Register to be involved with Armadale Midnight Basketball
Release Date: 21 April 2010
Shooting hoops, learning new skills, developing teamwork, making friend=
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keeping fit - these are just some of the fantastic benefits for local yout=
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register to play in the new Armadale Midnight Basketball competition.
Starting on Saturday 8 May at the City of Armadale's recreation facilit=
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Armadale Arena, Midnight Basketball is a successful, community-driven prog=
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combining sport and life skills workshops for boys and girls aged 12 to 18=
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Midnight Basketball is held on Saturday nights - a time when there are=
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generally few services available for youth - and provides a free, organise=
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basketball tournament, compulsory educational workshops, a healthy dinner =
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bus ride home for participants.
Armadale Midnight Basketball, which has recently secured the services o=
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Tournament Manager Simon Peterson, is currently signing up young players a=
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community volunteers to help on competition nights.
People can easily register to be involved online at www.midni=
ghtbasketball.org.au/locations/armadale
Volunteers are still required for Armadale Midnight Basketball in the=20
following positions: team manager, scoreboard operator, scorer, general=20
supervisor and bus assistant.
Armadale Midnight Basketball will run from 7.30pm to approximately 11.3=
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Saturday nights, with the first tournament starting on 8 May. There will b=
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more eight-week tournaments during 2010.
Midnight Basketball began in Sydney's inner city Redfern in 2006 and ha=
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proved so successful it has spread throughout Australia.
The program aims to provide young people with a safe, healthy and posit=
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environment at times when they may be vulnerable to harmful and anti-socia=
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behaviour.
The program is funded, supported and organised with the assistance of=20
Midnight Basketball, WA Department of Sport and Recreation, PCYC, City of=
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Armadale, Office of Crime Prevention, Public Transport Authority, Departme=
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Child Protection, Armadale Police and Youth Justice.
For more information about Armadale Midnight Basketball visit the tourn=
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website or contact the City of Armadale Community Development Officer - Sa=
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on 9399 0111.
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Media Contact
Clare Hogarth-Angus
Communications Manager
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9399 0634
Fax: (08) 9399 0184
Email: chogarth-angus@armadale.=
wa.gov.au