Established in 1979, Aberfeldie Jets Basketball Club is now 40 years old!
From humble beginnings with not enough kids to form two single sex teams,
we entered one mixed team and grew from there!
We now have over 1,000 children participating in 118 teams in the Keilor Basketball Association's junior domestic competition and our Junior Jets skills development clinic for kids aged 6 - 10 years!
We welcome new players with or without experience from U10's through to U19's.
From humble beginnings with not enough kids to form two single sex teams,
we entered one mixed team and grew from there!
We now have over 1,000 children participating in 118 teams in the Keilor Basketball Association's junior domestic competition and our Junior Jets skills development clinic for kids aged 6 - 10 years!
We welcome new players with or without experience from U10's through to U19's.
Aberfeldie Jets inaugural Indigenous Round
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At Aberfeldie Jets, we are passionate about Reconciliation.
On Sunday 21 July 2019 in conjunction with The Long Walk and Keilor Basketball Association we held our inaugural Indigenous Round. Understanding and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous people is what Reconciliation is all about and we believe every Australian should play a part. Our event showcased The Little Long Walk, a performance by The Indigenous Hip Hop Project, Australian Native ingredient Cake sale, Indigenous face-painting and a showcase game of young local Indigenous basketball players who played a game wearing singlets with artwork designed by Aberfeldie Jets U12 player and proud Juru, Kaanju, Wokka Wokka and Torres Strait Islander girl Jada Ross. The Keilor Thunder Big V Championship Men and Women also wore Indigenous themed uniforms featuring Jada's logo. Check out the photos and read more about our inaugural Indigenous round here Pictured right is Aberfeldie Jets U12 player Jada Ross proud Juru, Kaanju, Wokka Wokka and Torres Strait Islander girl, wearing the Indigenous themed uniform featuring her logo, holding a canvas that will be displayed at the Keilor Basketball Stadium, with her logo on it.
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Picture: George Salpigtidis- Leader Newspapers
Basketball court shortages in the Moonee Valley municipality
The Aberfeldie Jets are a growing and vital ingredient in our local community. We have been bringing together children and their parents, helping kids gain confidence, be a part of a team, have fun and play basketball for 40 years now, aiming to do our best to shape and support our local community.
However as remarkable as we are, our club does not have a home. We have 118 teams playing, 5 classes of weekly skills sessions and a long waiting list. Aberfeldie Jets do our best to support all our members, but it is increasingly hard to do so when we have no home courts or Club rooms. Our Club uses eight local venues to train at and our Association uses 22 courts across 11 venues each Saturday to play on. Our families are forced to drive all over northern and western Melbourne because we don’t have enough courts in Moonee Valley. This is difficult, costly and unfair on our families. For example, families with two or more children can be forced to be in two places at once, or drive long distances to give their children access to basketball games. Public transport to these venues isn’t workable.
Our children are being turned away from our game because we don’t have a highball stadium in Moonee Valley. It’s become urgent for Council to take action. We don’t have enough courts for our children to play the game they love. We are one of the largest junior basketball clubs in Australia, in addition to the 1,000 plus players we have involved, we also have 200 plus children on a waiting list because there aren’t enough courts for them. Because we don’t have enough courts, our association is forced to put a cap on our entire junior competition, restricting the number of children who can play. Is this a good outcome for our kids … No! A new stadium will help us remove this restriction and give all our children what they want – a basketball home to have fun, build their confidence, make new friends, learn what it’s like to be a good team mate and … play basketball.
We are in desperate need of a local indoor basketball facility. The Moonee Valley City Council do not have any highball (multi sport) stadiums in our municipality for sports like ours to use. We desperately need a 6 court stadium so that our kids can play the sports they love in our municipality instead of travelling to other municipality to utilise their facilities. Moonee Valley City Council kicked off the Quinn Grove project in early 2019 and are gathering information from people who have an interest in the precinct. They've been surveying the community and also have a community consultation group happening. We will update this info when we know more.
The Aberfeldie Jets are a growing and vital ingredient in our local community. We have been bringing together children and their parents, helping kids gain confidence, be a part of a team, have fun and play basketball for 40 years now, aiming to do our best to shape and support our local community.
