From left to right - Mark Thornton - Jeff Gordon Chevrolet, Tom Lamont - Winter Park Optimist President and Chris Reavis - Wilmington Sharks Manager.

A check for $500 was presented at a Sharks home game on June 19th, 2008 from Jeff Gordon Chevrolet to Winter Park Optimist. The donation was part of a season long partnership with Chevy Youth Baseball.

Labels: Baseball, Check Donation, Wilmington Sharks, Winter Park Optimist, Youth Baseball

This year Jeff Gordon Chevrolet has partnered up with Chevy Youth Baseball to bring you Free Youth (ages 7-13) Clinics with the Wilmington Sharks.

How to register:

All interested participants will need to register online at www.chevyyouthsports.com/rsvp. Then select "Wilmington" for LMG, enter the password "playball" and then follow the instructions. Each participant will select one clinic date from the list of options shown below. Remember, participants will NO LONGER need to have an actual clinic invitation to attend, but will need to RSVP on the site and bring a signed copy of the waiver form to the registration table on the day of the clinic.

Clinic 1 07/30/2008 9AM-12PM Clinic Location 1 Legion Stadium, Wilmington

Clinic 2 07/31/2008 9AM-12PM Clinic Location 2 Legion Stadium, Wilmington

Clinic 3 08/01/2008 9AM-12PM Clinic Location 3 Legion Stadium, Wilmington

All participants will spend a half day in various rotations such as fielding, hitting and pitching, supervised by either Certified Ripken Instructors OR experienced current and/or former MiLB TEAM players and coaches. The clinics are FREE for all participants. Each child will receive a t-shirt and a free meal after the clinic.

Labels: Baseball, Chevy, Free Clinics, Legion Stadium, Schools Out, Summer Holidays, Wilmington Sharks, Youth Baseball

Chevy Youth Baseball and Jeff Gordon Chevrolet continued their season long sponsorship with an All-Star night with 'good old' hot dogs, apple pies and baseball. It was Winter Park Optimist final games of the season, what better way to finish off the season than free hot dogs, sodas and apple pies for all.

Tom Lamont - Board of Directors at Winter Park

Optimist with some Apple Pie enthusiasts.....

Baseball fans taking time out between innings to

check out the new Hybrid Tahoe

The All-Star game produced some fantastic games.

Winners from each age group collecting their

winners' trophies.

Labels: All-Star games, Baseball, Chevy night, Hybrid Tahoe, Winter Park Optimist, Youth Baseball