Our Basketball program is open to boys and girls in the 2nd through 8th grades and is held in the St. Paul's Field House.

Registration is underway! Applications have been delivered via the schools. The registration deadline is October 16th!!

The playing season is expected to begin with a clinic on SUNDAY, November 21st. Games will be held through mid-March (excluding holiday off dates for Thanksgiving and Christmas).

We have a large turnout and our intramural league may have to turn away late registrations.

The 2nd Grade is a clinic and does NOT have teams. The participants in the 2nd Grade clinic are NOT called. Coaches are needed for drills.

We are hoping to establish teams before the end of October and start practices November 1st.

We plan to have a coaches meeting the week of October 25th.

Last year we had the pleasure of having a clinic with the Garden City Men’s Varsity team led by Coach Kennedy. We were also fortunate to have ex-Nets superstar George Bruns conduct two great clinics. Other fun activities last season included, some of our teams playing at the half-time of some of the Garden City Men’s Varsity games.

As with last season, the 3rd Grade and above we will be using “professional” team uniforms.

We will have the boys wearing NJ Nets, NY Knicks, Lakers, and other professional team uniforms. The girls will be wearing WNBA teams like the Liberty and Sun!

This season we are excited about continuing our travel program.

Tryouts schedule as follows:

Boys 4th Grade Mon October 18th and Wed October 20th 6:00-7:30pm

Boys 5th Grade Wed October 13th 6:00-7:30pm. Tryouts already held.

Boys 6th Grade Mon October 18th and Thurs October 21st 6:00-7:30pm

Boys 7th / 8th Grade Tryouts will be scheduled after the Middle School selects their teams.

Girls 4th Grade Tues October 19th 6:00-7:30pm

Girls 5th Grade Tues October 19th 6:00-7:30pm

Girls 6th Grade Thurs October 21st 6:00-7:30pm

Games will be played at the Island Garden. Travel members do not have to play in the intramural league but we encourage them to do so. An additional charge of $200 will apply to travel team members. The www.gc-aa.com website will be updated announcing team members.

Our expected Saturday game times and dedicated coordinators are:

• Boys/Girls 2nd Grade clinic - 8:00am to 9:30am - John Skramko 746-9659

• Girls 3rd Grade - 9:30am to 10:30am - Paul McDougal 747-8369

• Girls 4th Grade - 10:30am to 11:30am - Paul McDougal 747-8369

• Girls 5th/6th/7th Grades - 11:30am to 12:30pm - Rob Malhame 747-1065

• Boys 3rd Grade - 12:30pm to 1:30pm - Ryan Kelly 741-7849

• Boys 4th Grade - 1:30pm to 2:30pm – John Gallagher 248-0804 and Tom Granville 747-6827

• Boys 5th/6th Grades - 2:30pm to 4:00pm – Jim Raphael 746-4826 and Joe Capetola 873-2553

• Boys 7th/8th Grades - Friday nights - Don Pfail 739-3252 and Greg Raphael 877-5912

• Girls 4th Grade travel - various dates and time - Paul McDougal 747-8369

• Girls 5th Grade travel - various dates and time - John Kiffle 294-0520

• Girls 6th Grade travel - various dates and time - Frank Cento 248-3615

• Boys 4th Grade travel - Tom Granville 747-6827 and John Gallagher 248-0804

• Boys 5th Grade travel - various dates and times – Joe Capetola 873-2553

• Boys 6th Grade travel - various dates and times - Stephen Duff 294-4553

• Boys 7th Grade travel - Greg Raphael 877-5912 and Don Pfail 739-3252

Application cost is $45 and may be obtained at St.Paul’s, the Garden City Recreation Office, and from the www.GC-AA.com website. Game schedule, location, and times are subject to change.

Adult volunteers are needed and much appreciated.

If there are any basketball questions please contact your coordinator or John Skramko via email at jskramko@optonline.net or at 746-9659.