Should stay home, one flare up and either border shuts or you're quarenting.

We'll be coming. At least 10 teams I’d say. Book refundable accommodation only and roll the dice. It’s one of the best weekends in the calendar. Just don’t stay at that holiday park that wouldn’t refund people last year.

We used to take many teams from our club in Melbourne over for years, but the last 5 years, all you played were Melbourne teams, so whats the point of driving all the way to Adelaide to play teams that at 20-30 minutes away?
Cost families $$$.
If SA teams supported the event and, as victorians, we got to play someone different it could be different.
For me, we will find some country victorian tournaments.

No way would I be risking it until the vaccination program is done.

I hear our SA club will not be nominating any teams. Too much happening in first half of the year and I agree to give players, coaches and parents a break so can have a basketball free long weekend.

Not a great move to be travelling for a tournament when things change in a matter of hours.

SA clubs don't support it because of the arrogant club that runs it. If other clubs ever get together (not the debacle Australia day tournament a few clubs tried to organise before they realised it can get really hot in January), then Adelaide can create an interstate tournament that isn't predominantly compromised of interstate teams.

And it's attitudes like the above is why SA junior basketball is crap

Norwood is an interesting one. They're hated by everyone in SA including their own members.

^ + 1

It's a Club Tournament. If Albury want to put on a Easter Tournament there's nothing stopping them. Up to the clubs which they choose to support.
There used to be multiple Oz Day Tournaments, still are multiple Queens Birthday Tournaments. It's not a case of Norwood giving up the right, its a case of the market choosing.

You've highlighted one reason it's actually not perfectly timed for U18 Club teams, AJC soon after.

Relationships matter. Something they need to learn is that relationships are built on delivering mutual value to stakeholders as individuals. Norwood aims to deliver value to a few. Aligned with the values of a couple individuals.

Even though it will sound like Norwood bashing, it is run by them as a main fund raiser for them. If they shared the pot with a few other clubs, they would join in and everyone is a winner with a great tournament. I don't know if Norwood has approached other clubs about teaming up, but for the good of the event it needs other clubs to chip in. But they wont because of the bad blood. But other clubs that haven't got any real tournaments such as North, South, Forestville etc should band together and challenge for that weekend. Once interstate teams see variety of teams they would be all for it. Only problem would be availability of venues if Norwood hasn't already booked them out.
Its been mentioned on this forum numerous times about the management of Norwood, they should be going to other clubs and say, lets share the pot if you come to the party and it could be big again.

Anon North don't have Lights at their disposal. They have access to a few courts, sometimes. It's very much a multi sport venue and North are sharing it with a lot of other user groups.

Red, it's actually timed terribly for U18.
AJC players are always unavailable, so the competition is diluted.

Anon you don't know how club relationships with stadiums work do you? North actually have very little access to Lights. They are one of many groups who hire court space from Lights.

At the end of the day, it's a volunteer organised tournament run to provide funds for the Norwood basketball club. Volunteers come and go, and subjectively this changes the way the tournament is run. (There’s also nothing stopping volunteering to make it better....)

Other clubs are free to run a tournament on the same weekend, and this is no different to other long weekends where there’s been a choice (for example Ballarat, Mildura and Melbourne hosting tournaments on the same long weekend come to mind). If anything it provides more choice for different levels of teams to participate. And as said above it’s the market that chooses.

Some rival SA clubs used to make it compulsory for teams to participate in the Easter Classic, but shifted focus to the EDJBT and then chose to give teams a choice on the understanding that it was another basketball carnival in addition to asking families to play carnivals in January, state champs in May, and June.

Of course, the decision by other SA clubs to not make their participation compulsory is influenced by factors such as not making money out of it and a dislike of Norwood (rivalries never die). And evidently the timing of the AJC doesn’t help.

But ultimately given it isn’t compulsory, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that people when given a choice actually want a weekend off.

Wow. Of course North shares lights with other sports and community groups. Unless another sport is doing a tournament as well, it wouldn't be used as it's a long weekend. If North books it out for whole weekend, no doubt management would grab the dollars. It's just a matter of someone making a move to rival what Norwood thinks it's their right to own Easter weekend. Interstate teams have been complaining for last few years they are basically playing their own teams with no variety of SA clubs. Sooner than later they're going to stay home. Just looking at Starplex tournament it was mainly Centrals, Eastern and Pt Pirie teams because North were attempting, badly, to run their own.

^ Actually you are wrong about North running a tournament. It was never a tournament but pre-season games with Sturt and South with each club nominating 3 teams in each age group, boys and girls. Teams were a combination of Div 1,2,3 players so coaches could see players. Players could even be moved between teams in same age groups. No trophies, no win at all cost but a way to get games in especially given Eltham wasn't available. Refs, venues, programs put together at short notice by three clubs working together. I am sure this group could easily manage a tournament especially with their interstate contacts and prior experiences.

By the way each team needed to pay between $120 - $150 for on average 5 games. What is Norwood charging? Do the math on benefit to them

You literally just described a tournament.

You obviously can't read, or don't understand what a Tournament is.

A tournament is one team competing with others to win - this was simply pre-season trial games which allowed JDO's and coaches to move players between their own club team to see how different groups perform. If that is a tournament you are mistaken

614/616, no.
The three clubs planned a tournament, in fact one of the people involved in the planning of it used that very word.

I'm sure all of Hoops is sorry if that doesn't fit your definition.

