NSW needs 136 more basketball courts to meet its current demand, as parents join three-year waitlists to place children in the popular sport.
Over the past decade, the Hills Basketball Association has done everything it can to increase the number of junior players it can include in its competitions in Sydney’s rapidly growing north-west.
“We get a fair bit of criticism. People say: ‘You’ve broken my kid’s heart, they just want to play basketball,’” said Burke. Basketball NSW CEO Maria Nordstrom said it was seeing significant waitlists for competitions from the lower north shore up to the Hills, but the problem was Sydney-wide. Norths CEO Bret Mactavish said a three-year wait was “a fair assessment” of the problem, noting the list was probably an underestimate, given many parents never join when they realise how long it is.
Like the Hills association, Norths now has leases on multiple courts in addition to its Crows Nest stadium, making use of facilities including at North Sydney Boys High School, Willoughby Leisure Centre and Redlands at Mosman.Nordstrom said part of the problem was a lack of willingness from councils to invest in indoor venues, compared to outdoor spaces. She said there were about 180 potential courts in the pipeline across the state, at various stages of the approval and funding process.
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