January 9th - News

Roundball News and Future League Opportunities

This week was the return of Roundball Basketball into the 2011 year. Roundball will continue to constantly innovate and add more features and multimedia to all our leagues across BC.

2010 was the beginning of a Roundball Blogspot where statistics and articles on teams and players have been posted on a consistent basis.  It was also the year whereby Roundball broke into the men's league division by successfully establishing men's programs in Surrey and in Richmond.  With the addition of our youth and men's programs, this year Roundball will be adding short clips of highlight mixtapes that will be posted on both our blogspot page and youtube. We hope that this not only attracts more visitors to our sites but also increases the showmanship on the court by all players. Filming will now take place every so often so we hope you enjoy this new feature! 

 Lastly, Roundball is in the midst of planning an outdoor streetball men's league for the city of Richmond this summer 2011. This league will be set to start in June and will be the first outdoor league ever started in Richmond BC.  The league will be refereed and all regular Roundball rules and regulations will apply. The only difference ofcourse will be that games will take place outdoors. Because we are still in the planning stages, we would love to know what our current and future players think about this potential Roundball program. The league will most likely take place outdoors at either Thompson Community Center or Southarm Community Center. Please feel free to leave your opinion about the outdoor league by voting on our newly posted poll.

Thanks and Keep Ballin,

Roundball.  

Statistics & Standings

Article on The All City Chess Club

Kings In This Game of Pawns and Knights  The All City Chess Club have won 7 games straight... At the moment it doesnt look like any team can stop this Palmer highschool based Roundball team. This past Friday nights battle was another intense battle between the Wildcats and The All City Chess Club. The A.C.C.C's last win against the Wildcats was very controversial whereby what seemed to be a foul at the end of the game was not called and the All City Chess Club went on to win the game. Having said all that, this week's game was even more insaine. Roundball has seen alot of different problems over the course of our four years in running recreational sports....We have seen everything from men in Surrey directly cursing out our referees to players ripping their shirt off and storming off the court at the end of games...We have even had to suspend players for disorderly conduct to our staff....But this week was our first FIST FIGHT. Having said that, we dont promote violence in our leagues and are happy to say everything was controlled efficiently. Fortunitely our Referee Ron Calizon did not throw out any players nor give out any technicals. Probably because the city of Richmond has had the better Roundball track record compared to that of Surrey BC and most often Richmond has represented the Roundball program with the utmost respect. All in all, I believe it is fair to say that the All City Chess Club and the Wildcats hate each other. Nevertheless every game between the squads have been nothing less than spectacular and the next time they play we might just have to have security on hand. (Maybe Derek and Jerome or something)  The point is that the ACCC have been owning the men's season thus far. However statistically speaking over the course of the past 4 years NO number one seeded Roundball team at the end of regular season play has ever gone on to win the Roundball Championship. YES every number one seeded team has flopped and lost in either the semi final game or in the championship. And it may happen again, seeing as how close our games have been in recent weeks. However, All credit due to the ACCC for their dominance thus far... Someone stop them please.

League Leaders & Standings

Allstar Game Recap

The Cops Got Game…More Game Then Roundball

The 5th Annual Roundball Allstar game was a great success for both our organization, players and yes... the Vancouver Police Department. Unfortunately the Cops beat our Roundball squad for the second year in a row. However, Roundball was able to show our competitors that with each passing year our guy's continue to become more fundamental and continue to get a little closer to beating the old star studded VPD cast. The VPD played a nicely constructed team game and were led by the officer formally known as "Prince" a quick filipino pointguard who was able to pick apart our defence and also shut down the play of our allstar guards. In my personal opinion the VPD were something like the San Antonio Spurs.... Old and Boring....but they got the job done. So hats off to them. 

All in all the allstar game was a great way to just enjoy a night of Roundball away from the regular weekly competitive nature of our games. The type of competitive nature where our players seem to always curse out their teammates whenever things are not going as planned on the court (lol). The point is Roundball  keeps it exciting on and off the court and Friday night our young men played hard and played respectful.  

Thanks for representing our league well Roundball. A great night for a great group of players. Well Done.

Allstar Night

The Most Festive Game of The Holidays

  THE ROUNDBALL ALLSTAR GAME

You better believe its here again and going to be spectactular! Roundball Basketball is presenting it's fifth annual Allstar Basketball Game. The allstar game at Roundball continues to evolve, with this year being the second consecutive year the Vancouver Police Department Men's team will be playing our stars. Last year our youth team got destroyed by the Men's team and this year we hope that our slightly older men's division can put up a better fight. 

In the past Roundball has had allstar games versus the celebrity street baller King Handles and his Vancity crew, however due the success of Joey Haywood's aka King Handles full-ride scholarship and departure to the Saint Mary's Basketball University out in Eastern Canada Roundball has now found a new group of  Men's stars to hold our annual games against.

Our allstar games have gone from a more street based game to a more structured and competitive game. The transistion has been made for the better, and we hope that this year Roundball can finally win an Allstar Game For Once!

Be sure to catch all the Friday Night All Star Festivities.....


ALLSTAR EVENTS begin @ 7:00 PM at THOMPSON COMMUNITY CENTER


SKILLS OBSTACLE CHALLENGE - Winner Receives a 10 Dollars in Prize Money


3 POINT COMPETITION - Winner Receives 20 Dollars in Prize Money 


ALLSTAR GAME - Begins @ 7:45 PM


BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND COME WATCH A GREAT GAME!!!!!

League Leaders & Standings