Come along to celebrate the 2021-2022 Junior Rep Season on August 14 @ Wests Illawarra! Finger food will be provided to the athletes during their hour time slot. More information will be sent out to Players and Parents soon. Let's Go Hawks!!

We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of our new and evolving website! The new snakepit.com.au site is modern and easy to navigate, with clear links to our extensive basketball services that will help existing players and associates find what you need, full of bright imagery and visuals to help attract new people into our basketball family. We've added new features to help you get the information you need; some of these include: Mobile friendly Sections for each of our major cohorts Junior Development Local Competitions (Junior and Senior) Representative (Junior and Senior) NBL1 and Waratah Site search FAQs section where we'll continually add frequently asked questions. Upcoming Events and important dates. News for each cohort Rep coaches and team managers will be offered access to submit game recaps for their teams. Contact form system Sponsors showcase so that you can support our supporters. Work has commenced on replacing the paper-based court booking process with an online system. Over the coming months we'll continue to update content and features. Hit the red "Contact Details" at the bottom of this (and every page) to let us know what you think of our new website - all comments and feedback are welcome. Tell us if you cannot find something or would like to make any suggestions for new information or FAQ topics. Site Photo Galleries and Banner Photos by Joel Armstrong and Daniel Bennett.

Our men and women NBL1 teams head into the final round after a successful home doubleheader over the weekend. Both teams had hard-fought wins over Norths Bears on Saturday night, before backing up on Sunday afternoon against Albury-Wodonga Bandits. Harry Morris unleashed with 40 points (8 threes) and 8 rebounds, whilst Kiwi Gardner just missed out on a triple-double with 31,11 and 9 rebounds as the men ran out 113-84 winners. The women's team fell to the league-leading Bandits, after a tough come-from-behind win 72-70 over Norths on Saturday night where Ella Dent filled the stat sheet to the tune of 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. With two games to play in final round, both teams have a chance to lock in higher rankings heading into the playoffs. The men's team (2nd, 13-7) can secure a Top 2 finish in a congested top of the table with wins over Sutherland (6th, 11-9) and Maitland (3rd, 13-7). The women's (5th, 11-7) face Sutherland (2nd, 14-4) and Maitland (10th, 3-15) to close out the regular season. First and Second placed get a direct entry into the Semi Finals, whilst Third and Fourth host Fifth and Sixth in the play-in game. Photos: Dan Bennet Photography.

We've got a special treat for our NBL1 fans this weekend! A double header calls for double NBL talent. Both Tim Coenraad and Oscar Forman will be suiting up on Saturday and Sunday for our NBL1 East Mens Team. Doors open @ 12pm on Saturday so get down to the Snakepit to see all the action for our last regular season home games for 2022.

Spots are filling fast for our new Hawks Development Program. The program is designed to give our Junior athletes a chance to train as an age group to develop their fundamentals and some basic team concepts. U14 BOYS - FULL U16 BOYS - ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT ALL OTHER GROUPS FILLING UP FAST The program's goal is to allow athletes who play in our Local Competition a chance to train and develop their skills to take their game to the next level. The program will commence at the start of term 3, with each age group having their own time, separating boys and girls on the court. Qualified coaches will run the sessions with years of experience in our Rep program: U12 Sessions - Wednesday 4:30pm-5:30pm - Starts July 20 U14 Sessions - Friday 5:15pm-6:15pm - Starts July 22 U16 Sessions - Monday 4:30pm-5:30pm - Starts July 18 U18 Sessions - Tuesday 4:30pm-5:30pm - Starts July 19 Enquiries - development@snakepit.com.au

Basketball Illawarra is excited to announce that 350+ NBL Game Veteran, Tim Coenraad, will be suiting up for our NBL1 East Men's Team for the remainder of the season. Tim will be making his debut this weekend at the Snakepit when we take on the Canberra Gunners! Doors open from 12pm with our Youth Teams playing at 1 & 3pm and then the Senior Teams playing at 5:30 & 7:30pm.

IBA is running a FREE program for kids aged 3-5 years old who want to learn how to play basketball! When: Every Tuesday from August 2 & runs for 8 weeks Where: The Snakepit Time: 10:30 - 11:30 Ages: 3-5 years Cost: FREE (Please note, parents must attend and remain for the duration of each session)

The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for all girls in the U10s or U8s bracket to learn to play before entering the Local Competition Summer Competition. It allows girls to learn to play in a safe and supportive environment with other young aspiring female coaches. When: Sunday Mornings (Term 3 2022 ONLY) Where: The Snakepit Time: 10:30-11:30am Cost: $100 (7 weeks + Basketball + Reversible Singlet) Dates: July 31, August 14/21/28, September 4/11/18 Competition Structure: - 4 teams of 7 players (could be more depending on the number of registrations) - 2x 20min halves (no score will be kept – it will be about fun and learning rather than winning) - Each team will be allocated a female coach for the games every week (Coach will coach on the run and referee on the run) Please note, that everyone needs to register separately using the link to confirm numbers. If you have friends who would like to register please pass it on to them directly.

Congratulations to James Poelczer & Molly Manns who participated as officials at the U/16 Australian Junior Championships held in Perth just recently. Molly & James both had a great week with James scooping up the Women’s gold medal match as the crew chief. An awesome achievement for two of our senior Waratah & NBL1 Referees.

Basketball Illawarra players Josh Spark & Emerson McCrea, and coaches Tom Farrar & Maddy Delaney represented NSW Country at the Basketball Australia Junior Championships in Perth last week. Both teams ended the tournament well winning their classification games and play off game to finish in 9th place. The U16 Country Girls were also awarded the 2022 Trish Fallon Fair Play Award recognising the team that conducts itself in a respectful manner over the course of the Championship.

A great night at the Snakepit as we celebrated NBL1’s National NAIDOC celebrations!

Congrats to Josh Dent and the Australian Team grabbing the gold at FIBA U16 Asian Championship! Josh had 12 points, 7 rebounds 5 assists in the final. From Basketball NSW Congratulations to the Under 17 Crocs who this morning defeated Japan 94-63 to take home their second straight U16 Asian Championship. Special mention to our two NSW representatives who were standouts in the match: Josh Dent (Basketball Illawarra / NBA GA) - 12pts 7reb 5ast James O’Donnell (Norths Basketball / NBA GA) - 11pts 12reb 2ast Along with NSW / Bankstown Bruins/ Cairns Taipans representative Sam Gruggen as the assistant coach. Now the team will head to the U17 World Cup in Malaga, Spain 2-10 July. #WeAreNSW