Youth participating in the City of Norwich Youth Bureau winter bowling. This year, available winter programs include bowling, baseball, softball, soccer, cheerleading, junior wrestling, and winter fun club. (Photo from the Youth Bureau Facebook page)

NORWICH — The City of Norwich Youth Bureau is offering several youth winter programs this season.

The programs are free, and registration is ongoing for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade in the City and Town of Norwich, North Norwich, Pharsalia, Plymouth, and Preston. To sign up, visit the City of Norwich Youth Bureau Facebook page and click the registration link.

This year’s winter programs include soccer, cheerleading, junior wrestling, winter fun club, baseball, bowling, and softball.

Wrestling, bowling, and winter fun club have already begun, and City of Norwich Youth Bureau Director Anthony Testani said they are still accepting sign-ups. All other programs begin the week of January 8, and the Youth Bureau will accept registration through the duration of the programs.

“We’ll take kids all the way through the programs,” he said. “The only program that has already started is our wrestling program. That started last Monday, but we are still taking registrations for that.”

“The other ones, softball, winter fun club, soccer, cheerleading, baseball, bowling, they’ll all start that week of the 8th, and they continue to sign up right up until that day, and even until that first week if they wanted to.”

Junior wrestling for kids with up to two years of experience is held on Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Norwich High School Wrestling Room. Youth with three or more years of wrestling experience will have practice on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Norwich High School Wrestling Room.

Winter fun club is open to students in kindergarten through sixth grade, and will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Mondays in the Guernsey Memorial Library Meeting Room. Testani said winter fun club is a group for kids to enjoy crafts, stories, and other fun activities.

Cheerleading for second through fourth graders begins January 8, and will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at Perry Browne Intermediate School. For students in fifth through eighth grade, cheerleading will begin on January 8 and be held every Monday and Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Perry Browne.

Softball also begins on January 8 for students in third through eighth grade. Practices will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Norwich Soccer Center, located on Maple Street in Norwich.

Youth in third through eighth grade can join soccer, which is held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Norwich Soccer Center. The program begins on January 9.

The baseball program will be held at the Norwich Soccer Center from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays for students in second through fourth grade, and on Thursdays for students in fifth through eighth grade.

The bowling program is open to students in third through eighth grade, and will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at the Norwich Elks Lodge #1222, located on East Main Street in Norwich.

For more information on the City of Norwich Youth Bureau and their programs, visit NorwichNewYork.net/government/youth.php or the City of Norwich Youth Bureau Facebook page.