Oct. 23rd, 2023

GVBL Winter Basketball

Skills Assessments Continue!

Division splits are according to last name.

Skills assessment results will be used by coaches to make teams fair.

All assessments will be held at the GVCO Community Center,

51 N. Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern

Basketball Coaches Needed!

Please contact basketball@gvco.org if interested

Give back to the community this winter by volunteering to coach with GVBL this season.



Have fun coaching your child and their friends this winter basketball season. All it takes is about 3 hours a week through the course of the season. For 20+ years, GVBL has had great success with this formula, connecting kids, parents, friends and neighbors and hoping for your support again this season! 

Log into your account on GVCO.org to find volunteer signups.

Other Preliminary Dates

• Winter Late Registration fee increase starts - October 16th

Late fee will now apply for those signing up today and moving forward.

• Winter Registration Cut Off; Wait listing starts - October 27th

If players decide to drop out, their spots will be open to players on the waitlist.

• Winter Skill Assessments - October 17th-26th

Skills assessment results will be used to create fair teams.

• Winter League Team Assignments - October 28th

Coaches only. Teams will be assigned using skills assessment results.

• Rosters finalized - October 29th - November 1st

Rosters will be sent through email and posted on our website.

• Uniform Distribution - November 4th

Uniform distribution will take place in the GVCO center.

• Winter League Practices Commence - November 6th 

Practices will be determined when rosters are finalized.

Register now! More information on the GVCO.org website.

GVBL 2023-24 Winter League Division Coordinators

GVBL on Facebook and Instagram

Check Out Our Social Media!

Follow GVBL on Facebook and Instagram to stay up to date on league news.

GVBL Sponsors

We invite you to support our highly successful GVBL youth basketball programming through advertising for your business.

Team jersey sponsorship is a great way to help provide much-needed support to our programming and promote our business partners. This annual campaign asks local businesses and those from the corporate community for sponsorship to support the Great Valley Basketball League (GVBL).

The program includes the business or corporate sponsor name featured on the jerseys of one of our 75+ youth basketball teams, along with multiple "touch points" throughout the season on our numerous GVCO communiqués (website, newsletters, updates, social media, etc.).

Team Jersey Sponsorship Form

Please complete and return a sponsorship form to sponsorship@GVCO.org or mail it to 51 N. Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern, PA 19355.



This winter, GVBL expects to have over 650 families and 900 children, ages 4 through 18, participating in our GVBL program. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to sponsor a team – the deadline is October 23, 2023. Please contact sponsorship@GVCO.org with any further questions.

More Sponsorship Opportunities - Divisions and Banners

GVBL divisions are broken down by gender and grade. If you would like to sponsor an entire GVBL division, please reach out to sponsorship@GVCO.org for pricing.

Hang your banner in the brand new GVCO Community Center. More details about costs, banner sizes and the form.

Tournament Teams

GV Tournament Teams tryouts have been completed and all participants will be hearing from a coach or a GV Tournament Team committee member in the next couple of days.

Over the course of the next week or so, parent meetings for each team will be scheduled. Practice schedules are currently being defined and will be finalized shortly.

Cheer

The GV Junior Patriots Cheerleaders are hosting a fun night for all boys and girls in 2nd grade through 6th grade. It will be on Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 6pm-8pm at the new GVCO Community Center.

More information & registration:

https://www.gvco.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1232010

K-2 Flag Football

IT DOESN'T GET ANY CLOSER THAN THIS!

There were 2 one point games for Saturday's GVFL Flag Football matches at the new GVCO Community Center Complex. The first game saw the GWES Eagles squeak by the KDM Coyotes 50-49 in a high scoring affair. In the late game the Bobcats of Sugartown knocked the Charlestown Bulldogs from the unbeaten ranks in a thrilling 31-30 battle.

It's GVCO Community Center Moving Day!

Oct. 29th 10:30AM - 12:30PM at 51 N. Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern

Now that we have a "new home" with the new GVCO Community Center complex...it's time to start taking care of it! It's time to get your hands dirty and get the community center moved in.

Students in grades 7-12 are welcome to join Caring Hands for the 2023-24 school year. The Caring Hands newsletters, Facebook and Instagram will have information for ways both students and parents can get involved. For further questions, please reach out to community@gvco.org.

Cradles to Crayons

Donation Drive

Sat., Oct. 28th 11-3pm

51 N. Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern

Volunteers will be assisting with drop off of new and like-new items for underprivileged children from birth through age 12. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring at least one bag of items to donate!

Bring your donations to GVCO, 51 N. Bacton Hill Rd., Malvern. Look for the giant purple container!

WE'VE ADDED OUR NAME ON THE DOORS!

NuPrint Solutions stopped by today and added the lettering to the front entrance of the new GVCO Community Center. 

More construction pictures and news

Financing the New GVCO Community Center

It's time for everyone in our Great Valley community to GIVE BACK. The community's support over the past six years has been tremendous [Donor List (10/18/23) ]. Let's finish what we started, paying off the debt and moving forward with the next phase of the project. To do this, the support must continue and be more broad based.

We are asking for help from the entire Great Valley private, public and business community.

Ways You can Give

For further details on the project, how you can make a significant financial impact or information with regard to Naming Rights for the complex and areas throughout the project, please reach out to Keith Walsh at execdirector@gvco.org



Where We Started...

Read and see more construction progress.

Rendering of the 1st Phase of the new GVCO Community Center to be completed late Summer 2023.

See the vision of our new Great Valley Community Center when all phases are finished. Find out some of what we plan to offer at a fully completed complex.

Thank you Winter GVBL Sponsors

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