Get SOCIAL this Summer: How to Join Neighborhood Sports Leagues

Astoria Social began four years ago and has been growing swiftly ever since. Their softball league started with 10 teams, and this past season they had 24—and for the darts league, they’ve increased from six to 27 teams since their inaugural season. They have a variety of Fall, Spring and Summer sports during each calendar year, so if you want to meet more people and do something athletic (I guess it’s arguable how athletic darts is, but still)—now is the perfect time!

First, a little about what applies to all sports:

• League Organizer Warren Sheinwald holds signups at local bars prior to the start of each sport season
• The league has a lot of returning teams each season, and if a team chooses to come back, they have a guaranteed spot.
• Each team has a captain, as decided on by the team. That individual is the direct point of contact in terms of league information, including schedule, rules and rain information/cancellations.
• They do have spots for groups of friends or solo free agents that want to play. The league is co-ed, and all rosters are generally 15 players or more. If someone signs up on their own, they get placed on a team.
• For any people interested in playing, they can check out Astoria Social right on the field (the schedule is posted on the website) and/or send an email or speak to Warren directly anytime ( info@astoria-social.com), who says that the league has players of all skill levels and is a great way to meet people in the community.

Softball 2019

Darts/Cornhole 2019

Darts will start the week after Labor Day, and occurs on Mondays nights. They currently have teams at the Wolfhound, the Irish Rover, Sissy McGinty’s, Doyle’s Corner, the Local Bar, Blackbird’s, the Quays, Astoria Tavern, Cronin and Phelan’s, and Passage. Cornhole will start up again in late October. Last season, they had games at Katch and the Biergarten.