However as remarkable as we are, our club does not have a home. We have 118 teams playing, 5 classes of weekly skills sessions and a long waiting list. Aberfeldie Jets do our best to support all our members, but it is increasingly hard to do so when we have no home courts or Club rooms. Our Club uses eight local venues to train at and our Association uses 22 courts across 11 venues each Saturday to play on. Our families are forced to drive all over northern and western Melbourne because we don’t have enough courts in Moonee Valley. This is difficult, costly and unfair on our families. For example, families with two or more children can be forced to be in two places at once, or drive long distances to give their children access to basketball games. Public transport to these venues isn’t workable.
Our children are being turned away from our game because we don’t have a highball stadium in Moonee Valley. It’s become urgent for Council to take action. We don’t have enough courts for our children to play the game they love. We are one of the largest junior basketball clubs in Australia, in addition to the 1,000 plus players we have involved, we also have 200 plus children on a waiting list because there aren’t enough courts for them. Because we don’t have enough courts, our association is forced to put a cap on our entire junior competition, restricting the number of children who can play. Is this a good outcome for our kids … No! A new stadium will help us remove this restriction and give all our children what they want – a basketball home to have fun, build their confidence, make new friends, learn what it’s like to be a good team mate and … play basketball.
We are in desperate need of a local indoor basketball facility. The Moonee Valley City Council do not have any highball (multi sport) stadiums in our municipality for sports like ours to use. We desperately need a 6 court stadium so that our kids can play the sports they love in our municipality instead of travelling to other municipality to utilise their facilities. Moonee Valley City Council kicked off the Quinn Grove project in early 2019 and are gathering information from people who have an interest in the precinct. They've been surveying the community and also have a community consultation group happening. We will update this info when we know more.
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Zip it! Stop the abuse towards referees
The Keilor Basketball Association have seen a recent spike in negative behaviour from spectators towards referees at Junior Domestic on Saturday's and quite frankly some of the behaviour is downright appalling. Under no circumstances is anyone to approach (or heckle) referees (during or) after the game. If you have an issue with referees you need to submit your complaint in writing to your respective Club or fill out the KBA’s online feedback form found here. We want our children to be able to play in a safe, competitive and supportive environment. It is NEVER acceptable to verbally or physically assault another person and that includes at basketball. The Keilor Basketball Association's Participant Behaviour Policy and Basketball Victoria's Codes of Conduct clearly outline acceptable behaviour. Have a read and remember, sometimes the best thing to do when your emotions are getting the better of you is to just WALK AWAY. Don’t be that parent! Spectators can be reported and suspended too. If you feel so passionately about refereeing feel free to sign up to the next referees course and make a difference. We need referees to play! Please treat them with respect. |
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Stop the abuse, respect the game!
Time Out: The Culture of Referee Abuse | Zach Altman | TEDxSanAntonio A brilliant piece by 19 year old basketball referee Zach Altman. This behaviour needs to stop. “The way we currently treat referees is despicable, It’s disgusting and above all it’s disheartening. I mean where did common decency go, what are we showing our kids by role modelling abusive behavior, are we ok with teaching them authority doesn’t matter?” |
Rebel Sports Community Kickback partnership
Aberfeldie Jets have signed up with Rebel Sports Community Kickback program. This means for every purchase that our members make at Rebel Sports, Aberfeldie Jets receive 5% of the transaction total to spend back in store. This will allow us to purchase more equipment for use in the Club.
Simply nominate Aberfeldie Jets Basketball Club on your Rebel active account and every time you make a purchase in store or online swipe, remember to swipe your Rebel active loyalty card or log-in to help build our Club’s credits.
If you aren’t a Rebel active member you will need to join the Rebel active loyalty program and nominate Aberfeldie Jets Basketball Club on your account. That can be done online or at the cash register of your local Rebel Sports store. It takes just 2 minutes and you can start receiving the program's benefits straight away.
Aberfeldie Jets have signed up with Rebel Sports Community Kickback program. This means for every purchase that our members make at Rebel Sports, Aberfeldie Jets receive 5% of the transaction total to spend back in store. This will allow us to purchase more equipment for use in the Club.
Simply nominate Aberfeldie Jets Basketball Club on your Rebel active account and every time you make a purchase in store or online swipe, remember to swipe your Rebel active loyalty card or log-in to help build our Club’s credits.
If you aren’t a Rebel active member you will need to join the Rebel active loyalty program and nominate Aberfeldie Jets Basketball Club on your account. That can be done online or at the cash register of your local Rebel Sports store. It takes just 2 minutes and you can start receiving the program's benefits straight away.
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