Definition:
(In sport). A series of contests between a number of competitors, competing for an overall prize

Definitely not a tournament!!

I think the pertinent point is they can run whatever you want to call it for less than $150 per team

They need to get over themselves and realise that their kids haven't played in a year. Didn’t go to Aussie day tournament. Just let them play and get over your petty club rivalries.

Their kids did. In SA they have been playing since June. Just because Vic had a lengthy shutdown doesn't mean the rest of the Country did.

Might not have got a trophy but I bet everyone was looking at wins and losses to determine who was the best team.

#638 SA District basketball is cancerous

#702. Nope. Because if you read correctly teams were going to be different as they mixed and switched players during the pre-season games. So no way of working out who won most

^dumbest idea I've ever heard. Let me guess, brainchild of Flynn!

I'm sure the Div 1 players would have got plenty out of playing against Div 3 for $150.

Try reading what has been said. I suggest you get your mum to spend some time with your reading homework

Still 8 weeks out and things will change a 100 times before carnival but some new rules just announced for travellers from Vic. Borders still open but more mandatory testing and self isolation until test results known.

What strong SA teams will be there

Norwood

What about Sturt and North

This is becoming a $500 glorified domestic tournament.

Registration date has been extended. Doesn't sound positive for number of teams and quality of competition

Easter Monday by the way it's going.

A couple of years ago Centrals for some reason pledged all their div1 teams would play, wonder if thats still the case.

Does anyone know who is competing. It's difficult to make a decision based on domestic teams participating or will it be a Metro League/VJBL tournament

I noticed on the Adelaide Community Basketball Association FB page they seem to be promoting the Easter Carnival for domestic teams. Is this correct? Also is this Association linked to Norwood?

getting bigger in numbers, and worse in quality.

Has to include social now coz no legit teams are playing

Social tournament for $450 a team? Surely not!

Forestville have some div 1 teams registered. U12, U14 and U16 girls

U14 girls - should be a decent comp with Forestville and Norwood involved, both head and shoulders above anyone else in SA.


Any updates on potential VIC teams coming over?

What about Sturt participating - without them and North boys what is the attraction for interstate teams?

Well said 997

Politics in SA Basketball....? Never heard of such nonsense!

Might be a couple of teams from interstate, but the standard is terrible to that years ago, and not many SA teams supporting it.

Went down to St Clair tonight and saw multiple Sturt, South, West and Woodville teams.

Seems to be supported by SA clubs more than in the past.

The standard has dropped with a lot of domestic teams now involved. Fast becoming a Div3 and lower tournament

I'm not sure what you are watching

Junior you must be new.
Hope you're enjoying the game.

15 years? Then you would have caught the last few years of the Easter Classic being an extremely high standard with clubs like Melbourne, Dandenong and Knox competing in all championships. The tournament is a shadow of its former self in that regard.
Still enjoyable but more from a social point of view nowadays.

Best weekend basketball weekend of the year. 5 in a row for us. Won't be stopping soon. Stop crying about it and join in.

Nope not joining

You obviously haven't been to classics in June or Eltham. This is just an overpriced domestic comp

The standard was absolute rubbish

Looks like all clubs expect north and eastern supported. Well done in what looked like a good weekend.
Local clubs team nominations:

Sturt 10
Central's 4
Woodville 6
Southern 8
West 10
South 9
Forestville 13

"supported" is an interesting notion. Is the tournament about supporting the athletes or club's donating to Norwood's overpriced, expensive program?

Hey Anon are you Norwoods spin doctor

Yes, its all about fun, but most interstate teams want an extremely high standard instead of social. And those local teams nominated are what percentage of actual teams in Adelaide?
Stop trying to defend it, it used to be great but has dropped off big time.

And still the defence. It was great years ago with top teams coming over and other clubs entering. I have no problem with Norwood running it, just that it has slipped considerably. Hence the lack of high level interstate teams. Maybe you should work out the reason for local teams avoiding it and as a result, interstate teams as well. The main reason high level interstate teams stopped coming was that they were only playing the same teams they already play, why come all the way to Adelaide. The reason they used to come was to play against different Adelaide teams, not each other. Be great if it could become great again, but you need to get off your high horse and realise its a second rate tournament these days.

"Under 16s girls Champs GF
SA vs SA"

???

The final was Melbourne Tigers 56 - Forestville 26. That Melbourne team is very strong, but the only other Vic team was Bellarine who are not in VC.

It actually does support his argument because not many elite interstate teams chose to attend. Hence the outcome you explained

What was the refing like over the weekend - I heard they were short of refs.

HAHAHA getting a commission Junior

Great Tournament. My kid loved it.
Played more games in 4 days than he has since the Summer season started, can only help with development. Hanging out with team mates in between games building friendships.
Awesome build up for SA team's looking to get to Classics in June.

Get back on high horse, champ division doesn't mean bugger all. Its like this stupid BSA Division 1 and Division A rubbish. Div A is really Div 3, but I suppose it sounds better to parents paying a shit load of money.
Champ division doesn't mean you get elite teams, can mean you just have a lot of average teams and the divs below even worse. Didn't they have a lot of social teams competing.

Exactly the point #050. Call it what you like but championship and classics is not what you get.

So I guess the Starplex tournament should just be renamed to the "Australia Day Classic". Change A grade to Championship, and apparently that's all it takes and it's a top level tournament.

Don't forget West's Christmas Carnival, Div 3 teams, or now known as Div A teams, will get a kick out of being in the World Championship grade.