ARE CLOSED to parents and spectators to allow all athletes to perform without distractions. ALL CORRESPONDENCE IS TO GO THROUGH THE HAWKS OFFICE. hawks@hawksbasketball.com.au not to coaches or others involved in trials process. WABL – The WA Basketball League (WABL) is WA’s representative junior basketball competition. Basketball associations (clubs) from Perth, the Hills, Rockingham, Mandurah, and Bunbury field teams in this competition. Each club is invited to enter up to four teams (10 players per team) in each of the following age categories, boys and girls for 2024: STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS -The Basketball WA State Championships is a series of carnivals that run over five weekends from the end of November through to mid-December. Every Perth-based and country-based basketball association (club) is invited to enter in each of the following age groups, girls and boys. We ask that you please do not nominate your child for selection in a 2024 Hawks State Champs team if you are not also intending to play WABL in 2025. Trial information – information on all trials is available on our website and other social channels. Teams will be announced on the Perry Lakes Website and all Social channels will communicate this. No emails will be sent out with team announcements. Please remember to be patient with the process it’s a huge job, and we all volunteer our time to allow the children to play basketball. Teams will be posted here once finalised. WABL is a representative competition where players are selected over others. If selected in a WABL team, players are expected to honour that selection and prioritise their WABL commitments over their commitment to other sports. Players are expected to attend every training session and every game, even if injured. State Championship Team Selection – This selection and also the State Championship tournaments will be used to select our WABL teams for 2025. Trials are held in October and the tournaments are in Nov/Dec depending on the age group/division. The WABL pre-season starts in early February with one session per week. All players are expected to attend all training sessions without exception. The WABL grading tournaments are held at the end of February/early March. The grading tournaments for most age groups will be held on Sundays At the completion of the WABL grading tournaments, all teams continue to train once a week, normally on a Thursday. The WABL regular season starts April 27th 2025, One game per week is played every Sunday for 18 weeks (with two weeks break during the July school holidays). WABL finals run for three weeks after the regular season concludes. In summary, the time commitment for WABL is significant How are WABL Teams selected? Teams are selected by the WABL selection panel which include age-level coaches past and present. A team is selected on a balance of positions and although your son/daughter maybe for example the 5th best guard in the age group, it does not necessarily mean they will be selected in the first team, as each team requires a balance of players in every position. Selectors are looking at a wide variety of skills and attributes in athletes. Ability of a athletes is a subjective opinion, teams need to be balanced and if your son/daughter is in the 10 best skilled or the 10 best scorers for example, positional balance needs to ensure there is an appropriate number of athletes selected in each position (guards forwards) and also top age and bottom age in the age group. Are WABL basketball athletes allowed to play other sports? The answer is YES, but representative basketball is a serious commitment and athletes are expected to communicate they are playing other sports on the registration form, this helps with the team balance. Regarding other sports please be aware that Hawks can’t change fixtures to suit other sports. WABL Fixtures normally aren’t available until early April and are fixtured by Basketball WA. ( Please be reminded do not contact Basketball WA, all communication needs to go through the Association, HAWKS) When will the WABL teams be finalised ? While teams are named for the State Championship Tournaments, WABL Teams will be finalised after the end of grading. Player movement can happen between divisions and teams up until then. Movement between teams ensure all athletes are in the appropriate teams within the program. Cuts may also occur at this time. WABL is played on Sunday’s between 7.30am- 6pm , depending on court availability at venues. The season is played at home (Bendat basketball Centre) and away at venues from Joondalup to Mundaring and as far south as Bunbury. Our 2024 State Champs trials will be open trials for our WABL 2025 Teams. The link to register will open on 9th September with trials taking place in mid-October Link to Trial – https://www.playhq.com/basketball-wa/register/4cc566 Any player can register for, and attend these trials so long as they are born in the following years: State Championships is held over Five weekends. The 2024Fuel to Go and Play BWA State Championships will be held at Bendat Basketball Centre. The dates are: 16/17 November 2024 – Under 11 Boys and Under 13 Girls (Divisions 2–5) 23/24 November 2024 – Under 11 Girls and Under 15 Boys (Divisions 2–5) 30 November/1 December 2024 – Under 13 Boys and Under 15 Girls (Divisions 2–5) 7/8 December 2024– Under 17 Boys, Under 17 Girls, Under 19 Boys and Under 20 Girls (Divisions 2–5) 14/15/16 December 2024 – State Titles – All Championship Divisions across all age groups Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate this. We ask that you please DO NOT register your child to trial for a 2024 Perry Lakes Hawks State Champs team if you are not also intending to play WABL in 2025. If your child intends to play dual sports during the season, please make the club aware. – enter details in Registration form. We don’t want teams put at a disadvantage and a solution may can be organised. Eg train on positions ARRIVE NO SPECTATORS BRING WEAR Hawks reversibles can be purchased online at the Hawks Shop….. Click here to visit our Hawks Shop : https://hawksgear.hawksbasketball.com.au/ All players are expected to abide by our players’ code of conduct. Players are expected to attend all scheduled training sessions unless unwell. Injured players are still expected to attend training. All parents are expected to register (link in the registration section) All Parents are expected to abide by our parents and spectators’ codes of conduct and our zero-tolerance behaviour policy. Parents are expected to score during State Champs and the WABL Season and are rostered on by Team Managers. Generally, parents will only be required to score one or two game per Season however this depends on the length of the Season. (Training courses will be provided prior to the start of the season.) A Tablet is used, as in our Junior Competition games, so most families will already be familiar with this. Usually, the Visiting team uses the Tablet, and the “Home” team is responsible for timing games – stopping the clock each time the Referee blows their whistle or re-starting the clock when games resume. A game could last for about an hour and 30 minutes, much longer than a Domestic game. Every team requires a parent to volunteer as team manager All players in the U12 & U14 age groups need to be playing in our Junior Domestic Competition or Hawks Junior Development League, also preferred that U16 play in the Junior Competition. This will help increase the players skill level. Eligibility checks will be run to confirm these players are complying with these requirements. All players will be required to pay the following: If your child wishes to wear a jumper or warmup top while warming up for a WABL game, it must be a Perry Lakes Hawks warm-up top ($50) It is expected that all athletes wanting to be selected for a Hawks WABL 2025 Team, will play State Champs in 2024. If you have any questions about Hawks WABL for 2025 or 2024 State Champs trials and selections, please direct them to hawks@hawksbasketball.com.au BUT please ensure you have read all the information above before emailing. ALL CORRESPONDENCE IS TO GO THROUGH THE HAWKS OFFICE. hawks@hawksbasketball.com.au not to coaches or others involved in trials process. Registration link to trial for WABL 2025 is now OPEN Please read ALL information carefully as the WABL Selection Process has changed. Registration Link https://www.playhq.com/basketball-wa/register/4cc566 Times/Days may change due to registration numbers. Please check our Hawks website for updates.
