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Following is a summary of the changes to the promotion/relegation groups in the Under 18 Boys, 14 Boys and 14 Girls Division 3 Competitions, heading into phase 2. The schedule for phase 2 of these competitions, including the games on Sunday 29/11/2009, will be available by COB Monday 23/11/2009.

Under 18 Boys Division 3
Group A: North Adelaide 4 and Southern 3 have been relegated to group B.
Group B: South Adelaide 3 and Torrens Valley 2 have been promoted to group A, and Woodville 3 has been relegated to group C.
Group C: Forestville 4 and Norwood 5 have been promoted to group B, and North Adelaide 5 has been relegated to group D.
Group D: Forestville 5 and Norwood 6 have been promoted to group C, and Southern 5 and Western 2 have been relegated to group E.
Group E: South Adelaide 5 and Forestville 6 have been promoted to group D.

Only one team has been relegated from each of groups B and C, to leave 6 teams in these groups.

Under 14 Boys Division 3
Group A: Southern 3 and West Adelaide 3 have been relegated to group B.
Group B: Forestville 3 and South Adelaide 3 have been promoted to group A, and Woodville 3 and Southern 4 have been relegated to group C.
Group C: Norwood 5 and Forestville 4 have been promoted to group B, and Central Districts 2 and Eastern 3 have been relegated to group D.
Group D: Norwood 6 and North Adelaide 5 have been promoted to group C, and South Adelaide 4 and Forestville 5 have been relegated to group E.
Group E: Western 4 and North Adelaide 6 have been promoted to group D.

Under 14 Girls Division 3
Group A: Western 1 and Sturt 4 have been relegated to group B.
Group B: Norwood 4 and Norwood 3 have been promoted to group A, and Western 2 and Southern 3 have been relegated to group C.
Group C: Woodville 3 and Sturt 5 have been promoted to group B.


Congratulations to all players listed for the exciting new season of Bearcats Basketball.  Please note that any players not listed may have been mistakenly omitted, or may be unfinancial at this time.
Coaches will be contacting players soon in regard to training times etc. Please note that squads may be changed at the coaches discretion and players could be promoted/relegated as the starting time for 2009/10 seasons near. If there are any queries re omissions or fees, please  contact Peter Shattock on “ treasurer@bearcats.net.au

Queries for girls program to the Coaching Director- Andrew Nowak  -

Queries for boys program (Bob Hunnerup is on leave ) to Darrel Simmons - 

Congratulations to all players and thanks for continuing the strong tradition of the West Adelaide Basketball Club.

  
Following is a brief summary of the regionalisation and promotion/relegation structures that will be applied to Division 3 and below senior grades, as described in a competition structure document distributed to clubs last month.

Regionalisation

Competitions with a minimum of 7 teams in each of the Northern and Southern regions (Division 3 and 4 Men and Division 3 Women) will be divided into two conferences, with teams playing an entire minor round against teams from their own conference, then playing cross-conference finals

Competitions with a minimum of 5 teams in each of the Northern and Southern regions (Division 4 Women and Division 5 Men) will also be divided into two conferences, with teams playing games against all other teams, but more games against teams from their own conference than the opposite conference These grades will also play cross-conference finals

Competitions with 4 or less teams in each of the Northern and Southern regions (Division 5 Women) will not be regionalised.

Promotion/Relegation

Competitions with a minimum of 9 teams in a conference (or in total for competitions that aren’t regionalised) (Division 3 men, Division 4 men) will use a promotion/relegation structure.

The Summer season for these competitions will be run in 4 5-week phases with no finals.

Each conference will be divided into groups, with a maximum of 6 teams in each group. The initial makeup of these groups is based on performance in the 2009 State League season.

Each phase consists of a group playing a round-robin series. For groups with less than five teams, there may also be classification games played within the group.

At the end of each phase, the top two teams in a group are promoted to a higher group (if there is one) and the lowest two teams are promoted to a lower group (if there is one).

During the Summer season, where a club has multiple teams in a division which use promotion/relegation, a player is ineligible to move to another team in the same division at the following times:
  • Between the start and end of the first phase of minor round games
  • Between the start and end of the second phase of minor round games
  • Between the start and end of the third phase of minor round games
  • From the start of the fourth phase of minor round games to the end of the Summer season
  • However, a player is eligible to move to another team in between phases.
If you have any questions, please forward them to the club secretary. (Sue Porter)


Basketball SA
District Competition Structure Announcement
28/7/2009
Basketball SA has announce a number of changes to the structure of the district competition,
which will be implemented as of the 2009/10 Summer season .

