Latest News

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Winter Teams 2025
April 4th, 2025

We are super excited to announce our Winter teams for our upcoming Winter Season 2025. With over 80 teams yet again, it has been a massive task for our coaches & playing committee.

We know this period can be a stressful time for all players & we know there will be players who are upset & disappointed where they end up. There is many reasons taken into account when selecting teams such as team balance position the player plays, coachability, attitude. If you are unhappy & would like clarification we ask that you sleep on it & if still not happy then please put your concerns in an email. Be sure to include the players name & age group to help us find the right player. Please remember that we are heading into holidays & our coordinators may not be as responsive as normal.

Email: Boys: [email protected]

Email: Girls: [email protected]

We do have a very limited number of spaces available if you missed registration. You can enquire or register for wait list at  https://forms.gle/YQetk8BdjqqdrAtA6

We will be having a uniform day on Sunday April 6 from 5pm. Any new players or players needing a uniform must reserve a time slot for their uniform fitting & purchase. Please remember sizes may not match other clothing so please bring your child with you. If you have multiple children you only need to book 1 time slot for all to come. Book Here: https://www.trybooking.com/DAKOY

Without further delay here are our Winter Teams

Junior Boys:

Junior Girls

Senior Teams

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Summer Presentation 2025
March 26th, 2025

Programs

Under 10s

Under 12s

Under 14s

Under 16s, Under 18s & Under 19s

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Winter 2025
March 6th, 2025

Winter Registration is now open. If you are looking to play basketball for the Lara Giants this winter you must register by March 25th to guarantee you will be selected in one of our sides. Please Note there has been some day changes for some age groups see below.

Registrations Open: March 6

Registrations Close: March 25

Teams will be announced before the Easter break

Winter season starts Tuesday April 22nd (with no games Anzac weekend)

Uniform Day for those needing a new uniform will be before the new season

Programs: Those wanting to do one of our programs ie Mini Giants, Little Giants, Shooting Stars registration will open after March 25.

To register to play: https://www.playhq.com/basketball-victoria/register/bd8e6a

Days of Play for Winter 2025

BOYS

• Under 10 – 2016 – 2018 – Saturday
• Under 12 Boys – 2015 & 2014 – Saturday or Monday (Champ, D1, D2 only)
• Under 14 – 2013 & 2012 – Monday ** NEW DAY
• Under 16 – 2011 & 2010 – Wednesday ** NEW DAY
• Under 18 – 2009 & 2008 – Thursday ** NEW DAY
• Under 23 – 2003 – 2007 – Thursday

GIRLS

• Under 10 – 2016 – 2018 – Saturday
• Under 12 Girls – 2015 & 2014 – Tuesday ** NEW DAY
• Under 14 – 2013 & 2012 – Tuesday ** NEW DAY
• Under 16 – 2011 & 2010 – Tuesday ** NEW DAY
• Under 19 – 2007 – 2009 – Tuesday ** NEW DAY

SENIORS

• Open/Senior Women – Monday
• Open/Senior Men (Mostly Monday or Thursday)
• Mixed Men & Women (Mostly Sunday)

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Junior Presentation Day Summer 2025
February 24th, 2025

Our Junior Presentation day is all set for Sunday March 23rd. We have a big day planned with plenty of medals & trophies. Due to the size of our club we have split the day into easy timeslots to allow you to get the most out of your day.

The day will kick off with our u10s at 11:30, 12pm we do our programs from our mini giants, little giants, shooting stars & our Mighty Giants. Next we move into the u12s, then u14s & finish the day off with our u16s, u18s & u19s.

So lock in the date & time & we catch you all on the 23rd. Thanks to the The Inclusion Way for supporting our session and our presentation day

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Winter 2024 Senior Club Champion
December 10th, 2024

Lara Giants would like to congratulate Joel McFall on being awarded the 2024 Senior club Champion. Joel is an amazing player and an amazing club person, well done Joel on an amazing year.

This is the second time Joel has won this award with the first being in 2016. To view all past winners visit www.laragiants.org.au/club-awards/

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Photos Summer 2024/25
November 28th, 2024

We are excited to bring back the basketball photos for this summer season. We have the amazing Kari Teagan Photography who are Lara locals & do amazing work. You can view a sample of their Sportraits www.kariteaganphotography.com/sportraits & a couple of samples below

Kari will be coming to our training venues starting next week where she will be at Lara Primary School & look to do both Lara Primary teams & Lara Secondary team. The week after we will be at Lara Lake Primary. We ask all families to ensure they come to training & bring their playing uniform to allow us to get team photos as well as individual photos. There is no pressure to purchase the photos & no charge to have the photos taken so may as well get the photos done & decide later on.

