CYM Basketball

 

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BASKETBALL IS BACK FOR GRADES 3-12

Parents, we are happy to announce that St. James CYM Basketball is back for the 2021-22 season for grades 3 and up!

CYM Basketball Registration Information for Student-Athletes and Coaches:

Online registration for the 2021-2022 St. James CYM Basketball Season will begin on Wednesday, November 3, and will remain open thru Wednesday, November 17 for grades 3-12.
 
Registration for coaches and student athletes must be completed using the Sports signup website: sjb.sportssignup.com
 

Please note you have the option to pay online via credit card for grades 4-12!
Grade 3 and any combination including grade 3 must pay by check!

The St. James CYM Basketball Program is open to all interested boys and girls in Grades 3-12 whose families are active members of Saint James Church and who are either current students at St. James School, or attend CCD or Family Catechesis.  We also accept players from parishes that do not participate in a CYM Program.

STUDENT ATHLETE REGISTRATION:

To begin the registration process, login and create an account (if a new player) on sjb.sportssignup.com  Please have the following information available before you begin, and follow all instructions during the online registration process.

    Medical Insurance Information
   Emergency Contact Information

Once you have completed your online registration please print and complete the following forms.

 Basketball Code of Conduct
 Player Information Form

Forms should be completed, signed, and notarized, as applicable, and either mailed or brought, along with payment and bond check to:

Saint James School
200 South Finley Avenue
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
Attn:  CYM Basketball

Assuming you pay via credit card there will be one check collected at the time of registration for the $100 uniform bond fee which should be dated June 1, 2022 and will be shredded once the player returns his/her uniform at the end of the season. Please make the check payable to St.James School. Please send the check in along with your completed players forms.
 

During the month of November, teams will be formed, coaches assigned and uniforms will be distributed.  Games are played on Saturdays beginning in early December and ending in the middle of March.  Should you have any questions regarding the CYM Basketball Program, please contact Richard Jambrinaat sjcym@sjsbr.org.
 

WE ALWAYS NEED NEW COACHES!

Please be aware that in order to coach you must complete the following:

• Application to coach (sjb.sportssignup.com)
• NFHS Online Safety Courses (three courses must be completed)
• Background Check
• Virtus “Protecting God’s Children” training
• Diocese of Metuchen Volunteer Application
• Code of Pastoral Conduct
• Coaches Responsibility form

All applications must be reviewed and you will be notified once you have been approved.  Please have the following information available when you are completing the application online:
 

• Previous coaching experience
• Certificates of completion of NFHS online courses
• Date and location of most recent background check
• Date and location of Virtus class
• Date and location of Diocese of Metuchen Volunteer Application
• Date and location of Code of Pastoral Conduct
• Coaches Responsibility Form

• Shirt size for Coaches Shirt

Revised Diocesan guidelines in effect for the 2021-2022 Basketball season:

● All adult coaches must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit negative PCR
    test results to the school weekly due on Tuesday.
● Masks must be worn by all players, coaches and spectators EXCEPT while engaging in
   active play or practice.
● Sports practices and competitions are suspended from Thursday, December 23, 2021
    through Sunday January 16, 2022.
● Players must maintain a 3 foot distance between others except while engaging in active
    play or practice.
● Spectators for competitions are limited to three individuals per team member, as long
    as all spectators are wearing masks and able to maintain at least three foot distance
    from all other spectators, players, coaches and others.
● Proper ventilation must be maintained in the facilities in which the sports are played,
   whether during practice or competition.
● Surfaces and spaces used for sports practices or competitions are to be cleaned
   according to the school/parish cleaning regimen, and on a schedule determined by the
   pastor. Free testing for COVID-19 is available every Thursday at the Bernards Township Community
Center, 289 South Maple Avenue in Basking Ridge. Free testing may also be available through your healthcare provider and local pharmacy. If the principal or pastor determine that these conditions cause undue burden on the school, its personnel, or its community, then the school may opt not to offer indoor sports during the
2021-2022 school year or make limited adjustments.