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.
U15 boys and girls OPEN TRYOUT (April 12-13) - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Canada Games BOYS 2nd OPEN tryout (April 19-20) - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Canada Games GIRLS 2nd OPEN tryout (March 8) - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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: 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.
Canada Games and U15 team athletes will be expected to commit to all training and competition weekends.
| Dec 21-22 | Open tryout Boys: December 21 - 9-11am AND 1-3pm, December 22 - 10-12pm AND 2-3:30pm, Girls: December 21 - AND 1-11am-1pm AND 3-5pm, December 22 - 12-2pm AND 3:30-5pm |
| March 8 | Open tryout (Citadel High School)(GIRLS ONLY) 11:30am-2pm |
| April 19-20 | Open tryout (boys), Invite tryout (girls) (Citadel High School)(BOYS and GIRLS) |
| May 24-25 | Final invite tryout (girls)(Canada Games Center)(GIRLS ONLY) |
| May 31-June 1 | Final invite tryout (boys)(Canada Games Center)(BOYS ONLY) |
| 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 (boys and girls) |
| August 11 | Canada Games begins |
| April 12-13 | Open Tryouts |
| April 26-27 | Final invite tryouts |
| 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 weekend |
| July 19-20 | 7th Training 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.