Fall/Winter Intramural Program

Please scroll down for the latest information, which is posted in reverse-chronological order, concerning CRBA’s Fall/Winter Intramural Program.

2023 – Mandatory IM Evaluations (Boys Grades 5-9; Girls 4-9) – **UPDATED**

***Please see updates / changes in RED below***

CRBA Parents (Boys Grades 5-9; Girls 4-9)


If your child is playing our intramural programs in the grades listed above, please take a minute or two to read this email in its entirety as it contains important information about the upcoming intramural evaluations. 
In grades 5-9 boys and 4-9 girls, the intramural teams will be formed by a draft.  All players in these age groups should attend the evaluations for their age group.  This includes players who tried out for a travel team but did not make it and will be playing in our intramural programs.  


The evaluations are not tryouts; they are a tool to help the coaches form the most competitively balanced teams possible.  If you have any questions regarding the evaluations, please contact your child’s grade level coordinator, who can be found on the website at the following link:  https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/contact-grade-group-coordinator/. 


To make things easier for our volunteers who run the evaluation, we have split some of the larger groups so we don’t have so many kids in the gym.  Please bring your son or daughter at the appropriate time frame based on the schedule below.

Thur. October 26th 2023 at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 4th & 5th grade girls w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 4th & 5th grade girls w/ last name M-Z

Fri. October 27th 2023 at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 6th,7th,8th &9th-grade girls w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 6th,7th,8th &9th-grade girls w/ last name M-Z

Mon. October 30th at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 6th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 6th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Thurs. November 2nd at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 9th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 9th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z


Fri. November 3rd 2023 at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 8th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 8th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Mon. November 6th at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 7th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 7th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Wed. November 8th at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 5th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 5th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

The following information will help things go more smoothly, please keep reading.


Please do not let your child bring a basketball into the school the night of the tryout, leave all the balls at home.  We have all the balls that are needed for the evaluations in the gym, and we don’t even let kids bring their own balls into the gym for the evaluations.  Every year we are asked by the schools to ask the players not to bounce their balls in the hallway.  The evaluation nights are no different.  (another reason to make sure your child does not bring their ball to the evaluations.)


Please enter the Holland Middle School gym (and building) using the door that faces East Holland Road to the right of the building.  This is the door that says something like “Athletics and Fine Arts” above the door. 
Please have the children arrive 10 minutes early so we can get their height before they go into the gym.
There are no parents or siblings allowed in the gym during evaluations.  Just the coaches and other adult volunteers helping them.


The teams will be formed during the last couple of weeks in October and first week in November.  Please wait until at least November 11th to contact the league if you have not heard from your child’s coach by then.

 
As a final note, while some age groups are full, others are still sending out final wait-list codes for registration in the next several days. Please be patient while we finalize our enrollment for the season.


Thanks,


-James

2022 – Mandatory IM Evaluations (Boys Grades 5-8; Girls 4-9) – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

CRBA Parents (Boys Grades 5-8; Girls 4-9)

If your child is playing our intramural programs in the grades listed above, please take a minute or two to read this email in its entirety as it contains important information about the upcoming intramural evaluations. 

In grades 5-8 boys and 4-9 girls, the intramural teams will be formed by a draft.  All players in these age groups should attend the evaluations for their age group.  This includes players who tried out for a travel team but did not make it and will be playing in our intramural programs.  

The evaluations are not tryouts; they are a tool to help the coaches form the most competitively balanced teams possible.  If you have any questions regarding the evaluations, please contact your child’s grade level coordinator, who can be found on the website at the following link:  https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/contact-grade-group-coordinator/.  There is also some additional information below the schedule that should help things go

To make things easier for our volunteers who run the evaluation, please note we have split some of the larger groups so we don’t have so many kids in the gym.  Please bring your son or daughter at the appropriate time frame based on the schedule below.

Wed. October 26th 2022 at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 6th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 6th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Thur. October 27th 2022 at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 5th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 5th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Thur. October 27th 2022 at Richboro Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 4th & 5th-grade girls w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 4th & 5th-grade girls w/ last name M-Z

Wed. November 2nd at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 7th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 7th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Thurs. November 3th at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th-grade girls w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th-grade girls w/ last name M-Z

Mon. November 7th at Holland Middle School

  • 600-650 pm – 8th-grade boys w/ last name A-L
  • 700-750 pm – 8th-grade boys w/ last name M-Z

The following information will help things go more smoothly, please keep reading.

Please do not let your child bring a basketball into the school the night of the tryout, leave all the balls at home.  We have all the balls that are needed for the evaluations in the gym, and we don’t even let kids bring their own balls into the gym for the evaluations.  Every year we are asked by the schools to ask the players not to bounce their balls in the hallway.  The evaluation nights are no different.  (another reason to make sure your child does not bring their ball to the evaluations.)

Please enter the Holland Middle School gym (and building) using the door that faces East Holland Road to the right of the building.  This is the door that says something like “Athletics and Fine Arts” above the door. 

Please have the children arrive 10-15 minutes early so we can get they can get their height before they go into the gym.

