Basketball Legend Retires

Ballarat Rush captain Kristy Rinaldi has announced that she will not be returning to the team in 2019. A Police Officer based and working in Melbourne, Rinaldi travelled this year to continue playing but her increased work responsibilities and living on the opposite side of the city made continuing to travel unrealistic. Rinaldi in advising…

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McDonalds Ballarat Youth League Rush Name Head Coach

Basketball Ballarat is excited to announce the appointment of Kristy Trahair-Merrett as the McDonalds Ballarat Youth League Rush Head Coach for the 2019 Big V Youth Championship Season. Trahair-Merrett has been involved with Basketball Ballarat’s Elite Teams’ program for the past three years working amongst junior players progressing through to the senior program in 2018…

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COOPER BROWN TO JOIN CAIRNS COACHING STAFF

Continuing the long line of Basketball Ballarat SEABL coaches to move to the national stage Ballarat’s Manager of Athlete & Coach Development, and SEABL Miners Head Coach, Nathan Cooper-Brown has announced he will not be continuing with the club in 2019.   Cooper Brown has accepted an exciting new opportunity with the Cairns Taipans in…

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NBL to Blitz Bendigo and Ballarat

The biggest names in Australian basketball will be on display in Bendigo and Ballarat for next month’s NBL Blitz. The National Basketball League has partnered with the Victorian Government to bring its popular pre-season event to regional Victoria. Bendigo Stadium will host four games of the NBL Blitz on September 20 with eight games at…

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WNBL Tickets

Basketball Ballarat is hosting the Deakin Melbourne Boomers and Bendigo Bank Spirit for a WNBL Preseson game on Saturday September 8.   Tickets are now on sale!!! https://www.trybooking.com/XOMO We have an Early Bird promotion running with 20% off tickets until August 25th. Use PROMO CODE: EARLY20

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VYCW Coaching Positions

Youth Championship Women’s Coaching Position The McDonalds Ballarat Rush is requesting applications for the Head Coaching position and Assistant Coaching position(s) for our Victorian Youth Championship Women’s team for the 2019 season. We are looking to continue the high standard of player development via our Youth League program, and require the coaching staff that can…

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Future of SEABL

Basketball Ballarat Statement   Last weekend, Basketball Australia advised the SEABL Clubs Conference that it does not see running the SEABL competition as part of its future role. Furthermore, its preference is for the SEABL teams to play in State based competitions with an Australian Conference Championship played between all State Conference finalists each year. Such an…

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WNBL Coming to Ballarat

From the Ballarat Courier – https://bit.ly/2KYvTo9 AUGUST 7 2018 – 4:30PM Siobhan Calafiore   The Women’s National Basketball League is set to return to Ballarat’s Minerdome with a practice match to be held between Melbourne Boomers and Bendigo Spirit in September. Basketball Ballarat’s senior elite teams administrator Melissa Thomas said along with the preseason game, the Melbourne Boomers would be involved…

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HOME SEMI FINAL

Then GMHBA Ballarat Miners are hosting the Geelong Supercats in a SEABL Semi-Final on Saturday August 4. Tickets can be purchased via https://www.trybooking.com/402039  Ticketing timeline is as follows. Monday Afternoon Ticket Link Sent to Members Tuesday 9am Members Access to Tickets opens Tuesday Afternoon Ticket Link sent to Sponsors and VIPs Wednesday 9am Sponsor Access and…

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