Please be advised that player evaluation and tryouts for the 2010 - 12 year old Skokie Indians Travel Team will be held Saturday, August 15th 10am at Terminal Park and Saturday, August 29th 1PM at Central Park East. Players must attend at least one of the tryouts.
 
Please read the following information regarding this team and the selection process:
 To be eligible to play must have played in the Indians 2009 House League regular season and have a birth date after 05/01/97.
Players selected to play on the team are required to play in the Indian Spring House League.
10 Players will be selected at this time and spots will be kept open until spring to allow players an opportunity to improve their skills and tryout for the 3 remaining spots.
 Selection of players will be made by Skokie Indian officials, coaches and volunteers using a structured rating system that ranks players based on a number of factors. Parents of prospective players will not participate in the evaluation process.
If a player attends both tryouts, the highest score of the evaluator is used; however we cannot guarantee the evaluator will be the same.
In addition to participating in the North Shore Baseball League and in arranged games with other local teams, the team will participate in a number of weekend tournaments, and in August, the team will travel to Cooperstown, New York for a week-long season ending tournament. The Cooperstown tournament is discussed further, below.
We will continue to utilize our traditional Skokie Indians Travel Team uniforms.
The full cost of participation has not been determined pending selection of spring tournaments and amounts received from fundraising activities. However, the next section will provide an estimate and explanation of the cost of playing on this team.
 
Fees and CooperstownPlayers on this team are expected to travel in August to Cooperstown New York to play in a weeklong tournament. Players traveling to Cooperstown must be accompanied by an adult or guardian, which can be another team parent. For more information on this tournament, please go to: http://www.cooperstowndreamspark.com/.
 
The cost per player to Cooperstown is approximately $1000.00. Our Skokie Indian teams have historically been able to defray the cost of the Cooperstowntrip by half or more through donations, sponsorships and concessions. However there is no guarantee that this team will do the same and parents need to recognize this possible outcome. Also, the foregoing amount does not include travel to Cooperstown or those associated with families.
 
In addition to the fee for Cooperstown, the cost per player for the regular travel season, plus two tournaments is estimated to cost approximately $150.00. If a player needs to purchase a complete new uniform, the cost is approximately $145.00. The foregoing amount does not include player travel expenses to Cooperstown or non-player (family members) travel and lodging expenses..
 
If you intend to have your player participate in the evaluation, please reply via e-mail to Dave Weldon at weldondw@hotmail.com. Reply with your players name and the session's you plan to attend:
 
Player Name: _____________________       
Date: 8/15/09 10AM Terminal Park   Y/N ________
Date: 8/29/09 1PM Central Park East Y/N ________
 
Sincerely,
Dave Weldon - Skokie Indians