LionHeart Academy to Start in February!

We are excited to announce the appointment of our new Director of Skills Development, Carl Forbes.
Carl will be heading up our brand new LionHeart Academy which will focus on talent identification and the development of our players towards elite pathways. These pathways will include our junior representative teams and our elite senior programs such as QSL and NBL1. Players will also have the opportunity to pursue International pathways through high school and college in the USA.
Carl has joined us at RedCity Roar this year after spending the last 10 years assisting young athletes across SEQ in developing their skills on and off the court. He has assisted 100’s of young players in developing their game and pursuing college scholarships in the USA. He is excited to join our association and we are looking forward to seeing the impact he can have on our players and our association.
As a talent identification and development program, the LionHeart Academy will look to provide opportunity to our most promising players who display the desire and potential to excel. The program will run in the early mornings with a key focus on developing our culture and our player’s skills, in line with our style of play documents and our vision for the future as an association.
The selection process for players for our first intake will start with our U12 & U14 representative trial this weekend.
The program will kick off in February 2021 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Please join us in welcoming Carl to the Roar family!

Merry RedCity Christmas!

The RedCity Roar would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas!

We would like to thank all our membership for a contributing to an amazing year of growth and development for basketball in Redlands!

 Stay safe and enjoy your time over the break! We look forward to the New Year and what it will bring!

Website Update!

RedCity Roar has made a couple of updates to the “Menu” section to our website.

A “Judiciary” subheading has been added in the “About” section. This page has references to our “Codes of Behavior” expected for all members, reference to our “Values” within our strategic plan and a summary of offences and penalties from the Association’s adopted by-laws around the judiciary process.

Our referees and court controllers also have access to our Tribunal Report Form on this page.

The other update  is a “RedCity Roar Member Incident Report” form, for our members to flag problems/issues and offer suggestions to problems. This can be found in the “Contact” section of the Menu.

 

 

 

Roary meet Hogster!

The RedCity Roar 🦁 is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Hog’s Breath Cafe 🐷 on the Raby Bay marina.
The team at Hog’s are keen to support our newest kids on their journey from CUB’s, into our junior club fixtures, and beyond.
From next term a player from each U/8 CUBS game will receive a “Player of the Match” award and a free kid’s meal at Hog’s Breath Cleveland!
Get in now and register for our term 4 program! It’s a great way to get started plus you get to meet “Roary” & “Hogster”!
Next program starts Wednesday 7th of October at the PCYC!

Building our Culture through Positive Communications

“RedCity 🦁 prides itself on respect, teamwork and inclusion. Any and all forms of bullying, racism or attempts to ostracise and exclude people from enjoying our “small town” association will be met with ZERO TOLERANCE as we increase our attention toward this.” Jason Fiddes – President RedCity Roar Basketball Association Inc.
On the back of the recent post from our President regarding our culture, the Association has approached some community leaders within their professional fields to help build and shape the behaviours of our members to reflect the following values from our Strategic Plan:
🏀 WE PUT PEOPLE BEFORE PERFORMANCE.
The wellbeing of people is more important than our success.
🏀 WE TRAIN AS IF OUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
We achieve success by training hard and not taking short cuts.
🏀 WE COMPETE UNTIL THE VERY END.
We give 100% at all times, in all places, and in every situation.
🏀 WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
Our success requires the support of volunteers.
🏀 WE TREAT OTHERS THE WAY WE WANT TO BE TREATED.
People of all backgrounds, lifestyles, and positions are valued.
🏀 WE PROVIDE SOLUTIONS TO OUR PROBLEMS.
Suggestions not accusations will lead to solutions.
Part of this process is the Judiciary System which is unfortunately needed when our members overstep the line. We will be introducing individuals from our judiciary panel over the next few weeks.
Please welcome Kelli Hutton to our team! 🤩

QSL Draw Released!

Basketball Queensland released the draw for it first Queensland State League season yesterday. The Redcity Roar will have five  home games for its inaugural QSL season. All games are Saturday evenings at the “Den”, The Paul Bancroft Centre at Cleveland District State High School. Games are at 4.00pm (Div 2 Men), 6.00pm (Carol Fox & Co RedCity Roar women) and the RedCity Roar Div 1 men  at 8.00pm.

