Sudbury Minor Baseball Association

Hello Everyone, It goes without saying that the 2020 baseball season has been like no other. However, plenty of work has been done behind the scenes and there is still much to be done. To that end, I invite you to join the SMBA Board of Directors. Duties include meetings (average one per month) and light duties to help keep the association moving forward. Simply indicate your interest by sending a brief (1 paragraph) bio to the Board Secretary, Wayne Cuculick, at [email protected] prior to September 27, 2020. This is a great and very positive way to give back to our community. Notice of AGM The SMBA AGM for 2020 will be held on Sunday, October 4 at 4:00 over Zoom Join Zoom Meeting https://cambriancollege.zoom.us/j/96076756257 Meeting ID: 960 7675 6257 No password is required Agenda: 1. Call To Order 2. Approval of the Agenda 3. President’s Report 4. Financial Report 5. Updates from Board Members 6. Questions / Comments / Suggestions from the membership 7. New Business 8. Board Positions being vacated/terms ending 9. Election of new Board members 10. Adjournment I look forward to seeing you "out" in large numbers. The AGM will be followed by a brief meeting of the new Board. Charles Fink, President SMBA

Would like to give a huge shout out to our SMBA president Craig for all the hard work you commit to our baseball community! It's greatly appreciated and does not go unnoticed!! Thank you!! Congrats!!

With the threat of bad weather today....the Bantam shamrock tryouts will be cancelled... See everyone on Wednesday... Any questions please [email protected]

On behalf of the board, we would like to thank our outgoing President, Charles Fink, for his leadership and contribution to Sudbury Minor Baseball. Charles was a steady hand and a level head, especially during this past year when everything was flipped upside down thanks to covid. Although he won't be running the show anymore, we are happy that he is staying on to help. With that said, we are pleased to introduce Craig Thompson as our new President. Craig has been an active member of the board for many years and brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm. We are all looking forward to getting back on the field in 2021!

Just a reminder about rookie ball tryouts tonight 5:00-630 diamond 4 Also major Pee-wee tryouts tonight 6:30-8 diamond 1

Just a reminder of the SMBA AGM this Sunday 4:00 pm https://cambriancollege.zoom.us/j/96076756257 Meeting ID: 960 7675 6257... Password: SMBA

SMBA board is looking for board members for the upcoming season.... If interested please send your info to [email protected] by September 27.

Just a reminder that major Pee-wee shamrocks (2008 kids) tryouts start tonight: Monday September 21 6:30-8 Tuesday September 22 6:30-8 Thursday September 24 6:30-8... All at diamond 1 For more information contact Craig Thompson .. 705-626-8316

Hello baseball fans ... As our rep season comes to an end... We would like to announce our Shamrock coaches for the 2021 baseball season and upcoming tryout times and dates. Rookie ball... Scott Ginson... (705) 665-3845 Tuesday September 22@ 5:00-6:30 Terry fox 4 Thursday September 24 @ 5:00-630 Terry fox 4... Minor mosquito.. vacant Major mosquito... Richard Spadafora.. (705) 698-6583 Tuesday September 22 @ 6:30-8:00 Terry fox 3 Wednesday September 23 @ 6:00-7:30 Terry fox 3 Minor peewee... Scott Ringuette (705) 929-2218 October 5...4:30-6 October 6...4:30-6 October 8..4:30-6 Diamond 3 Major Pee-wee... Craig Thompson 705-626-8316 Monday September 21 @ 6:30-8:00 diamond 1 Tuesday September 22 @ 6:30-8:00 diamond 1 Thursday September 24 @ 6:30-8:00 diamond 1 Bantam... Steve MacDonald... (705) 207-6156 Wednesday Sept 23 - 6:00-7:30 Monday Sept 28 - 6:00-7:30 Wednesday Sept 30 - 6:00-7:30 Diamond 1 If you have any questions please contact the respective coach. Cost... $10 per tryout We are also asking..... Can you register with the coach if you are planning to attend the tryouts as we need to be aware of gathering limits. Thanks

