Keysborough Basketball Association (KBA) has made the big move up the hill to Rowville Secondary College.
The Cougars have played their last home game out of Springers Leisure Centre in Keysborough after the association decided to relocate following a tenancy offer from the school.
Association president Gary Nichol said the facility had been the Cougars’ back-up in the past and a chance conversation with stadium management triggered the switch to the east.
“It’s been very good so far – we’ve got a very warm welcome,” Nichol said.
“Alex, the stadium manager here, has been here for a while now and we’ve used this as our back up stadium for BIG V.
“He approached me one day and said ‘what about it?’ and I said ‘let’s talk’ and we did.”
Nichol said the invitation and high priority access the Cougars will receive at Rowville Secondary College was too good to pass up and will greatly improve the association’s capacity on and off the court.
“There are now far more opportunities available for both senior and junior players, coaches and the whole deal,” Nichol said.
“Just better opportunities that will allow the association to move forward and flourish … and it’s simply a far better fit here in a quality basketball environment, in a state-of-the-art facility that have been offered to us.
“The stadium here has offered us a high priority and that’s more than we’ve ever had before with seniors and juniors training and playing at the one facility – that’s something we’ve never been able to do.
“Really happy to be invited onto what we hope to call home.
“That whole playing and training on the one court – you can’t beat it.”
The Cougars are ready to get stuck into the new Melb Utd. VJBL season on the four court set-up at Rowville Secondary College’s Eastern Campus (off Humphreys Drive) and see if the sides can match the BIG V men’s 2015 championship success.
Rowville stadium manager Alex Palazzolo warmly welcomed its newest tenant to the stadium and believes it will benefit both parties immensely.
“Rowville Secondary College would like to welcome Keysborough Basketball Association as a new tenant of the Rowville Sports Precinct,” Palazzolo said.
“The inclusion of the Keysborough Cougars utilizing our state-of-the-art facility for training and elite junior and senior basketball games is exciting and will provide additional pathway opportunities for aspiring players and coaches.
“In addition to this the inclusion of the Rowville Sports Precinct as a new home venue for KBA has received the full support of Basketball Victoria and will be a major coup for all basketball enthusiasts within the community.”
For more information, visit the Keysborough Basketball Association website – http://bit.ly/2ehqyOh.
