New Castle Recreation Department Activities Catalog

“Providing recreational and leisure opportunities for all members of our community.”

www.newcastlecolorado.org/recreation

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THANK YOU!!!

First of all, thank you to all of our vol-unteers. This department would not

function without our volunteers. I would also like to thank the parents, family members, and everyone else involved with the program for your support, com-ments, suggestions, contributions, and

encouragement. Again, thank you!

New Castle Community Center 423 W. Main Street New Castle, CO 81647 Phone: 970-984-3352 Fax: 970-984-0982 Open: M-F 8-5 Mailing Address: PO Box 90 New Castle, CO 81647 Town Hall 450 W. Main Street New Castle, CO 81647 970-984-2311 Open: M-F 8-5 Web Page: www.newcastlecolorado.org/recreation Staff: Recreation Director: Bryan Vashus 989-0353 Recreation Coordinator: Hannah Bihr 989-0111

Table of Contents

General Information ……………………..………....2 Phone numbers and Facility Information Registration Information………..…..……..………..3 Community Center Information……..……..............3 Rental Information, Prices, Reservations Youth Sports…………………………….………….4-5 Youth Sports Deadlines…………………………...……..…6 Youth Sports & Activities…………………………..……...7 Youth Activities……………………………………..….…..8 Adult Sports……………………...…….……………...9 Adult & Youth Activities…………………………....10 Community Programs…………………………..….11

General Information

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Registration Information

1) Online registration: Go to www.newcastlecolorado.org then click on “recreation” on the left panel, then click on the online registration box. After that follow the online instruc-tions. 2) Walk-in: You may walk-in to register for any and all classes, Monday through Friday

from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm at the New Castle Community Center, 423 W. Main Street. 3)Checks return for insufficient funds will be assessed a $20 processing fee. PARK RESVERATION AND SPECIAL EVENT 1.) Go to www.newcastlecolorado.org then click on “recreation” on the left panel, then click “Are you planning a special event?” Complete paperwork 2.) For more information and questions please call the NCR office at 970-984-3352.

New Castle Community Center The New Castle Community Center is available for meetings, parties, dances, and all other social gath-erings. The large room holds approximately 150 people and the small room holds 50 people. There is also a very large kitchen that can be used for cooking as well as simple food preparation. Costs range from: Small Room: $18-22hr Large Room: $30-32/hr Kitchen: $10/hr **Tables and chairs provided at no additional cost for an “in house event” **Need extra tables and chairs for an off-site events, RENT IT at the Community Center. 8ft rectangle Table………………………………………..$5/table Chairs……………………………………………………..$1/per chair Deposit…………………………………………………….$50-100 *****A CASH Deposit of $200 required for activities of 3 hours or less *****A CASH Deposit of $500 required for activities of more than 3 hours *****The contract must be signed and one form of payment must be collected (either the deposit or the fees) BEFORE a date can be reserved.

Recreation

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Wrestling Fall Wrestling: This program is an introduction to wrestling. There are no tournaments and everything is kept up-beat and fun. This is the perfect program to introduce the sport of wrestling to all youth ages 4 years old and up in-terested in checking it out. Ages: 4 years to 8th Grade Cost: $37 Days: TBD Time: TBD Date: November 1– December 10 (no wrestling the week of Thanksgiving) Location: New Castle Community Center Registration Opens: September Spring Wrestling: This program is approximately two months long with the option of competing in wrestling tour-naments on Saturday. It is more competitive and requires greater dedication. There is an option for beginners or those not interested in competing to simply practice and not compete. Ages: 4 years to 8th Grade Cost: $37-noncompetive, $52 competitive (doesn’t include a singlet) Days: TBD Dates: Feb 2011– May 2011 Location: New Castle Community Center Registration Opens: January 4, 2011

Youth Soccer

The New Castle Recreation Department offers soccer for all ages. Soccer is of-fered twice a year and has two seasons; Fall and Spring. Micro soccer is open to kids ages 4-7. These ages are divided into two groups U6 (Preschool and Kindergarten) and U8 (1st and 2nd grade). This program plays against other teams from New Castle and Silt. Games are played on Friday nights. Practices are held on either Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. COST: $44 U10 Soccer is open to ages 8 to 10 (3rd grade & 4thgrade). This program emphasizes sound coaching for the purpose of improving individual soccer skills, teamwork, and equal play. At this level games are played against teams from other towns on the Western Slope. Most games are played on Saturdays. Prac-tices are twice a week on either Mondays and Wednesdays, or Tuesdays and Thursdays. COST: Under 10 (8 & 9 yrs)= $52 Under 12 (10 &11 yrs)-U14(12 &13)= $110 Competitive Soccer : U12 & older (5th and older) and it is just that, competitive. In order to be on a competitive team players must attend tryouts held every Spring, early June, just prior to end of each school year. Winning is much more emphasized and coaches will determine starters and non-starters. Games are played all over the Western Slope with the possibility of playing on the Front Range. Much more of a commitment is required both from the players and the parents when involved with competitive soccer. Costs may vary for the competitive teams due to travel costs and tournaments.

