Norwood unlucky to be bosh I'm fact I would be insulted :-)

Not that I really care but I think you may find that 4 teams of eastern girls made finals

Stats room = BRILLIANT WORK

Stats room = hands off it get back to your real job, obviously sturts president!!

Is basketball growing if so many clubs have so few teams in the girls? Three clubs with only 6 girls teams and 3 with 7 girls teams. Mavs with 7 teams is the only competitive one of those but not by development.
Sturt, forestville, Norwood and North are the only strong clubs in SA so why not reduce the number of dying clubs by forming at best a six club district comp?
Is their any point in, for instance, woodville having a div 1 U14 girls team when it hasn't won a game, is that district competition? Look at the ladders across age groups in these clubs which have huge gaps in numbers and ability.
What value does huge wins week in week out provide to the development of either the losers or winners.

Been talking about improving the same six clubs for more than a decade. the four big clubs are happy to fight out state champs and district finals every year and kill off the minnows. What is a win worth against the small six?

From the stats room:
Can you put a piece together that shows the relevant standings in their division of each of the clubs with only six or seven teams in the girls? Seems that that some of these district clubs don't have teams in Div 1 across age groups and are near the bottom across the field in the teams that do.
That might prod BSA into action or the clubs themselves.

Who is the third of the big 3. Obviously Sturt and Forestville but it is not obvious to me with quality of results who is number 3?? Is it West with all the GF appearances?

which is more than its players can do............Mr M H

Actually when you consider the support given to Norwood by BSA and their new JDO, their so called domestic competition and their non recruitment of players who migrate by chance to Norwood there results have been disappointing and I am not sure they have moved forward with any consistency across the club but in small pockets complimented by players from other clubs!

its a numbers game which is all BSA are interested in, norwood, sturt and eagles have numbers thats the bottom line and from numbers come success.
BSA will end up with 4 or 5 clubs the rest will die.

You talk about clubs dying but is it possible for district basketball to die. In a recent Messenger article in the north-north eastern suburbs it appears that football and soccer is running out of facilities to support the growth in the number of junior teams now existing. I can't recall the exact percentage but it was of the order of magnitude a doubling of junior kids(?)playing over the past 5 or so years.

I am sure the population hasn't doubled and I am sure basketball numbers have not doubled.

The number of teams in U10's/U12's appear less than when I was first associated with basketball over 10 years ago.

I understand the need for clubs to strive to improve so they can be competitive nationally but will this pursuit eventually lead to the demise of district basketball in SA as we force more and more kids seeking a competitive environment but also an enjoyable environment to leave the sport to play with the ever increasing number of mates at other sports or, even worse, not get them onto a court in the first place.

ahhh the standard response - Do you really know the answer - I suspect not!!

Surely its obvious why certain clubs continue to have success? put up the money for a JDO and you'll be a stronger club straight away. Shift your ficus from senior to juniors and you will be a stronger club for it.

Stop waiting for handouts and start making critical decisions to fix your shitty junior programs. Stop playing the blame game. Bad coaching = players leaving.

We keep having the same debate year in year out and guess what, nothing changes. Change the shitty culture at your club or watch it die.

Is Norwood a stronger club straight away due to appointing a JDO - I don't think so!!

What BS that is , one of the struggling clubs has six jdo's!

They are paid.