The intramural program is a recreational, non-competitive league for boys and girls from grades one through ten. In order of importance, the intramural programs' objectives are fun , sportsmanship , individual technique and team play . Teams are organized by grade level and play other Newton teams made up of players in the same grade. Children who are Newton residents or who attend Newton public schools are eligible to play. Our first choice always is to organize teams according to public school districts, if there are enough players in a grade to make a full team and enough volunteer coaches for each team in a specific grade from a specific school.
Registration occurs each spring for the following fall season.
Registrations received after the registration deadline must pay a late registration fee. The season typically begins on the first Saturday in September after the start of school and ends on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. This fall, approximately 1,500 boys and girls played in the intramural program on 190 teams coached by 300 volunteer coaches. Organizing teams and recruiting and assigning volunteer coaches involves hundreds of hours of labor from the NYS grade coordinators, all of whom are volunteers. The results are worth it.