Bel Air Girls Basketball

Your registration fee covers a uniform shirt, referee fees, trophies, and a portion goes to the Bel Air Recreation Committee for insurance and general costs.

Practices typically start the second week of November and occur one night per week with days and times to be determined by the chairperson. Games typically start the second Saturday of December and run until the end of February.

Our overall program is run entirely by volunteers. The individual responsible for the overall direction of the program is the chairperson.

Teams are formed by the chairperson each year randomly based on the number of players in each age group and the number of available volunteer coaches. Please see our policy on coach and teammate requests. 

Yes, your daughter may play on your team. When you register to coach, there is a section where you will list your daughter's name.

Yes, siblings can play on the same team if they wish to as long as their practice availability doesn't conflict with each other.

Each team may have one head coach and one assistant coach. Teams may have additional assistant coaches AFTER teams are formed. They will still need to register, complete a background check, and obtain an ID badge as with all other coaches/volunteers.

No, your daughter does not have to play rec to play travel. However, if your daugther would like to play rec should she not make the travel team, please register her for rec before registration closes. Depending on the number of registered girls and available coaches, there may not be spots available on rec teams if you wait until after travel try-outs. If she does make the travel team, the registration fee can be transferred to the travel fees.

We ask that you please register your daughter for rec before registration closes. Depending on the number of registered girls and available coaches, there may not be spots available on rec teams if you wait until after travel try-outs.

On occasion, a player may be sufficiently talented to play up in an older age group. Parents should consider this carefully as a younger player may be at risk, no matter what her skill level is. No player younger than 6 years old will be allowed to play in the 7-8 age group. No player younger than 8 years old will be allowed to play in the 9-10 age group. No player younger than 10 will be allowed to play in the 11-12 age group. No player younger than 12 will be allowed to play in the 13-15 age group.

Regular season games are played on Saturdays at either Red Pump Elementary School or Southampton Middle School. The championship game will be played at the McFaul Center. If games are cancelled as a result of weather, an attempt to make-up the games will be made but cannot be guaranteed. Depending on the number of teams in an age group any given year, we may combine leagues with outside rec programs in order to allow for a sufficient number of teams. If this occurs, there may be games at the other rec program's facilities.

We generally follow the National Federation of State High School Association rules, however, we do institute specific age group rules. The rules are posted can be found here. League Rules

Any person over 18 years old who is coaching, officiating, or volunteering at a Bel Air Rec sponsored event will need to pass a background check.

ID badges are printed on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the McFaul Center from 6:30p-7:30p.

Not unless the circumstances fall under our standard refund policy umbrella. Here is our stated refund policy that is described in each of our registration programs: REFUND POLICY: No refunds will be issued unless the program is cancelled, the participant moves out of state, or a serious injury prevents the player's participation, prior to the start date of the program.

Depending on the amount of teams in an age group any given year, we may combine leagues with outside rec programs in order to allow for a sufficient number of teams. If this occurs, there may be games at the other rec program's facilitie

Program Chairperson: Amanda Bertram amanda@belairrec.org

Associate Program Director: Heather Work-Kirby heather@belairrec.org

Officials Coordinator: Shante Webb shantewebbofficiating.sk@gmail.com

 Players participating in age groups older than 5-6 (clinic) will not be allowed to request specific teammates. This is a result of the significant difficulties that have been caused when trying to create balanced and equally competitive teams. This decision was not made lightly and has received considerable "feedback" from some coaches and parents. See our policy below.

Coach and Teammate Policy Request

Players participating in age groups older than 5-6 (clinic) will not be allowed to request specific teammates. This is a result of the significant difficulties that have been caused when trying to create balanced and equally competitive teams. This decision was not made lightly and has received considerable "feedback" from some coaches and parents. See our policy below.

Coach and Teammate Policy Request

We accept late registrations up until the first game of the season, as long as there are available spots in the requested age group and your daughter's availability matches assigned practice times for available teams.