Manitoba Provincial Team Tryout Details

Dates 

• Friday April 9, 2010
• Saturday April 10, 2010
• Sunday April 11, 2010

Tryout Location 

• University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre, 400 Spence Street, Winnipeg, MB   (MAP)

Registration & Tryout Fee 

• No preregistration required
• Registration will begin 30 minutes prior to the first tryout on Friday evening and Saturday morning
• All players are to complete the Provincial Team Tryout Form (PDF) and bring it to the first tryout. Additional copies will be available on site.
• $25.00 per person due at the first tryout session
  
• All registered players will receive a 'Basketball Manitoba' t-shirt
• Cash or cheques will be accepted (cheques to be made payable to 'Basketball Manitoba')
• Receipts will be issued on request only
  

Other Information 

• Basketballs will be provided at each tryout 
• Players should arrive 20 minutes early to the tryout sessions dressed ready to play
• Players making one of the teams will be required to pay the set registration fee for the program

Player Eligibility 

All eligible players must fit into one of the following age divisions and have been a resident of Manitoba on or before February 1, 2010.

• Developmental Boys - ages 14U (born in 1996 or later)
• Midget Boys - ages 15U (born in 1995 or later)
• Developmental Girls - ages 14U (born in 1996 or later)
  
• Midget Girls - ages 15U (born in 1995 or later)
• Juvenile Boys - ages 16 & 17 (born in 1993 or later)
• Juvenile Girls - ages 16 & 17 (born in 1993 or later)

CHANGES FOR 2010 

Age Advancement

In the fall of 2008, the Basketball Manitoba Board of Directors passed a motion permitting a player of a younger age the option to play an age up on a Provincial Team. Any Midget age athlete who wishes to tryout for the Juvenile age program is welcome to do so. A decision can be made by the Juvenile coaching staff after the first session if the Midget athlete will continue with the Juvenile tryouts or will be asked to return to the Midget tryouts. For details on this, please contact Adam Wedlake.     

14U Developmental Program

In the summer of 2010, Basketball Manitoba is pleased to offer an additional opportunity for athletes at the 14U level to be a part of the Manitoba Provincial Team Program. These 14U teams will hold their tryouts alongside the 15U Midget Provincial Team and the 24 athletes selected (12 male, 12 female) will then continue regularly training through July. The 14U team will also attend two warm-up tournaments outside of Manitoba with the other 15U and 17U teams. The 14U team however, will not attend a national championship.

Additional Tryouts

All Provincial Team coaches may run another weekend of tryouts on the 3rd and/or 4th weekends of April to finalize their teams. The factor in determining if there will be an extension are connected to the overall numbers out at the initial tryouts. These details will be made directly to those athletes who are selected to return to a future tryout.  

Practices in May

Basketball Manitoba is permitting the Provincial Teams to run as many as one team practice per week in the month of May. This limitation will reduce the number of schedule conflicts an athlete may have with their other basketball programs occurring over this period. These details will be shared directly with the athletes selected to one of the Provincial Teams.

Tryout Schedule (all tryouts at the University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre)

* denotes the first tryout session; $25.00 tryout fee and registration form due 

  Provincial Team Tryout Form (PDF)

More information...

• Provincial Team Program Overview

• Provincial Team Coach Biographies

  Map to University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre

For information on the program including time lines and fees please go to the Manitoba Provincial Team page