| When can I register for the 2025-2026 season? | Online registration for U18 (High School), U15, U13, U11 and Tykes will open on June 2, 2025. |
| How can I register online if my email has changed from last year? | Please do not create a new registration account if you registered any of your children last year. Rather, login with your old credentials/email and update your email address under "My Account". Only create a new account if your family is new to Calwest. |
| When does the season start? | For U11, U13 and U15 - evaluations will start after the long weekend in September. You will need to go to at least 2 evaluations before teams are made. Practices will start in mid-September - most teams will practice once per week, while the first and second teams in each age group generally practice twice per week. The games will start on October 4, 2025. U18 High School - evaluations will be in early September. High School seeding rounds will start on approximately the third week of September. Tykes start at mid to end of September. |
| When will practices and games be? | U11, U13, U15 and U18 games are scheduled by Calgary Minor Basketball on Saturdays at various locations in Calgary. The U15 age group may have a few Friday night games. We won't know your child's practice schedule until all teams are made and gyms/practices are assigned. Your coach will submit one day that doesn't work for them and then it will be based on gym availability. The practice day could change from week to week although we try to keep as much consistency as possible. Note that no refunds will be given if a child must withdraw due to conflicts with other activities. Tykes is a weekly one-hour program running primarily on Saturday mornings (with rotating start times) and the occasional Monday or Friday evening. |
| Do we practice and have games every week until the beginning of March? | No. The season will be on hold (no practices or games) from mid-December until mid-January (however, the Boys U18 winter session will start on January 3, 2026). There will be no games on the Family Day long weekend. The season will wrap up on either the last Saturday in February or first Saturday in March. |
| Can my child play on his/her friend's team? | We only accept friend requests for Tykes - please enter requests during online registration. Teams for U11, U13, U15 and High School are set based on the results of our evaluations. |
| If Calwest is full, can I register my child with another zone? | Calgary Minor Basketball rules state that zones must give priority to players residing within their boundaries. If Calwest is full, you must register to our wait list (no trying to register directly with another zone). You then have a choice of a) staying on Calwest's wait list in the hopes that a spot opens up through player withdrawals; or b) requesting a transfer from Calwest to another zone; Calgary Minor Basketball will decide which zone to transfer you to - this is to address the issue of players intentionally registering late to their home zone's wait list, then requesting a transfer to a specific zone. |
| Can my child play outside of his/her designated age group? | Note that players must register in their designated age group (no "play-ups" to older age groups or "play-downs" to younger age groups) with the following exceptions: The only permissible case of "play-downs" is that of Grade 9 students who are one year older than the U15 age limit. These players may register in U15 - contact the registrar for registration instructions at registrarcalwest@gmail.com . There are 2 possible cases of permitted "play-ups":
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