2011 ANNE ARUNDEL ‘CROSSOVER’ TOUR: 21st JULY – 4th AUGUST
Thank you for attending the parents meeting in February, it was good to meet you all, explain our proposals and provide answers to questions.
As mentioned at the parents & Players meeting, the Anne Arundel ‘Crosseover’ group have booked their flights and are currently confirming with us their preferences for the two day trips that they will take whilst here.. Steve Willett and the other CrosseOver leaders send their best wishes and look forward to seeing all of us in July.
During the last few weeks we have been seeking to firm up the itinerary including speaking to Clubs to be able to agree the days on which matches will take place and against whom. The draft itinerery provided at the parents & players meeting is unchanged except for a switch of game dates at the beginning of the tour and we provide a brief version below for ease of reference, plus some initial supporting information.
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| July Thu 21 | AAC arrive Manchester Airtport 8.30; rest of day free |
| Fri 22 | AAC training & welcome presentations 3.00pm, followed by game v Stockport 7.00pm draw and refreshments (2) |
| Sat 23 | Free weekend with host family (5) |
| Sun 24 | Free weekend with host family (5) |
| Mon 25 | Game v Mellor 7.00 draw, followed by refreshments (2) |
| Tue 26 | AAC (only) day out to London (3) |
| Wed 27 | Game v Wirral, 7.00 draw, followed by refreshments (2) |
| Thu 28 | AAC (only) day out at Warwick Castle & Stratford upon Avon (4) |
| Fri 29 | Game v Cheshire U16, 7.00 draw, followed by refreshment |
| Sat 30 | Free weekend with host family (5) |
| Sun 31 | Free weekend with host family (5) |
| Aug Mon 1 | Game v North U16 @ Wirral 7.00 draw, followed by refreshments |
| Tue 2 | Joint AAC & Metrogirls visit to Alton Towers (6) |
| We 3 | Friendship game AAC v MetroGirls 6.30pm draw at Stockport followed end of tour reception (7) |
| Thu 4 | AAC Depart MIA, (early) |
(1) For all drop-0ffs and pick-up we encourage host families to car-pool to enable parents to balance commitments. Contact details will be provided.
(2) Following the games we are asking the Clubs to provide access to their club house and provide freshments for the players, although this usually also is extended to include the host families and guests. (3) For AAC London trip early start we will arrange for the Wirral hosted girls to stay overnight with a Mellor or Stockport hosting family following the Mellor game. Details of who will stay with whom will be provided in advance. (4) For the ACC Warwick/Stratford trip their coach will collect/drop both at the the StockportCricket Club and at the Windmill Inn at the A556/M6 junction 19. (5) For families planning to spend a night away from home with their guest please tell us where you will be and confirm contact details. (6) For the AAC & MG Alton Towers trip the collect/drop both at Stockport Cricket Club and at the Windmill Inn at the A556/M6 junction 19. Also this will be an addition cost for the Metrogirls. The AA Crosseove Girls cost will be provide by them, prepaid to their tour leaders. (7) For the end of tour reception we ask each host families to provide food; details to be provided nearer the time
With regard to the matching of guests to hosts, other than those girls who have already expressed their wish to host the girl they stayed with in July 2010, we will seek hosting profiles and photographs from all the MetroGirls, and coupled with simular information for the American girls, it is on this and information shared between the two sets of leaders that decisions will be made. We ask that you be patient as this process will not commence until late June with information to the families being ready by one to two weeks before they arrive.
Linked to hosting is a request for information regarding pets, please will you email Michelle or myself telling us what pets you have.
Concerning photographs, as you are aware we took some photographs at the parents & players meeting for our own leader & coaches reference purposes. When training starts we will take a photograph of your daughter which will be forwarded to the American girls family, plus there will be phographs taken during the tour; please contact us if you have any objections to our proposals.
As a reminder the MetroGirls squad training training dates are:. 22nd May #1 Team Building/Game @ Wirral; 12th June #2 Training @ Stockport; 26th June #3 Training/Game @ Stockport; 10th July #4 Training/Alumni Game, Mellor.
Thank you for your ongoing support.