15u Gamers & Parents,

As high school baseball starts, we are finalizing our plans for the summer.   This is a long email regarding travel.  Please read it carefully -- sorry about the length. 

The complete team calendars for the summer are now posted at:

http://stlgamers.squarespace.com/15-blue/

The hotel information for each tournament is also listed on the calendar.  Just click on the tournament name. 

At this point we need you to do 3 things:

1. Let us know if you are requesting a flex weekend during the summer.  To do this, please  click here to download the detailed summer schedule.   If you want to take a flex weekend, please email Justin Rosen (15 Blue) or Mark Gallion (15 Gray) to make the request.  Flex weekends will be granted on first come basis.  No more than 2 players per weekend, and no more than one player at a given position.   

Please note that less than 1/2 the players take a flex weekend during the 15u summer.

All flex weekend requests are due by April 1.

2. Let us know if your son needs to stay in a team room during a particular trip.  During any given weekend, 3-4 players per team will stay in the a team room, located close to the coaches rooms.  This is for players whose parents are not making the trip.   The players ride to the tournament with other families.    

We need to know, in advance, which nights/tournaments you will be needing a team room.  The cost of the team rooms will be $45 per night, paid in advance.  The actual room charge will be paid directly by the Gamers.   

We have gone to a flat rate per night for the team room because of the administrative challenge of keeping up with this.  Sometimes it is 2 players per room, other times it is 4 players per room. It gets too complicated to manage. 

So, if you need to stay in a team room, we need to know which nights and we need a check for # nights x $45.  Please make the check out to St. Louis Gamers.

To let us know which nights you need a team room, please click here for the daily schedule and send an email to:

Lauree.Gallion@gmail.com 

Lauree will make sure that you have a team room assignment on the days you requested.  Please get this to Lauree by April 15th. 

Please note that on bus trips (Nashville), all the players will be staying in teams rooms. 

3.  Finally, please start making your personal hotel reservations at the team hotels for the out of town tournaments.  Below is a listing of each hotel and the instructions for how to book rooms.   Please follow the instructions to provide your credit card number to hold the room reservation.  Rooms will be held until the cutoff date listed below.  If the reservations are not made by the cutoff date, the rooms will be released.   

It is easier on everyone of you just go ahead and make all the reservations soon.  You will not get charged for anything and you can still cancel your reservations with 24-48 hours notice with no charge.   Once the cutoff date is reached, the rooms will be released and you may not be able to get a room. 

15u Hotel Information

June 2-5 East Cobb Nashville

BUS TRIP (Parents -- please stay at a different hotel) 

Hampton Inn & Suites

Nashville-Vanderbilt-Elliston Place

2330 Elliston Place

Nashville, TN 37203

Rate $109

Booked thru ASA-Alexis

June 25-July 1 WWBA East Cobb

Check in June 24-Check out July 1, 2011

Atlanta Marriott Northwest

200 Interstate North Parkway

Atlanta,GA 30339

Rate: $109 per night, including breakfast buffet for 4 people per room

Reservations made by STL Gamers.  DO NOT CALL THE HOTEL, WE WILL CONTACT YOU ABOUT THESE RESERVATIONS. 

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July 14-17 Triple Play, Notre Dame 15u, South Bend, IN

Check in July 13-Check out July 17

Ramada Plaza Downtown South Bend

213 W. Washington--Main Street

South Bend, IN 46601

Rate $115, plus $5 parking

Booked thru Traveling Teams-Bret

CUTOFF DATE: 6/8/2011

GROUP BLOCK CODE: 15Blue - BL82379, 15Gray - GR82379

CALL: 1-800-430-1159 or book online:

https://travelingteams.emeetingsonline.com/emeetings/websitev2.asp?mmnno=1350&pagename=SITE950

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July 28-31 DSP Bloomington,IL (16u)

Check in July 27-Check out July 31

Hampton Inn-Bloomington West

906 Maple Hill Road

Bloomington, IL 61705

309/829-3700

Rate $94

Cut-off Date: 6/20/2011

Mark Gallion

mark.gallion@gmail.com

(314) 406-3196