Picture Day!

Monday May 14th

Queen Elizabeth Ball Diamond

Welcome everyone to the 2012 baseball season

First of all we are very excited to get this year started. Regular practices and games are going to be starting this coming week. Notice from your coach will be coming out shortly. We realize that when baseball starts it starts fast. This is sometimes out of our control as we have to get clearance that the fields are usable. So thank you for your understanding and patience.  City has indicated April 20th as a possible start date. WK Babe Ruth Schedule is done and WK Little League due April 16th.

We have had some challenges this year trying to fit everyone into their appropriate age division. Therefore, as a board, we have decided in order to make this happen we are going back to the Little League Minor and Major ages of 8 to 12. What this means is we'll make 3 teams in the minor division of 8-11 year olds with some 11 year olds and all 12 year olds in the major division. The Minor division is for all newer players and our younger players.  The major division will be for the most experienced 11 year olds and all 12 year old players.  We’ll have 1 major team this season. All 4 teams play in the West Kootenay Baseball association with Castlegar, Trail, Beaver Valley and Grand Forks. We are having an evaluation day to determine the 4 teams.

Evaluations

When: Sunday April 15, 2012
Time: 9:00-10:00 AM for 8-10 year olds, 10:30-11:30 AM for 11-12 year olds
Where: Trafalgar Middle School
Bring: water, cleats, glove, Jill or Jock, helmet, clothes for rain or shine.

Then..
COACH pre-season Clinic When: Sunday April 15, 2012
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
Where: Queen Elizabeth Park
For all assistant/head coaches:

• Learn how to put together a fun practice.
• Learn the proper techniques to teach.

Plus..
Learn the Rules of Baseball at Hume School, Tuesday April 17 and 24, 6:00-9:00 PM.

• Coaches will earn their Level II umpire certification and Players their Level.
• This course is being offered at no charge for this season only! Open to anyone in Nelson.
• This is an extremely helpful course that will help with understanding and coaching the game.

Baseball Registration is now underway!

» Download application here.

Deadline for Ages 9 to 18 year olds is March 18th , 2012.

This includes Little League Minor and Major Divisions and Babe Ruth Junior and Senior Division.

Season starts April 16th , 2012

Deadline for ages 5-8 year olds is April 23rd, 2012.

This includes the Nelson Eagles Youth Baseball T-Ball and Rookie Divisions Season starts May 1st, 2012.

» Volunteer applications available here.

Please preorder your baseball pants on your registration form otherwise you won't have them for the season.

The New Lions Park Little League Diamond to start construction in mid-March!

The Nelson Baseball Association is building a new baseball diamond on the site of the old diamond at Lions park in Uphill. Previous baseball board executives had raised money in the past for a second youth diamond. The new field will have storage, new fencing as well as a grass infield and red clay base paths and hopefully a small concession. It will be primarily used for the players in the Eagles Youth baseball division (5-8 year olds) and Little league Minor (9-10 year olds). We are looking at completion in the Spring of 2012.