New Era National Youth Baseball Championships Coming to Memphis August 27 – 30
Gameday Baseball Named Tournament Host Through 2012
For the next four years, “We’re going to Memphis” will be the rally cry for youth baseball players in eight major national organizations. The Memphis Sports Council and the Major Youth Baseball Alliance (MYBA) announced that this year’s New Era National Youth Baseball Championships (NYBC) will be held August 27 through 30 at Gameday Baseball’s First Tennessee Fields, and that Memphis will host the NYBC though 2012.
“The Memphis-area youth sports community is excited for the opportunity to continue to play ball with this great youth sports organization,” said Malvin Gipson, Director of the Memphis Sports Council. “We loved hosting the inaugural NYBC in 2008. We saw great youth baseball and met great players, coaches and fans. It’s an honor to be invited to host the tournament for the next four years. We look forward to working with each organization to make the New Era NYBC one of the best events we could possibly host and to encourage the Alliance to return in 2013 and every year that follows.”
Ten games, including the championships, will be televised nationally by the MLB Networks as part of their “Youth Baseball Month” programming during August. These games will be streamed globally at www.mlb.com and the MLB Network will televise the games to over 50 million cable and satellite television viewers.
The New Era National Youth Baseball Championships will feature champions from eight major youth organizations. The MYBA includes the American Amateur Baseball Congress, Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Babe Ruth Baseball, Dixie Youth Baseball, National Amateur Baseball Federation, PONY Baseball, Super Series Baseball of America, and United States Specialty Sports Association.
“Returning to Memphis was an easy decision,” according to Wes Skelton of the National Youth Baseball Alliance. “Last year we enjoyed great hospitality and the opportunity to play at one of the finest youth sports complexes in the nation.”
Event sponsors include the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, Memphis Sports Council, AT&T, AutoZone, Backyard Burgers, Commercial Advisors, LLC., First Tennessee, Juice Plus, Linkous Construction, Terminix, and Wolfchase Toyota.
Gameday Baseball is an operating entity of the Gameday Healthy Kids Foundation. Its mission includes encouraging youth to participate in sports and reducing childhood obesity. For more information, go to www.gamedaybaseball.com.
Source: Gameday Baseball
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