A vote to create a new system of senior boys’ basketball has failed.
The proposal suggested changing from the current three tier system — A, AA and AAA — to a new four-tiered format.
Eighty-four people (63 per cent) voted yes on the motion, while 50 were against the idea. Sixty-seven per cent, or 90 ‘yes’ votes were needed to pass the motion, which would have created a new AAAA tier of basketball.
The motion was given preliminary approval at the B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association annual general meeting last month in ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦.
Currently, schools are placed in a tier depending on how many boys’ they have in Grade 11 and 12 that school year. Individual schools do have the option to play at a higher tier if they choose.
This past season, schools with 80 or fewer boys in those grades are at the Single A level, 81-225 puts a school at the AA level, and 226 and above places them in the AAA level.
Walnut Grove, Brookswood and ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Secondary are at the AAA level, although ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ did not field a team this year.
Aldergrove, D.W. Poppy, R.E. Mountain and ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Fundamental are all at the AA level, but ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Fundamental did not field a team.
ºÚÂí´ÅÁ¦ Christian, Credo Christian and Fraser Valley Adventist are at the Single A level.