Dates for 2009 -2010

Registration:  October 29 (Thursday) and November 5 (Thursday);
                        7-9 p.m. @ Calverton Elementary
Coaches’ Meeting:  December 2;
                        7:30 p.m. Beltsville Community Center
Coaching Clinics:  There are no clinics scheduled yet.  We will hold one if coaches are                           interested.
Practices begin:  week of December 7
Scrimmages:  December 12, 19
Games:  January 9, 16, 23, 30; February 6, 13, 20, 27 (Grade 7/8 games in late January (exact date TBD) will be on Sunday in Auxiliary Gym.  Check back later.)
 

Basketball News

***    Gymnasiums – Our youngest teams will be back in Galway this season after two years of renovations at the school.  Practices will be at Galway, Page and Fairland.

***    The CRC basketball games this year will be held at:
            K, 1st grade, 2nd grade   Galway Elementary School
            3rd Grade                        Fairland Elementary School
            4th Grade                        Beltsville Community Center
            5th Grade, 6th Grade       Martin Luther King Middle School
            7th/8th Grade                   High Point High School
           
***    As always, players may “play up” if they so choose, e.g. a 4th grade player may play in the 5th grade league.  What we do not want are older players with a competitive advantage over younger ones.  8th grade players who should be in 9th grade or higher age-wise should look for other programs in which to participate.

***    We still need a few Division Coordinators and a Referee Coordinator.  Neither of these is an overwhelming job and the Deputy Commissioners and I will provide schedules for all of the divisions.  We are also asking all coaches, parents and friends to help us bring in more referees.  We welcome basketball knowledgeable adults and students 14 and older.  If we do not get enough refs, we will have coaches/parents call their own games or play without referees.