GCAA Night at the LI Ducks is Saturday, June 16 at 7 p.m. at Suffolk County Sports Park. The GCAA has reserved 275 tickets for this game, each ticket is priced at $8. Ticket reservations are on a first come first serve basis, limited to 10 a family. To order tickets, send a check payable to the "GCAA" for the full amount to:

GCAA

Night at the Ducks

P.O. Box 4

Garden City, NY 11530

The tickets will be mailed during the first week of June. Please include with your check a letter which states your name, mailing address, phone, email address. Transportation will not be provided.

Open registration for the 2001 Thunder Football (ages 7/8, 9, 10, 11 as of 11/20/00) season has begun. Deadline for open registration is May 5. Applications postmarked after May 5 will require an additional $25 to the applicable league fee and will be accepted on the condition that if no position is available in the correct division, your application will be rejected and all registration fees returned. Applications are available at the GC Recreation Office, St. Paul's or visit GCAA Thunder Football on the Internet for more information and to obtain a printable application at: http:www.gc-aa.com/football.htm. Call Tom Wright (354-8237) or Bill Manning (747-4803) with any questions. Central League players will be notified of team assignments by Wednesday, April 4. Anyone who signed up or is interested in being a youth umpire for baseball (in the 8/9-year old divisions) and Softball (in the 2nd/3rd grade divisions) should attend the umpire clinic on April 4 in St. Paul's Cluett Hall at 7:15 p.m. All candidates must be 13 or over. Four sessions will be held for all major league and under teams. All sessions will be held at St. Paul's, starting at 6 p.m. The session dates are Tuesday, April 24, Thursday, April 26, Tuesday, May 1, and Friday, May 4. Each team will be assigned a specific date/time for their photographs. The Opening Day Parade is April 21, starting at 9 a.m. Details to follow. Teams should congregate in the parking field behind 1001 Franklin Avenue (Federal Express) at least 15 minutes beforehand. The parade route will be south on Franklin Avenue to Seventh Street, west on Seventh Street to Hilton Avenue, north on Hilton Avenue to Stewart Avenue, then east on Stewart Avenue to the Gazebo for the throwing out of the "first pitch." Open to all children of Little League age 10 through 12. Registration is from Dec. 1, 2000 to April 15. Applications are available from our website http://www.gc-aa.com/combinedbbapp.htm. Team assignments and schedules will be available by May 19.

Friday, June 22, open to all players in the Central and Major Leagues. No separate registration is required.

Visit the GCAA web site at http://www.gc-aa.com for information on all their programs and to register for periodic e-mail updates of important dates and events. Any questions or comments may be sent via e-mail to gcaa@gc-aa.com. All feedback is welcomed and appreciated.