There are no parents or siblings allowed in the gym during evaluations.  Just the coaches and other adult volunteers helping them.

The teams will be formed during the last couple of weeks in October and first week in November.  Please wait until at least November 15th to contact the league if you have not heard from your child’s coach by then. 

As a final note, while some age groups are full, others are still sending out final wait-list codes for registration in the next several days. Please be patient while we finalize our enrollment for the season.

Thanks,

-James

Winter In-House Program Registration Now Open

Registration for Council Rock Basketball Association’s 22-23 Winter program for girls and boys intramural is currently open. Please click on the registration button on the left to register your child.

This is the season that will run from November 2022 through March 2023. Registration is first come, first serve. Once a group fills up, registration will close for that group. In any case, registration will likely close on or before October 10, 2022. All registrations must be done online; no walk-in or paper registrations will be accepted.

As was the case in past years, there will be player evaluations for intramural players in grades 5-8 (boys & girls). These are evaluations, not tryouts. The evaluations are used to try to form the most balanced teams possible to make for the most competitive season. All players who register for the intramural program will be placed on a team, even if they miss the evaluation night. The intramural evaluation dates are not yet set, but will likely be sometime between October 10-21.

All players attending an evaluation must be registered for that age group prior to the evaluations. If your child is not registered prior to the evaluations, he or she will not be permitted to participate. If you have specific questions about a particular age group, please contact the appropriate age group coordinator.

As per my previous communication, our 22-23 Travel Program is also open for registration. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER FOR BOTH PROGRAMS. Any players not placed on a travel team will have a guaranteed spot in the IM Program (pending coach availability), and will be provided an opportunity to register after final travel teams are formed. For more info on the travel program please see more details here: https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/category/travel/

As many of you know, our ability to provide this program for our community is made possible by the thousands of volunteer hours our tireless coaches, coordinators, and board members dedicate every season. However, in recent years our ability to field teams has been constrained by the number of coach volunteers we have available at each group. In part as a thank-you, and in part to encourage new volunteers, we’d like to offer 1 head coach per team a $50 discount on their child’s registration (to be provided as a refund after final teams are formed and rosters are selected.) If you’re interested in coaching this upcoming season please indicate your interest when you register your child, and you will be contacted by your assigned age group coordinator if selected.

Last, all Council Rock Basketball Association’s programs are ONLY open to residents in the Council Rock School District (CRSD). Do not register your child for one of our programs if you do not reside in CRSD. The registration will be canceled and your registration fee will be refunded minus a processing fee.

Additional information concerning the league and the answers to many questions about the league can be found on our website under the “Common Questions” tab: https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/faq/.

Upcoming Fall / Winter 2022 Key Dates

CRBA Family,

As Summer winds down, I want to share with you a number of upcoming key dates for the upcoming Winter 22′ – ’23 season. Formal communications for each of these events will be sent out via email in the coming weeks:

Travel Tryout Registration Opens – End of August

Travel Tryouts – Tentatively 9/12 – 9/23

In-House Registration Opens – Roughly End of September

More information coming in the coming weeks. Stay tuned here, and via email for more info.

Fall/Winter Registration

Registration for Council Rock Basketball Association’s fall/winter programs for girls and boys intramural and travel programs is currently open at the following website: https://active.leagueone.com/Olr/Pages/Welcome.aspx?ClubId=14863. CRBA is a volunteer run league. We are in need of a volunteers to oversee some age/grade groups.  Please reach out @ crbahoops@gmail.com if you are interested in helping the league. 

This is the season that will run from November 2021 through March 2022. Registration is first come, first serve. Once a group fills up, registration will close for that group. In any case, registration will likely close on or before October 10, 2021. All registrations must be done online; no walk-in or paper registrations will be accepted

Travel tryout dates have been announced and require separate Tryout Registration (all information can be found on our website – www.councilrockbasketballassociation.com ). All players interested in trying out for a travel team must be registered prior to tryouts. If your child is not registered prior to the tryout, he or she will not be permitted to try out. If there are any questions regarding the travel program, please contact the travel program coordinator listed on our website.

As was the case in past years, there will be player evaluations for intramural players in grades 5-8 (boys & girls). These are evaluations, not try outs. The evaluations are used to try to form the most balanced teams possible to make for the most competitive season. All players who register for the intramural program will be placed on a team, even if they miss the evaluation night. The intramural evaluation dates are not yet set, but will likely be some time between October 14-30. 

Like with the travel tryouts, all players attending an evaluation must be registered for that age group prior to the evaluations. If your child is not registered prior to the evaluations, he or she will not be permitted to participate. If you have specific questions about a particular age group, please contact the appropriate age group coordinator, who can be found on the attached.

Covid protocols will be in full force throughout the season. This includes any protocols mandated by the State, County, Township or Schools during the season.  Anyone failing to adhere to these will be removed from the Spring league.  While wearing a mask is not currently required, this may change as local protocols change. 

Last, Council Rock Basketball Association’s programs are ONLY open to residents in the Council Rock School District (CRSD).  Do not register your child for one of our programs if you do not reside in CRSD. The registration will be canceled and your registration fee will be refunded minus a processing fee.

