Grades 4-8

This letter is written to provide information regarding the EPGBA Travel Program for the 2010-11 season. You will also find a matrix on our web site that provides an overall description of the travel and travel-lite programs to help you determine which program is right for your daughter.

Tryout dates for this year will be held on Friday, September 17 and Sunday, September 19, 20010 Players are to attend both sessions. Schedule is as follows for both travel and travel-lite:

4th/5th/6th Grade Friday, September 17 6:00-7:45 pm EPHS
4th/5th/6th Grade Sunday, September 19 1:00-2:30 pm EPHS

7th/8th Grade Friday, September 17 8:00-9:45 pm EPHS
7th/8th Grade Sunday, September 19 2:45-4:15pm EPHS

Online registration is now open for travel and travel lite. Registration will close on Friday, September, 10, 2010. Registrations after September 10, will be charged a $25 late fee. Please click on the applicable link on our web site to register for these programs. Questions on registration may be directed to Lisa Platt, EPGBA Registration Director, at

FEES

The 2010/11 fees are as follows:

TRAVEL TRAVEL-LITE

4th Grade: $260
5^thGrade: $285 5^th/6^th Grade: $175

6^th Grade: $285 7^th/8^th Grade: $200

7^th Grade: $310 Additional fee of $110

8^th Grade: $335 for paid coach team

Additional fee of $150

For paid coach team

Once players are assigned a team after tryouts, there are no refunds of fees for any reason.

We will be collecting 2 additional checks from each player. The first will be for the added fee listed should your daughter be placed on a paid coach team. This check will be destroyed if your daughter does not land on a paid coach team. The second check required is for $100. This check serves as a deposit for the parents to work shifts at the Eden Prairie Tournament on November 5-7. If this commitment is fulfilled, the check will be destroyed. Both checks can be made out to the EPGBA. You can mail these checks to Lisa Platt, PO Box 44731, EP 55344 anytime before tryouts, or you can turn them in upon check in.

Travel teams will participate in 5-8 tournaments depending on their grade level, plus the Eden Prairie Tournament and the Grade State Tournament (in March). This includes the Rochester tournament, which will be February 26-27, 2011. Travel Lite teams will participate in 4-5 tournaments, including the EP Tournament and one out of town tournament, to be determined.

Based on the number of registrants, tryout results and qualified coaches, there will be up to four teams at each grade level with 8-10 players per team. All players will be evaluated and placed on teams based on their skill level. If an athlete does not make a team, the registration fee will be refunded, less a $25 tryout fee. Please review the EPGBA policy on our web site for pertinent information regarding evaluations.

Regular travel season runs October thru mid March, with 2-3 practices per week. Travel Lite season will run October through January, with 2 practices per week.

New uniforms will be provided to 4th, 5th and 7th grade players, as well as any players new to the travel program.

There will be a mandatory parent meeting on Sunday, September 19, 2010 in the Activities Classroom (across from the main gym.) The times will be as follows:

5^th/6^th Grade parents 2:10-2:30 pm
7^th/8^th Grade parents 3:55-4:15 pm

Registration becomes official and players will be allowed to participate in try outs only after both checks are received. Scholarships are available based on financial need. Scholarship request forms are available by contacting

The EPGBA and the Girls Varsity Staff will run travel tune up clinics in September.