The Edina Mayfly Tournament is a top level tournament for 10U and 12U teams held at Pamela and Van Valkenburg Fields on May 12th - 13th, 2018. There are typically 12-16 teams in each age bracket. The teams are split into pools of 4 teams for pool play on Saturday and Sunday.
Based on pool performance, the teams are then split into A & B brackets for single elimination play on Sunday. The championship game for 12U A bracket will include two umpires. The top 2 teams in the upper bracket and the top 2 teams in the lower bracket qualify for a USA and NAFA Northern National tournament berth.
We will be utilizing JoSoftball for audited rosters. All teams must be registered with JoSoftball and bring a signed copy for Legal Liability and Umpire Insurance to be intact.
Warm-up: Pamela Park (10U) fields are always open and have batting cages located on site. Van Valkenburg (12U) fields have a gated entry so the earliest you can arrive is 7:15am when the gates are unlocked. There will be fences in the outfields that you may have your teams warm-up on the outside of the field of play.
Our Carnivore Contest will once again be offered at our annual Mayfly tournament. The rules are that your team receives 1 point for every meat ordered (hamburger, hotdog, or brat). At the end of the tournament the team with the most points receives a trophy and a gift card to Dairy Queen.
Edward Jones got his 2015 Indy Lights campaign to the best start possible as he topped the timing sheets at the end of the first day of preseason testing at Homestead Road Course in Florida, USA.
Dubai born and bred Jones impressed in what was his first test in Indy Lights, in a Mazda MZR-R-powered Dallara IL-15 which he has never driven before and on a circuit where he has only driven on once previously.
Jones, a popular driver in the UAE racing community and calls Dubai home, has decided to focus his motorsport career in the United States after two successful seasons competing in Formula 3 in Europe.
On Monday he ended the day fastest of all with a best time of 1:14.5186, and in the process was faster than his illustrious Carlin teammate, ex-Formula 1 driver, Max Chilton in the sister car.
Jones said, “Great first day in the new car with the team. The morning consisted of bedding everything in from the engine, gearbox, brakes and tyres. Everything sorted we were able to do a baseline run which went pretty well.”
“In the afternoon we started to test a few things on the car and made a lot of progress. At the end of the day everyone did qualifying simulations on new tyres and we ended up fastest.”
“It was an amazing effort by the team to get everything prepared and be fastest on our first day whilst our competitors have already had two days testing. We hope to find some more improvements on the car during the course of the week,” added Jones.
Testing on the road course configuration of Homestead continued on Tuesday, with a final day, Wednesday, on the Oval configuration.
Jones, who has never raced or tested on an oval circuit, is relishing the prospect, “It is going to be a steep learning curve to adapt to oval racing. But I fancy the idea as it is a discipline which is a major element in Indy Car racing, which is where I aim to end up in the future.”
Jones missed the first Indy Lights test at Palm Beach Raceway in mid-January, and after Homestead there are two more tests – one at Nola Motorsports Park in Louisiana on 18-19 February and a week later at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama.
The first race of the 2015 Indy Light season takes place on the weekend of 28-29 March in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
Ed Jones slashed the deficit to his two title rivals in the fiercely-contested 2015 Indy Lights campaign at Iowa Speedway, belying his lack of oval racing experience and rookie status to snare a superb second place and home in on the championship lead.
Having steered his burgeoning open-wheel career stateside this year, Jones has firmly established himself as an Indy Lights front-runner, and the 20-year-old Brit travelled to the 0.875-mile Mid-West oval sitting third in the chase for the coveted crown.
After enjoying plenty of track time during testing – lapping less than a quarter-of-a-second off the pace – Jones maintained his strong form during practice before upping the ante in qualifying to secure a front row grid slot in his Dallara IL-15 single-seater, a scant six hundredths adrift of the outright benchmark in an incredibly closely-matched field.
A solid start to the Iowa Corn Indy 100 saw the Dubai, UAE-based ace settle into second position, right in the wheeltracks of Carlin team-mate Max Chilton. Having shadowed the ex-Formula 1 driver throughout the race’s opening half, Jones boldly snatched the top spot at mid-distance as lapped traffic disrupted the flow.
The intervention of backmarkers – a real issue around such a short lap – allowed the pursuing pack to latch onto the rear of the pace-setting Carlin duo, transforming a healthy advantage into a nose-to-tail five-way scrap for supremacy in barely the blink of an eye.
After 13 laps in front, Jones conceded the lead to Chilton once more, and with a tyre vibration subsequently affecting the handling of his car, the Williams-Harfield Sports Group protégé had little choice but to ease off the gas and focus on preserving his position.
Maturely managing the situation whilst continuing to pull away from his adversaries behind, the runner-up spoils saw Jones significantly out-score his chief championship competitors – even lapping one of them along the way – and in evidence of his scintillating raw pace, he set fastest lap into the bargain.
That enabled the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Rising Star and former European F3 Open Champion to reduce his gap to the top of the title table from 29 points to just 20 with four races remaining, beginning at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in a fortnight’s time.
“Iowa is a very different oval from the others we have raced at,” he reflected. “Steep banking creates a unique challenge along with some big bumps, which unsettle the car. Throughout testing, we worked hard on every aspect to ensure we had a good package for both qualifying and the race.
“In qualifying, I made a big step in myself but we went a bit too conservative on the downforce level, which cost me pole. We could probably have got away with running a little less wing, but it was great for the team to lock out the front row.
“In the race, I felt really comfortable and was able to look after my tyres while staying behind Max. Once the backmarkers came into play, I took advantage and stole the lead. I thought maybe I had a chance at the win for a few laps, but unfortunately, I lost the lead again when Max understeered on the inside, which meant I had to lift to avoid hitting the wall.
“We were still in a good position, but 25 laps from the end I picked up a vibration in the car from a tyre – very similar to what had happened at Indianapolis. As a result, the team decided it was best for me to back off and consolidate second place.
“Obviously that was frustrating, but I was still very pleased overall. To come here and do what we did was a big team effort – I think it shows how much we have improved – and it gives us more confidence on ovals going forward. It's great to be back at the front and have the momentum on our side heading into the last two weekends.”
Edmentum (edmentum.com), a global education leader and a pioneer in online teaching and learning solutions, has secured three finalist placements for The EdTech Awards 2018—Edmentum’s programs Edmentum Courseware, Exact Path, and Study Island have all made the list. The EdTech Awards recognize people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere.
All three programs made the Cool Tool Awards as finalists in various subgroups—Edmentum Courseware for e-learning, blended, or flipped solution; Exact Path for new product or service; and Study Island for testing prep solution.
This year’s finalists and winners were narrowed from the larger field and judged based on various criteria, including pedagogical workability, efficacy and results, support, clarity, value, and potential.
“Congratulations to the finalists and winners of The EdTech Awards 2018 and may their resolve inspire others,” said Editor-in-Chief Victor Rivero of EdTech Digest. “The innovators, leaders, and trendsetters represented . . . are dauntless, dedicated, and determined in their work.”
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