With MetroGirls first training date on Sunday 18th April 2010, we are looking forward to regular contact with the players in the remaining weeks leading up to the departure date.
In recent weeks have been busy organising insurance, travel and playing kit, host gifts and travel bags.
The group travel and sports insurance has been taken out with Endsleigh Insurance Services Ltd, with whom we have had previous good experience.
For the travel and T shirt, and playing kit, plus host girl and host game player & coach T shirt gifts, we have returned to MetroGirl’s Mum, Adele Higson’s company, Atlex Design Ltd, who looked after MetroGirls so well last year in both supplying kit and as a sponsor.
The host family gift we have sourced an old English styled ‘tankard jug, from the Stoke-on-Trent Burliegh’s ‘middleport pottery’ range.
Travel bags are being matched US Airline’s allowance of one 23kg weight bag per person, (goalkeepers kit excluded), sourced from a former MetroGirl’s parent, Andy Smith’s company, William Turners Ltd in Stockport.
MetroGirls Training: The 2010 pre-tour training is to be a compact number of all-day Sunday sessions, 10.00am to 4.00pm, and players are expected to attend all the scheduled sessions, with no exceptions as these dates have been out since the February Newsletter.
The dates being:-
Sunday 18th April 2010, Team Building & Game; Sunday 9th May 2010,
Training; Sunday 23rd May 2010, Training & Game; Sunday 13th June 2010,
Training Sunday 27th June 2010, Training & Alumni Game;
Sunday 11th July 2010, Final Training & Parents Meeting
Player Fitness: We are outstanding a number of MetroGirls sports fitness/activity diaries, and these need to be emailed to Tony, copying Michelle (see addresses below) and also coping your parent(s), listing all your current weekly school, club and individual sports activities.
USA Immigration ‘on-line Visa Waiver: Please visit www.usembassy.org.uk and follow the Site’s instructions; also refer back to the January Newsletter. (Note US Airline flight US735)
If you have any difficulties please contact MetroGirl’s leader Julie Barker in the first instance, as she has experience in this process; telephone, home 01625 879933, mobile 07757517045,
When you have registered your daughter, please email us their acceptance reference code.
Tour Payments: Your daughter’s tour balance is required by 16th April 2010 in order for us to be able to pay the balance on the flight costs, and purchase travel and playing kit, the host player gifts, and the USA bus and tour activities.