Ridley Basketball

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Contact Athletics
Basketball
Basketball Home

Basketball has been a major sport at Ridley since 1910 and our teams have earned regional, provincial, and national success for more than ten decades. With a total of 10 teams from U12 through to Senior Boys and Girls, basketball has evolved into one of our most successful co-ed sport programmes.
Hockey
Hockey Home

Ridleians have been playing hockey since the school opened in 1889. Back then, teams played on Twelve Mile Creek running alongside the St. Catharines campus and in Nicholls' Hall — a covered rink built at the turn of the 20th century. Today, with five hockey teams from U14 through to our Senior Boys and Girls teams, the sport has grown into a key feature of our athletic programme.
Rowing
Rowing Home

In 1965, Ridley oars touched the waters of the Royal Henley Course in Port Dalhousie for the first time and one of the richest school rowing traditions in Canada was born. Fifty years into our rowing legacy, we count national, world, and Olympic champions among our community.
Soccer
Soccer Home

The beautiful game has been Ridley’s game since 1946. With eight teams from U12 through to our Senior Boys and Girls, Tiger Soccer has been the foundation of our success in sports for generations of Ridleians.
Events

Ridley Tiger Basketball

Our basketball programme is built on the key elements of the Canada Basketball Long Term Athlete Development Model, which provides a systematic and consistent approach to the development of athletes. With this model, Ridley Basketball enables age and stage appropriate skills development and meaningful competition from the “FUNdamental” foundation to the “Train to Compete” and “Learn to Win” stages of the development process.

Our Prep and 1st Boys Basketball Teams

The Ridley Prep Boys basketball team is our premier boys team. This team plays in the top Prep basketball league in Canada and annually attends showcase events internationaly, from September to March:

The Ontario Basketball Association (OSBA), which is made up of prep and sport school programmes in Ontario.

The Ridley 1st Boys basketball team is our top Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) team. They compete in the senior division of the CISAA and annually attend the CAIS National Tournament, the St. Cathareins Standard Tournament and host the Carl Dorland Classic.

Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) league
Canadian Accredited Independent School (CAIS) National Championship Tournament

First Girls Basketball

Ridley’s premier girls team is the First Girls basketball team, which competes in the:

Conference of Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA) league
Canadian Accredited Independent School (CAIS) National Championship Tournament

The training programme for this level of competition includes four on-court practices, as well as off-court sessions that include strength training and active recovery. Training and competition are supported by an experienced coaching staff, Ridley’s athletic therapy and school medical team, a strength and conditioning coach, and other professional instructors.

When they are away from the gym, players are educated by Ridley’s dedicated professional faculty and supported by academic advisors, tutors, and a residential life staff.