You can download all the RedCity Roar home games  here.

Download all the RedCity Roar away games here

Opening night at the “Den” will feature the Northside Wizards for the men’s and women’s division 1 teams, while the division 2 men will host the Gold Coast Rollers

Tickets will be available for sale through the link at the bottom of the home page or click on image below!

We expect the number of tickets will be restricted to less than half of the venue capacity.  Once our Covidsafe seating plan has been confirmed with the Venue Manager at the Paul Bancroft Centre  we will be able to configure the pricing scheme and create the link. We expect this to be up by next week.

 

 

RETURN TO FIXTURES

RedCity Roar has projected its restart from the week starting Monday the 13th of July for all its programs and competitions. This includes our Capalaba Central Roar Ready Schools, CUBS, Junior and Senior competitions. This is the first week of term 3 (subject to COVID-19 restrictions being lifted as planned).

For Juniors (Under 10’s through to Under 21’s) – The season will be played out for the remaining 11 weeks of our interrupted season (ending 16th of October). If you registered for the Summer season you will not need to register again. From the 17th of October through to the 5th of December we will be extending competition – more details to come! Fees will be passed onto members for those games which will come out in due course.

 Please refer directly to your club for training scheduling and information.

 BQ has extended the BQ registration expiry date by 120 days for our existing members who were registered as of the 13th March 2020 (when all basketball activity was suspended).

This means any members whose registration was due to expire over the past few months is still active, so you can enjoy a full years’ registration with BQ. This will also apply to the RedCity roar membership as well.

U8 CUBS program – Will restart on Wednesday the 15th of July 4-5pm at PCYC with games starting 8.00am Saturday 18th July for the 6 & 7 yr olds. CUBS registration is per school term. A discounted term fee will be applied for term 3 due to the suspension of the competition in term 1.

Capalaba Shopping Centre Roar Ready Schools Program to resume the term 1 program started at Victoria Point State School and will be offering programs through terms 3 and 4 to schools.

For Seniors – New teams will be able to nominate for the season from Monday 29th June on the RedCity Roar website homepage. Existing teams will not need to nominate, however please advise if your team will not be returning. The season will pay through to the end of November.

New player registrations will be open and available to access  next week. Check on our RedCity Roar website for the links.

If you have any specific enquiries please ring General Manager, Peter Pollock on 0424753776

Fixtures Hopeful to Return at Stage 3!

In the Road Map to Recovery  stage 3 is slated for July 10 subject to review.

For senior games this would mean a return to fixtures on July 12 for mixed social, July 14 for senior women and U21 and July 16 for senior men.

For junior we are hoping for a resumption of  games on the first week back at school on the Friday 18th and Saturday 19th of July.

This will depend of course an whether full contact is allowed.

For the latest please visit below:

https://www.covid19.qld.gov.au/government-actions/roadmap-to-easing-queenslands-restrictions

 

 

 

We need BO (Biosafety Officers)!

As we return to activities we will need to comply with the requirements for  restrictions  for the return full contact games.

Part of that process will be having Biosafety Officers to ensure we provide a safe environment for our activities  for rep team trainings, our fixtures and club trainings.

If you would like to help please visit the following site  and complete the free online course and email your certificate to gm@redcityroar.com.au

THE COVID-19 COURSE

Covid Update!

 

Getting closer!

Lifting of restrictions has been brought forward from June 12 to 12.00 noon today!

We are hopeful we can return to the courts very soon.

We are waiting on further clarification through Basketball Queensland’s discussions with the Queensland Government and our venue owners as to the number of participants allowed per venue and per court.

When we know where the goal posts are, we will be ready to go with compliance, to ensure the safety of our members and their families.

What to expect:

  • Limited numbers per court or venue (social distancing)
  • Non contact activities only
  • Must bring own basketball and sanitize ball and hands on entry and exit
  • Separate entry and exit points for venues/courts
  • No entry if unwell
  • Sign in/sign out
  • Use of amenities restricted
  • A Bio Security Officer to ensure compliance
  • Change over period between activities

Thanks for your patience!