Additional information concerning the league and the answers to many questions about the league can be found on our website under the “Common Questions” tab:https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/faq/.

Fall/Winter 2020/2021 UPDATE

CRBA family,

I hope you and your family are doing well during this unprecedented time. Normally by now we are providing reminders about registration for the upcoming season. As you might have suspected, we have delayed any decision for the 2020/2021 basketball season.

CRBA is fully dependent on the use of Council Rock School gyms. The current direction from the school administration is that no outside use will be granted permits until further notice. While we are hopeful this decision is a near term decision and could be reversed as Bucks County data dictates, we are not able to provide a basketball season without the use and support of the CR schools. We had over 1400 registered participants for last year’s program with over 4000 hours of coordinated gym time of practices and games for the 2019/2020 season. There are no other options to accommodate our large group.

We are closely monitoring the local and state guidelines for youth sports and how they can operate in a safe manner. We have created Covid-19 policies to reflect the guidelines provided to us. We have watched and learned from other leagues that were able to start prior to us. We feel confident that – with YOUR support, we can provide an opportunity for a safe league should the school gyms become available.

CRBA has decided to delay the decision on the In-house 2020/2021 season at this time. We hope this delay will allow us to access of the school’s gyms should a reversal in permitted use be granted.

TRAVEL – We are still evaluating options for a reduced travel offering. Please keep an eye out for additional information on what this could look like.

Stay Safe
CRBA

Intramural Evaluatoins

CRBA Parents (Grades 5-8),

If your child is playing our intramural programs in grades 5-8, please take a minute or two to read this email I its entirety as it contains important information about the up-coming intramural evaluations.

In grades 5-8, the intramural teams will be formed by a draft. All players in these age groups should attend the evaluations for their age group. This includes players who tried out for a travel team but did not make it and will be playing in our intramural programs. The evaluations are not tryouts; they are a tool to help the coaches form the most competitively balanced teams possible. If you have any questions regarding the evaluations, please contact your child’s grade level coordinator, who can be found on the website at the following link: https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/contact-grade-group-coordinator/. There is also some additional information below the schedule that should help things go

To make things easier for our volunteers who run the evaluation, please note we have split some of the larger groups so we don’t have so many kids in the gym. Please bring your son or daughter at the appropriate time frame based on the schedule below.

Mon. October 14 at Holland Middle School
• 600-650 pm – 5th grade boys w/ last name A-L
• 700-750 pm – 5th grade boys w/ last name M-Z
• 800-850 pm – 7th , 8th, 9th grade girls

Wed. October 16 at Holland Middle School
• 600-650 pm – 7th grade boys w/ last name A-L
• 700-750 pm – 7th grade boys w/ last name M-Z
• 800-900 pm – 5th & 6th grade girls

Mon. October 21 at Holland Middle School
• 600-650 pm – 6th grade boys w/ last name A-L
• 700-750 pm – 6th grade boys w/ last name M-Z

Wed. October 23 at Holland Middle School
• 600-650 pm – 8th grade boys w/ last name A-L
• 700-750 pm – 8th grade boys w/ last name M-Z

The following information will help things go more smoothly, please keep reading.

Please do not let your child bring a basketball into the school the night of the tryout, leave all the balls at home. We have all the balls that are needed for the evaluations in the gym, and we don’t even let kids bring their own balls into the gym for the evaluations. Every year we are asked by the schools to ask the players not to bounce their balls in the hallway. The evaluation nights are no different, especially in a brand new facility like Holland Middle. This is yet another reason to make sure your child does not bring their ball to the evaluations.

Please enter the Holland Middle School gym (and building) using the door that faces East Holland Road to the right of the building. This is the new door that says something like “Athletics and Fine Arts” above the door.

Please have the children arrive 10-15 minutes early so we can get they can get their height before they go into the gym.

There are no parents or siblings allowed in the gym during the Holland Middle School. Just the coaches and other adult volunteers helping them.

The teams will be formed during the last couple of weeks in October and first week in November. Please wait until at least November 5 th to contact the league if you have not heard from your child’s coach by then.

Additional information concerning the league and the answers to many questions about the league can be found on our website under the “Common Questions” tab: https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/faq/. Please consult the website before emailing any questions. If you have any questions specific to your child’s age group (such as game/practice schedule, coaches, registration, etc.), please contact your child’s grade level coordinator, who can be found on the website at the following link: https://councilrockbasketballassociation.com/contact-grade-group-coordinator/.

Congrats to CRBA’s IM Champs!

Congratulations to all of our players and coaches on a great season, especially those teams who won their respective intramural groups, listed below by head coach

5th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Chris Contoudis5 boys

5/6th Grade Girls IM Champs – Coach John Lindros5_6 girls

6th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Jon Pavlovcak6 boys

7th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Dave Werner7 boys

8th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Josh Berkowitz

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7/8/9th Grade Girls IM Champs – Coach Jon Pavlovcak7_8_9 girls

9th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Brian Holloran9 boys

10th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Rob Martin 10 boys

11/12th Grade Boys IM Champs – Coach Dan Howe11_12 boys