In NSW you register through your local association, not with Basketball NSW directly. Many Sydney associations use Basketball Connect, the platform Basketball NSW runs its competitions on, though some use PlayHQ or their own systems for parts of the process. You pay a Basketball NSW participant membership of 6 or 12 months plus association fees. Moving to another association for rep needs an Intent to Trial form, then a clearance.
Last updated 9 October 2026.
Basketball NSW says it has over 80 affiliated associations across the state, and it sends families to the Where Can I Play link on its home page to find the closest one by postcode. From there the association matches your child to a program or competition, and you complete its membership form from its website, agree to the terms and conditions and pay the fees.
Membership is what makes your child insured and eligible. Basketball NSW lists personal accident cover for injuries while playing or training among the insurance its members get, and it says a child who does not pay the State fee cannot play at any affiliated association.
So when something goes wrong, you know who to ask. Team placement, game nights and local fees are association questions. Basketball NSW sets the participant membership and its terms, but for help with the Basketball Connect platform it asks families to contact their association first, which can escalate the problem if needed.
Basketball Connect is the registration and match day platform Basketball NSW uses. Basketball NSW describes it as covering everything from registration to a match day app, its 2027 junior league rules say it administers all of its competitions on Basketball Connect, and the app shows draws, results and ladders. To find your child's expiry date, Basketball NSW says to look for the Valid Until date on their local competition registration, online or in the app.
If your child already has a membership, Basketball NSW says to register as a new participant in the app anyway, and the app will tell you if an existing profile is there and can be claimed.
Not every association runs everything through it. Norths' Spring 2026 competition handbook says club teams register through their club's portal on PlayHQ, and its 2026 rep handbook says Norths uses PlayHQ. City of Sydney takes junior team nominations online, through what it calls the LMP Dashboard. Trial registration often sits elsewhere again: Manly and Norths take 2027 trial registrations on Humanitix, Bankstown uses a GameDay form for its 2027 junior trial application, and Camden Valley uses a Google form. Marrickville Spirit also requires a separate PCYC membership for programs at Marrickville PCYC.
Basketball NSW now sells two membership lengths. The 6-month option became available to new participants from 1 January 2026, and participants whose renewal falls in December can choose either. Categories follow age: junior 8 to 11 is for players who have reached or will reach that age by 31 December, and 12 and above is for players in structured competition.
Pick deliberately. Basketball NSW recommends the 12-month membership if your child plays year round, because there is no refund or price adjustment for buying two 6-month memberships back to back. Members can opt in or out of auto renewal when they register, and Basketball NSW says it sends reminder emails before an expiry. Our costs page has the 2026 fee table.
Since January 2026, members who paid through the Basketball Connect app can pause their membership in the app. Basketball NSW says it built the feature, Pause and Play, with its technology partner World Sport Action. Basketball NSW allows up to 2 weeks on a 6-month membership and up to 4 weeks on a 12-month membership, for things like injury, exams or holidays, as long as fees are up to date and a pause has not already been used in the current membership period.
The steps are in the app: tap More, go to My Profile, switch to your child's profile if needed, open My Membership, tap the three dots under action and choose Request Pause. A pause must be used in full. You can come back early by revoking the pause in the app, but the days already used are forfeited.
Members on continuous 12-month memberships paid through the app can ask for an extended pause of up to 3 months, for longer breaks such as overseas travel or injury recovery. Basketball NSW says it responds within 48 hours, and the extended pause cannot be combined with the standard 4 weeks. Neither option is available to anyone serving a suspension.
Basketball NSW separates primary and secondary registration. Primary is the first registration in a year, which includes the Basketball NSW participant fee. Secondary, also called affiliate registration, is registration with a second association for an administration fee, and it lapses when the primary registration does.
Rep can decide which one is primary. Bulls says players chosen for its rep program must list their primary Basketball NSW registration with Bulls, changing it on renewal if needed.
Basketball NSW's 2027 rules say a player registered with one association may not trial with another without an Intent to Trial form, which the parent or guardian completes online before the trial. The form is not a clearance. Every player must show proof of clearance from their last association before playing in a Basketball NSW competition.
Juniors have open transfer rights, but the old association can deny or contest a clearance where the player owes it money, where the move would cause it proven undue hardship, or where the transfer could create a super team. If a contested clearance is not resolved within 14 days, the Basketball NSW Competitions Department investigates. Hills and Manly both warn that clearances can be refused or blocked over outstanding money, equipment or clothing.
At Hills and Manly, the new association handles the clearance once your child is selected: Hills lodges a NSW Clearance Form with the previous association, and Manly processes the clearance online with it. An older Basketball NSW Clearance Form, a PDF filed on its website in August 2021, describes a paper process in which the new association lodges the completed form with Basketball NSW and seven working days must be allowed before the player becomes eligible. We found no current Basketball NSW page saying that form is still the process, so ask your new association how it lodges clearances today.
Families moving from another state need a different form. Hills and Manly both say interstate players selected in their rep teams must complete an Interstate Clearance Form.
With an association. Basketball NSW sends families to the nearest association, which provides the membership form on its website. The Basketball NSW participant fee is included in what the association charges.
No. Basketball Connect is the platform Basketball NSW runs its competitions on. Some associations, such as Norths, use PlayHQ for parts of their domestic registration.
Yes, if you paid through the Basketball Connect app. Pause and Play allows up to 2 weeks on a 6-month membership or 4 weeks on a 12-month one, with an extended pause of up to 3 months for continuous 12-month members.
When they move to a new association and want to play in a Basketball NSW competition. The Intent to Trial form comes first, and the clearance is processed after selection. The old association can refuse it over unpaid fees.
Hills and Manly both say interstate players selected in their rep teams must complete an Interstate Clearance Form. For domestic, register with your new local association and pay the Basketball NSW participant membership.
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