FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                        Contact: Michael Falcone

October 28, 2021                                                                                                                             Director of Baseball Operations

                                                                                                                                     401-845-6832// operations@newportgulls.com

Future Gull Fall Clinics

Gulls to Host Off-Season Youth Clinics

NEWPORT, R.I.- The Newport Gulls will be hosting a series of three clinics spanning November and December at Longplex Family & Sports Center (300 Industrial Way, Tiverton, RI 02878). Members of the 14- team New England Collegiate Baseball League, the Gulls have won a league-leading six championships and have produced 28 Major League Baseball players. Alumni such as, 2021 AL All-Star Andrew Kittredge (Tampa Bay Rays), 2021 NL All- Star Chris Taylor (Los Angeles Dodgers), Will Smith (Los Angeles Dodgers), and Tommy Edman (St. Louis Cardinals), are among the former players currently active in the MLB. Seven alumni have made their MLB Debut over the past two seasons, while over 20 Gulls are ranked among their respective team’s Top 30 Prospects. 

Cardines Field has been the home of the Newport Gulls since 2001 and the organization has held youth summer camp throughout Aquidneck Island over the course of their storied history but will be offering off-season clinics for the first time. Clinics will be instructed by former Newport Gulls players and coaches, all with college and professional baseball experience. 

Clinics will be held on Sunday, November 21, Sunday, November 28, and Sunday, December 12 from 9:00am-12:00pm. The cost is $325.00 for the three sessions or $125.00 for an individual session. Participants will receive a Newport Gulls T-Shirt, Hat, and Player Evaluation from the coaching staff. Boys and girls ages 9-13 of all skill levels are welcome to attend. 

Registration forms can be accessed on Newportgulls.com (http://newportgulls.pointstreaksites.com/view/newportgulls/the-best-in-the-business/fall-clinics) and paid for online via PayPal or check sent to PO Box 777 Newport, RI 02840. Please contact 516-729-3735 or operations@newportgulls.com if you require further information or have questions about attending clinics this fall. 

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The Newport Gulls, members of the 13-team New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded as the Rhode Island Gulls in 1998 in Cranston, R.I., before moving to Newport in 2001. In addition to recruiting, fielding, and developing a team of the nation’s top collegiate baseball athletes and attracting 50,000 fans annually to Cardines Field, the predominantly volunteer organization strives to benefit the community of Newport County via summer camps, reading programs, fundraisers, scholarships, and charitable donations – totaling over $1 million since 2001. The Gulls are six-time champions of the NECBL – the winningest franchise in league history – and were ranked as the overall No. 1 summer collegiate baseball team in the country by Perfect Game USA in 2012.

For more information about the Newport Gulls, visit facebook.com/newportgulls, follow the Gulls on Twitter @NewportGulls or visit www.newportgulls.com.

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