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(Pictured: DRIVE U17 Elite at the National Youth Basketball Championships in Las Vegas 2008.)

DRIVE Elite - Summer 2009

DRIVE Basketball is excited to announce the preliminary schedule and information for our 2009 Spring and Summer Elite teams for boys and girls ages 12-17. This Summer DRIVE will have Elite teams that will compete in local events as well as tournaments in Seattle and Las Vegas.  DRIVE is looking forward to building upon last years success of our Elite program. 

To view the highlight video of last summers Elite teams shown at the DRIVE Elite banquet click here.

The objective of the Elite teams is to maximize the skill development of its players while also developing high quality teams that compete well locally, but also with the best teams in North America.  DRIVE Elite players are all instructed on team concepts as well as team building. Players will take part in a varity of team events on and off the court. The aim is to provide the best training and competition possible.  The selected players will receive individual training programs including individual basketball skill sessions, team practices, exhibition games, tournament play, elite level coaching and strength and conditioning sessions at the DRIVE Fitness Center (www.drivefitness.ca). The summer schedule for all teams will include:

The DRIVE Select teams will be taught by elite level coaches and introduced to advanced training techniques.  The focus is to increase the skill level, game knowledge, confidence, and overall fitness of all the players involved.

The DRIVE Elite Staff is comprised of a number of former or current University Student-Athletes. The staff has competed at a variety of levels within British Columbia and includes NCAA Division I players and National team members. The staff has extensive playing and coaching experience including professional, AAA Provincial and CIS National Championships.

This Elite Season DRIVE will also be having Recreational Teams for each age division. Players that are not selected to the Elite Training roster will have the opportunity to train at the regular DRIVE University as well as train at DRIVE Fitness throughout the Spring and Summer.  The recreational teams will also get game competition in the form of playing other recreational teams from different organizations. 

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Boys Division


DRIVE Elite Team Rosters

Updated: June 2

DRIVE U17 Elite Team

Name

Position

School

Emerson Murray

Lead Guard/Perimeter

St. Georges

Ben George

Lead Guard/Perimeter

Byrne Creek

Amrit Gill

Forward/Perimeter

St. Georges

Milan Bosjnak

Forward/Perimeter

Kitsilano

Brandon Chan

Lead Guard

Kitsilano

Glenn Ruby

Perimeter

Clayton Heights

Mike Higham

Forward

Centennial

Garret Ling-Lee

Forward

Vancouver College

Connor Heinrichs

Forward

Heritage Woods

Leland Chung

Perimeter

St. Georges

Mack Roth Perimeter/Forward Terry Fox
Anthony Sohal Perimeter/Forward Delta

 

DRIVE U17 Development Team

Name

Position

School

Clement Chong

Lead Guard

Pinetree

Michael Braam

Perimeter

Sir Charles Tupper

Jackson Forsythe

Perimeter

Vancouver College

Mitchell Sayers

Lead Guard

Carson Graham

Ben Holden

Perimeter/Forward

Magee

Nikolai Georgiev

Forward

Pinetree

Lucas DeCoste

Forward

New West

David MacFayden

Forward

St. Georges

Tomas Oljaca

Perimeter

Terry Fox

Navinder Gill Perimeter Osoyoos Secondary
Parmvir Brar Perimeter Osoyoos Secondary
Bal Sidhu Perimeter Southern Okanagan
AJ Johal Perimeter McNair


DRIVE Sr. House Team

Name

Position

School

AJ Johal Perimeter McNair

Camillo Botero

Lead Guard

Winston Churchill

Varoon Mathur Lead Guard/Perimeter Kitsilano

Blosher Brar

Forward

South Delta

Jay Jhaj

Perimeter

Enver Creek

Jas Kandola

Lead Guard

Enver Creek

Ralph Samaniego

Lead Guard

Pinetree

Louis-Victor J

Perimeter

St Georges

Harman Grewal

Forward

Winston Churchill

Brad Derksen

Perimeter/Forward

McNeil

Reet Sidhu Perimeter St Johns
Peter Byrne Perimeter Charles Best Secondary

Artur Zhukov

Perimeter

Burnaby Mountain



DRIVE U16 Elite Team

Name

Position

School

Warren Liang

Perimeter/Forward

Sir Charles Tupper

Vince Tolentino

Perimeter

Vancouver College

Paulius Makulavicius

Perimeter/Forward

Kitsilano

Mohammad Dadfar

Forward

Heritage Woods

Taylor Heinrichs

Forward

Heritage Woods

Parvez Jhaj

Perimeter/Forward

Enver Creek

Josh Jack Scott

Perimeter

Kwantlen Park

Matthew Anza

Lead Guard

Prince of Wales

AJ Imperial

Lead Guard

STM

Jeffrey Harrison

Forward

McMath

Jerrod Shin

Lead Guard

Riverside

Estello Hill

Forward

Cambie

Declan Rodriguez

Perimeter

Cambie

Jojo Kibangula

Lead Guard

Burnaby South

Maziar Arjmandi Perimeter Palmer

 

