Basketball is a year round sport, with two seasons a year – summer and winter. Each season consists of a number of “rounds”, with each team playing one game per round. Rounds are generally played during school terms, with U8’s – U16’s games played on Saturday and U19’s and U23’s on Sunday.

 

Each game is played over 2 x 17 minute halves, with teams changing the direction of play at half-time.The Ferntree Gully Falcons play as part of the                                   Junior Domestic competition, and all games are played under the Knox Basketball Junior Domestic Rules.

 

Grading Rounds

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At the beginning of each season teams are placed into a grade. The highest grade is A grade, followed by AR (A reserve), then B grade, BR (B reserve), and so on. The lowest grade is either E or F grade. Each grade is further divided into gender and age groups starting with Under 8’s, followed by U10’s, U12’s, U14’s, U16’s, U19’s and U23’s.

The first 6-7 rounds of each season are used to fine-tune the grading of teams to make sure that they are playing at an appropriate competition level. The fixture for grading rounds is released one week at a time due to the potential of teams being moved between grades.

 

Competition Rounds

 

Depending on the season, and where school and public holidays fall, there are normally 17 competition rounds in a season inclusive of the grading rounds.

Teams that finish in the top 4 ladder positions at the end of the competition rounds qualify to play finals. For teams that don’t qualify for finals the season ends at the last competition round.

Under 8’s team do not participate in finals; they play an additional round during the first week of finals as well as an “Encouragement Day” round during the second week of finals. All U8’s teams that play the Encouragement Day round receive a participation award (from Knox Basketball) regardless of the result of their match.

 

Finals

 

Finals run over 3 rounds; 1 round of semi-finals, followed by preliminary finals and then the Grand Final.

 

Semi Finals are played:

 

1st v’s 2nd team on season ladder

3rd v’s 4th team on season ladder

Winning Team from 1st v’s 2nd goes into the Grand Final

Losing Team from 1st v’s 2nd plays the Preliminary FinalWinning Team from 3rd v’s 4th plays the Preliminary Final

Losing team from 3rd v’s 4th is eliminated.

 

Preliminary Finals:

 

Winning team advances to the Grand Final

Losing team eliminated.

Teams that win grand final games are awarded with a Premiers Pennant, with the runner-up team receiving a Runners-up Pennant.

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Summer Season

 

Summer season normally starts in early October, with the grading rounds played prior to the summer school holidays. The competition rounds commence in late January/early February when school returns, with finals played in April. (In general, the Summer season aligns with Terms 4 and 1 for school terms)

 

Winter Season

 

Winter season normally starts in mid-late April, with the grading and competition rounds played until mid-late August. Finals  are usually played in September. (In general, the Winter season aligns with Terms 2 and 3 of school terms)

 

Registration for the following season

 

Registration links for players to re-register will be advertised on our Club Socials (Facebook and Instagram) as well as Stack Team App. We will also hold a club Registration Day once registrations have opened. All players will be notified via email, social media and Team App of upcoming registrations for the next season. Registration links for players to re-register will be advertised on our Club Socials (Facebook and Instagram) as well as Stack Team App.

*Refunds are not  provided post release of team selections for the upcoming season. 

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For any additional information, please contact our club Secretary via email at secretary@ftgfalcons.com.au

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