January 6th, 2025

GVBL Rec League News

Boys High School League,

sponsored by Barrow Insurance

The Barrow Insurance High School League returned to the court Friday night with Purple, Sapphire, Grey, and Red walking away with victories. Grey's Chase O'Sullivan was high scorer on the night with 19 points while Cole Callahan (15), Jack Thomas (14), Nick Myers (14), Justin Litzke (14), Max Mazzone (13), and Cooper Callahan (13) all lit up the scoreboard for their respective teams. 

Save the Date! The 2025 Senior All-Star Night, sponsored by The Tropical Travelers, is scheduled for Wednesday January 29th from 8:00 - 10:00 PM at the GVCO Center. The event is open to all seniors registered to play in the high school league and no additional registration or fees are required. Look forward to honoring this year's crop of GVBL seniors!  

www.BarrowIns.com

Kindergarten Division

1/2 Division

3/4 Division

5/6 Division

7/8 Division

Standings

Any concerns or mistakes to report, please email: basketball@gvco.org

Coaches Corner

Thank you coaches and volunteers for all your time and efforts.

GVBL Jr. Hoopsters,

sponsored by Big Blue Swim School

Our GVBL Jr Hoopsters and the defensive slide!

BigBlueSwimSchool.com/locations/pennsylvania/paoli

Picture of the week!

Email your GVBL photos to basketball@gvco.org to get featured on social media or our newsletter!

Tournament Team News

The 4th Grade Girls tournament team at

Great Valley HS Girls Basketball GVBL Youth Day

The Boys 29ers D2 team improved to 2-0 in ICBA league play on Sunday, beating an athletic Springford team 43-37. The team won with a balanced scoring attack, led by Arnesh Sandeep and James McCollum (9 points each). Next up: ICBA play continues with games at Montgomery on 1/7, at GVCO against WRA on 1/10, and at Paoli on 1/12. Go 29ers! 


6th Grade Girls - Great Valley Diamonds

 

The 6th grade Great Valley Diamonds battled to a championship in the Rockin' Around the Rim tournament this past weekend. They had a tough rematch against Governor Mifflin and found themselves down 9-3 after the first quarter. The Diamonds battled back with great team defense, rebounding and played very composed against an aggressive full court press the entire game. In the final minutes of the game Great Valley pulled away and won 33-27.

ICBA Great Valley teams and Divisions:

5th Boys - 10B D2 Red

6th Boys - 11B D3 Blue

7th Boys - 12B D3 Blue

8th Boys - 13B D2 Blue

8th Boys - 13B D4

5th Girls - 10G D3

6th Girls - 11G D2 Blue

8th Girls - 13G D1

Full ICBA Schedule

GVHS Teams

Great Valley HS Girls Basketball GVBL Youth Day

GVMS Teams

GVMS Girls 8th grade roster

GVMS Girls 7th grade roster

Uptown Tryouts

www.UptownBballAcademy.com/uptownbballaau

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GVCO Community Center Complex Expands

Did you notice the new outdoor basketball/pickleball courts just being finished up at the new GVCO Community Center complex? The court space behind the facility has become a reality through a generous contribution from Pacer ETFs, a local financial services firm. Pacer ETFs has stepped up, as another major corporate contributor to the Great Valley Community Organization, helping GVCO bring a world class community center to Great Valley and the region.


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Caring Hands

This month, Caring Hands volunteers helped to wrap hundreds of presents for senior citizens around the commmunity!


The presents were delivered to the Phoenixville Sr. Center, Great Valley Seniors and Surrey Services.

This holiday season is...

The season of giving back!

The 2024 coat drive was a great success!



Thank you to everyone who donated coats this season! 167 coats for children and adults were collected and will be distributed to local families in need through the Devereux Foundation.


Thank you for your generosity for the Home of the Sparrow Giving Garage. Dozens of home and personal care items were delivered to Home of the Sparrow.

GVCO Community Programming

Lending Library with Love

The bookmobile will be back on January 25th.


The Lending Library was featured on ABC Channel 6 News!

GVCO Weekday Morning Pickleball

Open Play on Tues. & Thurs.

·    Time: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

·    Drop-in Fee: $10 in cash

·    Please add yourself to Team Reach for open play so other players can see who will be attending.

 

Weekday Hours:

·    Use the group code of GVCOPB to find available times in the Team Reach app.

·    $32 for 1.5 hours of court time per group - i.e. if there are 4 people in the group, it'd be $8 each

·    Reservations require a minimum of 4 consecutive weeks and payment by 1 person from the group

·    Payment for 4 weeks is $128 = 4 x $32

·    Week to week reservations will not be accepted

·    Ideally, payment is by check sent to or dropped off at GVCO.

·    Contact Pickleball@gvco.org to reserve court time

 

Reserving a Court:

·    Use the group code of GVCOPB to find available times in the Team Reach app.

·    Please send an email to pickleball@gvco.org to make reservations.

·    Check the GVCO Community Calendar to find additional open times.


Courts are unavailable on weekends in Dec. and Jan.

Badminton

Badminton Information


At GVCO this summer, Philadelphia Badminton taught the skills and basics of the sport through games and activities.


If your child is interested in playing badminton, Philadelphia Badminton will be holding drills clinics at GVCO on Monday nights from 5:30-7:30PM.


Email Coaching@PhiladelphiaBadminton.com

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

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 (11/30/24) ].

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!

Where we started...and how we grew

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.

Rendering of the 1st Phase of the

GVCO Community Center

Ways You Can Give


THIS WEEK'S SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

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SHOUTOUT TO OUR SPONSORS

As always, we 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 Community Center

51 N Bacton Hill Rd

Malvern, PA 19355

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