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CLUB PHOTO OF THE 2007 SPRING BULLDOGS
Practice Update
All practices are at PMS Through July 23rd. Tuesday and Thursday Early Group 6-7:30pm and Late group 7:30-9pm.
Rest of the Season
Monday July 27th 6-9 Stager Dublin Early Group 6-7:30pm and Late group 7:30-9pm.
Tuesday July 28th 1:30-4:30pm Stager Dublin Early Group, 1:30 to 3 PM / Late Group, 3 to 4:30 PM
Tuesday August 4th 6-9pm Stager Dublin Early Group, 6 to 7:30 PM / Late Group, 7:30 to 9 PM
Thursday August 6th 6-9pm Stager Dublin Early Group, 6 to 7:30 PM / Late Group, 7:30 to 9 PM
Congrats Spring 10&under Red Team
They took 2nd place at the PNAAU Memorial Day Tournament in Reno Nevada. Great job fella’s.
Coaches – Stevon Jones & Paul LeClaire
Players (left to right) – Goose Persin, Jared Smart, Jessie Davis, Ryan Bartels, Timmy Falls, Will Leninger, Quinn Villanueva (kneeling), Tanner Wallace (black shirt), Jason Nugent & Jared Pagila
RENO WRAP UP
This year, the Bulldogs took 8 teams up to Reno for Memorial Day Weekend. The seven boys teams played in the PNAAU event, played in the 22 nicest gyms in the area, while the 7th grade girls went over to the Convention Center for the Huge Jam On It event there (Largest AAU Tournament in the world). Both events were well run and a great time. Over all, there were over 800 teams, boys and girls, 3rd grade to HS Varsity, in Reno for the weekend. Honestly, you have to see it to believe it. While we are proud of all our teams and think they all did great (everyone won at least two games), special congrats go out to a few of our teams:
3rd Grade (9 & Under) went 2 and 2 for the weekend and took 3rd place at their first tournament. This was the first time we brought a team this young up to Reno and they did great. It was a big first step out and we couldn’t be prouder of these kids.
6th Grade (11 & Under) – Both our teams reached the final four and ended up taking 3rd place (6 Black) and 4th Place (6 Red). At an event of this caliber with about 30 teams from all over the western USA, to have both our teams reach the final four was really something to see. Great job guys.
4th Grade (10 & Under) – The 10 & Under’s went to their first major event and reached the Championship game where they lost to a great D-1 All Stars team in the final. That said, the highlight of the entire weekend may have been these kids coming back from down 20 to 4 in the semi final game to win in Double Over Time. Unbelievable.
Anyway, great job everyone. Let’s keep it going in the summer time.
Coach LeClaire
LIMITED SUMMER SPACE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS FALL EARLY REG.
July 2, 2009
The Bulldogs Summer session has begun. That said, there is limited space available in most grades for a few additional players. We are also accepting practice players as well as players that want to sign up for Fall early but start practicing now.
Currently, we have 11 Summer teams. We practice twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Pleasanton area, and play games on the weekends in the Walnut Creek to Martinez corridor. For players looking to enroll immediately, the Summer session will continue to the end of August. For players that are interested, we will also look for a tournament to go to in August.
The Fall session will be a little more abbreviated. We will only practice once a week for Fall but still play most weekends from the beginning of September to the end of October. The fall session is great for HS players, looking to stay sharp right up to HS tryouts the second Monday in November. It is also great for CYO and MS players in that we only practice once a week and play games to the end of October. CYO league games don't start until the first weekend in November so there is minimal conflict.
So, if you are interested in joining, shoot Coach LeClaire an e-mail at PGLeClaire@comcast.net and we will get you out to practice to check out the program. You can join right now for the balance of summer at a pro rated price or you can register early for Fall to secure your slot and either start practicing now or in mid August, whatever works for you. If you want to get going right now, we can have you practicing this week with our current Summer teams to get you up to speed and ready to play in ASAP.
For those of you interested in joining, remember, we are currently offering online Payment via PayPal for all players. If you don't have PayPal, you can also use your credit or debit card through the same system. This doesn't mean you have to use this system. You are welcome to pay in person or via US mail with check, money order or cash. PayPal and credit or debit cards just another option we are now offering Bulldogs Families.
Whether you have pre-paid online or plan to pay and register in person, ALL PLAYERS MUST GO THROUGH AN INTRODUCTORY EVALUATION WORKOUT WITH THE CLUB We will bring you out to practice where you can see what we do while we evaluate your skill set. Then, at the end of the workout, if everything looks good, we can get you signed up. You can reach Coach at 925-570-1334 or PGLeClaire@comcast.net. Like always, these programs will fill up fast. Don't get left out. If you want to register, get on it today and save your slot with the Bulldogs. Hope to see you out there.
