Collingwood Basketball Association's stadium and office is at 10 McCutcheon Way, Collingwood 3066, at Collingwood College, with three courts. The association also plays at Bundha Sports Centre in North Fitzroy and at several school stadiums, so an inner city Saturday can send you to more than one address.
Written by Cameron James, founder and head coach at Liddicoat Basketball. Over a decade coaching junior basketball in Melbourne, including at Big V level, and rep teams from Under 12s through to Under 18s.
Last updated September 2026.
Collingwood Basketball Association lists its stadium and office at 10 McCutcheon Way, Collingwood 3066. The Eastern Districts Junior Basketball Association, which fixtures games into the same building, describes the venue as Collingwood College on the corner of Cromwell Street and McCutcheon Way, Collingwood 3066, with three courts.
So it's a school stadium, sitting on the Collingwood College site, and it doubles as the association's head office. That matters on a first visit, because the entrance you want is the stadium entrance, not the school's front gate.
Three courts is a small, contained room by Melbourne standards. You'll be able to see your child's game from almost anywhere in it, and you'll hear every whistle on the other two courts as well.
Collingwood is an inner city association without a single large home stadium, so it hires space across the neighbourhood. The association's own venue list includes Collingwood College, Bundha Sports Centre at 111 Queens Parade in North Fitzroy, Fitzroy High School on Falconer Street in North Fitzroy, Wurun Senior Campus at 111 Queens Parade in North Fitzroy, Thornbury High School with the entrance off Matisi Street, Princes Hill Secondary College on Arnold Street in North Carlton, and Alphington Grammar School at 18 Old Heidelberg Road in Alphington, entering off Lucerne Crescent.
Read your fixture every single week. That's not generic advice here, it's the single most useful habit for a Collingwood family, because the venue genuinely does change and the addresses are spread across several suburbs.
The Alphington Grammar entry point is a good example of the trap. The street address is Old Heidelberg Road but the association tells you to enter off Lucerne Crescent, and a maps app won't know that.
Bundha is the newest venue on the list and the one most likely to catch you out. It sits at 111 Queens Parade, North Fitzroy, on the south side service road next to the Wurun Senior Campus sign, and the association warns that the centre is so new it's not yet named on GPS maps.
It has four basketball courts, numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5. Courts 2 and 3 are on Level Two, courts 4 and 5 are on Level Four. Court 1 on the ground floor isn't a basketball court and Level One has no basketball access at all. There are stairs and a lift from the ground level entrance.
There's no dedicated car park. The association points people to street parking on the north side of the Queens Parade service road, or on Smith Street, Jamieson Street or Alfred Crescent, and says to allow extra time for parking. Directly outside is for drop offs and pick ups only.
Inner north basketball is one of the few parts of junior sport in Melbourne where public transport is genuinely easier than driving. For Bundha, the association lists tram 86 to stop 22 at Queens Parade and Smith Street, then a 120 metre walk south, or tram 11 to stop 18 at Brunswick Street and Queens Parade, then a 200 metre walk diagonally north east.
There are bike parking rails at Bundha, but bikes and e scooters aren't allowed inside the building, so plan on locking up outside.
If you're driving to any of the inner city venues on a Saturday, the honest advice is to add fifteen minutes and accept that you may be walking a couple of blocks. That's the trade for playing basketball three kilometres from the CBD.
Collingwood Basketball Association runs a junior domestic competition, a junior representative program in the VJBL, senior representative teams in the Big V, and a senior domestic competition. Junior domestic games are played on Saturdays and representative games on Fridays.
That's how Collingwood runs it. Other associations use different nights, so go by your own association's fixture. Domestic is the local Saturday competition your child plays for a club, representative is the Friday night competition against other associations across Melbourne.
For a family new to the sport, start with Saturday domestic. It's cheaper, closer, less travel, and it's the competition almost every representative player comes out of anyway.
School stadiums are plainer than purpose built basketball centres. Expect fewer seats, less spectator space and a smaller canteen operation than you would get at a big suburban association, and pack water and a snack accordingly.
The upside is that these rooms are small and friendly. At a three court venue you're standing next to the same families every week and your child will know the other teams by the end of a season.
If you're not sure which venue you're at, the association's office number is published on its site and the office is at the Collingwood College stadium. It's worth having in your phone for the first few weeks.
10 McCutcheon Way, Collingwood 3066, at Collingwood College. The EDJBA lists the same venue as the corner of Cromwell Street and McCutcheon Way, with three courts.
No dedicated car park. Collingwood Basketball points visitors to street parking on the north side of the Queens Parade service road, Smith Street, Jamieson Street or Alfred Crescent, and says to allow extra time.
Junior domestic is played on Saturdays. Junior representative games in the VJBL are played on Fridays.
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