Bethel Youth Lacrosse Families & Athletes:
Following the latest information regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) , the continued closure of Bethel Public Schools (currently extended to May 20, 2020), and the cancellation of other CONNY member programs, BYLA has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 youth lacrosse season. As you can imagine, this decision was not made lightly and was based upon concerns for the safety and health of our lacrosse families and athletes.
Our plan is to offer two options with regard to the registration fees for the 2020 season. You can elect to receive a full refund of the registration fee and a check will be sent to you for the 2020 registration fee, or you can apply the registration fee to the 2021 Bethel lacrosse season. If you choose to apply the amount toward the 2021 season, you will not be required to pay any increase in the fee for the 2021 season that may be assessed. Please use the form linked below to let us know if you would like a registration refund check or would like us to move the registration forward to 2021.
Before you were able to register your player for the 2020 Bethel Youth lacrosse season, you were required to pay a $30 fee to US Lacrosse (the governing body of the sport of lacrosse). That fee is not a part of Bethel youth lacrosse and we cannot refund that amount. Should you wish, you may contact US Lacrosse and inquire whether a refund is available. – that is something that each family would have to communicate with US Lacrosse since we don’t have control of those transactions.
Uniform costs (game jersey, game shorts, and shooting shirt) are non-refundable, as these costs were already paid by Bethel youth lacrosse. Those are customized garments that were made for each player (sizing and number). We have the uniforms already and will distribute them when a time allows for public gatherings.
BYLA Registration Refund Form – Spring 2020
Looking forward… Most area youth lacrosse programs are meeting this week to decide the fate of their own programs for the 2020 season. We don’t see any continuing operations knowing how far our tri-state area needs to go too continue to flatten the curve and restart the economy.
Our current plan is to begin communications with close area towns (Danbury, Brookfield, Redding, New Milford, etc) to see if we can salvage some sort of condensed lacrosse season this Summer. That is just in the initial concept phase, but I think we all want our young athletes off their devices and playing lacrosse as soon as socially possible.
The Bethel youth lacrosse community has always been a great group of families. It’s been a privilege to mentor and coach your athletes in lacrosse over the past seasons. We are saddened by the loss of this year, and for the opportunity to help your athletes grow, but we will look to continue the program and continue to find ways to keeps the kids playing the great sport of lacrosse.
If you have any questions, please email us at
but please remember to fill out the form above.
Thanks!
BYLA
