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Darien Stars - April Update Good afternoon everyone! We are entering into April which is the beginning of the busy time of year.  Uniforms - The new jerseys look good.   I just received word that the helmets, hats, and bags are all ready.  I will have your Coach get them for the next practice and give them to you.   Regarding the hoodies please communicate with your Coach if you need a different size hoodie.  ***11U - please let me know electronically if you 1) have an extra hoodie, 2) need a different size hoodie and what size? Games - the official games schedule for all three teams will be given out on Sunday.   I will send a communication with your schedules.  Practices / Scrimmages -  Below is the updated practice and scrimmage schedule.  11U you will see some updates to next week's times.   We are up to 3 practices a week.   Please let me know if you have any questions.      Thu Mar 31   5:30pm – 7:00pm   8U Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Sun Apr 3   8:00am – 2:00pm   Stars Scheduling Meeting     2:00pm – 3:30pm   8U Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Tue Apr 5   7:00pm – 8:00pm   11U Stars Pitching Infield Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Thu Apr 7   6:00pm – 7:00pm   8U Stars Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     7:00pm – 8:00pm   9U Stars Infield/Pitching Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Fri Apr 8   5:45pm – 7:45pm   8U Scrimmage - Mark DeLay School, 6801 Wilmette Ave, Darien, IL 60561, United States     6:30pm – 8:00pm   11U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     6:30pm – 8:00pm   9U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Sat Apr 9   1:00pm – 2:00pm   9U Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     2:00pm – 3:00pm   11U Stars Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Sun Apr 10   1:00pm – 3:00pm   9u Game v. Hinsdale - Hinsdale, IL, USA     1:30pm – 3:30pm   8U Scrimmage - Mark DeLay School, 6801 Wilmette Ave, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Tue Apr 12   6:00pm – 7:00pm   11U Stars Pitching Infield Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Wed Apr 13   5:45pm – 7:45pm   9U Scrimmage Game v. Woodridge - 8413 Janes Ave, Woodridge, IL 60517   Thu Apr 14   6:00pm – 7:00pm   8U Stars Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     7:00pm – 8:00pm   9U Stars Infield/Pitching Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Fri Apr 15   6:30pm – 8:00pm   11U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     6:30pm – 8:00pm   8U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     6:30pm – 8:00pm   9U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Sat Apr 16   12:00pm – 1:00pm   11U Stars Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     1:00pm – 2:00pm   9U Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Sun Apr 17   12:00pm – 2:00pm   8U Stars Game - Mark Delay School, 7414 Cass Ave, Darien, IL 60561, United States     12:00pm – 2:00pm   9U Stars Game - Eisenhower Junior High School, 1410 75th St, Darien, IL 60561, United States     2:00pm – 4:00pm   11u Game - Eisenhower Junior High School, 1410 75th St, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Tue Apr 19   6:00pm – 7:00pm   11U Stars Pitching Infield Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Thu Apr 21   6:00pm – 7:00pm   8U Stars Field Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     7:00pm – 8:00pm   9U Stars Infield/Pitching Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States   Fri Apr 22   6:30pm – 8:00pm   11U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     6:30pm – 8:00pm   8U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States     6:30pm – 8:00pm   9U Stars Hitting Practice - The Perfect Swing, 8251 Lemont Rd, Darien, IL 60561, United States Sincerely, Thomas K Demos Darien Stars Director darienstarsbaseball@gmail.com 630-728-4799

Darien Stars March 2016 Update

 

 

Darien Stars March 2016

Winter Clinic was a success
The kids really seemed to enjoy and learn a lot at the Winter Clinic.   I really think it is a great way to get the kids going.   We are now doing our twice a week practices at The Perfect Swing. 
***Hats off to Stan Uba, Jack Massa and all of the coaches that helped at the Winter Clinic

Games are around the corner
Our league games for all the Darien Stars teams begin Sunday, April 17th.   I will secure our Darien Stars game schedules on April 3rd, and post them on our public calendar.

Darien Stars website and Google calendar
Remember, if you ever need important information you can always go to our website or our online calendar for practices and games for all age levels.

Darien Stars uniforms
All the kids uniforms will be in before month's end including:  helmet, hats, socks, belt, pants, jerseys, hoodies.  Those of you that ordered extra like back pack bat bags, or other equipment should also expect those items prior to month's end. 

Next payment is due by March 15th
Your next Darien Stars installment is due on March 15th.   The installment is for $200.   Please give the checks directly to your coaches.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Final Invoices
I am awaiting final word from your coaches when it comes to tournaments and I am waiting for final invoices from Perfect Swing once I have those I will send each of you a family invoice. 

DYC Baseball registration
Please make sure you have already registered your child for DYC Baseball.   Your child cannot play ion the Darien Stars unless they participate in DYC in-house baseball.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,
Thomas K Demos
Darien Stars Director

Stars Calendar

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.