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1. Allow customers to easily sign up for camps, travel teams and tournaments and pay online.
2. Have a custom registration process to include custom waivers/agreements and would generate team rosters, etc.
3. Have a robust content management system that would allow coaches/key contacts of the various travel teams to easily manage their own teams content including coach profiles, photos, rosters, etc.
4. Include the ability for site owners to easily email people based on the list of team to which they belong.

As is often the case BlackBear could not find an online solution that fullfilled all their needs. What they looked at often did about 60% of what they needed and could not be customized or the price was prohibitive. This is where Durkan Consulting Group comes in, we work with the client to understand their requirements, provide a high level of service and implement a custom website that does exactly what they need. Below is a screen cap of the new design, check it out. Props go to Clinton, DCG’s Design, CSS/XHTML, ECommerce and PHP guru.

Website for Sports Camps, Travel Teams and more