Below are the details of our upcoming 18U (Midget) AAA Tryouts and AA Assessments.
AAA Tryouts
For those wanting to tryout for the 18U (Midget) AAA team, the tryouts will be held on the following dates and times:
Dates: Saturday, February 25, 2017 and Sunday, February 26, 2017
Time: 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: Delbrook Park, on the gravel field
Address: 3010 Delbrook Avenue, North Vancouver, BC V7N 4B8
All players wanting to try out for the AAA team should be prepared to be at both sessions, although after the Saturday session an email will be sent out to each player at the session to let them know whether they will continue on to the Sunday session or not. If there are any conflicts that you are not able to make both of these dates and intend to try out for the AAA team, please let me know as soon as possible.
All those wanting to try out for AAA should show up on the Saturday on time irrespective of the weather. Please bring your baseball equipment (glove, helmet, bat, athletic support, appropriate footwear, etc). Backcatchers should bring their own equipment if you have it, but for those that do not we will have a couple of sets that can be used during the tryouts. Remember that in AAA only wood bats are allowed and each player is expected to supply their own bat.
There is a higher commitment level required at the AAA level and an expectation of full participation from its players. Also there are additional costs that we are estimating will be around $1,000 per player (to be confirmed once we know # of players, tournaments, etc). If you have any questions at all about the AAA team (commitment, cost, travel, etc.) please contact the Head Coach Cal Pye at calpye@gmail.com or 604-649-5585
AA Assessments
Update (March 3, 2017): Apologize for the short notice, but given the way the weather looks this weekend, we do not think it is going to be feasible to hold the Assessments outside. So we have changed the date and location, see below.
For those that are not wanting to play AAA or unsuccessful in making the AAA team, we will be holding assessments of all those players in order that we may balance our AA teams for the spring season. The AA assessments will be held on the following date and time:
Date: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Inside Performance
Address: #2 – 1500 Railway Street, North Vancouver, BC V7J 1B5
Each player will be emailed a time for their assessment as we will split the group up into 3 groups with each assessment session lasting 1 hour (either 6PM, 7PM, or 8PM). An email will go out on March 3rd with the your new time slot, but if you have a conflict with one of these times please let us know so we can put you in the appropriate time slot. Players will be assessed and scored on hitting, pitching and fielding. Everyone makes a team, we just want to make sure they are as balanced as possible.
Please bring your baseball equipment (glove, helmet, bat (we’ll have league bats to use as well), athletic support, appropriate footwear, etc). We will also have sets of backcatcher’s equipment available for use as well, as players are not expected to supply their own catching gear during the season.
The hope is that we will have all our teams named before Spring Break starts so that once Spring Break is over we will be able to start right into practices and games (AAA may start sooner).
Please direct any questions or if you need any further information to:
Paul Rohrwasser
18U (Midget) Coordinator
18U@northshorebaseball.ca
North Shore Baseball Association