Ringwood Basketball Association plays out of The Rings, a four court stadium on Canterbury Road. Its Saturday junior competition is the largest program it runs, covering ages 7 to 22, and forms part of the Greater Eastern Basketball Conference with Nunawading.
Written by Cameron James, founder and head coach at Liddicoat Basketball. Coaching juniors in Victoria for nearly a decade.
Last updated August 2026.
Ringwood Basketball Association runs basketball in Melbourne's east, and its teams are the Hawks.
The Saturday junior competition is the largest program the association runs. It covers players from around age 7 through to 22, which is a wider span than most associations put in one competition.
From Under 10 upwards, Ringwood's Saturday competition forms part of the Greater Eastern Basketball Conference, a joint initiative with Melbourne East Basketball Association, which is Nunawading.
That means your child will play clubs from outside Ringwood, and will play at Nunawading's venue as well as at Ringwood. Over 5,000 junior athletes play across the conference each Saturday.
Games run from early morning to early evening, so a Saturday slot can land anywhere across the day.
A fully air conditioned four court stadium, formerly known as the Maroondah Indoor Sports Centre. It sits on the southern side of Canterbury Road between Heatherdale and Wantirna roads, in Ringwood, roughly 25 kilometres east of Melbourne.
Air conditioning isn't a small thing in a Melbourne February. Plenty of stadiums don't have it.
Ringwood's representative program is the Junior Hawks, playing in the VJBL. That's Friday night basketball against other associations, selected at tryouts rather than open entry.
The senior Hawks compete in NBL1.
The Saturday competition is open entry, so there's no tryout. Join a club within the association and the club enters a team.
For the Junior Hawks you need to attend tryouts, generally held around October for the following season.
The Rings, a four court air conditioned stadium formerly called the Maroondah Indoor Sports Centre, on the southern side of Canterbury Road between Heatherdale and Wantirna roads in Ringwood.
From Under 10 upwards the Saturday competition forms part of the Greater Eastern Basketball Conference, run jointly with Melbourne East Basketball Association, which is Nunawading.
Roughly age 7 through to 22, which is a wider span than most associations run in a single competition.
The Hawks. Junior Hawks play in the VJBL and the senior program competes in NBL1.
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