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Basketball Ballarat is proud to announce that this year’s 50th edition of the McDonald’s Ballarat Junior Tournament will be the biggest Junior Tournament Ballarat has hosted with 350 team entries. Basketball Clubs from across the state will converge on Ballarat over the King’s Birthday Long Weekend in June playing games across 25 different courts at…

Emergency repair work to the roof at Selkirk Stadium will commence Monday the 29th of May 2023.   These temporary works will provide an immediate remedy to the leaks experienced particularly over the past 6 months. Materials have been ordered by the Contractor with the approval of the City of Ballarat for a more permanent solution.…

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Senior basketball players from across the state will converge on Ballarat this weekend for the 55th running of The Sporting Globe Ballarat Senior Basketball Tournament. 2023 will see 74 teams arrive in Ballarat from Friday afternoon before games begin at Selkirk Stadium and the Minerdome on Saturday morning. 62 teams will participate as part of…

Congratulations to our referees of the month for Febuarary!  Kelvin Short Rising Star of the Month – Ryan Catherall genU Training Referee of the Month – Zack Cummins

Recently members of the Ballarat Heritage community provided a photograph of a basketball team from 1911 and wondered if it was a local team. Research from The History of Basketball in Ballarat 1909 – 1999 that was compiled by Mr Ron Holmes show that this new game of basketball was officially introduced to Ballarat at…