Central Coast Waves go under

towel yet as Basketball NSW continues to work closely with directors to have finances audited, while the association takes measures to ensure plans are in place to reduce its debts.

Some relief may be in sight for representative Waves athletes with an offer extended by Central Coast Basketball (CCB) to play out the remainder of the Spalding Waratah League season under its management.

CCB, which operates out of Breakers Indoor Sports Stadium at Terrigal, has had its own economic challenges in recent years and is empathetic to the Waves’ struggles.

“Many community sporting organisations struggled during the pandemic, and we were not immune to that,” CCB General Manager Matthew Tredrea said.

“However, through careful planning and management from our team and our Board, we are now in a sound position.”

For a lot of Waves players in the under-12 program, this is their first year of representative basketball and for some Under18s athletes, this will be their squad to give as much game time as possible to his players. monumental season, and that is just one of the reasons we look forward to welcoming these teams to continue their basketball journey on the Central Coast with our Club,” Tredrea said. last.

Among them was new Mariners recruit Dylan WenzelHalls, subbed on for Cummings who received great applause from the home crowd.

The Roar was awarded a penalty by the VAR in the 80th minute, despite the referee initially ruling against a deflection that had hit the arm of Brian Kaltak.

Brisbane’s Jay O’Shea slotted it past captain Vukovic to muddy the clean score sheet.

The win brings the Mariners back up to the third spot on the Isuzu-UTE A-League ladder, just ahead of the Western Sydney Wanderers.

The Mariners hit the road next week with a trip to face Western United in Ballarat on Good Friday, before heading home to take on the dominant league leaders Melbourne City on Saturday, April 15 at Industree Group Stadium.

As a staple of the Central Coast sporting community since 2006, CCWBA has housed numerous programs from grass roots Learn To Play to inclusive programs like One Culture.

Board members and Basketball NSW will meet in the coming weeks.

“It is important for these young members of the community to play out the remainder of this potentially

A spokesperson said Basketball NSW is working with Central Coast Council regarding the finals of the current CCWBA domestic competitions being completed, with more information to be announced shortly.