To our basketball community and supporters,

We’ve seen the announcements. We’ve read the statements. We saw your responses. And we’re calling it for what it is.

Despite claims of affordability, transparency, and community consultation, the launch of Nepean Valley Basketball by Penrith Valley Regional Sports Centre (PVRSC) is not a grassroots revival, it’s a takeover. The glossy language about “shared models,” “fresh futures,” and “community-led associations” cannot hide the truth: this move was never about supporting basketball families. It was about control.

Let’s be clear:
• Our support lies with Penrith District Basketball Association (PDBA) the heart of basketball in Penrith for decades.
• Our concerns were never about PDBA or our children’s experience in the sport. They were about the mismanagement of the PVRSC facility:

• Extortionate court hire increases
• Poorly maintained infrastructure
• Chronic double bookings that led to cancelled games, no reimbursements, and impossible rescheduling
• A lack of transparency and accountability from the facility managers

Now, PVRSC has launched a new association without genuine consultation, claiming to “rebuild basketball” while refusing further dialogue. Their statements say the Centre “exists for the community, not one association” but they’ve ignored the very community that built basketball in Penrith. Their actions speak louder than their press releases.

The underlying and ongoing issues that led families to speak out were never about PDBA, they were about the unacceptable conditions and costs imposed by PVRSC. 

Parents were expected to pay top dollar for the bare minimum: rundown courts, chaotic scheduling, and zero accountability. Our kids can’t play in the association they love, not because of PDBA, but because of PVRSC’s greed and refusal to collaborate. 

PVRSC claim to be saving basketball, but their actions are destroying it, like a child throwing a tantrum because they couldn’t have the toy they wanted. This isn’t leadership. It’s sabotage dressed up as reform.

We reject this cash grab. We reject the erasure of a proud, inclusive, and culturally grounded association. And we reject the notion that this new model represents us.

Basketball in Penrith is PDBA. It always has been. And we’re not going anywhere!