Best on the Beach at CCU • Ages: Grades 9-Junior College

Location: Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field
Saturday, December 12, 2009 to Sunday, December 13, 2009

Camp Cost: $259.00

Camp Details

The Best on the Beach Showcase Camp is designed for serious ball players who are determined to go on and play at the collegiate and/or professional level. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their skills for the CCU staff and other coaches from throughout the Southeast.

This is the sixth year of the Best on the Beach Showcase Camp designed to expose juniors, sophomores, and freshman to college coaches and get the recruiting process started. It also provides unsigned seniors another chance to showcase their abilities before they enter their final spring season of high school baseball.

Each camper must bring his own baseball equipment. Players should bring a glove, bat, cleats/spikes, running shoes or turf shoes, hat, and any other equipment they feel necessary to compete. Catchers must bring their own gear. Helmets will be provided.

Chanticleers Baseball Camps are designed to teach students solid fundamental baseball skills as well as to raise their level of understanding of the game of baseball. Our purpose is to provide each camper with the instruction and encouragement needed to develop individual skills to a greater level. In addition, we want the camper to be aware that individual skills are best utilized when they are incorporated into a team concept. We will emphasize how individuals work together on a field to form a baseball "team."

Questions regarding Chanticleers Baseball Camps at Coastal Carolina University? Please e-mail Drew Thomas at dthomas@coastal.edu or call Coach Thomas at 843-349-2849

Facilities The Chanticleer baseball program has won nearly 75 percent of its games at Charles L. Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field through the years. Completed renovations to the Stadium in recent years added a locker room and lounge for the players, had the infield completely resurfaced, a new outfield wall and new scoreboard over the right field wall

Camp Check-in

Camp check-in will begin at 9am on the 12th of December in front of Charles L. Watson Stadium

Camp Waiver Information

Please read, fill out and bring signed form to the registration check in.

Download Camp Waiver Form

Directions to Camp

From Highway 17
Follow Highway 17 Bypass to Highway 501 (Conway exit). At this point, you are approx. eight miles from campus. You will pass the stoplight at Conway Hospital and then pass a Food Lion shopping center (on left). Just after passing Horry-Georgetown Technical College (on left), take the next left into the entrance of Coastal Carolina University. See directions above to find athletic facilities

From I-95
Coming from the South on I-95, take Highway 327 exit to SC Hwy. 76/301 Turn left onto Hwy. 76/301. This will become Hwy. 576 and then Hwy. 501. After passing through Conway, turn right at the second stop light (approx. 2 miles) into the entrance of Coastal Carolina University. You are now on College Road. Kimbel Arena (basketball/volleyball), Charles L. Watson Baseball Stadium, and the Football Stadium are visible on the right from College Road. To get to the Softball Field or the Track & Field Complex, turn right onto Chanticleer Drive after passing Kimbel Arena but before getting to the Baseball Stadium.

From the North on I-95, take the "South of the Border" exit (IMPOSSIBLE to miss). Follow signs to Myrtle Beach and this will lead you to Highway 501. After passing through Conway, turn right at the second stop light (approx. 2 miles) into the entrance of Coastal Carolina University. You are now on College Road. Kimbel Arena (basketball/volleyball), Charles L. Watson Baseball Stadium, and the Football Stadium are visible on the right from College Road. To get to the Softball Field or the Track & Field Complex, turn right onto Chanticleer Drive after passing Kimbel Arena but before getting to the Baseball Stadium.

By Air
Arriving at Myrtle Beach Airport, enter the on-ramp for Highway 17 North (entering to the right). Stay in the right lane and exit for Highway 501 North (to Conway). Follow the directions below for Highway 17 the remainder of the way.

Meals at Camp

Meals are "NOT" included at this event. Please bring your own food.

Local Hotel Information

The Caravelle Resort is the reccomended Hotel for Gary Gilmore Baseball Camps. Ask for the Coastal Carolina camp rate

More info: Caravelle Resort

Camp Accommodations

"This is not an "overnight" camp. Players traveling from out of town will be responsible for securing their own hotel accommodations."

Camp Merchandise

Coastal Carolina University Baseball merchandise will be available at this event.

Miscellaneous Camp Info

What is your refund policy?
We do not offer refunds on canceled campers, just a future camp credit if you decide to cancel, but we do have what is called "Cancellation Protection".

We offer basic Cancellation Protection to allow participants some peace of mind in case plans change. This allows us to keep our prices low and provide the best service possible. Due at the time of registration, Cancellation Protection entitles you to a full refund of camp fees should you cancel your registration more than 14 days prior to the start of an overnight camp or day camp. If you cancel within 14 of the start of your session, we will give you a camp credit for all money paid.

The credit is valid for three years from camp date at any of our camps, clinics or prospect events. Credit with insurance is transferable to family members or friends, and good toward a future camp.

Contact Info

Contact Drew Thomas at dthomas@coastal.edu or call Coach Thomas at
843-349-2849

IMPORTANT : please check your email regularly as this is our primary way we communicate. Any additional information that we need to convey as the camp draws closer will be passed on to you via the e-mail address that you supplied when you signed up for camp. Please make it a habit to check your e-mail daily, this will eliminate any confusion and or miscommunication.