Registration is in full swing for the Pelham Panthers Basketball Association.

With tryouts set to start for the travel teams shortly, more than 300 players have already registered for their quest to be a Panther.

The Panthers will be running anywhere from 26 to 28 travel teams and that doesn’t include the associations Juel, Juel Prep and Juel Academy squads

“It’s a lot of admin work and getting gyms. Having the community centre and the gyms at Notre Dame and E.L. Crossley helps,” Pelham Panthers president Brian Bleich said.

The number of travel teams has grown considerably since the association added the various Juel teams. There has also been a huge influx of high school-aged boys players.

Pelham has multiple boys team from the under-15 level right through to the under-19 level. In a few of the age categories, there are three travel teams.

“We try to provide for everybody as much as we can for the kids who want to play,” Bleich said.

On the girls side, there are one to two travel teams in each of the age categories.

Pelham will once again be a hotspot for Ontario Basketball Association play this fall and winter. The association will be hosting league games every weekend at the Pelham Community Centre as part of its partnership with the OBA. It will also continue to build upon its hosting of Ontario Basketball Cups (provincial championships) last season.

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