14 Blue + 15-17u Gamers & Parents,
This email provides information on the bus trip to Nashville next weekend.
Your coach will be sending out a more detailed schedule email for each team.
The buses will leave at 4pm on Thursday 5/30. It will depart from the parking lot at All-Star Performance. Please arrive no later that 3:45 so we can get organized to leave. The bus will not wait for you if you are late.
Buses will return at different times on Sunday evening, depending on the results and schedule. Your son will keep you updated on when the bus is expected to arrive back in St. Louis.
Please remember that Gamers Spring Training starts at 8:30am on Monday morning.
We will have three different buses, one for each age group. All three buses will depart at 4pm from the same location. The 14 Blue team will ride on the 17u bus.
Illinois players will be picked up along the way at the rest area on I-64 East at mile marker 25. This is just east of Hwy 4 and Midamerica Airport. The buses will probably arrive at that location at 4:30 pm.
The players need to bring ALL uniform items and baseball items with them. In addition, they need to bring clothes to wear around the hotel. Shorts and t-shirts is the norm.
Breakfast will be provided at the hotel (free). Players should bring enough money with them to pay for:
Lunch (subway, etc...)
Dinner (lots of TGIF, Outback, etc.. kind of restaurants within walking distance)
Snacks, drinks, etc.. during the day and at night at the hotel.
$40-50 per day is enough money.
We recommend that bring all their gatorade, protein bars, snacks, etc.. with them. They should bring a LARGE water cooler to fill up at the hotel before leaving to the game.
Vanderbilt is hosting a NCAA Regional next weekend, so the players may want to bring extra money for a ticket, etc.. to attend that game. Or, they m
The 16u and 17u players will be staying at the Hampton Suites near Vanderbilt. All the information on the hotel is at:
http://www.hamptoninnnashville.com/nashville-elliston-place.php
The 15u players will be staying at:
Hyatt Place-Brentwood
202 Summit View
Brentwood, TN 37027
615-661-9477
www.hyattplacenashvillebrentwood.com
14 Blue players will be at: Hampton Inn Vanderbilt West End 1919 West End Avenue Nashville, TN 37203 615-329-1144 The players will stay 3-4 to a room. The roommates will be selected by the coaches. Coaches rooms will be very close and the players will be closely monitored. Very strict curfew and behavior rules will be enforced, with severe running punishment if violated. If your son does not have a cell phone or you cannot get in touch with him, please contact his coach:
14 Blue - Mark Gallion, 314-406-3196 15 Blue - Dave Pregon, 314-265-1515
15 Gray - Justin Rosen, (314) 322-1924
16 Blue - Nick Beckmann, 314-691-1673
16 Gray - Scott Davis, 314-520-7525
17 Blue - Matt Whiteside, 817-366-6281
17 Gray - Nick Aboussie, 314-712-2211
In case of emergency, you can always contact me and I will be able to track your son down quickly. My cell number is 314-406-3196.
Finally, please make sure that you have paid for the bus trips before the bus departs on Thursday. To pay for bus trips, click on the following link:
http://www.formexperts.com/forms/ZQ090XKFC1L6
Finally, schedules and field locations for the event can be found at the following websites:
16-17u:
14-15u:
Parents are welcome to attend, but we do ask that you stay at a different hotel to give the players a chance for some team bonding.
Thanks again for being part of the Gamers program,
Mark Gallion |