Schedule

Week 1 –> Monday December 2nd at Lara Primary for teams that train at Lara Primary & Lara Secondary

Week 2 –> Monday December 9th at Lara Lake Primary for teams that train at Lara Lake as well as our programs Mini Giants, Little Giants & Mighty Giants

Schedules

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AGM Update 2024
October 29th, 2024

We have some changes to report from this weeks AGM.

After 8 years as president Jason Aherne is stepping down from the role. In Jason’s presidency we have seen the club numbers double in size & the introduction of our programs starting with Little Giants & growing to include Mini Giants, Shooting Stars & our All Abilities Program the Mighty Giants. Jason is stepping into the secretary role & will be part of our exec committee working closely with Aidan & co.

Aidan Courtney has been appointed as our new President. Aidan started coaching for Lara Giants in 2018. He joined the committee in 2019 & age group co-ordinator and eventually Boys Co-Ordinator. He has been a pivotal player in our committee & the direction of our club & is looking forward to helping the club to continue to move forward both on & off the court.

Jenny Plozza is stepping up from secretary to Vice President. Anyone that knows Jenny, knows how important she is to the club & is everywhere & across all things Lara Giants. Her passion for the club & the players is massive & will be amazing in the job. Jenny takes over from the wonderful Lorraine Kulic who is staying on as Executive Assistant & will continue to work as part of the exec committee & continue to help our fight for a stadium & options for the North.

Dillon Butten is staying on as treasurer. The committee also welcomes Damian, Andrew, Ebony & Nate onto the general committee. The full committee can be viewed here www.laragiants.org.au/club-info/board-members/

Picture: President Aidan Courtney (center), Vice President Jenny Plozza (right) & Secretary Jason Aherne (left)

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2024
September 29th, 2024

The Lara Giants wish to advise that the 2024 AGM will be held on Sunday October 27 at 7pm at the Bisinella Centre on Buckingham St Lara.

All positions will be vacated & a new committee will be elected. All members (including parents of junior members) are invited to attend.

We are always looking for new members to join the committee & to help move us forward. If you are passionate about the club or keen to get involved we would love to see you. This includes our senior players who we would love to see more involved in our committee to be the voice for their group.

Any questions contact club president Jason Aherne at [email protected]

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Summer Teams 2025
September 19th, 2024

We are super excited to announce our Junior Summer teams for our upcoming Summer Season 2025. Senior teams will be announced next weekend.

With 500 junior players registered for juniors & 65 teams it has been a massive task for our coaches & playing committee. Around 20 hours of try outs & lots of sweat & skill on display made it an incredibly hard task. We thank all families who made the effort to come to try outs & gave it their best shot.

We know this period is an incredibly stressful time for all players & we know there will be players who are upset & disappointed where they end up. There is many reasons taken into account when selecting teams such as team balance position the player plays, coachability, attitude, attendance to training & try outs. If you are unhappy & would like clarification we ask that you sleep on it & if still not happy then please put your concerns in an email. Be sure to include the players name & age group to help us find the right player. Please remember that we are heading into holidays & our coordinators may not be as responsive as normal.

Email: Boys: [email protected]

Email: Girls: [email protected]

We do have a very limited number of spaces available in some age groups only. If you missed registration you can enquire or register for wait list at https://forms.gle/BHufw6YhJsEeyywcA

We will be having a uniform day on Sunday October 6 from 2pm. Any new players or players needing a uniform must reserve a time slot for their uniform fitting & purchase. Please remember sizes may not match other clothing so please bring your child with you. If you have multiple children you only need to book 1 time slot for all to come. Book Here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1293372

Without further delay here are our Summer Teams….

Junior Boys

Junior Girls

Senior Teams

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Winter 2024 Presentation Day
September 15th, 2024

Programs – Mini Giants, Little Giants, Shooting Stars & Mighty Giants

U10 Boys & Girls

U12 Boys & Girls

U14 Boys & Girls

U16 Boys & Girls

U18 Boys & U19 girls

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