Greater Charlotte Area Hot Stove League Banquet

Some very important information on award nomination deadlines, tickets and more.




I wanted to take a couple of moments to send a reminder about some of the key aspects of the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner, a preseason banquet to celebrate the success of youth baseball and softball in the community. In case you aren’t aware, the first ever Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner will be held January 26, 2008 and our keynote speaker will be Grady Little, former Manager of the Los Angeles Dodger and Boston Red Sox. Many other current and former professional baseball players will be in attendance, including local rising stars David Mailman and Ryan Morris. For full information on the event and to reserve your seat, please visit www.hotstovedinner.com


Deadline Reminders:

All of our awards have a nomination deadline of December 31st. In order for a player to be considered for each award, the Nomination must be made no later than December 31st. The following awards will be made during the banquet.


Youth Softball Player of the Year
Youth Baseball Player of the Year
High School Softball Player of the Year
High School Baseball Player of the Year

For more information on the nomination process, please visit www.hotstovedinner.com and click on the Award Nomination Forms Link.

Two of these awards remain open for sponsorship. Sponsorship includes naming rights to the award (Company XYZ High School Baseball Player of the Year) and includes 2 tickets to the Hot Stove Dinner as well as recognition as the presenting sponsor. Cost is $500 to sponsor an award.


Baseball/Softball Essay Contest:

For those parents with children that enjoy writing, we are also holding an Essay Contest with US Savings Bonds as prizes. Those rules are also available at www.hotstovedinner .com

The deadline for the Essay Contest is also December 31st.

The Essay Contest is open for sponsorship and includes naming rights to the contest and includes 2 tickets to the Hot Stove Dinner as well as recognition as the presenting sponsor. Cost is $700 to sponsor the Essay Contest


Banquet Tickets:

We have sold over 60% of the available seats for the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Dinner. Tickets may be purchased online at www.hotstovedinner.com
Don’t wait until it’s too late to secure your seat for this premiere event.


Auction Items

We will also host a silent auction as part of the evening’s festivities. We hope to have well over 100 items from the sports and entertainment world as well as from local companies. We have on hand some very exciting items from major league baseball including signed jerseys, baseballs, prints, and hats. We also have items from Adam Sandler and other entertainment icons. If you have a product or items you would like to donate to our auction, please let me know. Our silent auction will help to raise funds to begin a baseball and softball program for physically challenged children through The Miracle League.



For those of you that coach teams or are involved with large groups of baseball and softball players and families, please be kind enough to pass this email on. Thanks for your support.


Thanks for your time, and we hope to see many of you on January 26th.


Thanks


Tripp Roakes
Publisher
South Charlotte Sports Report

 

I know this is difficult to say in your first year, but what kind of attendance are you expecting?

 

Baseball Banquet

I hope you have all the success that the Wilson Hot Stove League does. They have a ton of folks there every year. They have been doing it for 32 years I believe. Trot Nixon spoke the year that I attended.

 

Attendance Expectations

Going into the planning stages 5-6 months ago, our target was 300. All indications are we will pass that # for year one. We are going with a very nice upscale event, a real nice dinner, incredible silent auction, area pro players, both former and current.

We are very excited about the event and our aim is to present a first class evening of baseball.


As many of you know, this is a hotbed for baseball and softball talent, so it should become quite an honor to win one of our Player of The Year Awards


www.hotstovedinner.com

 

Off season baseball events

Good luck with your first event. I just found out that Josh Hamilton will be the speaker for the Wilson Hot Stove Banquet on Jan 21st if anyone is interested in attending.

 

Well, since we are cousins and all...does this mean you are springing for the tickets? You can count me in

 

Braves....make sure you get an extra ticket for your "red headed step brother" (me) as well.

 

1 Week remains before the nominations for awards are closed

1 Week remains before the nominations for awards are closed

 

Pilkington and Schaffer

HOT STOVE LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS NAMED

Two finalists have been named for the award to be presented at the 1st Annual Greater Charlotte Area Hot Stove League Dinner on January 26th. A selection committee of area coaches, talent scouts and baseball observers met and narrowed the award down to two finalists.

In the High School Baseball Player of the Year contest the finalists are; Tyler Pilkington and Richie Schaffer.

Tyler, a senior, is a highly rated pitcher and first baseman for Weddington High School. He is known for his all-around performances in the biggest of games, including a no-hitter at the World Wood Bat Association Perfect Game Tournament. Tyler is the top ranked left handed pitcher in North Carolina according to Impact Baseball.

Richie, a junior, carries a powerful bat for Providence High School. Over the summer, Richie earned a position on the 2007 USA Baseball Youth National Team and traveled to Barquisimeto, Venezuela to lead the USA to a gold medal in the IBAF World Youth Championships.