All athletes are welcome to attend tryouts, regardless of potential financial challenges. Financial support is available for those in need (including athletes who make the team and require support with fees). In order to receive financial support, please complete this form and we will work with individual families to find a solution.
Note: Based on identification by Canada Games coaches, select athletes may receive direct invites to participate in the 2025 Canada Games final tryout in May. Players can be selected through the open identification camps in December and April for Canada Games. Players can also be selected through coach identification during their current season.
Each year, Canada Basketball hosts a Nationwide competition for provincial and territorial U15 and U17 teams. Nova Scotia has been proud to field teams for the last 25 years.
In addition, the Canada Games - a national multi-sport event - is held every two years rotating between summer and winter sports. The 2025 Canada Summer Games will take place August 8-24 in St, John’s NL, and BNS will be sending both a U17 girls and boys team.
In a non Canada Games year, BNS would send both U17 and U15 teams to the National competition. This year, there will be a boys and girls U15 tournament and the U17 boys and girls will compete at the Canada Games in place of a Canada Basketball National competition.
Our 2025 Canada Games and U15 coaching staff can be found here.
Note: Canada Games and U15 team athletes will be expected to commit to all training and competition weekends.
Note: The schedule is subject to change.
Dec 21 (Sackville High School) -22 (Dalplex at Dalhousie University): Open tryout
BOYS: Dec 21 - 9-11am AND 1-3pm, Dec 22 - 10-12pm AND 2-3:30pm
GIRLS: Dec 21 - 11am-1pm AND 3-5pm, Dec 22 - 12-2pm AND 3:30-5pm
April 19-20: Open tryout (boys), invite tryout (girls)
May 24-25: Final invite tryout
May 31 - June 1: Training (boys and girls)
June 7-8: Training (boys and girls)
June 14-15: Competition weekend (boys), Training (girls)
June 20-22: Training (boys)
June 28-29: Competition weekend (girls)
July 4-6: Competition weekend (boys and girls)
July 12-13: Training (girls)
July 23-27 - Training (boys)
August 1-3 - Training camp
August 11: Beginning of Canada Games
April 12-13: Open Tryouts
May 3-4: Final Invite Tryout
May 10-11: 1st Training Weekend
May 23-25: 2nd Training Weekend (Tentative Media Day May 25th)
June 7-8: 3rd Training Weekend
June 21-22: 4th Training Weekend
July 4-6: 5th weekend - Scotia Showcase
July 17-18: 6th training
July 19-20: 7th Weekend - Summerfest tournament
July 25-27: 8th weekend - Training camp
August 4: National Championships (Ontario)
The BNS PTP is guided by 5 principles:
Development Training Groups
We are in the process of implementing high performance programming for U13-U17 athletes. The details are still being solidified and we'll be excited to share the plan for this age group in the coming weeks. We were pleased with the efforts from our coaches and athletes in the 2024 Development Training Group (U16), and are looking forward to build on this for Summer 2025.