Hello parents,

We want to announce some exciting news! With the demand for higher levels of competitive basketball rising, it has become necessary to increase the available opportunities for kids to play travel basketball. A group of parents with the support, collaboration and encouragement of the Recreation Department,  have been working hard for several months to create a new entity called the Melrose Travel Basketball (MTB) Association, Inc.  After months of hard work, we are ready to announce publicly that our organization will provide an enhanced and expanded travel basketball program for girls and boys in grades 5-8 beginning this fall. 

We want to share some initial details:

1. We will be offering 2 teams per grade for both boys and girls. There will be a RED and WHITE team at each grade level for both boys and girls. In grade 5, the teams will be equally mixed. Teams will have 9-12 members.

2. Tryouts will be held in September and hosted by independent evaluators without coaches or parents present.

3. Girls will try out on Sunday 9/17/23, and boys will try out on 9/24/23. The MTB Board will email players of their roster placement after the tryouts. PLEASE SAVE THE DATE. Sign up for our newsletter below to get notified when tryout registration is open.

4.  Volunteer coaches will be assigned to teams after the rosters are completed. Coaches can apply and express interest in being part of the coaching staff by emailing the Board at [email protected] by 9/30/23.  Coaches must include a letter of interest and coaching resume/experience in order to be considered.

5. Practices will start in November. Grades 6-8 will have two practices per week. Grade 5 teams will have 1-2 practices per week and a slightly lower fee.

6. We are working on a robust website that will host: registration information, by laws, policies, uniform ordering and more.

All grade 5-8 players will be invited to register for tryouts in the upcoming weeks. The nonrefundable fee will be $15 per player.

Please visit our website leagues.bluesombrero.com/melrosetravelbasketball and register for our newsletters. By doing this you will receive our periodic newsletter with exciting developments and be notified as soon as it is time to register for tryouts.

Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] with any questions. 

With excitement,

MTB Board Members:

Dave Borgal

Fred Good

Jill Hughes

Andrea Razi-Thomas

Anthony Santoriello

Matthew Stratford