Basketball SA have confirmed last week that the long talked about U23 competition (a.k.a the “Youth League”) is confirmed for Summer 2010/11.

The U23 competition will be run on Tuesday nights. Adel Uni, as a non Central ABL club, is not eligible to field teams in Div 1, but can field teams in Div 2 & 3. Players are eligble if under 23 on 31/12/2011 – i.e. if born in 1989 or later.

BSA’s expectation is that D3 teams will move up to D2, which will now be scheduled on Monday nights.
D4 teams are expected to move up to D3, which will now be scheduled on Wednesday nights.
D5 teams are expected to move up to D4, which will be scheduled on Wednesday nights.
Any D5 competition will also be run on Wednesdays.

Playing 2 senior games (in different grades) in the one week will continue to be against BSA bi-laws, but playing both U23 and senior games in the one week will be OK as they are two separate competitions. This will increase the club’s capacity to avoid forfeits.

AUBC’s draft nominations are as follows:

    Men:

Senior D2 (Monday)
Senior D3 (Wednesday)
Senior D4 (Wednesday)
U23 D2 (Tuesday)

    Women:

Senior D2 (Monday)
Senior D3 (Wednesday)
Senior D4 (Wednesday)

Unfortunately there are not enough U23 women in the squad to enter a team in the U23 competition.

The club needs to hear from people as follows:

Any current players not intending to play Summer 2010/11
Any current D5 players unable to play Wednesdays
Anyone wanting to coach, and what nights they can coach (we need 4 coaches on Wednesday night!)
All U23 eligible men on their availability to play Tuesday nights.

An email has been sent to all current AUBC men – please respond to it by August 23 as the club needs to firm up nominations at month end.