DRIVE U15 Elite Team

Name

Position

School

Kenny George

Perimeter/Forward

Byrne Creek

Guy Ostrovsky

Perimeter

King David

Sajen Gill

Forward

St. Georges

Kevan Keeley

Perimeter

Charles Best

Kyrill Fourik

Perimeter

Point Grey

Manroop Claire

Perimeter

Sullivan Heights

Al Rudzki

Forward

Arch Bishop Carney

Lucas Goosen

Lead Guard

Delta Secondary

Milan Mitrovic Perimeter/Forward St. Georges

Abubakar Khan

Forward

Point Grey

Braydn Smith

Lead Guard

St. Georges

Christian Legazpi Lead Guard Arch Bishop Carney


DRIVE U15 Development Team

Name

Position

School

Christian Legazpi

Lead Guard

Arch Bishop Carney

Matthew Chen

Perimeter

Vancouver College

Connor Rempel

Forward

Delta Secondary

Andrew Mavety

Perimeter

Point Grey

Lucas MacFayden

Perimeter/Forward

St. Georges

Mitch Ligertwood

Forward

Heritage Woods

Garret Broad

Perimeter

Heritage Woods

Steven Zheng

Forward

Hugh Boyd

Jonathan Doucette

Forward

Centennial

Hasrit Sidhu

Forward

New Westminister

Daniel Chernov Perimeter/Forward Hugh Boyd

 


DRIVE U14 Elite Team

Name

Position

School

Deklan Chung

Lead Guard/Perimeter

St. Georges

Gurkirat Kular

Perimeter

Enver Creek

Glen Morgan

Perimeter/Forward

Byrne Creek

David Majstorovic

Forward

Byrne Creek

Tylon Barker

Perimeter/Forward

Point Grey

Luka Zaharejevic

Forward

Kitsilano

Paul Lim

Perimeter

Fraser Heights

Adam Hildebrand

Forward

St. Georges

Aaron Nand

Forward

Enver Creek

Cole Ingram

Perimeter/Forward

Kitsilano

Tom Campbell

Perimeter/Forward

Kitsilano

Stefan Sokic

Perimeter

Kitsilano


DRIVE U14 Development Team

Name

Position

School

Mitchell Tang

Perimeter/Forward

St. Georges

Nathan Meppelink

Lead Guard

White Rock Christian

Irvan Brar

Perimeter

Fraser Heights

Kunvar Kang

Perimeter/Forward

Fleetwood Park

Saschandeep Dhaliwal

Forward

Panorama Ridge

Rajiv Dhaliwal

Perimeter

Elgin Park

Kassim-Ali Shivji

Lead Guard/Perimeter

Argyle

Justin Buttar

Perimeter/Forward

Southridge

Andrew McCaskill

Perimeter/Forward

McMath

Noah De Rappard

Perimeter

Kitsilano

Sasha Kosmajac

Perimeter/Forward

Winston Churchill

Mindy Minhas Forward  

DRIVE Jr. House Team

Name

Position

School

Abu Kamat

Perimeter

University Hill

Hans Chua Forward Richmond Christian
Justin Priest Perimeter McMath
Scott Spicker Perimter/Forward Fraser Heights
Spencer Latu Forward Burnett

Owen Bedard

Perimeter

Enver Creek

Nicholas Yonge

Perimeter

Holy Cross

Matthew Perrin

Lead Guard/Perimeter

White Rock Christian

Karan Sanghera

Forward

Burnaby Mountain

Winston Jin

Forward

St. Georges

Kevin Song Perimeter Burnett

Vibhor Mathur

Lead Guard/Perimeter

Kitsilano

Ian Soriano Lead Guard Byrne Creek
Natel George Perimeter/Forward Byrne Creek

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U13 DRIVE Elite
Boys //Girls


DRIVE Basketball is excited to announce the details of the U13 Elite program.  This program is designed for players who are currently in grade 7. 


Players selected to one of the DRIVE Elite teams will have additional fees.

Here are the details of the try-outs for the Girls DRIVE U13 selects.

