2026 Season Information
Term 1, 2026: NCAA Tournament
South West Metro Pirates are excited to announce a new season structure for our junior competition seasons, kicking off in March 2026.
New Season Format (Starting March 2026)
WINTER SEASON: Term 2 & Term 3 (April - September)
SUMMER SEASON: Term 4 & Term 1 (October - March)
Tip-Off Tournament: Term 1 (January - March)
SWM will be launching the new calendar with a March Madness-style competition taking place in Term 1, 2026.
A fast-paced, Tournament-style competition to get players, coaches, and clubs ready for the first Winter Season under this new format.
Find more information, including age groups, dates and rules in the document below.
Optus Juniors 2026-27 (Winter.Summer).pdf
Registrations for
2026 Term 1: OPENING SOON
If you are not already a member of River City Hornets, please register to our waiting list here to ensure you receive the registration link once open!
https://form.jotform.com/
New Player Information
We are a large club with limited training venues and coaches so unfortunately we are limited in the amount of players we can have.
If you are transferring from another club within South West Metro (Algester Hawks, Cannons Southside, Rochedale Wildcats, Mt Gravatt Magic, Runcorn Rockets or Sunnybank Hills Hurricanes), SWMBI will need to transfer your records from the previous club to our club before they can play. To do this, you must complete a SWM Club Transfer form (Found on our home page under links) to gain clearance from your previous club.
Players who sign up and pull out for change of mind will be charged an administration fee of $100. We encourage players to only sign up if they are 100% committed to playing the entire season, The creation of our teams can be hugely affected by even one player pulling out.
Please contact us to enquire if we have space before beginning this process as we are limited with how many players we can have.