Darien Stars Uniform Fittings

Uniform Fittings
On Saturday February 6th representatives from The Perfect Swing will be at the Hinsdale South Fieldhouse to fit the kids for their uniforms.   The schedule will be as follows:

Starting at 7pm
Darien Stars 11U
Darien Stars 9U
Darien Stars 8U
***I would anticipate no longer than 30 minutes per group.

Sprit Wear, Practice Jerseys, Winter Clinic Update

Hi Everyone! Spirit Wear and Practice Jerseys The Darien Stars Spirit Wear site is up here http://www.shoptpsteamgear.com/DARIEN-STARS_c49.htm.   The site will close on March 1st which is when all orders will be fulfilled.  I have already had parents ask for the practice jerseys to be added as a product, which nis a good sign.  Products can be added at any time.   The Perfect Swing wanted to limit things initially until they see the interest level.   So if there is anything you want we can get them individually as well. I want to order hats for all the coaches and players, as soon as possible, so let me know if you know the size hat for you as coaches and for the players.   You can email them to me.   If you do not know the size then I can have a representative come to our clinic Practice jerseys were passed out on Saturday, so let me know if you need one. Winter Clinic Update Thank you so much for all of you that participated this past Saturday at our first day of Winter Clinic.   All in all things seem to have gone very well.    Parents feel free to email your coaches if you want to see them focus on anything in particular at the clinic.   Coaches let me know if you want to organize your time differently.   Super Bowl Squares I will follow up with all of you that have requested individually setting up the worksheets for you. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday.

Important Darien Stars Baseball Links

Important Darien Stars Baseball Links

Darien Stars Spirit Wear
Chicagoland Baseball Tournaments
Darien Youth Club Website
Chicagoland Sunday Baseball
Pony Baseball Rules

Darien Stars Fundraising

Darien Stars Super Bowl Squares Fundraising

Good afternoon!

I wanted to reach out to you regarding fundraising to offset some baseball expenses.  Now that practices and apparel items have been quoted so I can give you a better idea of cost. 

Cost expectations:

• 11U Parents should expect costs between $450 - $475 for the Darien Stars Program, a $50 fee for the Winter Workout and $220 fee for DYC Baseball In house per player.
• 9U Parents should expect costs between $475 - $500 for the Darien Stars Program, a $50 fee for the Winter Workout and $210 fee for DYC Baseball In house per player
• 8U Parents should expect costs between $475 - $500 for the Darien Stars Program, a $50 fee for the Winter Workout and $200 fee for DYC Baseball In house per player

So in talking to a number of families regarding fundraising everyone has a different perspective on it, So what I wanted to do is create a flexible program that will let each family decide how much they want to fundraise and in turn apply that costs directly to their individual family expenses.

Here is the Super Bowl Square program:
How a 100 square football pool works is very simple. Whoever the party host or pool host may be creates at 10 squares by 10 squares chart; this is numbered on each axis from 0-9.  Each axis is also labeled home/away or by each team playing, if chosen.

The pool host will then try to sell each square on the chart, usually ranging from $5-$20, depending on their selected commitment. Pool hosts will have all the entrants write their names down inside a single square of their liking on the blank 100 square pool sheet and then randomly select the numbers at the top and the bottom of the grid.

What do the numbers mean? Every square on the board will assign two numbers. For instance, if you had a square in the middle of the board, this would correspond to 5 for the home team and 5 for the away team. So what do those 5’s mean?

The numbers 0-9 correspond to either the last number in the home or away team score depending on where the square is located. So 20 points would be a 0 whereas 35 would be 5 points.

So how do those playing win? At the end of the first quarter, halftime, third quarter, and final score whatever the score is will be awarded to the person who owns that square. If the score is 17-10 at the half with the home team winning, the person with the squares of 7 and 0 would win that portion of the game, and you play that throughout the game ending at every quarter.

I will set up the entire square pool electronically and manually.
Game Link: http://100Boxes.com/game/3828
Join Game Link: http://100Boxes.com/game/3828/join/

You will get to decide how much of a commitment to fundraising you want to make.   Whatever you fundraise will be applied directly to your individual family bill.    

