President Joe will be sending out details regarding Opening Day soon.  Teams are to meet at the East side of the Majors fence, in uniform, at 9:30 am.  Volunteers who are helping out with Opening Day organization should be at the park at 9 am.  Parents are asked to drop off the kids with their teams and then leave the field area so that it is not too crowded.  The teams/families should make arrangements for a pick-up location following the opening ceremonies.

The team lists and schedules have been sent out to the coaches and managers, so you should hear from them soon.  The TBall schedule can be found under the divisions tab under TBall http://dunbarbaseball.ca/dll-divisions/t-ball-year-1/t-ball-schedule/

Please mark your calendars for these important dates:

April 5 Coaches Meeting

April 9 Work Day

April 16 9:30 am Opening Day ceremonies and TBall 1 mini tournament

May 7 Photo Day (teams should receive their schedule the week of April 22)

June 18 Closing Day parade and ceremonies and TBall 2 mini tournament

Here is looking to a warm, rainless and fun season!

Regards,

Adrienne Atherton

DLL TBall Coordinator

tballcoord@dunbarbaseball.ca

T-BALL

There are two subdivisions within T-Ball.

1. TBALL 1 – 5 year olds and 6 year olds in Kindergarten
2. TBALL 2 – 6 year olds and 7 year olds in Grade 1

T-Ball offers players the opportunity to learn, develop and practice fundamental baseball skills at hitting, throwing, fielding and running. The games are held on a small diamond and use a special “soft” official ball. In TBALL 1, the ball is hit from a stationary tee. In TBALL 2, the ball is soft under- hand pitched by coaches. Coaches are allowed on the field and designated parents help by taking turns umpiring. All players are on the field and rotate positions.
The season begins in April and games are played in the early weekday evenings or on weekends at Dunbar Memorial Park 33rd Avenue and Wallace (or rarely Valdez Park (23rd and Balaclava). Team equipment, shirts and baseball caps are provided but players must have their own baseball glove (their own batting helmet is highly encouraged). At least
one year of T-ball is recommended.