| WHO: |
Players from our 16's, 17's, & 18's age groups. |
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| WHEN: |
The 18-1 or 18-2 team will have the opportunity to select either attending
the Big South Qualifier, or the Crossroads Qualifier, or going to a tournament
in a town just north of Venice Italy over Easter.
A team of 16's and/or 17's will have the option of going to Europe in July for
about 11 days. |
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| WHERE: |
The 18's trip would play in the Venice area. Before/after the tournament we
would spend 3-5 days sight-seeing other areas such as Rome before returning
home. Total trip time would be about 9 days. Departure would be approximately
March 16 and returning March 25th.
The 16/17's trip is tentatively planned to go into London or Amsterdam, then
over to Berlin, then down to Athens, and end up with 2 days on one of the
beautiful Greek islands. In each of these places we would travel and play with
other European Youth National teams. Total trip time would be 10-12 days.
Departure from the USA would be around July 7 with a return around July 19.
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
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| COSTS: |
Northern Lights is fortunate to have some funding provided specifically for
International travel this year. This is going to allow the players to have very
low costs for these trips.
The 18's trip would replace one of the Qualifiers they are scheduled to attend.
There would be no additional fees added.
The 16/17's trip would cost each player airfare to Europe in the summer which
last year was about $1400. Northern Lights will cover any additional ground
cost (hotels, bus, meals, sight-seeing). |
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| MISC: |
Parents are permitted to travel with the team. The cost for a parent
traveling with the 18's trip is unknown, but last year was about $800 for the
ground portion. The cost for a parent traveling with the 16/17's team is also
not known yet, and will depend our final arrangements.
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| ADDITIONAL INFO: |
If you have additional questions about these trips, please call the
Northern Lights office at 952-808-0110. |
