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July 15-18, 2004

 

Travel Director's Notes

 

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Here is the link to the official tournament site:

All-American Invitational

 

The Angels play Thursday July 15- 5pm

Friday July 16- 10am

Saturday July 17- 3pm

 

(complete schedule is shown below)

 

The map above right shows a full-day road trip up Highway 5 to Portland.

The map at right shows the vicinity of Portland. The route in green shows the locations of the airport, the college where the games take place, and the alternative lodging.

The area has lots of summer activities to enjoy during  the full day between the second and third games. 

Summary of Costs:

Tournament Fee $1,100

Airfares: $5,030

Lodging $1,848

Vans $880

Players buy their own meals.

 

 

Total cost by plane: $8,858.

Total cost by car: $4,128

 

 

By Air:

Depart Thursday, return late Sunday.

Duration: About 2 hrs flight + 3 hours in and out of airport.

We made two group reservations, one with Southwest and one with Alaska Air. 

Southwest

Oakland to Portland, Thursday, July 15:

Flight 1121 leaves 12:20pm, arrives 1:50pm

 

Portland to Oakland, Sunday, July 18:

Flight 1733 leaves 8:35pm. arrives 10:15pm.

 

Cost to leave early in the event of elimination:

Each passenger tries to buy a new full-fare ticket back to San Francisco. Your original return ticket will result in a 75% refund by mail to the Angels.

 

Alaska Air

San Francisco to Portland, Thursday, July 15:

Group of 16- Flight 2470 leaves 6:30am, arrives 8:20am

Group of 10- Flight 201 leaves 8:26pm, arrives 10:01pm

Splitting the team into two groups means that a small squad plays the first game, the rest of the players arrive late Thursday for the remaining games. This is done because of the short week after the Santa Barbara trip might make it difficult to get a full squad out the door on Thursday morning.

 

Portland to San Francisco, Sunday, July 18:

Flight 2475 leaves 9:05pm. arrives 10:50pm.

 

Cost to leave early in the event of elimination:

The whole group exchanges their tickets at once, provided that early flights home can be found. There probably will be an added $75 per ticket fee added on, unless the early flight has the same price as the original Sunday night fare home.

 

Both airlines require a deposit by April 9.

 

 

Tournament fee is $1,100 due at the end of April.

Lodging:

Hampton is the official hotel of the tournament.

$77 x 8rooms x 3nights = $1,848.

The Hampton has swimming pools, free breakfast, etc.

 

The Golden Knight ain't fancy. It got nothing.

$50 x 8rooms x 3 nights = $1,200.

 

Ground Transportation (Portland)

Van rentals in Portland $130 x 2 x 3 days = $780

Gas 20 gallons x 2 x $2.50/gallon = $100

Maybe use one large van and two smaller vans.

 

Alternative: Drive to Portland and back:

Depart 5am Thursday, July 15, 2004

Return late Sunday, July 18, 2004 or when eliminated

Duration: About 10 hours, 650 miles.

 

In order to arrive in time for the first game at Mt. Hood Community College at 5pm vs. the Seattle Studs,

players would have to leave the Bay Area about 5am.

 

If the entire team made the trip by car, we would rent vans in San Francisco, save the airfares and van rental in Portland, and have an additional cost for gas.

 

Driving has the advantage of an early departure should we be eliminated early. On a group airfare, an early departure is difficult and expensive.

 

The advantage of a group fare over individual fares is that these early group reservations guarantee flights on Thursday and Sunday night, with name changes allowed two or three days before the trip. Waiting until July to buy tickets would be a big mess. Name changes are not allowed on tickets purchased individually.

 

Other alternatives: Half the team flies up and drives back.

Half the team drives up and flies back.

 

 

Pools

RED: Aloha Knights, Mountain Home Gun Fighters, San Francisco Angels, Seattle Studs.

WHITE: Humboldt Crabs, Kelowna Falcons, Kirkland Kodiaks, Portland Wildcats.

BLUE: Everett Merchants, Mt. Hood Cardinals, Portland Kings, Southern California Fire.

 

 

 

 

2004 All-American Invitational
 Schedule
 

Thursday, July 15 at Mt. Hood Community College

Portland Kings vs. Mt. Hood Cardinals, noon
Humboldt Crabs vs. Portland Wildcats, 2:30 pm
Seattle Studs vs. San Francisco Angels, 5 pm
Aloha Knights vs. Mountain Home Gun Fighters, 7:30 pm

 

Friday, July 16 at Mt. Hood Community College

San Francisco Angels vs. Mountain Home Gun Fighters, 10 am
Humboldt Crabs vs. Kelowna Falcons, 12:30 pm
Southern California Fire vs. Everett Merchants, 3 pm
Southern California Fire vs. Portland Kings, 5:30 pm
Aloha Knights vs. Seattle Studs, 8 pm
 

Friday, July 16 at University of Portland

Kirkland Kodiaks vs. Portland Wildcats, 4 pm
 

Saturday, July 17 at Mt. Hood Community College

Everett Merchants vs. Mt. Hood Cardinals, 10 am
Southern California Fire vs. Mt. Hood Cardinals, 12:30 pm
Aloha Knights vs. San Francisco Angels, 3 pm
Kelowna Falcons vs. Kirkland Kodiaks, 5:30 pm
Humboldt Crabs vs. Kirkland Kodiaks, 8 pm
 

Saturday, July 17 at University of Portland

Kelowna Falcons vs. Portland Wildcats, 10:30 am
Seattle Studs vs. Mountain Home Gun Fighters, 1:30 pm
Portland Kings vs. Everett Merchants, 4:30 pm

Sunday, July 18 at Mt. Hood Community College

Semi-Final: WHITE vs. BLUE - 10 am (9 innings)
Semi-Final: RED vs. Wild Card - 1 pm (9 innings)
Championship Game: Semi-Final Winners - 4 pm (9 innings)

 

 

 

Excerpts from the rules:

 

  • Strict 25-man rosters submitted two weeks before the tournament.

 

  • At least 15 players must suit up for each game, in complete uniform with no duplicate numbers, arrive at least 30 minutes before game time, at which time teams flip a coin for home team and submit their lineups.

 

  • Three 4-team pools, playing three 7-inning games each. The pool winners and a wild card advance to Sunday's semi-finals. Semi-finals and championship games are 9 innings. Pool games have a 10-run mercy rule after 5 innings. Final Four games have no mercy rule.

 

  • No protests. Umpires decisions stand.

 

  • Tie-breaker after head-to-head is least runs allowed.

    Click here for the complete rules.


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