North Pole Hoops has announced that it will be hosting its first-ever NPH Manitoba Showcase in Winnipeg May 4-6 at Oak Park High School. The NPH event is open to all players (boys and girls) grade 8-12 in search of an opportunity for player development and national exposure. The NPH team has travelled across the nation in search of Canada’s top prospects including British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia. The focus of the event will once again be on the combination of exposure and player development. In addition to development and national exposure, players will receive an NPH reversible jersey and player profile head shots. Cost to register is $130 a player. For details and to register with NPH...
Ever ask the question: What are my responsibilities to the children I coach? Or, where does my responsibility start and end? Coaching Manitoba is offering an evening of information for coaches and volunteers that will answer these and other questions. Sport Manitoba will be hosting a Duty of Care session for coaches and volunteers. Our guest speaker will be Bruce Wood, M.A., D.A.A. is the Project Coordinator for the RespectED Support Line Project of the Canadian Red Cross. He will cover the topic of responsibilities of coaches and volunteers to their athletes and teams. These sessions will be held in the Sport for Life Centre Theatre. Two sessions (2pm and 6:30pm) have been planned for June 14 allowing your sports key volunteers to attend the evening session. There is no cost for this session. For more information...
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The Big Country Beavers Basketball Club have released the schedule for this weekend's club basketball tournament. The event runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Lindenwoods Community Centre and St. John's Ravenscourt School in Winnipeg. The schedule and more information on the tournament can be found at...
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TORONTO – Canada Basketball is excited to announce a new event, “3x3 Canada Quest.” This initiative from FIBA and Canada Basketball will begin in June with three tour sites in Canada. The three sites are qualification events for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters competition in New York City to be held August 18-19, 2012. Basketball Alberta and Basketball BC will share hosting duties in Edmonton, Alberta (June 9-10), while Ontario Basketball will host in Toronto, Ontario (July 6-8) and Quebec Basketball Federation will run the event in Montreal, Quebec (July 7-8). The winners in each of these sites will earn a berth and represent Canada in the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters in New York City. The 16 best teams from the Masters will then qualify for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Final, which will be held in Miami, USA on September 23-24.
Check out today's collection of game scores from all levels of basketball in Manitoba...
University of Winnipeg Men’s Basketball head coach Mike Raimbault is pleased to announce the commitment of Kelvin Clippers stand out Kristjan Lamont to the Wesmen Men’s Basketball Program for the start of the upcoming season this September. The 6’6 forward averaged 15 points, nine rebounds and two blocks per game this past season and played a vital role in leading the Clippers to the AAAA Provincial semi finals last month. He was named a Provincial All-Star and was also recognized as a Graduating All-Star. His outstanding play at the 45th Annual Wesmen Classic earned him a spot on the Tournament All-Star team. Lamont was recognized this past season as both a CTV Sports Star of the Week and Manitoba High School Athletic Association Urban Athlete of the Week.
On Thursday, April 12, Basketball Manitoba hosted the 3rd Annual Club Basketball Summit. The meeting included 20 key stakeholders from the club basketball system including coordinators and coaches along with some Basketball Manitoba board members. The club system is playing an ever-increasing role in the development of basketball throughout the province. The goal of these summits is to improve communication and to help coordinate club activities so that all those involved have a positive experience and the game continues to grow and improve. Some very important discussion took place in an open and informal atmosphere. Some of the topics covered were...
Coaching Manitoba and Sport Manitoba on Sunday announced the four finalists for Coach of the Year tied to its annual Coaching Manitoba Excellence Awards presented by Manitoba Lotteries. The program's aim is to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements and significant contributions coaches have made to their athletes and their sport through coaching. Two of the four recipients were basketball coaches including Don Thomson of Brandon, winner of the School based 'Peter Dick Award' and is currently coaching at Neelin High School plus is Basketball Manitoba's 17U Female Provincial Team Coach. Long time wheelchair basketball coach form Winnipeg, Bill Johnson was recognized with the high performance 'Peter Williamson Memorial Award'. Congratulations to Don, Bill and the other deserving recipients!
Providence College in Otterburne, MB have announced the details on its upcoming boys and girls summer basketball camps. The Junior High Camps will run July 9-13 and the Senior High to follow July 16-20. For details on to register online...
This past weekend, the University of Manitoba and the Junior Bison program hosted their annual club basketball tournament in Winnipeg. The club welcomed teams from within and out of province to come participate in an action packed weekend of competitive basketball. The 2012 event was a bigger year for entries from last year and was up 5 teams this year to 56 total teams. Each played in 7 different age brackets with more than 96 games played over the weekend. The club welcomed 7 out of town teams during the event, with entries from Regina, Saskatoon and Winkler. For a summary of the 7 different division winners and a link to a number of pictures taken...
attract more young people into becoming a new basketball referee or
coach. The 'Be a Coach' promotion is targeting young adults in the 18-25
age range to continue with the sport this April in a different
capacity. With most people in this age range seeing their basketball
involvement coming to end, we want to open another chapter with your
love for the game of basketball! Basketball Manitoba, the MBCA, MABO,
WMBA and MHSAA are offering free coach clinics to these people this
April to make basketball a 'sport for life'. To register for the free
clinics...
Basketball Manitoba is pleased to offer its support behind the upcoming 'Walk so Kids Can Talk' special event to help raise needed funds so that young people here and across the country will continue to have access to Kids Help Phone’s free, professional phone and online counselling services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Every day, Kids Help Phone’s professional counsellors hear from kids who are experiencing the cruelty of bullying, the loneliness of depression, the paralyzing fear of anxiety, or are feeling the pressures to succeed, compete, or conform. As one of the 40 communities across the country participating in the Walk so Kids Can Talk, Winnipeg will be hosting its walk on Sunday May 6 at the University of Winnipeg Duckworth Centre. How can you help?