Following is a summary of the most significant changes:
Season Dates
Going forward, junior and senior district competitions will run a Summer season from October to March and a Winter season from March to August/September.
In the 2009/10 transitional period only, the Summer season for the senior competition will run from September 7-9 2009 to March 2010, and the Summer season for the junior competition will run from October 13-17 2009 to March 2010.

Scheduling
The following scheduling changes will occur:
  • The Under 12 and 14 Division 2 boys and girls competitions will move from Saturday morning to Friday night, creating consistency amongst all Under 12-18 Division 1 and 2 competitions
  •  The Under 16 Division 3 girls competitions will move from Saturday morning to Thursday night, creating consistency with the Under 16 Division 3/4/5 Boys competitions 
  • The Under 20 Division 1 Men and Under 21 Division 1 Women’s competitions will move from Friday night to Tuesday night 
  • The Under 20 Division 2/3 Men and Under 21 Division 2 Women’s competitions will move from Friday night to Wednesday night 
  • There will be four divisions of senior competitions run midweek in both the Summer and Winter seasons:
  • Division 2 on Tuesday night
  • Division 3 on Monday night
  • Division 4 on Wednesday night
  • Division 5 on Tuesday night
  • The Division 1 senior competition, currently referred to as the Central ABL, will only be run in Winter.
Junior Competition Size
The maximum size of the Under 12-Under 18 division 2 competitions will be progressively reduced from 12 teams to 10 teams, starting with Under 12s in October 2009, in order to produce a consistent structure for the highest senior, and junior divisions.

Club Eligibility
Eligibility for the Under 12-Under 20/21 Division 1 competitions and the division 2 senior Summer competition will continue to be restricted to the 10 clubs that currently participate in the Central ABL.
The 10 clubs that currently participate in the Central ABL will continue to have the right to have a team in the Under 12-20/21 Division 2 competitions and the division 2 senior Winter competition.
All other junior competitions (Under 10s, Division 3 and below of Under 12s-20/21s) will be open to one or multiple teams from all clubs that currently participate in the junior competition. All other senior competitions (division 3 and below) will be open to one or multiple teams from all clubs that currently participate in the junior competition.

Promotion/Relegation
All Under 10 divisions, division 3 and below of the Under 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20/21 competitions and division 3 and below of the senior competitions will use a promotion/relegation system in which teams are graded for the Winter season based on results in the Summer season. This is dependent on a sufficient number of teams nominating in each age group.
Regionalisation
All Under 10 divisions, division 3 and below of the Under 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20/21 competitions and division 3 and below of the senior competitions will be progressively divided into North and South regions, starting with Under 10s, Under 12s and seniors in 2009/10. This is dependent on a sufficient number of teams nominating in each age group.
By-Law Changes
A number of new by-laws, particularly those relating to player eligibility, will be implemented as a result of the above changes. In particular, players will not be able to play in both the Under 20/21 division 1 competition and senior division 2 competition on the same night, to avoid inequities in the ability of clubs to be able to do this due to scheduling conflicts, and to remove pressure on players to play multiple games on the same day.

Other by-laws will be communicated to clubs prior to the start of the season .
Future Changes
A number of other changes to the competition structure have been considered, including: The introduction of an Under 23 Competition, or “Youth League” The modification of timing rules in some junior competitions
These proposals will not be implemented in the 2009/10 Summer season, but are still under consideration for implementation in future seasons.


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reminder of by-law 2.4 of the junior district Competition

< … a Player is ineligible to play in more than one age group or more than one Division of the same age group in the same week unless they have prior written permission from the Committee.

The phrase “same week” refers to a week from Monday to Sunday. As an example, in cases where extra games are scheduled on a Sunday, players may not play in one team on Thursday/Friday/Saturday and in another team on Sunday in the same week.


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2009 U21 Div 2  Womens
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Back row: Jennifer Nowland, Grace Twartz, Jordan Keipert, Eliza Pisoni, Elle Finos.
Front row:   Danielle Valente,Kristen Scheffler, Con Finos, Lauren Rodato, Kelsey Crowe