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Swinging Bunt - Benefit Party and Hotel Info | | Date: 2/26/2010 |
We finally have some news to announce regarding our Benefit Party and some
discounted hotel information for all of you who are needing hotel rooms. |
Benefit Party - This year's benefit party will be held at
Hawthorn Suites in Bloomington. As a reminder, the party that was typically held
on the Friday before the tournament will now be held on the Saturday night (May
1st) bridging the two softball days. More details will be added to the web site as we get them. |
Hotel Info - At the same time we were working to get a party
location we also worked with Global Hotel Management here in Bloomington to
secure some discount rates on hotel rooms. Here are the discounted rates and
the numbers you would need to call to get rooms. |
Hawthorn Suites - $70 per night (309-829-8111) |
Holiday Inn Express -$70 per night (309-820-9990) |
Country Inn - $70
per night (309-828-7177) |
Ramada - $50 per night (309-825-8317) |
All of these hotels are within a half mile of each other so even if you're
not staying in the hotel where the party is being held, you shouldn't have far
to travel. In addition, all hotels have breakfast in the lobby each morning.
There are about 10-15 rooms at each hotel so if you have one you want, you
should get your reservations in now. |
REMEMBER, the only way to get these prices is to call the
hotel with the numbers above. All of the numbers except Ramada takes you
directly to the hotel. The Ramada number takes you to the sales manager for GHM
and she will take care of you. You will have to tell them you are part of the
Swinging Bunt event and that should do it. |
If you experience any issues, please let me know. |
Dusty |
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Swinging Bunt Registration Update | | Date: 2/22/2010 |
Day 1 is almost completely in the books and we're setting an unbelievable pace. Just for some context, here are some Day 1 registration totals from the previous three years. |
2007 - 8 |
2008 - 20 |
2009 - 60 |
Honestly, I was pretty sure that we would never beat the mark of 60
registrations in one day from last year. I will freely admit that I was
completely wrong with that. As of 9:55 when I am typing this email we are
sitting at... |
111 PAID REGISTRATIONS in just
the very first day! Unreal! |
I want to thank everyone who is doing their part to keep this tournament among the best in the country and I especially want to thank those of you who are actively recruiting for this tournament. I've always said that all you have to do is convince someone to play one time and we'll take care of the rest. |
Obviously the pace will slow down considerably over the next few weeks but I'm anxious to see when we hit my magical "full field" mark of 220. We're half way there! (Actually, we're well over half way there as soon as the people who didn't complete a payment can get back on and complete their payment. We had 17 of those today....that would have taken us to 128 after Day 1) |
Dusty |
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Swinging Bunt News Update | | Date: 2/15/2010 |
We are officially one week away from the opening of registration for the 2010
Swinging Bunt. As a reminder...registration opens next
Monday (February 22nd). I will be opening up the registration early
in the morning, likely around 7am.
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This is the fourth year for the Bunt and we have reached our max number of
participants every single year. This year will be different with the addition of
a second day but we will be capping the pool at some point. Right now I don't
know what that number would be, although I do know it will not be anything under
220 players. Once we get to that number, some decisions will have to be made and
registration could be closed. In other words, I wouldn't wait too long if I were
interested in playing.
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I had a few people ask me about some items so I'm going to try to address
them here: |
Home Run Derby - Yes there will be a Home Run Derby this year. We've
had one every year except last year and we will definitely be bringing that back
this year. The timing of the Derby could depend on the total number of teams we
have...meaning it could be Saturday or Sunday. Once we have a better idea of the
number of teams and our schedule, I will announce when the Derby will be held.
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All-Tourney Team - The All-Tournament Team will be back in 2010. There
was some confusion in the voting the last time we had this so I'm going to run
it differently this year. This year, the team of 12 will be chosen based on the
actual stats from the tournament. Each field will have a volunteer scorekeeper
for each game and then the books will be collected at the end of the tournament
and the stats will be calculated and the 12 players will be chosen and will
receive a prize.
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Tournament Format - Really, this is going to ultimately be decided by
the number of teams we have as registration nears closing. As of now, it is
looking more like teams will get 4 Round Robin games on Saturday and then will
be seeded in the Single Elimination Bracket for Sunday. That would be 5
guaranteed games. It is possible for the number of teams to force us to drop the
Round Robin games to 3 on Saturday, which is why we're being safe and just
advertising it as 4 guaranteed games.
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Demo Day - Last year we were able to get a sales rep from Worth to
show up on Friday with a number of Worth bats and let participants try some of
Worth's new bats. I don't know if we will be able to pull that off again this
year but I will try my hardest to be able to get that done.
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As always, if there are any other questions just let me know. |
Dusty |
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Swinging Bunt News | | Date: 2/11/2010 |
If you haven't seen or heard by now, the website (www.swingingbunt.org) is back up and running with
the 2010 information. |
Please take some time to go to the site and make sure that you know your User
Name and Password. Once you get logged in, please go in and make sure your email
address and all other information is correct. This information will be used when
registration opens on the 22nd so it is in your best interest to make sure it is
accurate. |
If you cannot remember your User Name or Password you can email me (dusty@swingingbunt.org) and I will send you the information.
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Dusty |
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