Good News Everyone! Baseball Ontario and the City of Greater Sudbury have allowed us to return to the baseball diamond. Granted, Covid-19 restrictions are in place and we will be following strict protocols but it is, nonetheless, great news for all us baseball enthusiasts. Since current restrictions prevent us from playing games or hosting scrimmages, SMBA will hold a series of "Drills and Skills" sessions at Terry Fox Diamond #1 (the only diamond open at this time) in groups... of 8 players. In order to plan our sessions, SMBA invites you to complete the following short survey. The survey is anonymous and does not commit you to anything but will help guide our decision making processes in the weeks to follow. The survey expires on Friday, July 10 at 4:00 pm. Thank you for your cooperation. More information will follow as we approach our first session - we will also make adjustments as the Covid-19 situation continues to evolve. SMBA

The Baseball Academy is running a Summer Hit Trax league!! The Covid Cup will provide players the opportunity to play baseball through the use of a hitting simulator. In teams of four they will Safely compete for eight weeks for prizes in all divisions (Rookie, Mosquito, Peewee and Highschool). Players are expected to get over 100 at bats in the season! League details are as follows: League Duration: 8 Weeks Start Date: June 24th... End Date: August 23rd Where: The Baseball Academy (1010 Lorne st.) Price: $150 Per player League expectations are as followed Teams of four players One night a week (Two games per night) Played in a climate controlled turf facility (no rainouts or mosquitos) 14 regular season games 2 playoff games guaranteed (up to six games depending on tournament results) Prizes for winners Player of the week prizes For answers to any questions or more information please contact [email protected]

ATTENTION Dear SMBA Members. The attached letter has been sent to you by email. Be sure to check your SPAM folders. https://drive.google.com//1lp5oAN_1LDq1oQWULy13dhzGU/view

Message from the President Baseball Ontario has announced that there will be no play prior to May 31. While this is disappointing, it does suggest that there is still hope for some baseball this summer. As of now, we are sill in a holding pattern. SMBA will keep you posted on all further developments. Thanks for your support.

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The rookie ball tryouts are cancelled until further notice... Thank you

Tomorrow's rookie ball tryouts will still be on... If you cannot make it please reach out to the coaches... Thanks

While SMBA is concerned with the developments of Covid-19, we remain committed to our baseball season. We will follow direction and policy dictated to us by the City of Greater Sudbury, the Health Unit, and Baseball Ontario. Since we are still over 2 months away from first pitch we are adopting a position of "wait and see". Should the season be suspended, refunds will be issued without question. As of now, it's business as usual but our primary concern is the safety of our players and their families. This is a rather dynamic situation. We will provide any relevant updates as the situation progresses.

Thanks to all parents and kids who came out yesterday! Friendly Reminder - 2nd Shamrock Rookie Tryout this Sunday March 15th! If your son or daughter is born in 2011 or 2012 and wants to come out please take note of the time below! ... Tryouts are: March 15th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* Tryout will be held at The Baseball Academy on Lorne street and the cost is $20.00/child. Please ensure your child is equipped with their gloves. Please bring helmets, bat (not mandatory) and running shoes

Friendly Reminder - Shamrock Rookie Tryouts start this Sunday!!!! If your son or daughter is born in 2011 or 2012 and wants to come out please take note of the times and dates below! Tryouts are: March 8th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm... March 15th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* *****March 22nd from 12:00-1:30 pm**** Please note time change And if needed March 29th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* All tryouts will be held at The Baseball Academy on Lorne street and the cost is $20.00/child. Please ensure your child is equipped with their gloves. Please bring helmets, bat (not mandatory) and running shoes.

Reminder today : Peewee SOBA tryouts at 12:00-1:30 at the Baseball Academy on Lorne St

Friendly Reminder - Shamrock Rookie Tryouts! If your son or daughter is born in 2011 or 2012 and wants to come out please take note of the times and dates below! Tryouts are: March 8th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm... March 15th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* March 22nd from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* And if needed March 29th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* All tryouts will be held at The Baseball Academy on Lorne street and the cost is $20.00/child. Please ensure your child is equipped with their gloves. Please bring helmets, bat (not mandatory) and running shoes.

REGISTRATION is now OPEN! Please go to the website and follow the link!! Sudburyminorbaseball.com Thank you all for your patience! ... Hope to see you this year! See more

Just a reminder: Peewee SOBA tryouts are this Saturday Feb 22, 4:30-6 at the Baseball academy on Lorne St.

