Junior Cobras Georgia Booth, Josh Duach and Ned Dillon have been selected to the Victorian Metro Under 18 Women’s and Men’s teams, respectively, ahead of the Australian Under 18 Championships in April. Booth – an SEBC Saints junior – will represent Victoria for the second time in three years, having played a key role
Cobra trio selected to represent Victoria at U18 National Championships
Suicide Prevention Evening – Thursday October 17
On Thursday October 17 we will be running a free Suicide Awareness evening at Kilsyth. The awareness evening will address suicide warning signs, risk factors, and how to deal with these issues when they arise. No registration required – please call our Sports Chaplain, Kath van Tonder, on 0412 803 838 for any additional
Josh Duach named to U16 Australian Team
Kilsyth Cobra Josh Duach has been named to the Under 16 Australian Boys team, which is set to compete at the FIBA Asia Championships later this year. An SCYC Scorpions junior, Duach has enjoyed a stellar 12 months on the hardwood, leading Australia to gold at the Under 15 FIBA Oceania Championships and earning All-Tournament
Saturday Night is Retro Night!
It’s our biggest night of the year, as our Assist PT Cobras and Lady Cobras take it back to the 90’s against Geelong on Saturday June 4 for ‘helloworld Lilydale’ Retro Night!
Cobras Place State-Best 12 Championship Teams
The Kilsyth Junior Cobras have placed a state-best 12 teams in the VJBL’s Victorian Championship division for the 2019 season. Victorian Championship, known as ‘VC’ for short, features the state’s top 20 teams across both the Boys and Girls Under 12, 14, 16 and 18 age groups, and the ten best Under 21 teams
Kilsyth Cobras Officially Join NBL1
Kilsyth Basketball is thrilled to announce that it will compete in the newly-formed NBL1 competition starting this year. via Basketball Victoria: Basketball Victoria has partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) to create a new league to strengthen the pathway for Australia’s best basketball talent. Tipping off on March 29, NBL1 will
Senior Domestic Game Fee Increases Postponed
Following discussions with members from our Senior Domestic competitions, Kilsyth Basketball has postponed changes to our competition game fees until the Winter 2019 season. While the proposed changes communicated earlier this month are vital to ensure our Association can keep up with rising operating costs, we acknowledge the feedback from our members regarding mid-season
Year in Review: Looking Back on an Incredible 2018
2018 has come to a close, ending a big year for Kilsyth Basketball at the domestic, state, national and international levels. Underpinning a wealth of success in 2018 was our Junior and Senior Domestic competitions, which boasted a total of 1152 teams competing on a weekly basis. With just under 400 Senior Domestic teams
Sharon Arnold Inducted into TOC Wall of Fame; Trio of Referees Take Home Awards
Kilsyth Basketball Hall of Famer Sharon Arnold has been inducted into the Technical Officials Commission (TOC) Wall of Fame, highlighting a long list of award winners from our referee department at the annual TOC Awards on Sunday. Sharon was also the winner of the Neil Bradbury Award as she was recognised as the Referee Advisor
Minister for Education turns Sod at New MELBA Stadium
The Hon James Merlino, Deputy Premier of Victoria, officially broke ground on Melba College’s Stage 2 rebuild last Thursday, which includes a new four court basketball stadium to be co-run by Kilsyth Basketball. The newest addition to Kilsyth Basketball will feature four FIBA competition sized courts, highlighted by a beautiful 700 seat show court.
