Practice Fields - West Islip Soccer

Intramural teams will practice together with other teams from their age group, which is coordinated through their age group coordinator (because we have limited field space and we want to avoid crowding).

High School Turf Fields, and Casamento Back Field: TRAVEL TEAMS ONLY (therefore no U5-U9/10 intramural teams or interleague teams).

Intramural (plus travel & interleague) teams can practice at:

Location	Mar 1-Mar 31	Apr 1-Jun 30	Jul 1-Aug 18 ⁴	Aug 21-Aug 31	Sep 1-Dec 14	Dec 15-Feb 28
Masera ¹	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	TRAVEL ONLY 4PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	TRAVEL ONLY ¹	4:00PM – dark
Udall Rd Middle School ¹	5:30PM – dark	5:30PM – dark	TRAVEL ONLY 4PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	TRAVEL ONLY ¹	5:30PM – dark
Bayview ²	4:30PM – dark	4:30PM – dark	TRAVEL ONLY 4PM – dark	4:30PM – dark	4:30PM – dark	4:30PM – dark
Bar-X (north of Higbie Ln) ¹	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	TRAVEL ONLY 4PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark ¹	4:00PM – dark
Casamento Back Field ¹	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY ¹	CLOSED
Casamento Front Field ¹	M-F 5-10PM	NOT available	TRAVEL ONLY	Mon & Wed Only	Mon & Wed Only ¹	CLOSED
Higbie Center ²	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	5:30PM – dark	5:30PM – dark
Paul J Bellew ²	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	5:30PM – dark	5:30PM – dark
Library Fields	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	5:30PM – dark	5:30PM – dark
Beach St Middle School ²	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	NOT available	5:30PM – dark	5:30PM – dark
Manetuck ³	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark	4:00PM – dark
High School Stadium Turf ¹	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	NOT available	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	CLOSED
High School Barberry Turf ¹	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	NOT available	TRAVEL ONLY	TRAVEL ONLY	CLOSED

¹ require reservations.
² School teams have priority and are usually done by 5PM.
³ School teams have priority and are usually done by 5PM. Varsity boys have tryouts at Manetuck in late August, therefore space might be limited, but Udall will be available.
⁴ Only travel teams may practice before our outdoor tournament. Intramural teams may start practicing after our outdoor tournament. Our outdoor tournament is usually played at Manetuck & Udall fields, but could include other fields depending on the number of fields required.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Please follow the instructions below to maximize the safety of our children and volunteers:

Always store goals facing away towards the fence.
Goals always tip forwards (never backwards), and facing a fence, if placed closely enough to that fence, will prevent the goal from tipping. If placed farther from the fence, it’s less likely to hurt someone.
Always weigh down each goal.
Manufacturers state either four (4) saddle sand bags (weighing 40 lbs each) must be used or four (4) 16” ground screw anchors designed for that purpose. Small net stakes or even long straight stakes WILL NOT secure a goal frame in high winds and/or soggy ground. Test to see if the sand bags or tire will be strong enough from tipping the goal.

According to the group, Anchored for Safety, www.anchoredforsafety.org, there have been 36 deaths and 56 injuries from improperly secured portable soccer goals in the period from 1979 to 2011. Indeed, in 2002, an eight-year-old girl from Rye Brook suffered a crushed femur when a portable goal was blown over in a gust of wind. Fortunately, after several surgeries and months of painful physical therapy she was able to make a full recovery. Others are not so lucky. In January 2012, a 9-year old boy in North Carolina was killed by an unsecured soccer goal that toppled over on to him during a game. Approximately, one child each year is killed by a toppling soccer goal and emergency rooms report between 120-200 serious injuries annually from soccer goal accidents. Most victims are between the ages of four and eight.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN WEST ISLIP.

Field Permit

School Field Permit Fall 2020

LOCATIONS

Bar-X (aka Parkway Lawns Park)

826 Higbie Ln
West Islip, NY 11795

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