Youth Sports

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Youth Basketball Tiny Tots Basketball: (Ages 4 & 5, Pre-K & Kindergarten) One month long program that practices twice a week. This program teaches the simple skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting. There will be no games played against other teams. Tiny Tots Basketball will be held at the Kathryn Senor Elementary. Practice will either be Mon-day/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday from 5:45-6:45pm. Registration Opens: September Dates: October 25– November 20. This program ends with a skills challenge Saturday November 20.(*More de-tails TBA about the skills challenge*) Cost: $44 Pee Wee Basketball: (Ages 6 & 7, 1st and 2nd grade) One month long program that practices twice a week. This program teaches the simple skills of dribbling, passing, and shooting. There will be no games played against other teams. Tiny Tots Basketball will be held at the Kathryn Senor Elementary. Practice will either be Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday from 6:45-7:45pm. Registration Opens: September Dates: October 25– November 20.This program ends with a skills challenge Saturday November 20(*More details TBA about the skills challenge*) Cost: $44 Developmental Basketball: (Ages 8-12, Grades: 3rd-6th) This level plays for two months, and practices twice a week with games on Saturdays. The fundamentals of the game are built upon from the previous levels with more emphasis on performance in game time. Girls Basketball: Registration opens: Sept 8th Dates: Practice starts the week of October 11th Games start October 24-December 4; Tournament week is December 7-11 Cost: $47 Boys Basketball: Registration opens: December 7th Dates: Practice starts January 10,2011 Games start January 29-March 5, 2011. Tournament week is March 7-12, 2011 Cost: $47

Youth Sports

The Recreation Department is constantly looking for volunteer coaches. If you would like to coach basketball or any other sport please contact the New Castle Recreation Department at 984-3352. Most coaches only volunteer 3-5 hours a week.

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Youth Spots Registration Date Deadlines

Register online at www.newcastlecolorado.org/RECREATION or at the New Castle Community Center. Fall Soccer Registration Dates Advanced (11yr-18yr) Tryouts: June Start Date: Second week in August Developmental (9yr-18yr), Micro (4yr-8yr) Registration: Third week in June Start Date: Second week in August Micro fourth week in August Fall Wrestling Registration Dates Registration: September Start Date: November 1– December 16 (no wrestling the week of Thanksgiving) Girls ( 8yr-11yr) Basketball Registration Dates: Registration: September 8 Start Date: Practice October 1th, games October 23 (no practice or games the week of Thanksgiving) Tiny Tots (4yr-5yr) Pee Wee (6yr-7yr) Registration Dates Registration: Sept 8th Start Dates: October 25– November 20 Boys (8yr-11yr) Basketball Registration Dates Registration: December 6, 2010 Start Date: January 10,2011– March 11, 2011 Spring Wrestling Registration Dates Registration: January 4, 2011 Start Date: February 2011– May 2011 (tournaments will begin in March) Spring Soccer Registration Dates Advanced (11yr-18yr) Start Date: Second week in March Developmental (9yr-18yr), Micro (4yr-8yr) Registration: Second week in January Start Date Dev. Third week in March Micro First week in April Baseball Softball (8yr-15yr) Registration Dates Registration: Third week in March Start Date: Third week in May Coach Pitch (8yr-7yr), T-Ball (7yr-6yr), Pre T-Ball (4yr-5yr) Online Registration Third week in March Start Date: Fist week in June

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Youth Sports & Activities Red Cross Babysitters Training Ages: 10 years & up Dates: November 12 & November 13 Days: Friday & Saturday Cost: $62.00 Time: 8am-2pm Location: New Castle Community Center Registration Deadline: November 3, 2010 This class is designed to teach children the basic care skills involved in babysitting. Emergency situations, accident prevention, selecting safe toys and games, tips on feeding babies, and interaction with parents and children of different ages are covered in this course. American Red Cross certificates will be issued upon successful completion of this course. Minimum: 6ppl Maximum: 12ppl

Volleyball Ages: 8-11yr Grades: 3rd-6th Time: TBD Date: TBD Cost: $TBD Min/Max: 10/30 The New Castle Recreation Department will be offering volleyball in late January and early February. Volleyball will be is now offered for girls aged 7-11 and who are in 3rd to 6th grade. This is a recrea-tional program to teach the fundamentals of volleyball. This program will run twice a week for 6 weeks. They will not play games against other teams. Hopefully, in the future will be able to offer a youth volleyball league. If you would like to help get this program off the ground please contact the NCR office at 970-984-3352.

Spring Wrestling: This program is approximately two months long with the option of com-peting in wrestling tournaments on Saturday. It is more competitive and requires greater dedication. There is an option for beginners or those not interested in competing to simply practice and not compete. Ages: 4 years to 8th Grade Cost: $37-noncompetive, $52 competitive (doesn’t include a singlet) Days: TBD Dates: Feb 2011– May 2011 Location: New Castle Community Center Registration Opens: January 4, 2011

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Youth Activities

Breakfast with Santa The New Castle Community Center has invited Santa Clause to join the local kids for breakfast. He will be reading a few stories as well a singing Christmas carols. Bring your Christmas wish list, and all good boys and girls will be receiving a small gift. Ages: Ages 2 and older Cost: $7 Date: Saturday December 18th Time: 9:00am-11:00am Location: New Castle Community Center Deadline: Friday December 17th If you would like to be a volunteer please contact the NCR office at 970-984-3352. We would love to see you there! We need volunteers to help do a crafts, help with breakfast and so much more. We are open to new ideas to help make this special event a great success!

