News

We've got all the news from around the Association – including the latest from Camberwell Dragons, The Community Basketball League, Camberwell In Business and an exclusive offer from our friends at OSVi.

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DATES THAT MATTER: We know your end-of-year diary is filling up fast, so we’re here to help make life easy for your (OK, as easy as we can!). With that in mind, here’s some dates we urge you to make a note of right now (Go on, do it now. You know you want to!):

Sunday, December 1 – Last Dragons Sunday training in 2024.
Week commencing December 2 – Last Dragons midweek training for the year.
Friday, December 6 – last Friday VJBL game for the year.
Sunday, January 19 – First Dragons training for 2025.
Friday, January 24–Monday, January 27 – Eltham Dandenong Tournament.
Sunday, February 16 – VJBL Dragons team photo day. SAVE THE DATE!

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CAMBERWELL IN BUSINESS: Camberwell In Business will host its end-of-year Drinks and Canape networking event at Pincho Disco in Collingwood tomorrow night (Thursday, November 28, 5.30pm-8.30pm). There’s a few tickets still available, so if you’d like to be a part of it, email Andrew Johnstone [email protected] or call 0425 791 610. Camberwell In Business takes this opportunity to thank its members for their support throughout 2024. Our updated E-Booklet, including our 2025 Membership packages, will be released later this week.   

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EXCLUSIVE PARTNER OFFER: Our Partner and great friends at OSVi are offering Camberwell Dragons athletes a great deal to experience its Core Athletic Program in December and January. To find out more about OSVi, the Core Athletics Program and this exclusive offer, click HERE or contact Lawrence Furlan at [email protected]

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STARS IN STRIPES: Camberwell Basketball is preparing to honour our referees for their outstanding work in 2024. The lists of nominees for all award categories were published on Dragons and CDBA-Community Basketball League social media platforms this week. Award winners will be announced next week. Congratulations from all at Camberwell to our nominees and thank you to every one of our Stars in Stripes for their commitment and wonderful contribution they make to our sport.

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DRAGONS ON TOUR: There’s more than one way to help our Dragons On Tour USA 2024/25 travelling party make their trip to the United States next month one they’ll remember for ever. To find out how you can assist their fundraising efforts, click HERE to learn more about a special, limited-time offer from our friends at Chargrill Charlie’s and the tour group’s Ultimate Holiday Hampers Raffle. Dragons On Tour USA 2024/25 also welcomed global law firm Hogan Lovells and Richmond-based Stronger Healthcare as official tour partners last week. For more on that story, click HERE. The travelling party leaves Melbourne on December 26 for a three-week tour of the United States. For more information about Dragon on Tour 2024/25 and its fundraising efforts, contact Megan on 0411 747 471.

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DRAGONS IN THE USA: Dragon Angus Nelson’s Skagit Valley College improved to 3-0 in the Northwest Atlantic Conference with a 100-72 win against Chemeketa at the weekend. The Cardinals. Next up for Angus and SVC is a date with Evergreen State College JV in the Red Devil Classic tournament at Lower Columbia College on Saturday. … On the east coast, Dragon Jasmine Chan-Clayton’s St Joseph’s University (Brooklyn, New York) suffered a heavy road at Farmingdale State at the weekend. The Bears are 1-3 overall heading into today’s home date with Manhattanville at The Hill Center.

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LET’S GO, CBL: Round 1 of the 2024-25 Community Basketball League regular season is in the book, and it’s back to work for the CBL this weekend. Good luck to all teams, players, coaches, officials and players as the countdown to the holiday continues. To find out more about the CBL and its clubs and how you can be a part of it, contact [email protected]

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WALKING BASKETBALL: Our Wednesday morning Walking Basketball program is winding down for the year, but it’s never too late to discover for yourself why this great program is growing every week. To find out more about the program, to speak to one of our Walking Basketball participants, or to join in the fun on Wednesday mornings at Boroondara Sports Complex (10am-11am) during school terms, contact [email protected]

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READ IT IN THE DEN: For all things Camberwell Basketball, including the Dragons, the Community Basketball League and the latest on our on and off-court development programs, the Dragons Den newsletter has got you covered. To have it delivered directly to your inbox, email [email protected], tell us you want it and we’ll take care of the rest.

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TELL US ABOUT IT: Thank you to all who have sent through Dragons and Community Basketball League team news, updates, photos and videos to Camberwell Basketball HQ over the past few weeks. Please keep them coming – send what you’ve got to [email protected] and CC [email protected]

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CONTACT US: For more information about Camberwell Basketball, including the Dragons, the Community Basketball League and our exciting range of on and off-court development programs, email [email protected]