Basketball for Over “55”
    

Basketball every Saturday begins September 27. (Games on Wednesday will
begin either October 15 or 22 -- look for notice or inquire!)

The gym opens at 8:00 a.m. You can get there at the start or come later.
Play will continue to 10:30 or so. (see directions below)

The price is $3-4 per session, depending on the number of players and the
condition of the treasury. We pay the Newton Parks and Recreation
Department $50 per day, so as long as we can pay the bills we will keep
the cost per session as low as possible. There will also be a $15
registration fee. The daily collections, plus registration fees and some
money left over from last season should enable us to get through the
season and purchase a few new balls. Attached is the registration form.
Please mail it or bring it with you, along with a check.

The gym is basic - no showers, no locker rooms. (There are rest rooms!) It
is a small gym, but quite ample for four on four games, or even five on
five. There are new glass backboards and the floor is in very good shape.

The game we play is four on four, full-court. Everyone brings a white (not
gray!) and a very dark tee shirt, and we divide into teams at random.

This is fairly serious basketball. Most guys played organized basketball
in high school, a few in college and some have been playing regularly for
many years. There are players of quite average skills who work at it and
have become much better after a season or two.

The game is open to anyone 55 and over. (We'll take a few younger players
whose skills are modest.) About 80% of players also play in EMASS senior
softball.

If you have questions please call me at 617 969 0950 or write at
johnstewart@alum.bu.edu

Directions to Hawthorn gym
Hawthorn Street is off Watertown Street, which is route 16, midway between
Watertown Square and West Newton Square. Coming from route 128, get on
route 16 east either directly or by taking route 30 to route 16. Follow
route 16 east past Newton Wellesley Hospital, Woodland golf club, over the
Mass. Pike, and through West Newton Square, where it bends to the left at
a light. About 2 miles from West Newton Square Hawthorn

Street is on the right, just behind Clay Auto Body. (Hawthorn Street is
about ½ mile beyond Albermarle Road, where many have played softball.) The
gym is on the right side, about 50 yards from intersection of route 16
(Watertown Street) and Hawthorn Street.

John Stewart
617 969 0950