GCAA Travel Baseball Tryout Information
*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 for 2009 (which is your child's age as of April 30, 2009.)
Note: A child must be minimum 8 years of age OR entering third grade this coming September to be eligible)
12 yr old teams -- (any child who will be 12 or younger on April 30, 2009)
11 yr old teams -- (any child who will be 11 or younger on April 30, 2009)
10 yr old teams - (any child who will be 10 or younger on April 30, 2009)
8/9 yr old teams - (any child who will be 8 or 9 on April 30, 2009)
To try out players must either be 8 by April 30, 2009 AND entering third grade this September.
The following are also requirements (each criteria must be met):
A) Eligible players must live or attend school in Garden City.
B) Players must be willing to play baseball on a year round basis and be committed to travel
C) All players must also play GCAA in the Spring of 2009 to remain on travel rosters in Spring & Summer of 2009
Tryouts require that you call/email and pre-register so we can contact you in case of changes due to weather. To pre-register contact a coach at your applicable age. Dates, times and coach contacts are listed below for each age. These tryouts are intended for children who are committed to playing and practicing baseball during the Fall, Spring and Summer. The level of play is highly competitive and the commitment to these teams should not be taken lightly.
TRYOUTS FOR U12, U11, U10, U8/9 are subject to field availability and weather and as a result could change, so it is essential you pre-register in case any changes are made.
Ages/Dates
U-12 Tryouts were already held Wednesday Aug 6th
(If you missed tryouts contact a coach below to see if any availability remains)
There will be 3 U12 teams this year contact any of the following:
Tom Granville
or call 747-6827)
John Lori
or call 294-1232)
Tony Zinga
or call 741-2731)
U-11 Tryouts will be Monday August 11 5:15 to 8pm @ Stewart Field
There will be 3 U11 teams this year contact any of the following:
John Sorensen
(gcbaseball@optonline.net or call 877-7477)
Sean Prendergast
(mprendergast@optonline.net or call 747-0201)
Paul Wykowski
(foxwykowski@hotmail.com or call 747 8398)
U-10 Tryouts will be Tuesday August 12 5:15 to 8pm @ Stewart Field
There will be 3 U10 teams this year contact:
Peter Sceusa (peter@sceusalaw.com
or call (516)238-6997)
Matt Wilson
or call 775-7230)
* A manager and a coach may still be needed for this age to have a 3rd team - please contact Peter Scuesa if interested.
U8/9 Tryouts will be Wednesday August 13 & Thursday 14th (required to come both days) 5:15 to 8pm @ Stewart Field both nights.
There will be at least 2 U8/9 teams this year contact:
Contact Scott Kiley
(scottkiley@plazaequities.com or call 516 746-1698)
*Coaches and Mangers interested in handling/running a team at this age should also contact Scott Kiley.
Call the respective managers to pre-register.
NOTE:
If you are going to be away on vacation during the potential tryout dates, GCAA already held a well publicized special one time advanced tryout on Tuesday July 29th for those scheduled to be away during regular tryouts. If you will be away for the regular tryouts and you did not attend the advance tryout, contact the respective coach to see if they can arrange an alternate tryout PRIOR to the regular tryouts (this would be a courtesy on their part and at this late date is completely subject to their availability). No child may tryout AFTER the regular tryouts. Children that miss tryouts are generally not eligible and can only be considered for the program if no players have been cut from that specific age bracket AND children are still needed in order to complete another roster/team.
GCAA does not sponsor U13 teams and above. For players interested in playing travel baseball ages 13 and above contact the following coaches for information
U13 Tom Bruno (tbruno197@netzero.com
or 516-746-5115 ) or
John Donachie
or call 746-2595)
U14 Lou Croce (louis.croce@ubs.com
or call 745-8881)
Ed Aldrich (ealdrich11@yahoo.com
or call 516-242-3121)
U15 Scott Kiley
(scottkiley@plazaequities.com or call 516 746-1698)
