Together we can build a basketball club for the Benton community.

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Are you a parent of a child at Benton Junior College or living in the Benton area? We’re in the process of establishing a domestic basketball club for the community, and we need your input and involvement!   🏀🏀🏀
 
Currently our Benton area lacks a dedicated basketball team, but has the highest number of independent teams entering the Mornington District Basketball Association (MDBA). This leads to several challenges for parents, players and the MDBA.
 
Current Challenges
  • Team Formation Issues: Parents are left to form their own teams, which can limit movement between teams, grades, friendship groups and skill levels.
  • Uniform Costs: If a player does manage to switch teams, they must purchase a new uniform, adding unnecessary expenses.
  • Difficult To Enter: Joining a team becomes increasingly difficult if not done during Foundation (Prep), leaving some children without a chance to participate.
  • New Team Entry: As independent teams we don’t get access to sign up new teams as early as established clubs resulting in some teams missing out on available places.
  • Community: There is little support between Benton teams and many teams feel isolated except for perhaps the one or two other teams closest to them in the same age group.
  • Top Age, Bottom Age: With the date cutoffs for different age groups teams with both bottom age and top age players have had problems between seasons where players have been unable to continue playing with differences. This also causes problems for teams being left with too few players.
 
Why Starting A Club Is Important
  1. MDBA’s Future Vision: The Mornington District Basketball Association (MDBA) aims to have every team in their league associated with a club within the next 5 years.
  2. High Demand in Benton: Our area, Benton, currently has the highest number of teams entering the MDBA league individually.
  3. MDBA Support: MDBA is prepared to back us financially and with additional support in setting up the club.
  4. Priority Registration: Clubs like Mt Martha and Osbourne can register teams earlier than individuals. With competition spots becoming scarcer, individual teams are starting to miss out.
  5. Access to Training Facilities: We aim to negotiate with venues like the Civic Centre and Benton Junior College to secure access to courts and training times that work for everyone.
 
We are currently in contact with the MDBA President, and they are able to help both financially with setup costs and with support. They are on board with this.
 
We believe Benton deserves its own basketball club to provide our young stars with the same opportunities as Osbourne and Mt Martha and foster a stronger sense of community.
 
If you’re interested in being part of this exciting initiative, please let us know. Positions that will need to be filled include President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, General Board Members. With these positions filled we can setup a meeting with MDBA and work with them to get setup.
 
Let’s work together to build something special for our children!

Get involved

Please let us know if you would like to be involved or would like your child to become part of the club.