The Gulf Association is a member of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) for the Texas Gulf Coast region. Our organization is committed to building character and enhancing our young ladies socially and morally by emphasizing respect for ones teammates as well as coaches, officials and opponents in the promotion and development of athletic competition locally, regionally and nationally. For information and/or questions about our organization or to become a part of our organization, please contact us at gulf_aaubbgirls@yahoo.com. We hope that you enjoy our site and find the information useful.

Effective immediately, all club/team/coach contact information has been removed from the District website. 

To accomodate those parents that are looking for teams, the "My Child Wants to Play AAU Sports!" program has been designed. 

The purpose of the program is to give parents the opportunity to have a coach contact them regarding their child's participation with their team.

Phase 1 of the program is designed to keep the child's personal information confidential while using the parent as the contact person for communication purposes. This procedure ensures the integrity of the child's information. By following Steps 1-3 below, you will have the opportunity to have your child's sport, position and interests available to over 40,000 coaches.  

IT's EASY AS 1-2-3! - My Child Wants to Play AAU Sports! Enroll Now STEP 1 - Obtain an AAU membership for your child. STEP 2 - Parent enters their contact information and child's information into AAU's My Child Wants To Play AAU Sports! program. View Example STEP 3 - Respond to coaches that call. >> Need a Membership? *After you purchase membership, you should automatically return to the My Child Wants to Play AAU Sports! program. If not, please return to this page and click 'Start Now' below.     >> Already Have a Membership? THE AAU IS AN EVENT-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION AND DOES NOT: Organize teams or athletes Enter teams or athletes in an event Select coaches, administrators or directors for athletes, teams, clubs or organizations.  *Participation and/or enrollment in this program does not guarantee placement on a team or in a club. PLEASE NOTE: No information will be disclosed including an athlete's name, address or phone number in this program. Parents may remove their child from the “My Child Wants to Play AAU Sports!” program at any time by e-mailing unsubscribe@aausports.org. The AAU does not endorse or recommend any specific club(s), coach(es), nor group(s) of athletes. AAU Membership fees are non-refundable. It is your responsibility as the parent to make whatever inquiry(ies) that you feel would be necessary for the safety and protection of your child(ren) including but not limited to background checks, etc. in regard to coaches and/or clubs you may select. This program is intended solely to provide a potential opportunity for your child(ren) to participate in amateur sports.

For more information regarding Phase 1 of the program, please click on the following link ... https://application.raindropitg.com/aaumembers/default.asp

Phase 2 of the program gives AAU member clubs access to a list of parents in their area wishing to be contacted regarding their child's participation in AAU.  Please click on the following link for further information ... https://application.raindropitg.com/aaumembers/default_club.asp

2008 AAU GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

INVITATIONALS 

DISTRICT QUALIFIERS 

9U - 12U  -  April 29 - May 3, 2008 - Houston Cobras - Hoover Morris - hoover@houstoncobras.com

13U - 15U - May 28 - June 1, 2008 - Cy-Fair Athletics - Al Coleman - acole67144@aol.com

JE / Open - June 4 - June 8, 2008 - Houston Hotshots - Marvin Morris - mwmorris@houstonhotshots.org   

The 2007 AAU National Convention was held in Schaumburg, IL October 1-6, 2007.  As a result of this meeting there will be several changes that may affect you and/or your team for the upcoming season. 

A brief summary of these changes is as follows:

• The age determination date (ADD) has changed from January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2007. 
• Club/teams are no longer able to post contact information on the district website.
• All packages for the AAU National Championship must be done on-line.
• Clubs may release players from their teams immediately ... no 60-day rule if the club agrees to release the player.
• Once a team qualifies for a National Tournament, the athletes on their roster cannot play for another team in a National Championship unless they are released or her team declines the bid and does not attend Nationals, she then may be picked up by a team that is attending from her district or an adjoining District.

 The meeting minutes may be found @  www.aaugirlsbasketball.org.

As a result of the vote taken at the 2007 AAU National Convention, age determination dates (ADD) have been changed for the upcoming season from January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2007.  As it would seem that these changes have caused great confusion, it is our attempt to provide clarity to what has taken effect.

The intent of this change is to allow girls with the early birth dates in a class to compete with the other girls in the same class. Most states use September 1, although a few use August 1 or July 1, so that is why the July 1 date was chosen.

Second, with the ADD being moved from January 1, 2008 to July 1, 2007, many girls who could not compete with their school teammates are now able to do so.