The GCAA 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 deadline was October 15th. Please include the $25 late fee and signup as soon as possible. Last year each section filled up and we were unable to take additional players.

Many of our programs are almost full and we will NOT be able to take signups when a grade/gender is full.

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.

The season will begin Saturday November 12, 2005 and will be held through March 11, 2006 (excluding holiday off dates for Thanksgiving and Christmas). With some sports still underway this first Saturday will be used for practice and scrimmaging teams on the opposite court.

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 - John Connolly 741-4983

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

* Boys 3rd Grade - 12:30pm to 1:30pm Peter O'Sullivan 742-3596

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

* Boys 5th/6th Grades - 2:30pm to 4:00pm - Thomas Bruno 746-5115

* Boys 7th/8th/9th Grades - Friday nights - Jim Raphael 746-4826

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

We will have a clinic hosted by George Bruns on Sunday, November 20th. 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 8am on Saturday, November 12th and/or at noon Sunday, November 20th. Typically one station becomes a game in early January.

Travel Tryouts were held and posted on the website for boys/girls 4th through 6th Grade. The 7th and 8th grade boys tryouts are tentatively scheduled for Monday/Tuesday November 21st/22nd from 6:30pm - 7:30pm at StPauls.

Please email jskramko@optonline.net with your name and grade to pre-registration if you are planning to attend. The travel basketball program will have one team per grade per gender this season. There will be 12 players per team. Independent evaluators that do not have children in the grade will evaluate the players. Information regarding rules and process can be found on our website.

Program Leaders:

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

* Boys Intramurals - Don Pfail 739-3252

* Girls Intramurals - Paul McDougal 747-8369

* Boys Travel - Bob Jahelka 541-6549

* Girls Travel - Dorothy Montgomery 746-6946

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

Adult volunteers are needed and much appreciated.

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