Lightning 8U Gold

The Almaden Lightning is comprised of the very best players from the Almaden Valley Girls Softball League.  The players and coaches are committed to excellence in softball and sportsmanship. 

The Lightning 8U teams will be formed in early May and will play approximately 4-6 tournaments this summer starting Memorial Day Weekend.  Practices will be held Tuesday’s, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s 6:00pm to 8:00 starting the last week of May.  The summer tournament season will potentially run through mid-July.  The tournament schedule is listed below.  The cost of the tournament season is approximately $150 for the tournaments and $125 for uniforms.  If you have any questions please contact Coaches Jon Gemmet.

   8U Gold 2010 Tentative Tournament Schedule

     Location                                               Dates

 **Livermore .....................................May 29^th & 30^th                 1st Place Champions

    South San Jose...............................June 5th & 6^th

  *Almaden (Host)...............................June 12^th & 13^th

   OFF..............................................June 19^th & 20^th   

   Branham Hills.................................June 25^{th &} 26^{th ( 4pm Fri-Sat)}        

   OFF..............................................July 3^rd & 4^th 

   Campbell.......................................July 10^th & 11^th

 **San Jose........................................July 17^th & 18th                       2nd Place Winners

Gold Head Coach:   Jon Gemmet

E-mail:  jgemmet@comcast.net 

Phone:  408-603-9067                     

*   Must work at the Lightning 8U tournament

** Coach & Team Decision on when/where to begin and end their season

8UB Lightning are 2 Place Winners in San Jose Tournament!