We are up and running!! Returning players from the 2019 season should be getting an email within the next 24hrs. Registrations for new players will open on February 26th!! Registrations are online the link will be posted. The cost is 220$ for the season or... 110$ for t-ball age. This includes uniforms. Players must have their own helmets, glove. Jock cups are recommended Stay tuned for link See more

News from the baseball academy if you would like some pre season training! The Baseball Academy has partnered up with Nike! The first venture together is a March Break Camp. Please share this info. We are looking for your support in getting this information out to as many athletes as possible. You can sign up by following the link below.... https://www.sportscampscanada.com//nike-baseball-camps-th/

Registrations will be opening soon for the 2020 season! Please stay tuned to Facebook and website for more info in coming weeks!!

Hello baseball fans, Shamrock Rookie Ball tryouts are set! If your son or daughter is born in 2011 or 2012 and wants to come out please take note of the times and dates below! Tryouts are: March 8th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm... March 15th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* March 22nd from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* And if needed March 29th from 1:00pm to 2:30pm* All tryouts will be held at The Baseball Academy on Lorne street and the cost is $20.00/child. Please ensure your child is equipped with their gloves. Please bring helmets, bat (not mandatory) and running shoes.

Just a reminder.... that the AGM will be held on Nov 17th at the clubhouse at Terry Fox, 4:00 pm.

SMBA would like to announce that the AGM will be held on Nov 17th at the clubhouse at Terry Fox, 4:00 pm.

****CHANGE OF TIME AND FIELD FOR THE MINOR PEEWEE TRYOUT ON THURSDAY.... 6:30-8:30PM TERRY FOX 1*****

Major mosquito tryouts are cancelled for today .... Next one is Tuesday 5:30-7:30 Cambrian college Field

Reminder for shamrock tryouts today... 12-2 minor peewee... Lily Creek 2-4 minor mosquito.. Lily Creek 4-6 major mosquito... Cambrian

Major Mosquito Shamrock tryouts: Saturday Sept 21 - 4:00-6:00 pm Sunday Setp 22 - 4:00-6:00 pm... Both are at Cambrian College field Cost is $10 per kid Please contact Derek Goudreau at [email protected]

SMBA shamrocks Minor Mosquito tryout dates and times are as follows Sept 21 - 2:00-4:00 - Lily Creek Sept 24 - 6:00-8:00 - Lily Creek Sept 28 - 2:00-4:00 - Lily Creek... Minor Mosquito is kids who are born in 2010 or 2011 Please bring glove, helmet and bat if you have one Cost is $10 per kid per tryout For more information contact Richard spadafora... [email protected] Minor Peewee Shamrocks Sept 21 - 12:00-2:00 - Lily Creek Sept 26 - 6:00-8:00 - Lily Creek Sept 28 - 12:00-2:00 - Lily Creek Minor Peewee is boys born in 2008 and girls 2007... Please bring glove, helmet and bat if you have one Cost is $10 per kid per tryout For more information contact Craig Thompson... [email protected] or 705-626-8316 ***** These tryouts are all weather permitting***** and may change due to the weather

Congratulations to all the shamrock teams who participated in their respective provincials over the last weekend. Special congratulations to: Minor mosquito shamrocks who won OBA A provincials in Oshawa (green jerseys)... Major mosquito shamrocks (cramrocks) who won SOBA provincials in Cambridge (yellow jerseys)

The SMBA is seeking applications to Coach the 2020 Shamrocks. Continuing in a tradition of excellence and good sport, interested parties are asked to indicate their interest by submitting the following: Name / contact information Level you wish to coach List of qualifications... Coaching philosophy Please send your application to [email protected] no later than September 6.

Good luck this weekend to all the Sudbury Shamrocks baseball teams that are participating in provincials.. Bantam shamrocks in Oakville Peewee shamrocks in Quinte... Minor mosquito shamrocks in Oshawa Rookie ball shamrocks in West Hill Major mosquito shamrocks in Cambridge Good luck to all the teams Also the Valley East peewee team is in Halton Hills...good luck

Just a reminder that this Thursday 5:30-8 at Terry fox for all Jr and Sr rookie ball players there will be a rally cap testing day.

