Teams are currently being formed. Coaches will receive their rosters on Tuesday. You should hear from them shortly after. Practice with trainers at Winthrop starts 9/30. Times will be posted after Tuesday. 1st game is 10/1. Uniforms can be purchased Saturday 9/30 from 9:00-10:30am or Sunday 10/1 starting at 10:00am at the Bellmore Pal office trailer at Boces. Cash or Check only.
Bellmore / Merrick PAL track team has a Grand Prix during the Spring and Summer Seasons. There are 5 mile races in the Grand Prix. The athlete needs to run 3 of the 5 races to be eligible.
Our first race was the Bellmore Striders July 4th race.
Arianna Lettieri was the first female, 12 years and under with a time of 8:09.7
Livia Mikelhashvili was third in the same age group with a time of 8:34.6
Thomas Howe was the 3rd male in the 12 and under age group with a time of 7:04.3
The GU13 Bellmore Blue Devils (girls born in 2011) are looking to add a couple of experienced and dedicated soccer players.
We are a competitive team and currently play in division 1W of LIJSL. We also recently advanced to the finals of the LI Cup for the second year in a row.
We train 2x a week in season [with professional trainers] and 1X a week during the off-season, including participating in a winter league.
We enter both fall and summer tournaments and recently returned from a successful and fun Hershey Memorial Day weekend tournament.
Tryout are scheduled as follows:
Monday June 5, 7:00-8:15pm, JFK high school turf field [3000 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore NY]
Monday June 12, 7:00-8:15pm, JFK high school turf field [3000 Bellmore Ave, Bellmore NY]
If interested in attending the tryout, please register using the following link.
Due to field conditions and the impending weather forecast all intramural soccer games at Boces will be cancelled today. We will plan on a makeup game on 6/4. Schedules will be updated shortly.
Bellmore PAL is a registered USATF team during the Summer, Cross Country and Winter seasons.
USATF Long Island recognizes outstanding athletes regardless of age.
In 2022, Bellmore PAL was recognized in the Youth category.
Lucas Lam (13/14 )- Youth Male Track Athlete
Samantha Goldin (8 ) – Youth Female Track Athlete
An alumni of the team, Ryan Clifford, was recognized as the Mountain Ultra Trail (MUT) Athlete of the Year.
Ryan started with Bellmore PAL as an elementary student, ran while in high school, and in college.
Ryan still holds the record for the Indoor and Outdoor 800m in the 11/12 yr age group. Ryan is a lifelong runner specializing in ultra-marathon distances. In 2022 some of the races Ryan ran were 2 – 50 mile races, 2 -100 mile races, 2 – 50k races, 1 – 70k race, 1 – 555m race over 6 days from Buffalo to Brooklyn. Many of Ryan’s runs were also done for charity like the John Thiessen Children’s Foundation.
Non-athletes are also recognized as outstanding. For 2022 Coach Sheryl was awarded Official of the Year.
Lucas Lam, Samantha Goldin, Andrew Collins (from a different team) with Coach Rob Lemke
Ryan in his PAL Spring uniform in 2007
Ryan Clifford – 100 miles – 17hrs 57mins 57secs – Black Hill, S. Dakota