Summer ball provides children a chance to play baseball during the summer months of July and August. Leagues are separated into three age groups of 8, 9/10 and 11/12 years olds (age as of 7/31/01) They strive to schedule two games per week on weekday evenings exclusively (in almost all cases, depending upon field availability) between Garden City teams and teams from other local towns. The anticipated season start date is July 16 running through the end of August. Team sizes are larger anticipating participation in other summer activities (camps, vacations, etc.) Deadline for open registration is June 15. Applications are available at the GC Recreation Office, St. Paul's or one may print from the website at www.gc-aa.com/baseballapplications.htm. The fall program provides children ages 9 to 16 with a chance to play baseball during the months of September and October. Leagues are separated into four age groups: 9/10-year-olds, 11/12-year-olds, 13/14-year-olds and 15/16-year-olds (age again is of 7/31/01). Usually two games are scheduled each weekend between Garden City and other teams from nearby towns. Deadline for open registration is Aug. 1. Applications are available at the GC Recreation Office, St. Paul's or you may print one from our website at www.gc-aa.com/baseballapplications.htm. The Garden City Centennial Soccer Club, Garden City Rams Lacrosse and the Garden City Athletic Association met to establish a cooperative group together with Garden City resident Dr. Joe Pando of Sports Psychology Consulting. The objective of the group is to define and communicate appropriate goals, objectives and model behavior for coaches and parents, believing that if we all strive to achieve these goals and keep youth sports in the proper perspective, it will benefit the children, coaches and parents in all programs. Please take a moment to read this which can be found on our website at www.gc-aa.com/gcsc.htm. Friday, June 22, open to all players in the Central and Major Leagues. No separate registration is required.

All games are held at Community Park Field #2, except for the Junior Baseball game which will be held on Field #1. Game times are as follows:

Minor East - 9 a.m.

Minor West - 11:15 a.m.

Softball Majors - 1:30 p.m.

Softball Seniors - 3:45 p.m.

Juniors - 5 p.m.

Central - 6 p.m.

Majors - 8:15 p.m.

Registration for Boys Fall Intramural Soccer is in progress. Play is for those boys who will be in grades K-6 in the fall. All clinics and games will be held on Saturday afternoons beginning Sept. 8, through early November. Deadlines for signing up are as follows:

Coaches/Assistants/Coordinators- by July 15

Players- by Aug. 15

Applications are available at the GC Recreation Office, St. Paul's or may be printed from the GCAA website at www.gc-aa.com/soccerapp.html. For further information contact Alfred Russo at asrusso@optonline.net or 742-8103 or John Skramko at jskramko@dtcc.com or 746-9659.

Visit GCAA on the web at http://www.gc-aa.com for information on all the programs and to register for periodic email updates of important dates and events. Any questions or comments may be sent via email to gcaa@gc-aa.com. All feedback is welcomed and appreciated.