You will be responsible for selling the squares off of your portion, collecting the money for your portion, paying winners off of your portion and making a donation check to DYC with the remaining funds

Here is how it works
Step 1: Choose a program option
Program Options:

• A - $5 per square for 100 squares which yields $250 in fundraising / $250 in winnings  (winners get pad $50 for every quarter and fourth quarter receives $100).
• B - $10 per square for 100 squares which yields $500 in fundraising / $500 in winnings  (winners get pad $100 for every quarter and fourth quarter receives $200),
• C - $20 per square for 100 squares which yields $1000 in fundraising / $1000 in winnings  (winners get pad $200 for every quarter and fourth quarter receives $400),
• D - Not interested

Step 2: Choose a commitment level (you are responsible for your entire commitment level so pick a level you are comfortable selling at 100%)

• A - Selling 25% of the squares
• B - Selling 50% of the squares
• C - Selling 100% of the squares
• D - Not interested

Once you have sent me your preferences in Steps 1 and 2, i will partner you up with other Darien Stars families and create all the necessary information for you, so you can promote the pool. 

Realistically families could end up fundraising 100% of their expenses this year with one pool, but it is up to you.

Darien Stars December News

Darien Stars - December 2015 Good afternoon! The Darien Stars will be emailing a program wide monthly newsletter to keep families informed of what is going on with their team and the entire program.      So here we go! AMAZING KICKOFF Thank you to all the parents who attended out 2016 kickoff meeting at The Perfect Swing.   The kids seemed to enjoy working with instructor, Joe Citari, and I enjoyed getting time with the parents and coaches.  ORDERING PRACTICE JERSEYS Please take a moment and let me know the shirt sizes for your son or daughter, FINALIZING PRACTICE TIMES Even though 8U has already started practice and 9U starts in a week.   I am working with The Perfect Swing to finalize dates and times through the end of April.   Once I have that I will send a Google Sheet to you with a cost breakdown which will be up to 90-95% accurate with all costs so we can make well informed decisions.   Your coaches will email you when finalized.  FUNDRAISING AND BUSINESS SPONSORS In looking further at our costs all teams would average a cost of $450 to $550 per player.   The great thing is a simple fundraiser like Super Bowl squares can drastically reduce the cost per player.   So The Darien Stars at all levels will be setting up Super Bowl squares as a fundraiser this winter.    The coaches are finalizing semantics and commitments per player and we will reach out to you very soon with the details.   We are also putting together a corporate sponsorship program and will keep everyone posted.as those details emerge.

We have finished creating our new brand.   what you see here will be the Darien Stars brand moving forward.   The DYC Winter Workout is all set.  Please REGISTER NOW as we are all required to attend the program and spots are limited.

Finally,, I can't tell you how excited I am for the upcoming season.   If you have any questions, concerns, comments about the Darien Stars program please feel free to email me at darienstarsbaseball@gmail.com. Looking forward to a great 2016. Sincerely, Tom Demos Darien Stars Baseball Director

Darien Stars 11U Practice Schedule

Darien Stars 11U Practice Schedule

January
Hinsdale South - 1/16, 1/23, 1/30 - 7:45pm to 9:45pm

February
Hinsdale South - 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, and 2/27 - 7:45pm to 9:45pm 

 March

The Perfect Swing - 2 Tunnels - 3/3, 3/10, 3/17, 3/ 24 (7 to 8:30)
The Perfect Swing - Field w/ Tunnels - 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/ 26 (2 to 3)

April
The Perfect Swing  - Field w/ Tunnels - 4/5, 4/12, 4/ 19 (6 to 7)
The Perfect Swing  - 2 Tunnels - 4/8, 4/15, 4/22 (6:30 to 8)
The Perfect Swing  - Large Field - 4/9, 4/16, 4/23 (12 to 1)

Darien Stars 9U Practice Schedule

Darien Stars 9U Practice Schedule

December
The Perfect Swing - Field w/ Tunnels - 12/19 - (1p to 2p)

January
Hinsdale South - 1/16, 1/23, 1/30 - 5:45pm to 7:45pm 
The Perfect Swing - 1/14, 1/21, 1/28 - 5pm to 6pm  

February
Hinsdale South - 2/6, 2/13, 2/20, and 2/27 - 5:45pm to 7:45pm 
The Perfect Swing - 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25 - 5pm to 6pm   
 
March

The Perfect Swing - Tunnels - 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25 from 6 to 7:30p

The Perfect Swing  - Field w/ Tunnels on 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 (1 to 2)

April
 The Perfect Swing - Field w/ Tunnels -4/7, 4/14, 4/21 (7 to 8)

The Perfect Swing - Tunnels - 4/8, 4/15, 4/22 (6:30 to 8)

The Perfect Swing - Large Field - 4/9, 4/16  (1 to 2)