Welcome to the
Community Sportsplex!
Southern Tier Sports & Recreation Development Center (dba The Community Sportsplex) was established in 2002 to promote the moral, mental, and physical development of both the youth and adults of the Greater Binghamton, NY community through participation in sports and other recreational activities. The Community Sportsplex is organized as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation in New York State.  The Sportsplex currently offers a number of leagues and programs in boys and girls lacrosse, field hockey, boys and girls soccer, and will be adding programs and instruction in golf.  Our complete mission is described below.

Through a generous donation of the Maines family, the Sportsplex acquired 33+ acres of land at the site of the former Conklin Sports Park on Conklin Road in Conklin, NY.  We have restored and reopened the driving range and are in the process of building a new 2,500 sq. ft.  Community Center and Education Facility (pictured at right looking from the center of the tee pad area) that will house our offices and support several of our activities including the classroom training portion of a number of new youth golf programs.  Through the newly created "Youth Golf Association", the Sportsplex will offer:

  • USGLL (a golf little league)

  • Hook a Kid on Golf programming (a program of The National Alliance for Youth Sports)

  • LPGA Girls Golf Program

  • Character CountsŪ Education

Eventually, our plans call for construction of a larger indoor field sports structure at the site and outdoor athletic fields.

Click here to enter our Leagues and Programs website.

Click here to enter our Youth Golf Association Website.

Community Sportsplex Mission
  1. To promote the common good and the general welfare of the people of the community and to provide for the moral, mental, and physical development of both youth and adults by promoting participation in sports, athletics, and othe recreational activities;
  2. To encourage the ideals of good teamwork, fellowship, good sportsmanship, dedication, and discipline in youth and adult athletes by conducting organized and supervised athletic and recreational activities;
  3. To provide training in athletics and recreational activites to the youth of the community;
  4. To provide training for coaches, parents, and officials to encourage a positive and favorable playing environment for youth athletics through proper coaching and officiating tools and techniques, effective motivation, and age appropriate methods;
  5. To provide for a safe non-profit indoor and outdoor facility or facilities to promote interest in and the opportunity for members of the community to participate in sports and recreational activities;
  6. To promote and assist in the development of non-profit indoor and outdoor athletic and recreational facilities in the community in general.