Players are required to attend 1 to 2 training sessions a week, with times and days to be set by the head coach.

Junior Representative basketball in North Queensland involves playing in the NQJBC (North Queensland Junior Basketball Championship)

Tournaments are played in Cairns, Townsville and Mackay and games are played on Friday night, Saturday, and Sunday. At the completion of the QNJBC the team will travel to the Queensland State Championships held anywhere from Cairns to the Gold Coast. Depending on the age group these are either 4- or 5-day events held during the school holidays. Players will generally travel down the day before competition and return the day after competition ends.

Players are required to attend all three (3) NQJBC carnivals and the State Champs. If a player is unable to attend a QNJBC due to medical reasons (a doctor’s certificate must be provided), this may jeopardise their attendance at the State Champs.

Dates for these events can be found on the Basketball Queensland website and MCBA website.

Scorers

Parents will be required to score at the Cairns and Townsville NQJBC Carnivals and any state champs that are in the north. If parents do not want to score or know how a fee of $25 will be payable to hire a scorer to cover their timeslot. Training will be available for those parents wanting to know how to score. Scorers for Mackay and state champs held in the South will be hired.

Travel

Players are required to find their own transport to the Cairns and Townsville tournaments, whether that be in a private car or carpool. Travel to Mackay will be as a team via a minibus or hire vehicles and players will stay together.

Players will also travel and stay as a team for all State Champs not in Cairns.

Commitment to the Program

Players are required to attend all trainings as well as all NQJBC and State Championships. There may be other team events organised by the Head Coach which the player will need to also attend.

Many of our coaches have families of their own, I’m sure there are times during the season that they would much rather spend time with their own families, however they have made a commitment to YOUR child, so we ask that the commitment is shown back to them.

Trials

Trials will take place prior to each rep season. This will be a 2-week trial period and coaches will also observe players in the junior competition over these two weeks.

Squad selection will be announced after the 2-week trial, with the selected players being emailed before teams are posted online.

Expenses

Rep Basketball involves travel and accommodation and with this comes expense. Mulgrave Basketball runs a user pay program so that all costs are covered by the players themselves. We try and get costs as cheap as possible for the players but the average cost for a full season is approximately $2,500. This includes 3 NQJBC carnivals, 1 State Champs, admin costs, training sessions and uniforms.

As bookings for travel and accommodation are made in advance if a player withdraws after the first NQJBC carnival costs will still be payable and not refundable excluding airfares where a credit maybe obtained.

For further information please email admin@mulgravebasketball.com