Curacao Feedback continues!
From: Denise Cripps
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:09 AM
To: Rick Stebbins
Subject: curacao
hello rick
i would like to thank you for the incredible experience we had in curacao! the people over there were all great and friendly. the teams (baseball and softball) got extremely close and both represented the USA with great pride! they have made friends for life. rita our guide was amazing! the tours were all great! coaches were great with the girls and boys! the owner of the softball field also the newpaper owner welcomed us daily with a smile and a daily paper which turned into a highlight for all the girls (and parents). i brought extra papers back and if you would like i will send you a copy of each one, the teams were featured often in them (however your on your own to read them) ha!
again ... thank you- thank you- thank you!
denise cripps
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Feedback from a parent attending 2010 USAAI Softball/Baseball Curacao Tour
From: Witham,Larry
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:33 AM
To: shannon@usaai.org
Subject: Trip 30151 Curacao
Hi Shannon,
I hope you receive many of this type of email.
I just wanted to say "Thank You" to you and the staff at USAAI for the wonderful opportunity and experience Cori and I were able to have through USAAI. As Cori put it on her Facebook account, "Best trip, ever!". A great group of kids, great parents, and last but not least, great coaches!
Teresa and Angie are, quite simply, class acts! They did a wonderful job, both on and off the field, constructing a team out of a bunch of all-stars that they had never seen play together or interact together in any way. And, boy, did they come together! It was really fun to watch! They allowed me to help by keeping book, and I'm very appreciative of their willingness to allow me to do so. Being a HS coach myself, I'm not used to sitting in the stands, and being close to the action without calling any shots was wonderful! I would have no hesitation at all having Cori play for Teresa and/or Angie again! They are both tremendous ambassadors for USAAI, for the game, and for the USA! And I'm sure Cori would echo those same feelings, but in the words of a 17 year old! J
Once again, on behalf of Cori and I, my heartfelt thank you to all that made this possible! We both look forward to doing this again sometime soon!
Sincerely,
Larry Witham
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Curacao Softball finishes their Curacao Adventure on a winning note!
The softball team finished up their friendly games by getting two wins, 5-3 and 3-0! Great job ladies!!
Its a great group and the supporters that traveled with us have helped us keep book and get kids stuff in order. This was so much fun!
Coach Teresa Prezzy
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USAAI Player- Katie Hertsch named to the USA National Team!
USA Athletes International Lacrosse player named to the USA National Team. Katie Hertsch of Hofstra University traveled to Australia with USAAI to participate in the Southern Crosse Tournament in December of 2009.
Read all about it on the Hofstra University Athletic Website:
http://www.gohofstra.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=22200&ATCLID=204972458
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Final Update for Curacao Baseball
My apologies for not sending updates the last couple of days.But
here's an extensive update.The 3rd and 4th game the USAAI team played
against the national team Senior League (age 15-16).The first game
USAAI won the game 5-3.The second game ended in a tie.Both games were
very well played on both sides.
The last two games the USAAI team had as their opponent a team of
players which are going to be playing for the first year (season 2011)
in the Senior League Division 915-16) and Big League Division (17-18)
of various organisations managed by me.The first game the USAAI lost
the game 5-2.But the second game,yesterday morning,the USAAI won 3-2,a
very electrifying game.
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Australian International Challenge Update
The USAAI softball team coach ed by Todd Buckingham's team played in the final of the International Challenge against the Australian Schoolgirls team and lost in that final. A silver medal was a great effort. Overall the tour is going great...coaches, players and parents are all having a good time...I am typing this from Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary on the Gold Coast. The group is enjoying their time Down Under!
Darren Minns
Delegation Manager
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First Update from Curacao Softball team by Coach Teresa Prezzy
The trip is going great. We have been relaxing on the beach, going on a jeep ride, and petting the nurse shakes! The kids are very talented and have conducted themselves as as
USA athletes! We have played 2 games so far. The first game was 2-2.
The second game we lost 3-6. Teams are very good we just could not get bat on ball. Tonight we play and plan to watch the boys play before our game. I heard the boys had to pick up player which according to them they fit in really well. The kids they picked up are reallytalented. I well keep you up dated much faster now that I got my hands
on the wifi card!
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Anderson University Volleyball heads to Costa Rica.
From Anderson University Website:
http://www.ac.edu/sports/story.php?sport_id=15&story_id=3583
08/03/2010 - Trojan Volleyball Team Heads to Costa Rica
ANDERSON, S.C. -- Following a summer of anticipation, the Anderson volleyball team embarked on a weeklong mission trip to Costa Rica late Tuesday afternoon.
The Trojans’ traveling party of seven players plus head coach Craig Mosqueda and new assistant coach Angela Freeze left campus Tuesday afternoon and will spend the night in Charlotte before arriving in Coronado, Costa Rica on Wednesday.
The team is tentatively scheduled to squeeze in four or five matches against the Costa Rican Junior National team and club teams, while also visiting an orphanage and helping paint school classrooms before hosting volleyball clinics for local teams.
A visit to the nearest volcano along with a free day for sightseeing is included before the team returns to campus on Tuesday, Aug. 10, in preparation for the 2010 season.
Check back with www.autrojans.com for updates from the team.
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Scores from Curacao Friendship Baseball Game.
Yesterday was the first game for the baseball group of
USAAI. Everything went well,unfortunately they lost 5-2 to the team
from Curacao.The local players were there on time and 2 of them has
done a great job ( one pitching and one with his bat ).After the game
one of the parents of the local guys with the USAAI-team told me that
her son has enjoyed it very much. He liked the discipline and the way
everybody in the dug-out was with him and the other local players. The
mother told me that as soon as the player got home he started to look
for a Curacao baseball shirt to exchange with one of the USAAI
players. Everybody got sufficient playing time,and everybody had
fun. That's the most important in these type of exchange games...to
have fun and share experiences.
Today is the second game against the same team as yesterday,we
backed-up the start of the game with 30 minutes. So instead of starting
05.30pm the game starts at 05.00pm. We are looking forward again to a
great game.Also between the coaches of both teams there was some
exchange of info regarding the game of baseball. It was really great.
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Update from the Grosseto final game and the last day of cultural adventure.
today our girls lost their final game 3-6 to Los Comanches (France) that surprisingly qualified for the finals. The French were the better team that day, we made to many errors. After a 6-0 lead for the French our girls came into the game too late and could only score two runs in 2 hours. Despite of the loss the girls enjoyed their first international tournament very much and even made a lot of friends (especially Dutch boys) - I don't know why! Hehe!
Tomorrow we continue to Pisa in the morning, will spend some time at the pool and have a PIZZA baking class at night.
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