Upper Rock Island County Recreation Association

10:00 a.m. until 12:00 program and moving us p.m. at the First United in the right direction Methodist Church. with group practices URICRA 9412 228th St. N. Port and winter workouts. Byron (on the Port He has designed a Byron/Hillsdale Road). structured program and Forms will be available. we think you will like Cash and check it! We have also been accepted. working with Coach www.uricra.com Mitchell, Riverdale’s Have you seen our High School Baseball newly updated Coach, to get our website??!! Chris program in line with Newsletter Spring Wheelan has upgraded his, so when you guys 2017 our website with some step on his field your great features and freshman year, you are information. We are prepared to play at Upper Rock Island County Recreation still a work in progress, Coach Mitchell’s level Association but check it out soon and to put your team in and regularly. We think the high school record you will find it most books! Port Byron, IL helpful! Issue #1 Our Softball program is moving in the same direction! We have teamed up with Randy Creen, Riverdale’s High Happy Spring!! URICRA is gearing up for the upcoming School Softball Coach, baseball, softball, t-ball and spring soccer season. We to hold some winter are very excited to introduce this newsletter to share workouts and to build a upcoming events, registration information, activity structured plan with our updates, renovation news, what’s new about URICRA softball program. You gal’s will be just as and whatever else we can pack on to this page! Look for prepared to play for these newsletters a couple times throughout the year. Coach Creen your freshman year and put It’s Registration we have for each age your team in the high Time! group to insure our school record books! We are currently taking teams are at the proper registration for the size and how many We have some indoor spring season – teams to schedule workouts scheduled baseball, softball, t-ball within the league. over the next couple of and soccer (10U-14U). You may print a weeks. Please arrive 5 Registrations are due registration form from minutes early to check on March 3. A $10.00 www.uricra.com and in. Late Registration fee mail it to PO Box 8, Baseball: Sunday, Feb. will be added for all Port Byron, IL 61275. 12, Feb. 19 & Feb. 26 registration collected Or you can visit Baseball and Minor, Major & Pony between March 4 -19. www.quickscores.com/ Softball News Boys Noon-1:30 Late March is crunch uricra to register and We have started 2017 PeeWee/Coach Pitch time for getting teams pay online. Please off with a bang. 1:30-3:00 picked, practices register today! Larry Cullison had Softball: Sunday, Feb. scheduled and uniforms stepped in as our 12 & Feb. 19 ordered. Most Walk In Baseball Commissioner. All Ages from 10:00 importantly we need to Registration Date is Larry has done a great -12:00 know how many kids February 25 - from job with our Baseball Equipment Swap: other work he does at softball or refereeing Our lights are dated and We have created an URICRA. He turns in Soccer or Flag Football. have become unreliable Equipment Swap. Any his total hours and inefficient. The volunteered and the good used equipment, High School Senior estimates for replacing cleats, pants, gloves etc. company cuts a check Scholarship lights on all three that you want to get out to URICRA. So, if Program: Every year of your closets or Jimmy puts in 250 diamonds are around garage, donate them to volunteer hours for the URICRA rewards at $300,000. Our URICRA, we will find year, his company will least two individuals estimates include new someone who can use send a check for $250 to from the current Senior 60’ steel poles, new them. You can donate URICRA. That is a Class at Riverdale High lights & fixtures, huge help to our anytime. Just drop it off School with a onetime installation of new at the concession stand organization! $250 scholarship to help lights with underground and label it for the with their first year of equipment swap. Speaking of wiring and demo of the We will have dates and Volunteers! ALL college. Eligibility for old lights. The Rock times available to check URICRA Board the scholarship is as Island Forest Preserve out the inventory to Members, Coaches, follows: 1.) Must show has set up a pick up what your kids Assistant Coaches and proof of acceptance in “gofundme” account to Team Moms & Dads may need for the an accredited program help collect funds to get upcoming season. Our are volunteers. Yes, we at a college, university our project started. first swap date will be at all volunteer these hours or vocational (tech) our walk in registration to give your kids an They have also on February 25, from exceptional experience school. 2.) Must rank in budgeted money to help 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. with URICRA. Please the top 50% of his/her pay for the light project. at the First United join us – we love a good class. 3.) Participated We have been striving Methodist Church. volunteer. in URICRA programs at to save money and do The only paid Donations accepted this least three years. 4.) extra fundraisers to help individuals at URICRA date too. We will hold Volunteered and/or another swap date are the field prep guys pay for the lights. Once before the season for baseball/softball, worked at URICRA we complete the light practices start. Any umpires for events, games and/or projects our plans are to questions, call Bobbie baseball/softball and tournaments or the renovate the fields by Jenkins at 309-236- referees for Soccer and concession stand or help repairing fences, 5480 or Angela Findley Flag Football. These coach a team. Seniors – installing new at 309-230-3536. individuals are high see Pam Smith for an scoreboards, fixing and school students from application. Deadline Volunteer Incentive our area working for the repairing the infield and for applications is in Programs: Does your summer or fall to make outfields, new dugouts company offer a extra money. Most March. and a batting cage volunteer incentive umpires have been upgrade. Cade Nelson program? Ask you certified in an umpire Light Project & had previously set up a Human Resources class and are excellent Field Renovations: “gofundme” account players at the Jr. High Department today! As many of you know and the money he What is a volunteer and High School level. we are looking at Younger kids really collected he purchased a incentive program? investing in new lights look up to these new batting cage net! Some companies offer a at the park. Our plan is reward to the not for individuals. We are How awesome was profit the employee always looking for to replace the lights on that? Thanks Cade!! volunteers for. For Umpires and Referees. Diamond 1(the big example – Company A Email your name and diamond), Diamond 3 Whenever we are offers Jimmy $50 for phone number to (the diamond by the hosting a fundraiser, we every 50 hours of [email protected] Port Byron/Hillsdale hope to see you there. if you are interested in volunteer hours he turns Rd.) and then Diamond We are putting all funds in for coaching his umpiring baseball or 2 (the back diamond). collected into the park son’s baseball team and and ball fields and most Jenkins at 309-236- importantly our kids’ 5480 to purchase tickets future. through her by Thursday, March 2. We Mallards Tickets: will have a table set up Join us for URICRA in the concourse area Night at the I-Wireless with information about Center for a Mallards URICRA and raffle Game on Saturday, baskets. The Mallards th March 4 , against the have donated a great Indy Fuel. You may basket for the evening. buy lower bowl tickets So, come on out to see a for $15.00 each; go to great hockey game and www.ticketmaster.com support URICRA! It to order tickets and use will be a great time! the code URICRA to receive the discounted Thank you! Look for price; or call Bobbie Issue #2 soon!!