GCAA Travel Baseball Tryouts *Pre-Registration Is Required*

The GCAA will be holding travel baseball tryouts for any child between 8 and 12. Remember: to determine which team your child is eligible to play on, use the little league birth date which is your child's age as of April 30, 2008. (Note: A child must be minimum 8 years of age and/or entering third grade at the time of the tryout)

12 yr old teams -- any child who will be 12 or younger on April 30, 2008 (born between 5/1/95 and 4/30/96)

11 yr old teams -- any child who will be 11 or younger on April 30, 2008 (born between 5/1/96 and 4/30/97)

10 yr old teams -- any child who will be 10 or younger on April 30, 2008 (born between 5/1/97 and 4/30/98)

9 yr old teams -- any child who will be 9 or younger on April 30, 2008 (born between 5/1/98 and 4/30/99)

8/9 yr old team -- the child must be a minimum of 8 years of age on or before the tryout date and/or entering third grade in the fall. No exceptions for younger players.

An eligible travel player must live or attend school in Garden City. He must play on a team in the Garden City Little League in the spring. No exceptions. An eligible player may choose to tryout for a team one age group higher than his. However, that player must also tryout for his age appropriate team. This will ensure that if the player does not make the older team, he can be properly considered for his age appropriate team. No exceptions. While we do not discourage this practice, it has been our experience that boys playing with their same age friends enjoy the experience more. And, as they move from the 10s and 11s to the 12s, skill levels balance out, resulting in highly talented and competitive, age appropriate teams.

Tryouts require that you e-mail or call to pre-register. Tryout dates, times and contacts follow. These tryouts are intended for children who are committed to playing and practicing baseball dur-ing the fall, spring and summer. The level of play is highly competitive and the commitment to these teams should not be taken lightly. Scheduling conflicts with other 'in-season' sports should be avoided.

Ages/Dates/Contacts

U12 on Monday, August 20 (2 teams: Grays & Nighthawks) Contact either John Donachie at donachie4@optonline.net or Tom Bruno at 516-746-5115 or tbruno197@netzero.com

U11 on Tuesday, August 21 (2 teams: Cyclones & Sting) Contact either Tom Granville at granvill@whitneycap.com or John Lori at john@jdlpartnerslp.com

U10 on Wednesday, August 22 (2 teams: Destroyers & Slammers) Contact either Scott Kiley at scottkiley@plazaequities.com or John Sorensen at gcbaseball@optonline.net

U9 Thursday, August 23 (2 teams: Panthers & Pythons) Contact either Robert DeSimone at 516-746-6998 or robert827@optonline.net or Peter Sceusa at 516-294-2601 or peter@sceusalaw.com.

U8/9 (new team) Thursday, August 23, Contact Scott Kiley at scottkiley@plazaequities.com

Time/Location: All tryouts will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 pm on their respective dates. The tryout location will be provided at the time of pre-registration.

You must e-mail or call the respective manager to pre-register. No walk-up tryouts will be permitted. If you will be away on the date of your appropriate tryout, please e-mail or call the respective manager to discuss participation in an alternative tryout. There will be only one alternate tryout date - no exceptions.