Winter Season Club Basketball Competition (Terms 2 & 3, 2015)

Dear Parents/Guardians,
Basketball has a long and successful history at John Paul College. The club basketball program is proud
to provide a complete pathway with basketball options for students of every age, from Prep to Year 12.
Club basketball is a great opportunity and environment for players of all ages and abilities to play in both
social and competitive forms of the sport. We have many enthusiastic, committed volunteers and
experienced, qualified coaches helping our juniors reach their full potential. With an emphasis on fun and
participation, the basketball program aims to develop our children into confident players and, even more
importantly, positive contributors to the John Paul College Basketball community.
The following information for the upcoming club basketball season should provide helpful details:
Winter Season Club Basketball Competition (Terms 2 & 3, 2015)
SEASON DATES
2015 Winter Season of the Logan Basketball Club Competition
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Commences:
Friday 8 /Saturday 9 May 2015
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Concludes:
Friday 18 /Saturday 19 September 2015 (start of school holidays)
AGE GROUPS
The John Paul College Basketball Club will be fielding teams for boys and girls in the following age groups:
 Thunderball (modified court)
Born 2008 or later* (ages 4-7)
 Under 9 (full court)
Born 2007 or 2008*
 Under 11
Born 2005 or 2006
 Under 13
Born 2003 or 2004
 Under 15
Born 2001 or 2002
 Under 17
Born 1999 or 2000
 Youth Premier League (competitive)
Born 1996 or later
Logan Basketball has introduced new “odd years” age groups for the Winter season to bring the club competition
into alignment with the representative season.
*Players born in 2008 (turning 7 in 2015) can choose to participate in either Thunderball or U9:
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Thunderball – mixed teams, modified short courts, lower rings.
U9 – offered separately for boys and girls, played on full court with full height rings.
To qualify for an age group, players must be under that age until the end of the year that the competition
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ends in. For example: to play U13s this season, a player cannot turn 13 before 31 December 2015.
Logan Basketball will generally structure teams into Division 1 and Division 2 within an age group. If we
receive enough JPC registrations to enter two or more teams in the same age group, players may be
allocated to a Division 1 or Division 2 team based on factors including team balance, age, skill/experience,
etc. If necessary, trials will be held for all age groups from U10 – Youth Premier League towards the end
of Term 1, 2015.
DAYS AND VENUES
Primary venue:
InSports Cornubia Park Sports Centre, 146 Bryants Rd, Shailer Park.
Secondary venue: Mt Warren Sports Centre, 2 Milne St, Mt. Warren Park.
Thunderball and U19 will play at Cornubia only. Both venues will be used for all age other groups.
Thunderball, U9, U11 and U13 play on Saturday mornings. U15, U17 and YPL play on Friday nights.
TRAINING
All teams will have a compulsory training session once per week (either before or after school), sometimes
combined with other teams of the same gender and age group depending on court availability. Details will
be confirmed at the start of Term 2.
UNIFORM
Players should wear their JPC basketball playing shorts and their JPC P.E. shorts to and from each game.
Playing shorts are yours to keep. New players will receive their shorts at the start of the season. Playing
singlets are the property of the College and must be returned at the end of each game and taken home by
players/parents to be washed as a set.
COST
Logan Basketball have introduced a new streamlined payment system, effective this season. Instead of
paying club and game fees to JPC, and then separately paying annual registration fees to Logan
Basketball, the new system allows for a simple one-off payment which includes all playing costs for the
entire Winter season.
Your Winter season junior club membership fee covers:
 Logan Basketball fee (includes Winter season game costs and referee levies)
 Basketball Queensland fee (includes 12 months registration and playing insurance)
 JPC club fee (covers Winter season team nominations, training/coaching, uniforms, end of season
trophies, etc)
Please note that Winter season membership includes a full 12 months of Basketball Queensland registration,
valued at either $60 or $80 depending on your child’s age. If you pay for Winter season membership now then
register for the Summer season later in the year, you will not have to pay the BQ registration component again.
You will only have to pay the LBI and JPC season costs.
JPC proudly remains the cheapest junior club at Logan Basketball by an average of $60 per player. All
fees will be charged to your Term 2 JPC school fees account.
JPC Winter Season Membership Fees
Thunderball
$160 per player
U9
$230 per player
U11
$280 per player
U13
$300 per player
U15
$300 per player
U17
$300 per player
YPL
$300 per player
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $60)
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $60)
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $60)
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $80)
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $80)
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $80)
(includes 12 months BQ registration - $80/$99)
2014 Registration Credit
If your current LBI/BQ registration expires in either September, October, November or December 2015,
you will receive a credit for the unused portion of your 365 day registration. This will be calculated by LBI
and your JPC charges will be adjusted.
REGISTRATION PROCESS
Registration is completed via an online process through the Logan Basketball website. Instructions:
1. Go to the Logan Basketball website: www.loganbasketball.com
2. Find the JPC logo on the home page (underneath “Junior Club Winter Season Membership”).
3. Click on the JPC logo.
(Alternatively you can use the following link: https://reg.sportingpulse.com/v6/regoform.cgi?formID=47874)
4. Enter the SportingPulse registration process by choosing the correct sign-in option for you.
If you are returning from last season and have previously used online registration, you can enter the
Sporting Pulse username and password that would have been emailed to you when you first signed
up ("I have played in this club before and have my username and password"). If you cannot find your
details, don't worry. You can just register as a new member ("I am registering to this club for the first
time") and the system will automatically merge your new record with your old one.
5. From the pull-down menu, select “JPC” as the club you wish to register with (if registering for first time).
6. Follow the registration process.
7. When you arrive at the Summary screen with the green status bar and the message “Thank you, we
have registered you in JPC”, your registration is complete and you can exit safely.
DO NOT CLICK “PROCEED TO PAYMENT” AND DO NOT PAY ONLINE BY CREDIT CARD.
CHARGES WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR TERM 2 JPC SCHOOL FEES ACCOUNT.
CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATIONS: MONDAY 9TH MARCH 2015
All registrations must be completed by this date to allow time to finalise teams, coaches, trainings and
uniforms. Late registrations may not be accepted. Registrations submitted via email to the coordinator will
not be accepted.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email at [email protected].
We look forward to you being part of the JPC club basketball family!
Kind Regards,
Julie Maroske
Basketball Coordinator