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 has begun. Applications are distributed via the schools. Deadline is October 15th.

Application cost is $50 and may be obtained from the www.GC-AA.com website, St.Paul's Cluett Hall, and/or at the Garden City Recreation Office.

Games will begin on Saturday, November 19th 2005 and will be held through March 11, 2006 (excluding holiday off dates for Thanksgiving and Christmas).

Our normal Saturday game times and dedicated coordinators are:

* Boys/Girls 2nd Grade clinic - 8:00am to 9:30am - Robert DeSimone 746-6998

* Girls 3rd Grade - 9:30am to 10:30am - Greg Raphael 877-5912

* Girls 4th Grade - 10:30am to 11:30am - Don Pfail 739-3252

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

* Boys 3rd Grade - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

* Boys 4th Grade - 1:30pm to 2:30pm - Ryan Kelly 741-7849

* Boys 5th/6th Grades - 2:30pm to 4:00pm - John Connolly 741-4983

* Boys 7th/8th Grades - Friday nights - Jim Raphael 746-4826

Game schedules, location, and times are subject to change.

The season will begin with a clinic hosted by George Bruns on Sunday, November 13th. The schedule for these one time only clinics will be:

* 2nd Grade boys & girls - Noon to 1pm,

* 3rd Grade boys & girls - 1pm to 2pm,

* 4th Grade boys & girls - 2pm to 3pm, and

* 5th Grade boys & girls - 3pm to 4pm.

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. Players should show up at noon Sunday, November 13th and/or at 8am on Saturday, November 19th. Typically one station becomes a game in early January.

The travel basketball program will have one team per grade per gender this season. There will be 12 players per team and a pre-registration for tryouts will occur during the next couple weeks. Tryouts will be scheduled for the 4th - 6th Grade boys and girls between October 11th and October 28th. Head travel coaches are being selected and will be announced soon.

Program Leaders:

* Boys Intramurals - Don Pfail 739-3252

* Girls Intramurals - Paul McDougal 747-1065

* Boys Travel - Bob Jahelka 541-6549

* Girls Travel - Dorothy Montgomery 746-6946

* Scheduling, Equipment, and Game Officials - Dan Dignam 741-0989

* Basketball Commissioner - John Skramko 746-9659, jskramko@optonline.net

Adult volunteers are needed and much appreciated.

If there are any basketball questions please contact your coordinator or any program leader.