Basketball Manitoba is pleased to announce that Kerri Kuzbyt of Winnipeg has been named a recent recipient of the Sport
Manitoba 'Women to Watch' athlete grant! Kerri was a member of the Manitoba Provincial Team program for the past 3 years and recently completed her high school career at Sisler High School. Kerri is off to the University of Winnipeg Wesmen program in the fall to play under coach Tanya McKay. Past basketball recipients of this award include Emily Potter, Brittany Wiebe, Danielle Baril, Adele Baril, Morgan Cross, Danielle DeGagne and Krystal Schouten.
BRANDON, MB– Much of Novell Thomas’ life has revolved around the game of basketball. Thomas is looking to continue that trend as he begins the next chapter in his life as a university basketball coach after taking over the reins of Brandon University’s women’s basketball program.
Thomas’ list of accomplishments as a player is lengthy, and now he is looking to have similar success as a coach, but his first goal is to encourage the student-athletes playing for him.
“The development and graduation of my student-athletes is a primary focus,” says Thomas. “It’s my responsibility to give the student-athletes the tools needed to be successful academically, on the basketball court and in the community.”
Basketball Manitoba is pleased to announce that Michele Hynes of Winnipeg has been awarded one of two of the Canada Games Coaching Apprenticeship Project Scholarships! The program will officially add Michele to the coaching roster of the 17U Female Provincial Basketball Team program and connect her with the existing coaching staff in Don Thomson, Coleen Dufresne and Randy Kusano. She will be given access to a number of professional development and coach development opportunities heading into the 2013 Canada Games in Sherbrooke, Quebec. The scholarship is a cost shared program made possible through the partnership of the Canada Games Council, Sport Canada, Coaching Association of Canada, Coaching Manitoba and the 2013 Canada Summer Games Host Society. Read Michele's bio at...
Westdale School in partnership with Basketball Manitoba and MABO will be hosting a Junior Officials Development Program clinic on Saturday April 21, 2012 The clinic runs from 8:45 am - 3:30 pm at the school located at 6720 Betsworth Ave in west Winnipeg. People completing this course will be able to work in the WMBA as an official immediately. Cost to attend is $50. For more information and to register...
Brandon University Bobcats women’s basketball coach Novell Thomas will be hosting an open camp for female basketball players on April 14 from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm in the BU Gymnasium. The camp will be an open session with basketball games and skill assessment for current high school and college female basketball players who are interested in playing at the university level.
The Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA) is a community-based organization in Winnipeg that advocates for inner-city kids. With the assistance of True Sport, the SNA has transformed its operations from two basketball teams in 2008 – to nine basketball teams and six soccer teams in 2010. Over 500 newcomer and inner-city youth have participated in the program during that three-year span.
Chino Argueta, sports coordinator at the SNA, speaks about the challenges of creating and sustaining a grassroots community program. “The path is not easy,” he says. “When we first started with basketball, it took many meetings for our club to even be recognized as part of the Winnipeg Minor Basketball Association.”
Coaching with a Tablet? iPad, Playbook, Android? Technology is becoming more and more a reality in coaching. Long gone are the days where technology was just watching recoded game footage for a tactical advantage. Technology is now used to monitor training intensity, volume, rest, evaluation, skill analysis, and much more. As the technology has evolved so has its portability. Tablets now let you record an athlete performing a specific skill, break down that skill and replay it for your athlete by the time they get out of the pool and walk towards you. Instant information. Coaching Manitoba is offering a FREE coaching seminar on April 10...
The MHSAA has announced that it will be inducting a number of new individuals and teams into the Manitoba High School Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday April 21st, 2012. Athletes include Rick Watts who played at Dakota Collegiate basketball, Nick Papadakis of Daniel McIntyre Collegiate who excelled in basketball and Lynda Chorley (Kidd) of Hamiota Collegiate who was an outstanding basketball player. Builders include former MHSAA President and Carman Collegiate Principal Frank McKinnon, Gladwyn Scott who has been a Superintendent in the Interlake and South West Manitoba and Audrey Jones who was at Tec Voc High School and was one of the first Presidents of the MHSAA. The Hapnot Collegiate Kopper Kweens Basketball team from the early 50’s is the team to be inducted they won a stream of seven (7) Provincial High School Championships in the early 50’s. Tickets for the induction luncheon are available for $15.00 by contacting the MHSAA Office at...
Basketball Manitoba today announced that effective April 1, 2012, all regulation basketball rims will be returned to the original 'peach basket' style of hoop. The change comes due to a world-wide steel shortage, the primary material used in basketball rim construction. "It's a change we were wanting to avoid but the problem has become epidemic and was now affecting the growth of basketball at all levels", explained Basketball Manitoba Executive Director, Adam Wedlake. He added, "This will affect all levels of play immediately from the pros, university and below including the NCAA national championship scheduled for Monday night." To fill the supply of basketball rims during this worldwide steel epidemic, a change in materials used was the only solution. The recommendation from the special task force to return to the original style of basketball hoop was unanimous. "If this style of hoop was good for our sport's founder, Dr. Naismith, then its good enough for us!", exclaimed Basketball Manitoba Technical Director, Dan Becker, adding "We welcome this change and its a great green solution and very retro in style!". It is expected that all basketball facilities in Manitoba change to this new style immediately, ready for the 2012-13 basketball season. The new 'PB3000' basketball hoops will be available from Home Run Sports in the coming week. For more on this new equipment requirement...
Excerpt from the new basketball rulebook: