April 29th, 2024

GVBL Summer League News

for Summer Basketball


Unlike our GVBL Winter League, our Summer League invites any child in grades 1-8 from the area to play.


Kids from Lionville, Exton, Phoenixville and T-E are all welcome to the GVBL Summer League.


Boys HS players must be GVSD residents.

  • 10 week season from mid-June to mid-August
  • No practices; games Monday - Thursday evenings
  • Separate boys & girls divisions; grades 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
  • High School division is boys only

Rosters and schedules will be available a week or 2 prior to the season start.

Tournament Team News

YEAR AFTER YEAR OUR GVBL TOURNAMENT TEAM PROGRAM WORKS!! 

 

GVBL 5th Grade Boys win their 1st tournament championship!

Our GVBL tournament teams typically begin to organize in the spring of 3rd grade year. The teams begin to play as a team in the fall of their 4th grade year. And also very typical for at least a year to a year and a half our Great Valley teams take their lumps...but they learn to play fundamentally sound basketball. Then somewhere between the late 5th grade/early 6th grade year, the losing turns into winning. Same GV kids, only they begin to buy into not only playing with their friends, but playing FOR their friends. Yep, team chemistry. Happens at every level.

 

Congrats to the 5th grade boys team, their coaches and the parents. This past weekend, they took home the championship of a local Premier 1 AAU tournament. No easy task. Our Great Valley team took on and beat 3 regional AAU teams with the championship won in the final seconds!


About Premier 1 Events

Summer Basketball Camps

Savage Elite: Rising Patriots Camp

July 8th-12th

8:30AM - 3:30PM

ARE YOU PLANNING ON PLAYING BASKETBALL 

FOR THE GVHS BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IN THE FUTURE?


HEAD COACH CJ SAVAGE

WANTS TO SEE YOUR GAME!


This Summer Basketball Camp is for Boys in grades 5-9 as of Fall 2024.


Drills - Competitions - 3v3 - Games - Conditioning - 5v5


Camp will be held at the GVCO Community Center and the fee is $215.

Girls Basketball Camp

July 15th - 19th

9AM - 3:30PM


This Summer Basketball Camp is for Girls in grades 1-6 as of Fall 2024.

 

Camp will be held at the GVCO Community Center and the cost is $215.


Run by Immaculata Head Women's Basketball Coach Brittany Whalen and the Immaculata Women's Basketball program.

Great Valley Lady Patriots Girls B-ball Camp

June 17th - 20th

9AM - 2PM


This Summer Basketball Camp is for Girls in grades 4-8 as of Fall 2024.


Skills, drills, games and fun!


Camp will be held at the Great Valley High School Main Gym and the fee is $200.

Coach Werdt Skillz & Drills

June 17th - 21st

8:30AM - 3:30PM


This Summer Basketball Camp is for Boys in grades 3-6 as of Fall 2024.

 

Are you looking to work on your shooting? Learn how to see the floor and pass better? Would you like to improve your ball handling?

 

Camp will be held at the GVCO Community Center and the fee is $215.


Coach Werdt Nothing But Net

Aug. 5th - 12th

8:30AM - 3:30PM


This Summer Basketball Camp is for Boys in grades 3-6 as of Fall 2024.

 

So you have been playing in a summer league and now it's time to take your game to another level. Coach Werdt and his staff will refine your shooting, defense, ball handling, court awareness and passing to make you a better and more complete player.


Camp will be held at the GVCO Community Center and the fee is $215.

Uptown Academy Travel Team Camp -

Aug. 12th - 16th

8:30AM - 3:30PM


This Summer Basketball Camp is for Boys in grades 5-8 as of Fall 2024.

 

This camp is for individual travel team players. It is open to the more experienced or skilled players with prior experience on a travel/tournament basketball team or program.


Camp will be held at the GVCO Community Center and the fee is $215.

Referees Needed for GVBL Summer Basketball

Students!

Any student from grades 8-12, as of Fall 2024, can add their names on the interest list.


Adults!

Adults are needed to referee and mentor student referees. Participate as much as you like through a weekly online signup. Indicate your interest now.

Uptown AAU

NEW UPSTART AAU PROGRAM  UPTOWN AAU TURNING INTO 

ONE OF THE PROGRAMS TO BEAT!

Uptown's first event of the season, the Zero Gravity Battle for the Belt at the 76ers Chase Fieldhouse in Delaware, was held this past weekend. All 4 of the Uptown teams competed, going a combined 11-4, with the 15U National team winning the program's first ever championship. 15U coach Dom Davenport is thrilled with how talented his roster is, and how quickly they've come together.

GVCO is home to the newest boys AAU program in the Chester-Montgomery County area. They opened their inaugural season this spring after tryouts this past February. Uptown AAU has 4 teams competing this spring/summer season: a 17U national team; a 16U national team; a 15U national team; and a 15U regional team. All coached by a group of 7 talented and experienced coaches from the Philadelphia region. There are players from public and private schools in the 5 county Philly region.


This fall, Uptown AAU plans to expand, and host teams at the 13U and 14U level. Tryouts will be hosted at the new GVCO Community Center the last week of August/early September, with the teams playing in a set of tournaments throughout the fall 2024.

About Shawn Werdt

With over 15 years of coaching experience at both the High School and NCAA levels, Shawn is committed to helping athletes reach their highest potential. In addition to being a proven High School Head Coach, Shawn also served as an assistant coach at Philadelphia University for five seasons, under the legendary Herb Magee. 


Mens Basketball

THIS IS KINDA COOL


One of the teams playing in the first Heyday Athletics Mens League here at the new GVCO Community Center was formed by former GVBL'ers Nick and Max Stillwell. Max was one of the original Jr Hoopsters way back on 2006!


GVCO has partnered with Heyday Athletics to host a set of Adult Basketball leagues. Heyday hosts leagues for men, for women and mixed league all over the tristate area. Tonight Heyday will be running its first league to be played out of the new GVCO Community Center, a men's league of teams from the area. Leagues are well run and officiated, are comprised of 8 week seasons, and economical for teams/participants. GVCO is hoping to have Heyday expand its league offerings as we move into the 2nd half of 2024.

The Mens League begins Monday, April 22nd at GVCO.

  • 5v5 Ref League,
  • $35/Team Weekly Ref Fee
  • Game times are 6:30 PM, 7:30 PM, 8:30 PM

More details and registration

Pickleball Camp

Summer Cheer Conditioning

The Summer cheer conditioning clinics will be for athletes who are interested in training and enhancing their strength in anticipation of the fall sports season. 


These clinics are not inclusive of only cheerleaders, but for all boys and girls who want to get back outside and work out with other athletes. 

There will be a focus on exercises and drills for strengthening muscles used for cheer as well as other athletics.

Location: GVCO field

Times: Tuesdays from 6-7pm

Dates: June 18th through July 23rd "

Fall Flag Football Gr. K-3

Teams will be rostered by GVSD school and grade so kids can play with their classmates. Teams will have roughly 8-10 players and play 5v5 so everyone gets a lot of playing time.


4 Boys divisions: K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd

4 Girls divisions: K, 1st, 2nd and 3rd


Three weekday evening practices

Games will be held on weekends from 9/21 - 11/3

Fall Tackle Football Gr. 4-6

Students in Great Valley and surrounding school districts, students from other public or private schools and home-schooled students are invited to join!


GVFL is a member of the Inter County Football League.


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GVCO Sponsored Job Board

Thank You Raise the Bar Sponsors

GVCO Banner Sponsorship

Your company's or organization's banner will hang for one whole year in the brand new GVCO Community Center. Download and complete a Banner Sponsorship Form. Questions can be directed to sponsorship@GVCO.org

Financing Our Project

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 (3/25/24) ]. 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...

Watch the building grow

Rendering of the 1st Phase of the

GVCO Community Center.


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 TO OUR LOCAL CORPORATE & BUSINESS SPONSORS OF OUR 2023-2024 GVBL WINTER LEAGUE

Sponsor Shoutout

Once again, we have had tremendous local support for what we are trying to accomplish with our GVBL winter rec league. Without this assistance, there would be a financial shortfall for equipment, administration and facilities rental. GVBL would like to thank all those who have stepped up to support GVBL. In addition, as always please try and support these local businesses throughout the year, shopping and doing business right here at home.

GVCO Sponsor Spotlight

More Ways to Support GVCO
Do You Match?

Did you know your employer might have a Matching Gifts program?

It's a great way to contribute and help GVCO complete the entire new GVCO Community Center project.
Use code #47309 for GVCO!