Congrats Bulldogs 6th grade TourneyTeam!
Photo Top left Coach David, CJ Stafford, Marcus Acton, Coach Jeremy, Louie Arias III, Coach Louie
Second row Sam Persin, Tanner Wiese, John Dong, Blake Braden
Bottom Row Goose Persin, Michael Anastassiou
WAY TO GO TEAM!!!!!!! The 6th grade tournament team went 3-0 in the East County Boys & Girls Club 1st Annual Shootout on February 8th, winning 1st place while playing solid team basketball. Way to go guys!!!!!
The BULLDOGS ARE A YEAR ROUND BASKETBALL PROGRAM
The Bulldogs are a year round basketball program. We break our year into 4 segments or sessions. Spring (March through May), Summer (June through August), Fall (September - October) and Winter (November through January). Then we do tryouts for Spring in February and start again.
Here is the thing, while most folks join at the beginning of a session, you can join anytime. We simply pro rate your fees. You can also join mid session as a practice player, only coming to practice to get up to speed with what we do to get ready to play games with our highly competitive teams in the next session.
The bottom line is, if you want to be a Bulldog today, we can make it happen. Contact Coach LeClaire at PGLeClaire@comcast.net and he will help you figure out what is best for you right now.
A YEAR WITH THE BULLDOGS
We are so excited about the upcoming 2009 season. This year, we think we have something for everyone, from the player coming off the CYO, City League or HS season that wants to get a little to a lot better all the way to the player that wants to play for a serious, year round program.
For the player that wants to play one session a year because of your schedule or maybe you play other sports, our program fits your life. We have many kids play Spring or Summer only. We have other entire teams come in to take part in our Winter Workouts yet still stay together after Winter as a team.
However, for the elite player that wants the best, we feel our Red teams can give you what you need. If you were a Red team player that played Spring, Summer and Fall, your schedule would be Spring MVP league and Reno AAU Memorial Day event with 2 practices a week. For Summer, you would play the Summer MVP league, do the Cal State Games Qualifier, practice twice a week and if the team is interested, go to San Diego for the State Games. For Fall, you would do the MVP Labor Day Event, play the fall MVP League and practice once a week. That is a total of 3 leagues, 4 tournaments, 45 games and about 70 practices. If that isn't enough high level basketball for you, I don't know what is.
Remember, we are a year round program meaning you can join any time to start preparing for the next league or tournament. You don't need to register at the beginning of a session. You could register today and we would simply prorate your fees and bring you in to start working out with the club to get you ready to play in games with us.
We believe the most important thing for the player interested in getting better is finding a great coach and sticking with that program. Playing tons of summer travel games, going to Nationals and Virginia and Houston and Vegas etc. is fun but it really isn't needed. You can find games here to get better at. Jumping team to team doesn't develop the player either. Great practice and good competitive games with great instruction in quality, fundamental basketball is the way to get better. We feel that is what we offer. I hope you want to give us a try.
The BULLDOGS NOW TAKE CREDIT CARDS AND PAY PAL
We are proud to announce that the Bulldogs have added PayPal to our site. This means if you have a PayPal account you can use that to pay any and all your session, tournament or uniform fees with. The exciting thing about this is that even if you don't have a PayPal account, you can use your credit card on this system. That means if you want to spread your payments out over a couple of months, you can now do that by simply using your Visa, MasterCard, AmEx etc. and paying it off over a couple of months.
There is one drawback to the system. PayPal charges us a little over 3% per transaction to use their system. We have to pass that cost on to the user so, if you pay using the PayPal system, you will be paying a little bit more to cover that PayPal charge. That said, 3% is only a couple of bucks and we think it is worth the flexibility it gives our families.
To use this system, call us or shoot us an e-mail saying you want to register. Once that happens, we can guide you to our pay center and through the simple to use system.
Coach Negotiates Lower Equipment Costs
These days, we know money is tight for everyone. With that in mind, I went to our equipment suppliers and was able to negotiate some lower equipment costs for us that we want to pass on to you. It isn't much but it is something and as they say, "every little bit helps".
With this in mind, the new pricing will take place on all equipment orders going forward. I can't do anything on items already purchased because the club paid a higher price for that equipment and those costs have to be passed on. However, as your kids outgrow, wear out or lose stuff, these new prices should help everyone out.
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