Waverley Basketball Association runs junior and senior domestic competitions across eleven member clubs in Melbourne's south east, plus the Falcons representative pathway which runs from VJBL juniors up to an NBL1 senior team.
Written by Cameron James, founder and head coach at Liddicoat Basketball. Coaching juniors in Victoria for nearly a decade.
Last updated August 2026.
Waverley Basketball Association covers a slice of Melbourne's inner south east, and its representative program is the Falcons.
One thing that stands out at Waverley is that the rep pathway is unusually complete. There's a junior VJBL program, a Big V team, and an NBL1 team, so a player can in principle move all the way through without leaving the association.
Your child joins one of the member clubs, and the club enters teams in the association's domestic competition.
Ashy, Glen Iris District, Golden Hawks, Homenetmen, Maccabi, Malvern Tigers, Piranhas Caulfield Malvern, Solway, Timberwolves, Toorak and Waverley Comets.
The representative side is the Falcons.
Juniors play in the VJBL, which is Friday night basketball against other associations. Above that sit the Big V Falcons and the NBL1 Falcons.
Waverley runs a Future Falcons Academy and a Rep Ready program for players building toward a tryout, rather than leaving them to work it out alone.
Waverley publishes fixtures, ladders and finals information for its domestic competitions, and runs LiveScore and statistics through its digital services. If you can't make a game, the score is generally findable.
If you've never done domestic basketball before, the first few weeks feel busier than they end up being. You get a team, a training night and a game slot, and after about a month it's just part of the week.
Waverley is one of the biggest associations in the state, so expect the venue to be loud and the car park to be full. Get there fifteen minutes early for the first few games until you know which court your child is on.
Grading matters more here than at a small association. With that many teams your child will end up somewhere close to their level, which is the whole point. A kid who gets graded into a team they can compete in improves faster than one carried in a stronger side.
Pick a club from the eleven and contact them directly, or go through the association if you're not sure which one covers your suburb. Domestic is open entry, so there's no tryout to get into a Saturday team.
For the Falcons, you need to attend tryouts. Ask about Future Falcons or Rep Ready first if your child isn't there yet.
The Falcons. There's a junior VJBL program, a Big V team and an NBL1 team, so the pathway runs from juniors all the way to semi professional.
Eleven junior clubs: Ashy, Glen Iris District, Golden Hawks, Homenetmen, Maccabi, Malvern Tigers, Piranhas Caulfield Malvern, Solway, Timberwolves, Toorak and Waverley Comets.
Yes. The Future Falcons Academy and Rep Ready programs are aimed at players building toward a representative tryout.
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Tryouts reward the work done months earlier. I build the plan and check in every week so it actually happens.