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ALL-STAR COMMITTEE – POLICYApproval Date __May 10, 2009

The following Associations will participant jointly in All-Star competition:       

Highland, Lower Allen, Wormleysburg, Lemoyne and West Fairview (probationary member in 2009).

The All-Star Committee will consist of one representative from each participating Association.  An Association will have voting privileges only at the age level that it participates during the Regular Season.

1.  Select Managers for each level of All-Star participation.  The levels are:

            7 year-old

            8 year-old 

            9 year-old

            10 year-old

11 year-old

            12 year-old

 Committee will notify all interested Managers of the outcome of the selection.

2.  Review and approve the team rosters as submitted by the All-Star Manager.

3.  Order uniforms that are consistent in style and color for all age levels.

4.  Identify potential tournaments and provide the Committee and the All-Star Managers             this information including dates. 

5.  In conjunction with the All-Star Manager, select the tournaments that GWSBL will       enter.

6.  Register each team into selected tournaments. The assigned Committee member will             use funds from their Association and will subsequently be reimbursed by             GWSBL.

7.  To make sure all GWSBL All-Star teams have a practice field.

The All-Star Committee will solicit interest in managing All-Stars at GWSBL’s mandatory coach’s meeting held in early April. Anyone interested in managing should attend that meeting.  After the Committee has the list of potential managers, it will vote for a Manager at each level. The voting should conclude no later than two weeks after the coach’s meeting.

The All-Star Committee will meet with the approved Manager in the early May time frame to see how he is progressing with the team selection process. The Committee will approve the Manager’s roster recommendations.

1.  Select assistant coaches with the intent to involve multiple Associations.

2.  Actively evaluate potential all-star talent throughout the season.  Committee       suggests all of the following methods:  a) gather names and statistics of       recommended players from regular season managers and coaches, b) attend       regular season games at that age level c) hold optional practice sessions       throughout the season for potential All-Stars. Usually Sunday afternoons are good       days for these practices. Such practices should not interfere with regular team       events.

3.  Inform potential player’s parents of the commitment required for All-Star       participation.

4.  For the All-Star Committee review and approval, provide a recommended roster of       the All-Star team. 

5.  Notify all parents whose sons were considered for All-Stars to inform them of the       outcome of the team selection.   Both those that did and did not make the team       should be contacted.

6.  Gather birth certificates for players selected to the team.  Associations may be able       to help with this.

7.  Set schedule of practices.

8.  With the assistance of the All-Star Committee, select tournaments for       participation.

9.  Attend each tournament meeting to understand the rules and schedule for each       tournament

10. Make sure the team has the equipment needed to compete in tournament

Age Rule:  A player must play within his “baseball age” -- that is the age he has attained as of May 1^st.  If a player played at a different level during the regular season, he still is only eligible to participate in All-Stars at the level of his baseball age.

Any exception to the rule requires a request given to the GWSBL All-Star Committee for approval. This can be only be done by the Manager of team the player is requesting to play on.  Consent of this action must be given by both the All-Star Manager of the age group the player is leaving and the All-Star Committee.

Every attempt should be made to include players from each GWSBL Association.

Each age group will be assigned a field for practices and scrimmages during the weeks leading up to and during All-Stars season. Field needs during the regular season games and GSWBL playoff games will take priority over All-Star practices or scrimmages.

7 year olds-            Pete Field or Hempt Tee Ball Field-Middle field at Hempt complex

8 year olds-            Church Field

9 year olds-            Hempt Field

10 year olds-            Mustang Field

11 year olds-            Cedar Run Field

12 year olds-            Wert Field (Wormleysburg and Lemoyne Borough Park Field also available)

Field changes can be made at the request of any coach but must be submitted to the All-Star Committee for approval.  Each Manager is to abide by the home Association’s field rules as it relates to maintaining the field after practice or games, i.e., covering, dragging the field after practices/games.

The respective home Association is responsible to maintain the fields in playing order for our All-Star teams.

Tournaments in which GWSBL teams have participated in recent years are listed below.  This listing is to serve as a starting point for tournament selection consideration. Tournaments conducted by GWSBL Association members should be given first priority.

Age 6 & 7                                West Fairview

                                                New Cumberland

Age 8                                       Marysville

                                                Upper Allen

Age 9                                       New Cumberland     

                                                Wormleysburg

Age 10                                     Upper Allen

                                                Linglestown

                                                Lower Allen

Age 11                                     New Cumberland     

                                                Susquehanna Valley

                                                Lower Allen (2008)

Age 12                                     Susquehanna Valley

                                                Linglestown

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