Recruitment for the National Coaches Position is now opened from 9 November to 23 November (Friday, 6.00pm) 2018.

The Coaching & Development (C&D) Committee of Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) is inviting all interested and qualified coaches to apply for the following national team coaching positions:

Men’s Senior Head Coach Assistant Coach	Men’s U18 Head Coach Assistant Coach	Men’s U16 Head Coach Assistant Coach	Boys’ U14 Head Coach Assistant Coach	Boys’ U12 Head Coach Assistant Coach
Women’s Senior Head Coach Assistant Coach	Women’s U18 Head Coach Assistant Coach	Women’s U16 Head Coach Assistant Coach	Girls’ U14 Head Coach Assistant Coach	Girls U12 Head Coach Assistant Coach

You would need to possess the following qualifications:

·         Valid National Registry of Coaches (NROC) membership

·         NCAP Level 2 (Theory and Technical) certification or higher for head coach

·         Five years of coaching experience

·         Achievements at school or club level

Interested applicants are required to submit Word or PDF document inclusive of a cover letter, copies of basketball coaching certificates, testimonials, two-year training plan and a CV that addresses the selection criteria.

For more details and information please download the attached document and email to: coaching@bas.org.sg

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(Photo by: Kenneth Chua)

The schedule is out for the 2018 National Basketball League Qualifying Round, all games will be played at Singapore Basketball Centre (SBC)!

The first match will tip-off on Saturday, 10 November in Group A of the First Group Stage with 2 games at 4pm:

• Sin Kee Club Blue vs Tong Whye
  
• Marsiling CSC vs Woodlands CSC Blackman
  

Followed by Group B at 5.30pm:

• M.O.B. Pitbull vs Nanyang CSC
  
• Police Sports Association vs T.E.A.M v4.0

The Finals and the 3^rd Place play-offs will be held on Sunday, 16 December.

The full fixture list is available for viewing on BAS website:

http://bas.org.sg/?a=competitions&id=39&s=1

The top 2 teams participating in this competition will be eligible to compete in the 2019 NBL Division I!

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Singapore 51 – 63 Iran 

 Friday, 2 November 2018 

Singapore concluded the B Division with a sixth Place finish after a 63 – 51 defeat against Iran. It was the second meeting between the 2 teams in 4 days for the 5/6th Classification Play-off match.

India won promotion to Division A after beating Kazakhstan 68 – 45 in the Division B finals while China clinched the U18 Title in Division A, defeating Japan 89 – 76 in the finals.

All periods

Q1

13 - 18

Q2

14 - 16

Q3

17 - 10

Q4

19 - 7

Top Performer

Briana Bao Yu Lee (Singapore)		Wing Nga Poon (Hong Kong)
+14	EFFICIENCY		+24
8	POINTS		29
6	REBOUNDS		5
3	ASSISTS		2
1	STEALS		4
0	BLOCKS		0

Game Leaders

Points	29	Fatemeh Aghazadegan Ghazvini	Iran
Rebounds	11	Negin Rasoulipour Khameneh	Iran
Assists	5	Sahar Goodarzi	Iran
Steals	4	Fatemeh Aghazadegan Ghazvini	Iran
Blocks	2	Aidi Golmohammadi	Iran

A big thanks to Basketball Federation of India, FIBA as well as all fans who had cheered on Team Singapore for a truly great and memorable experience!

Welcome home!

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 Thursday, 1 November 2018

Singapore fall short for the semi-finals spot following a 67 – 37 defeat against Hong Kong in the Qualifying Phase.

All periods

Q1

14 - 6

Q2

15 - 9

Q3

21 - 7

Q4

17 - 15

Top Performer

Akinfiresoye Damilola Lim (Singapore)		Wing Nga Poon (Hong Kong)
+15	EFFICIENCY		+20
9	POINTS		18
12	REBOUNDS		4
0	ASSISTS		1
1	STEALS		4
5	BLOCKS		0

Game Leaders

Points	18	Wing Nga Poon	Hong Kong
Rebounds	12	Esther Akinfiresoye Damilola Lim	Singapore
Assists	7	Pui Ying Ho	Hong Kong
Steals	4	Ying Nok Gabriella Chan	Hong Kong
Blocks	5	Esther Akinfiresoye Damilola Lim	Singapore

Singapore will now play against Iran for the second time for the final 5/6th Classification spot on Friday, 2 November.

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