SABC is a basketball club based in East Kew, welcoming children of all abilities into a supportive environment. The club’s basic objectives are to teach skills and to encourage each player to develop a positive attitude towards themselves, the team, the club and the game of basketball.
Why play with us?
SABC is family oriented and relies on the involvement of parents, siblings and our supporters.
Teams don’t change from season to season
Your child will play with the same players for many, many seasons. Most teams are start playing together in early primary school and many teams stay together right through primary and secondary school!
Unlike larger clubs, players aren’t moved around every season. Our teams bond together – it’s not a new bunch of unknown players starting every season.
Having fun while your learn
Whether your child is brand new to basketball or has played before, we’re sure to have a team to match their skill level. Our coaches are mostly keen parents and older SABC players. They’re enthusiastic and will encourage players to build their skills as a team.
We’re about community
As parents, you’ll get to know parents in your child’s team, as our teams stick together from season to season.
We play local
There’s no driving all over Melbourne! Camberwell Basketball plays from east to west from Blackburn to Richmond, and north to south from Bulleen to Glen Iris.
The vast majority of games are played at the Boroondara Sports Complex in North Balwyn.
See our map of playing venues.
We train local
Most training is either at Kew East Primary School or at the Boroondara Sports Complex and is only during the basketball season. It is one night a week, after school, for about an hour.
See our map of training venues.
The league we play in – Camberwell Basketball
SABC has grown to include players from over 20 primary and secondary schools from East Kew and surrounding suburbs, with our origin beginning with St Anne’s Primary School, East Kew.
Our club has over 20 teams playing each week in the Camberwell District Basketball Association. Camberwell Basketball (which is a basketball league for inner eastern Melbourne) has over 500 teams competing across age groups from under 8s to the under 22s.
Our history
SABC was established in 1992 by Angela Greatorex to give children at particularly St Anne’s Primary School, East Kew, an opportunity to participate in a team sport. Each awards night, we add another person’s name to the Angela Greatorex plaque, in honour of that person’s special contribution to the club.
