Information for participants
Baseball Canada 18U Championships
Sherbrooke, Magog and Coaticook, QC
August 17 to 22, 2016
Teams: Athletes, coaches and mission chiefs.
Teams should arrive in Sherbrooke before 4 PM on Wednesday August 17, 2016.
For more information regarding the host cities, please visit the following websites
www.ville.sherbrooke.qc.ca , www.villedemagog.qc.ca and, www.ville.coaticook.qc.ca
You can also visit the Eastern Townships tourism website at: www.cantonsdelest.com
The 22 members of each team (18 players, 3 coaches and 1 mission chief) will be lodged at the Delta” Hotel: www.deltahotels.com. Both Quebec teams will stay at the Confort Inn in Sherbrooke. The players will be 3 per room and the coach and "chef de mission" will be 2 per room. 8 rooms for each team.
Lodging will be available from Wednesday, August 17 to Monday August 22, 2016; inclusively
Transportation will be provided for all team members and is available to and from the airport as well as between the hotel and playing fields (to and from) also for special events. Any teams that have their own buses will be expected to use them during the championship for their own transportation.
We request that teams confirm their travel plans (plane-bus-train) along with their expected arrival time in Sherbrooke, 30 days before the championship.
Teams will be responsible for their own meals during the championships.
All games will be played at the ”Amédée Roy Stadium” in Sherbrooke at at the ”Stade Julien Morin Stadium in Coaticcook or “parc de l’Est in Magog. All these venues are within a 30 minute drive radius.
There will be a pre-tournament meeting on Wednesday August 17, 2016 at the “Delta Hotel”. Exact time and in which conference room: to be determined.
A welcome supper is planned for Wednesday at 6:00PM at the Cage aux Sports in Sherbrooke.
Accompanying adults and parents:
Accompanying adults and parents can plan for their accommodations through the official website of Destination Sherbrooke http://www.destinationsherbrooke.com/en/visitors/where-to-sleep#
Ticket prices are as follows: $12.00 per day (access to all 3 venus) or you can purchase an open pass that will allow access to all 3 venus for the duration of the championships, at a cost of $30.00. Cost at the last game after of then day will be $6.00. For children under the age of 12, when accompanied by an adult, admission is 2$.
Umpires:
The umpires will be lodged at the Confort Inn in Sherbrooke. A pre-championship meeting will be held at the Delta Hotel on Wenesday august 17th at 9PM. Room to be confirmed
Each will receive a $65.00 per diem for each day that they are participating in the championships.
Changing rooms are available at each of the 3 playing fields for the use of umpires.
For the organising committee,
Simon Therrien
