Monday, March 11, 2013
A recent drop in enrollment points to the popularity of emerging sports such as lacrosse
Recreation baseball and softball enrollment has dipped varying degrees in both Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes. But that doesn’t necessarily mean children are forsaking sports — quite the contrary. “[Children] could be playing three or four sports any given month,” said Wyckoff Recreation Director Andy Wingfield. “And some do.” With the addition of spring lacrosse two years ago in Wyckoff and the extension of club soccer into spring, many active youngsters are finding they don’t have time for America’s favorite pastime. In Franklin Lakes, only nine seventh and eighth graders signed up for spring rec softball. “There are also a lot of other activities for kids to get involved in — the Wyckoff Family YMCA Sharks Swim Team has a very strong …
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Contracts awarded to 11 vendors saves money due to towns' large purchasing power
The Wyckoff Township Committee passed a resolution Tuesday awarding 11 vendors with contracts for recreational equipment to be purchased for recreation departments in Wyckoff, Franklin Lakes and Oakland. The contracts include nearly 200 items such as first aid kits, trophies and team uniforms. Wyckoff served as the lead agency, securing volume pricing by pooling the purchasing power of united FLOW-area. This is the fifth year the towns have obtained such pricing through collaborative bidding. All contracts were awarded to vendors with the lowest individual unit price on all the items. Prices on a third of this year’s items were the same or lower than last year’s bid, according to the township. “In these challenging economic times, we must …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Saturday, Wednesday are the final registration dates
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Wednesday, February 6
The Wyckoff Recreation Department announced upcoming Spring Registration events will be held on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 9 to 11 a.m. and Wednesday evening, Feb. 13, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m in the Eisenhower School Cafeteria. The spring schedule includes a co-ed t-ball program for boys and girls presently in kindergarten, a modified t-ball/baseball/softball program for boys and girls in first grade, baseball for boys in grades 2 through 8 and softball for girls in grades 2 through 8. Boys in grades 4 through 8 playing recreation baseball will once again be using wood bats this year. The fee for kindergarten and first grade is $55 and the fee for grades 2 through 8 is $75. Cash or checks only. Checks must be made out to Wyckoff Recreation. …
Gary Rabinowitz
12:05 pm on Tuesday, March 12, 2013
@ SK -- what makes you qualified to assess a rec program's operational effectiveness, organization and the quality of work done by volunteer coaches? I beg to differ - I have found the rec office to be responsive, courteous and well run. The coaches have varying degrees of competence, but all in all, the volunteer coaches in town are good people who try to do a good job. Of course, being … more ›