Tides Organization to Renovate Surry County Youth Field Tuesday
April 16, 2017 - International League (IL1)
Norfolk Tides News Release
As part of an annual community project proudly presented by Orkin, Tides groundskeepers and front office staff will be traveling to Surry County Pony Baseball on Tuesday, April 18 to help renovate its youth baseball field. The renovation will begin at approximately 9:30 am, with the field makeover including an upgrade to the playing surface, improvement to existing bullpen mounds and repairs to the bleachers and backstop.
"Our whole staff is excited to head to Surry on Tuesday to help with the field renovations" said Tides General Manager Joe Gregory. "The entire Surry community has rallied around this cause, and we can't wait to get started."
2017 is the sixth year in which the Tides will be renovating a local youth field. Over the first five years of the program, the Tides have helped renovate eight local fields - Ocean View Little League (Norfolk), Smithfield Recreation Association (Smithfield), Bennett's Creek Little League (Suffolk), Phoebus Little League (Hampton), Shore Little League (Nassawadox), Cradock Little League (Portsmouth), Little Creek National (Norfolk) and Gloucester Youth Baseball. Gloucester Youth Baseball received nearly 2,000 votes to win the contest, which consisted of nine local youth fields.
The renovation project is made possible thanks to the Tides Youth Baseball Fund, a program established by the Tides in 1990 as a way to raise money for youth baseball and softball programs in Hampton Roads. In addition to assisting with field renovations, the Youth Baseball Fund also helps local teams and leagues with travel expenses. The Youth Baseball Fund is partially financed by scoreboard announcements at Harbor Park throughout the season, and those wishing to make a donation directly to the Youth Baseball Fund can do so via norfolkides.com under the "community" section.
Volunteers from Safelight Auto Glass will be assisting the Tides front office staff with the field renovations. Neff Equipment Rental is also providing a tractor and sod cutter as a donation to the project.
Surry County Youth Baseball is located at 25 Bank Street in Elberon, VA. Norfolk Tides Community Relations Director Heather McKeating and Media Relations Assistant John Stanley will be at the site all day to help facilitate any media requests.
Individual game tickets for the 2017 season are currently on sale. For pricing and additional information, stop by the Harbor Park Box Office, visit norfolktides.com or call (757) 622-2222.
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