Middle School Dance Schedule: All dances are held at the New Castle Community Center. The dances are sponsored by different clubs and organizations around New Castle. The dances are always supervised and nobody is al-lowed to leave once they enter the dance. Dances are open to all middle school students in 5th-8th grade. Here is the schedule of up– coming dances at the New Castle Community Center.

August 20th: New Castle Pride Soccer Team August 27th: Girls Scout Troop October 15th: Softball October 29th: Girl’s Scout Troop December 10th: New Castle Recreation January 7th: Girls Scout Troop February 11th: Girl Scouts Troop April 8th: Girl Scout Troop

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Adult Sports

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The New Castle Recreation Dept. now has Adult 8v8 Co-ed Soccer League! This is a recreational league. We have players from all ages and skill levels. Games are played every Sunday afternoons and evenings. Ages: Adults 18 yrs & older Cost: $300/team Dates: May 2011-June 2011 Times: Sundays afternoons & evenings Location: Grand River Park ***Registration starts: February 2011 ***Team registration DUE: April 22, 2011 For further information contact: New Castle Recreation Department (970) 984-3352 bryan@newcastlecolorado.org

ADULT 8V8 COED SOCCER Begins September 19th Games scheduled for Sunday afternoons and evenings Registration Fee: $300.00/TEAM Ages 18yrs and older

**All players must sign a waiver & liability before playing** For further information contact: New Castle Recreation Department (970) 984-3352 bryan@newcastlecolorado.org

Missed playing Adult 8v8 Co-ed last Fall? Come play in the Spring!

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Adult & Youth Activities

Grade 8 Re-certification New for 2011 the re-certification is NOW online; not class session. Visit coreferees.org and follow the instructions below. All refs must re-certificate every year and to eligible to ref this spring soccer sea-son. Steps to Complete Online Recertification Training 1. From your RefLink Main Menu page 2. Click on the TRAINING AND TESTING CENTER button 3. Select the Online Training Module you wish to complete, and press the “Open This Module” button. 4. Upon completion of the module you will be required to take and pass the appropriate recertification exam for your grade level. Once you pass this exam, you will receive the credit necessary to unlock your Registration Form and you may proceed to Re‐Register. Steps to Re‐‐‐‐Register for 2011 1. From your RefLink Main Menu page 2. Click on the MY REGISTRATION button. 3. Review and update any information on the Registration page that needs to be updated. 4. Find and click on the RE‐REGISTER NOW button. NOTE: If you have not met the requirements to re‐register (ie: have not completed the necessary recertification training), you will see a red box describing the steps you need to take before the button will become available to you. 5. On the next page that opens after clicking the button, review all information on the page, select a payment method, and follow the on‐screen instructions to submit your registration. Please call the New Castle Recreation Department @ 970-984-3352 with any questions.

Grade 8 Referee CertificationGrade 8 Referee CertificationGrade 8 Referee CertificationGrade 8 Referee Certification

When: TBD Time: TBD Where: New Castle Community Center 423 W. Main St. New Castle, CO 81647 Why:: This is a 17 hour class to become a certified referee. This class will allow you to ref youth soccer games. Cost: $58, NCR will pay 50% ; IF you commit to refereeing 75% of the games. Age: 14 and UP

This class is for all interested people; who would like to referee soccer this coming spring. This class is mandatory to ref soccer.

Please feel free to bring water and snacks. There will be a lunch break on Saturday too.

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VOLUNTEERS

Looking to get involved in your child activities ...we need volunteers to help coach soccer, basketball, volleyball and wrestling.

Don’t want to coach but still want to get involved… we could use you! Please call the office at 984-3352

Referees, Officials, and Umpires Needed

New Castle Recreation is looking for refs, officials, and umpires for the up-coming sports seasons. We need refs for basketball, soccer, and baseball um-pires in the spring. If you are interested in becoming a ref please call the NCR office at 970-984-3352. All officials, refs, and umpires must fill out a Town of New Castle Em-ployment Application.

Got a program idea; you’d like to see the Rec. Department offer? We would love to hear from you.

Got a program idea; you’d like to teach with the Rec Department? We would love to hear from you and help us expand our recreational opportunities.

The Recreation Department is constantly looking to expand and develop new programs and special interest classes and we can’t do it with YOU! If you would like to see a new program offered, have suggestions on im-proving an existing one, or have a hobby, special talent or skill you would like to share with others by teaching a special class, seminar, or workshop, please give us a call.

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New Castle Recreation

423 West Main Street PO Box 90 New Castle, Colorado 81647

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