All games and practices are cancelled tonight due to weather...July 29All games and practices are cancelled tonight due to weather...July 29

All games and practices tonight are cancelled due to the weather.... July 24thAll games and practices tonight are cancelled due to the weather.... July 24th

Hello all, the playoff schedule is on the website now, please take a look at your division and times.

Over the past weekend the Sudbury rookie ball shamrocks were Bradford where they took home the championship...great job team

Over the past weekend the Major Mosquito Shamrocks were in Vaughan for their annual SOBA baseball tournament. This was the first tournament for the team this year, it was a very successful one, the team was 3-0 after the round robin play out scoring their opponents 63-1 and finishing 1st overall. In the semi final game vs Annette Red, our pitching was on display again along with the offence, with a 12-0 win, which moved them on to the finals vs Annette Black, with a hard fought 9-4 win the Shamrocks took the title North, good job team.

Congratulations to the PeeWee Shamrocks who won the Gary Marciniak Memorial Tournament in Waterloo last weekend. The team started off with a disappointing walk- off loss to the Cambridge Cubs on Friday night, but bounced back Saturday with 2 convincing wins over the Brantford Red Sox (11-5) and the host Waterloo Tigers (22-7). The Shamrocks entered Sunday as the number 3 seed and defeated the Ancaster Diamondbacks (4-1) in nail-biting 6th inning comeback. They then faced the power hitting Welland Mustangs in the finals and handily took the championship 13-6. What a great weekend and complete team effort win. Go Shamrocks.

Sudbury Shamrocks Rookieball team was in London over the weekend in their Summer Slam tournament. The team had a very successsful weekend, they finished 6-0, outscoring their opponets 138-81 enroute to winning the championship, good job Shamrocks

Great weekend of baseball this past weekend, following are the winners of each division: Sr Rookie: Wacky Knights Mosquito:Wellington Raptors Peewee: Flynn Flying Squirrels Bantam: Charles Fink Dojo Storm Chasers... Midget:Jet Hawks See more

*****DUE TO THE WEATHER...ALL GAMES AND PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT...JUNE 13*********DUE TO THE WEATHER...ALL GAMES AND PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT...JUNE 13****

**** DUE TO THE WEATHER...ALL GAMES AND PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT..JUNE 10*****

Father's Day tournament schedule is online now, please visit the website....

We are working on the calling issue...please be patientWe are working on the calling issue...please be patient

*****ALL GAMES/PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED TONIGHT DUE TO THE WEATHER***** JUNE 4/2019

Any senior players who signed up as individual players...teams are being finalized and we will start next week. You will be contacted within the next few days.

For all midget players who will be starting tomorrow night...please bring a pair of pants just in case. Uniforms will be there but it's always good to have a back up in case something doesn't fit. We won't be able to just run up to the shack. Thanks

Field Update..... If you have a child...or you are a player in Bantam or Midget, please check out the updated schedule on our website

lost keys tonight May 27, field 3 - 5:30.... did anyone find any...TIA

Please note that the midget schedule should not be followed at this point. Coaches have been contacted and they will be informed of any field times. Things will be easier once field 1 is finished. Thank you for your patience.

The week of practices and meet and greet with your coaches is done. The schedule is online, but please remember that it could change. If you have not heard from your coach, please contact us, if you have any issues with uniforms please contact Craig Thompson. Remember, each player from Jr Rookie and up needs to purchase a helmet prior to their first game.

****DUE TO THE WEATHER TODAY, THE ON FIELD PRACTICES ARE CANCELLED...PLEASE SHOW UP AT YOUR SCHEDULED TIME TO MEET YOUR COACH AND GET YOUR UNIFORMS*****

Here is the schedule for tonight.... Practices (on field) are cancelled....please show up at your scheduled time tonight to meet your coach and get your uniform...s. Everything will be set up in the club house. 6:00 7:00 Mosquito: BMO Mudhens (M3) 8:00 PeeWee: Lions Club Aqua Sox (P2) 6:00Mosquito: Wellington Raptors (M1) 7:00Mosquito: Toppers Express (M4) 8:00PeeWee: Fink Dojo Storm Chasers (P3) 6:00Mosquito: ProAm Sea Dogs (M2) 7:00PeeWee: Flynn Flying Squirrels (P1) 8:00PeeWee: Rastall Lug Nuts (P4)