All participants are now required to be members of Alberta Basketball Association in order to register and participate in the Calgary Minor Basketball association. All CMBA zones including CLS have entered into an agreement with ABA with the hope to strengthen basketball in Alberta and provide a more consistent basketball experience throughout the province.CLS is hopeful that this arrangement will lead to a greater level of accountability for players, coaches and spectators as well as increase the level of safety for all involved in basketball in Alberta. This will also ensure that all CLS teams that compete in eligible divisions will have the opportunity to secure a spot in the ABA youth provincials.

 

Registration process 

When you go on our website to register a participant for the 25/26 season you will be taken first to the ABA website to purchase a ABA membership once completed you will then be directed to the CLS website to continue your registration as usual. The fee for ABA membership is $27 with a portion of that fee going to Basketball Canada.This membership is good for the whole year- you will not need to purchase another membership in the coming spring season.

 

Program fees

CMBA has over the years worked diligently to keep team registration fees the same without increases through efficiencies, grants and other initiatives, however after 12 years with no increases and expanding the season to more full length games it has become necessary for the league to increase team registration fees. All member zones have voted to approve the increase in fees this season. The fee increase is reflected in the CLS program fee increase this year.

 

Uniform changes

We have changed the way we address uniform deposits and returns.

 

When you register a participant a $100 uniform rental/deposit is a required purchase and is set up in split payments. Initial payment is $10 for the uniform rental and will be billed to your credit card during your registration. The second payment of $90 will automatically be billed to your credit card only if you have failed to return your uniform undamaged by April 7th 2026.If you have returned your uniform before that time your pending $90 payment will be canceled and no further action is needed by you.

All uniforms should be returned to your coach on the last game of the season, if you going to miss the last game please return your uniform at the last practice before the final game of the season.

After the final game it is your responsibility to find a way to get the uniform to coach or CLS before the deadline in order to avoid being charged the $90.

 

 

program outline 

 

Fees $520

Uniform rental $10

 

1 practice per week Monday thru Thursday, 6-730 or 730-9 ( youngest age groups would get the 6-730 time slot)  

Practices are held in Chestermere unless there is conflict with one of the schools we use, in which case we would us Langdon and/or Strathmore if needed.

 

1 Game per week in Calgary on Saturday at various locations. 

Reversible practice jersey to be worn to practice 

Game warmup shirt 

Uniform rental

 

 

U11-U15 teams 

Evaluations to start in the second or third week of September once we have gym availability from RVSD.

( you will receive and email with the specific day, time and location)

league play starts Oct 11th 

league break Dec 14 - Jan 11th 

Season ends Feb 28th

Youth provincials March 5th -8th

 

U18 teams

Evaluations start in the beginning of Sept ( you will receive and email with the specific day, time and location) This evaluation may take place at a non RVSD facility 

League play starts Sept 12th 

Season end November 15th

 

See full league calendar Here https://www.cmba.ab.ca/content/cmba-official-calendar

 

Overview of the season startup process

 

Registration (once you have registered you will receive an confirmation email to confirm you are registered)

Evaluations (you will receive an email with the date, time and location once scheduled)

Teams are selected and Coaches are assigned to their teams.

You will receive an email inviting you to the RAMP app for your team(please login to your ramp app)

Coaches will begin adding practices which will appear on your app (ensure to rsvp for all games and practices)

 

 

* Note Practice locations can change due to school functions, community use staff try to give us early notice but sometimes it is 

not possible so ensure to check the location of practice on the day of to avoid arriving at the wrong location.

 

 

 

 

CMBA league age groups

 

September 1, 2007 to August 31, 2008 U18

September 1, 2008 to August 31, 2009 U18

September 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010* U18*

Anytime in 2011 or 2012 U15

Anytime in 2013 or 2014 U13

Anytime in 2015 or 2016 U11

 

*Request for participants to play above their age group can be made to CLS for review. 

 

 

 

We have a lot of teams to evaluate each season this will not all happen in one week. We will be prioritizing the u18 evaluations first as that season starts early. There is no need to email us to ask when the evaluation is happening, when we have the gym and evaluation staff lined up we will notify you via email with the information so you can make arrangements.

Results from evaluations will be sent out after all teams have been evaluated including any teams that may require more than one evening of evaluations.