WILMINGTON, MA — Below is a major announcement from the NEW Wilmington Travel Basketball program, shared via its Facebook page on Tuesday:
Wilmington Basketball Nation,
We are very excited to announce the launch of the new unified Wilmington Travel Basketball (WTB). The new WTB will manage all of Wilmington’s youth travel basketball programs of play and will be affiliated with both the River Valley League and the Merrimack Valley League.
The mission statement of the WTB:
Wilmington Travel Basketball, Inc. (WTB) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation whose mission is to promote the sport of basketball in a positive and enriching way among the youth of Wilmington.
The benefits moving to a unified Travel Organization are tremendous:
– Aligning under a single mission statement offers the ability to offer a cohesive vision and philosophy for the Travel Basketball community.
– Adopting a singular player development model ensures all youth players have an opportunity to grow and develop their skills to the highest level through a well-defined age-based, systematic approach.
– Moving to a unified shared services model approach for registration, coach training, equipment ordering, player evaluations and team formations, court allocation, community events, marketing and communications, fundraising, professional team training and professional-led clinics and camp offerings will remove the duplication and will greatly simplify the overall experience for parents.
For announcements, we will be primarily using our website http://www.wilmbtb.org for all youth travel basketball announcements such as registration dates, important announcements and travel program information. We are also available on our facebook page @ https://www.facebook.com/wilmtb/ .
Our Tryout Dates have been set!!! The tryouts for the entire program will take place over the last two weeks of September. Each team will have two nights of tryouts. IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT PLAYER MAKE BOTH TRYOUT DATES! It is mandatory that players make at least one. Tryouts will take place at the Middle School Gym.
Monday Sept. 19th
- Boys 4th & 5th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Boys 6th Grade 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Tuesday Sept. 20th
- Girls 4th & 5th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Girls 6th Grade – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday Sept. 21st
- Boys 7th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Boys 8th Grade – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Thursday Sept. 22nd
- Girls 7th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Girls 8th Grade – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Monday Sept. 26th
- Boys 4th & 5th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Boys 6th Grade 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Tuesday Sept. 27th
- Girls 7th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Girls 8th Grade – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Wednesday Sept. 28th
- Girls 4th & 5th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Girls 6th Grade – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Thursday Sept. 29th
- Boys 7th Grade – 6:00pm to 7:30pm
- Boys 8th Grade – 7:30pm to 9:00pm
Lastly, please join us in celebrating the new WTB at our 1st Annual Bingo Night on November 17th, 2016 at Tremezzo’s from 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm . We will have food, music, and fun! Tickets are $25.00! Tables are limited, so contact jkulevich@hotmail for more information!
We are excited about moving forward together in our collaboration around our players and community. If you have any questions about the new organization, please feel to contact us via email at info@wilmbtb.org.
Sincerely,
Wilmington Travel Basketball: Carla Duggan , Brian Gargan, Jessica Kulevich, Joe Maiella, Dave O’Mahony, Gary Suave, Scott Thomas, Andre Vega, Mike Walsh
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