REGISTRATION
Registration cost for 2024 will remain the same: $200 per player. However, due to significantly increasing costs for equipment, this season we will conduct one mandatory fundraiser, which will be incorporated into the cost at time of registration ($50 per player). Each registration will come with 5 Raffle Tickets which can be sold at $10 each to recoup the $50 fundraiser cost. Raffle Tickets will be distributed at equipment hand-outs. Payment plans are available to ensure that every player is able to participate this season.
Registration closes on June 30, 2024. We cannot guarantee any spots for players after that date. Anyone seeking to register after June 30 will be placed on a waitlist. Additionally, any players added after June will not be able to purchase a custom jersey, nor will the be able to select their own jersey number (yes, this includes returning players who will not retain their prior jersey number if they are not registered on or before June 30).
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
West York Boys Club provides youth tackle football programs for children in Kindergarten through 7th Grade. Registration for our program opens in the Spring with optional practices during the summer and mandatory practices starting in July and games from August into November. Players are divided into the following divisions:
- Smurf – Kindergarten & 1st Graders (cannot turn 7 at any point during season)
- Rink – 2nd & 3rd Graders (cannot turn 10 at any point during season)
- Pony – 4th & 5th Graders (cannot turn 12 at any point during season)
- Midget – 6th and 7th Graders (cannot turn 14 at any point during season)
Grades are based on the 2024-25 School Year. Additional information about our program is below. Questions or concerns should be directed to James Welch, WYBC Football Commissioner at 717-841-6552 or [email protected].
SEASON TIMELINE
- Mid-June Voluntary Workouts Commence (days/times TBD)
- June 19 – First Equipment Hand-Outs (6:30-8:30 PM at A-1 Storage)
- June 22 - Equipment Hand-Outs (12:00 – 2:00 PM at A-1 Storage)
- June 30 - Registration Closes
- Week of July 4 – Rink Voluntary Workouts Commence (days/times TBD)
- July 3 - Equipment Hand-Outs (6:30-8:30 PM at A-1 Storage)
- July 6 – Last Equipment Hand-out (12:00 – 2:00 PM at A-1 Storage)
- July 29 – Mandatory Practices Commence (Heat Acclimation)
- August 5 – Fully Padded Practices Commence
- August 24/25 – First Game Weekend
SUMMER WORKOUTS
We will again be holding voluntary summer workout programs on a division by division basis. As in the past, our summer workout programs are free and open to any players in the appropriate age range, regardless of registration or prior experience. The goal of the summer workouts will be to engage the kids in conditioning and non-contact football skills work in order to help prepare them for the upcoming season, while also providing an opportunity for new players and parents to start getting involved with the team program. These workouts will not involve 11 v. 11 work and will include only very limited concept installation designed to help prepare the players for offensive and defensive scheme installation once we have all the kids together in the fall.
We want to remind all of our players, coaches and parents that summer workouts will not be a substitute for the player evaluation process which starts when mandatory practices commence, nor should parents feel that if other commitments prevent their player from attending the voluntary workout, that they would be disadvantaged. We do encourage all of our players to participate to the fullest extent possible as they will be a huge benefit to the teams once mandatory practices commence.