Date:
June 6 and 7

Time:

10am to 1pm

Location:

Yorkhouse Secondary School

York House School
4176 Alexandra Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 2V6
Canada


Fee:

$50.00 for open tryouts

To register for the DRIVE U13 team please click here!

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Here are the details of the try-outs for the Boys DRIVE U13 selects.

Date:
May 9, 16, 23, 30
June 6, 13

Location:

St. Georges School
3851 West 29th Ave.
Vancouver, BC
V6S 1T6

 

Time:
10-1pm

To register for the DRIVE U13 team please click here!

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U14 DRIVE Elite
Boys//Girls

 

DRIVE Basketball is excited to announce the details of the U14 Elite program.  This program is designed for players who are currently in grade 8.  DRIVE will select 18-24 players from tryouts to participate and train together in our 6 week long Elite Training Centre.   2 teams will be selected from the training roster at the end of the 6 week program. Players selected to the development team will have the opportunity to participate in local tournaments.  Players selected to the 'A' team will have the opportunity to participate in local tournaments as well as tournaments in Seattle and Las Vegas.

Players selected to one of the DRIVE Elite teams will have additional fees.

Here are the details of the try-outs for the DRIVE Girls U14 selects.

Date:
May 2 and 3

Time:

10am to 12pm

Location:

Yorkhouse Secondary School

York House School
4176 Alexandra Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 2V6
Canada


Fee:

$50.00 for open tryouts

To register for the DRIVE U14 team please click here!

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U15 DRIVE Elite

Boys//Girls

DRIVE Basketball is excited to announce the details of the U15 Elite program.  This program is designed for players who are currently in grade 9.  DRIVE will select 18-24 players from tryouts to participate and train together in our 6 week long Elite Training Centre.   2 teams will be selected from the training roster at the end of the 6 week program. Players selected to the development team will have the opportunity to participate in local tournaments.  Players selected to the 'A' team will have the opportunity to participate in local tournaments as well as tournaments in Seattle and Las Vegas.

The DRIVE U15 'A' Team will participate in both the Main Event and National Youth Championships in Las Vegas from July 22-31. 

Players selected to one of the DRIVE Elite teams will have additional fees.

 

Here are the details of the try-outs for the DRIVE Girls U15 selects.

Date:
May 2 and 3

Time:

10am to 12pm

Location:

Yorkhouse Secondary School

York House School
4176 Alexandra Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 2V6
Canada


Fee:

$50.00 for open tryouts

To register for the DRIVE U15 team please click here!

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U16 DRIVE Elite

Boys//Girls

 

DRIVE Basketball is excited to announce the details of the U16 Elite program.  This program is designed for players who are currently in grade 10.  DRIVE will select 12-18 players from tryouts to participate and train together in our 6 week long DRIVE Elite Training Centre.   1 team will be selected from the 12-18 players at the end of the 6 week program. Players selected to the DRIVE U16 Elite team will have the opportunity to participate in local tournaments as well as tournaments in Seattle and Las Vegas.

Players selected to one of the DRIVE Elite teams will have additional fees.

Here are the details of the try-outs for the DRIVE Girls U16 selects.

Date:
May 2 and 3

Time:

1-3pm

Location:

Yorkhouse Secondary School

York House School
4176 Alexandra Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 2V6
Canada

Fee:
$50.00 for open tryouts

To register for the DRIVE U16 team please click here!

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U17 DRIVE Elite
Boys//Girls

DRIVE Basketball is excited to announce the details of the U17 Elite program.  This program is designed for players who are currently in grade 10 or 11.  DRIVE will select 12-18 players from tryouts to participate and train together in our 6 week long DRIVE Elite Training Centre.   1 team will be selected from the 12-18 players at the end of the 6 week program. Players selected to the DRIVE U17 Elite team will have the opportunity to participate in local tournaments as well as tournaments in Seattle and Las Vegas.

The DRIVE U17 Team will participate in both the Main Event and National Youth Championships in Las Vegas from July 22-31.

Players selected to one of the DRIVE Elite teams will have additional fees.

Here are the details of the try-outs for the DRIVE Girls U17 selects.

Date:
May 2 and 3

Time:

4-6pm

Location:

Yorkhouse Secondary School

York House School
4176 Alexandra Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 2V6
Canada

Fee:
$50.00 for open tryouts

To register for the DRIVE U17 team please click here!

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DRIVE Elite Registration form

If you have any questions regarding any of our programs please feel free to contact us at:
Email: info@drivebasketball.com
DRIVE Line: 604-818-(SLAM) 7526

Please fill in the fields below to register for the DRIVE Elite team tryouts.

Official DRIVE Elite team Online Registration Form:

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