Outline of club and tournament competitions for the 2015/16 season

Club competitions Tournament competitions

Competition Qualifying ages Who runs it Details T Ball (Under 8) Born in 2008 or Clubs Held on Saturday mornings between October and Christmas break and later January and Easter break Cost – Club fees Rookie Ball (Under 10) Born in 2006 or Clubs Held on Saturday mornings between October and Christmas break and 2007 January and Easter break Cost – Club fees Under 12 Division 2 Born in 2004 or Clubs Held on Saturday mornings between October and Christmas break and Division 1 2005 Baseball January and Easter break Cost – Club fees Little League Regional qualifying Born between 1 Metro region 12 game competition run as double headers over 6 Sundays (likely to be competition May 2003 and 30 November/December and February) April 2005 14 players selected to form the Metro Little League team Players must play in at least 60% of games to qualify for selection All players are welcome Cost – low to no cost, hopefully can be included in Club fees State Baseball Regional teams compete in 8 game tournament Titles Queensland Top 2 (sometimes 3) teams advance to Australian Little League Championship Usually held over Easter break Cost – around $150 plus any uniform Australian Little Baseball ~20 regional teams from all States compete in 12 game tournament League Australia Winner advances to Little League World Series, runner up invited to attend Championships Cal Ripken World Series (see under ‘Other Tournaments’) Usually held in early June (can be anywhere in Australia) Cost – around $2000 per player (all transport, accommodation, meals included) Competition Qualifying ages Who runs it Details Little League World Little League Top teams from across the USA and internationally compete in 12 game Series International tournament Held in late August in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA Cost – player costs (travel, accommodation , meals etc) paid by Little League International Under 14 Born in 2002 or Baseball Held on Saturday mornings between October and Christmas break and 2003 Queensland January and Easter break Cost – Club fees Junior League Regional qualifying Born between 1 Metro region 12 game competition run as double headers over 6 Sundays (likely to be competition May 2001 and 30 October to December) April 2003 14 players selected to form the Metro Junior League team Players must play in at least 60% of games to qualify for selection All players are welcome Cost – low to no cost, hopefully can be included in Club fees Queensland State Baseball Regional teams compete in 4 day tournament Titles Queensland Top 2 (sometimes 3) teams advance to Australian Junior League Championship To be held in late January Cost – around $150 plus any Metro uniform Australian Junior Baseball ~16 regional teams from all States compete in 6 day tournament League Australia Winner advances to Asia-Pacific Junior League Championship Championships Usually held in Easter break (can be anywhere in Australia) Cost – around $2000 per player (all transport, accommodation, meals included) Asia-Pacific Junior Little League Top teams from Asia-Pacific Region compete in 7 day tournament League Asia-Pacific Winner advances to Junior League World Series Championship Usually held around June (can be anywhere within the Asia-Pacific region) Cost – Player costs paid by Competition Qualifying ages Who runs it Details Junior League Little League Top teams from across the USA and internationally compete in a 7 day World Series International tournament Held in August in Taylor, Michigan USA Cost – player costs (travel, accommodation , meals etc) paid by Little League International Under 16 Born in 2000 or Baseball Held on Saturday mornings/afternoons between October and Christmas 2001 Queensland break and January and Easter break Cost – Club fees Senior League Regional qualifying Born between 1 Metro region If there is sufficient interest for 2015/16 season - 12 game competition run competition May 2000 and 30 as double headers over 6 Sundays (likely to be October to December) April 1998 14 players selected to form the Metro Senior League team Players must play in at least 60% of games to qualify for selection All players are welcome Cost – low to no cost, hopefully can be included in Club fees Queensland State Baseball Regional teams compete in 8 game tournament Titles Queensland Top 2 (sometimes 3) teams advance to Australian Senior League Championship To be held late January Cost – around $150 plus any uniform Australian Senior Baseball ~20 regional teams from all States compete in 12 game tournament League Australia Winner advances to Asia-Pacific Senior League Championship Championships To be held in Easter break (can be anywhere in Australia) Cost – around $2000 per player (all transport, accommodation, meals included) Asia-Pacific Senior Little League Top teams from Asia-Pacific Region compete in 6 day tournament League Asia-Pacific Winner advances to Senior League World Series Championship Usually held around June (can be anywhere within the Asia-Pacific region) Cost – player costs (travel, accommodation , meals etc) paid by Little League International Competition Qualifying ages Who runs it Details Senior League Little League Top teams from across the USA and internationally compete in a 6 day World Series International tournament Held in August in Bangor, Maine, USA Cost – player costs (travel, accommodation , meals etc) paid by Little League International U18 Queensland State Titles Born in 1998 or Baseball Regional teams compete in 4 day tournament 1999 Queensland Selected players advance to the National Youth Championship as part of the Queensland Baby Bandits team Held September/October Cost – around $150 plus any uniform National Youth Championship Baseball State teams from all States compete in 12 game tournament Australia Held in January (can be anywhere in Australia) Cost – around $2000 per player (all transport, accommodation, meals included) Under 20 Born between Baseball Held on Saturday afternoons between October and Christmas break and 1995 and 1999 Queensland January and Easter break Cost – Club fees

Other tournaments open to Queensland players

Competition Qualifying ages Who runs it Details Timberjacks Age groups as for Far North Friendly tournament – regional level teams from multiple States and some club play – U12, Coast Baseball international teams U14, U16 and Region Held in June/July break in Lismore U18 Cost – around $300 per player (includes all travel, accommodation, meals etc – Metro uniform extra if required)

Competition Qualifying ages Who runs it Details Girls Friendship Series Female players Teams are run National tournament – teams from all States born between at a Usually held in September/October break (can be anywhere in Australia) 2005 and 1998 cross-region Cost – around $1,500 per player (includes all travel, accommodation, level meals, uniforms etc) Further details at: www.facebook.com/GirlslFriendshipSeries

Cal Ripken World Series Born between 1 Ripken International tournament with 16 teams from USA and across the world May 2003 and 30 Baseball Held in August In Aberdeen, Maryland, USA April 2005 Team finishing as runner-up at Australian Little League Championship will be offered the opportunity to attend, with roster spots to be made up from other players if necessary Cost – around $3,000 – $4,000 per player (includes all travel, accommodation, meals, uniforms etc) Further details at: www.ripkenbaseball.com/world_series

Under 14 Schools Baseball State Titles Players born in Queensland State tournament – teams from all school regions 2002 and 2003 School Sport Usually held around May/June (can be anywhere in Queensland) Cost – around $350 per player Further details can be sought from your school

Dingo World Series Born in 2001 or Dingo National and international tournament – teams from all States and possibly 2002 International from Japan, USA, New Zealand plus others Held 27 December 2015 to 4 January 2016 at the Gold Coast Trials open to all players to be held 26 July 2015 (Pine Hills) Cost – around $2500 per player (includes all travel, accommodation, meals, uniforms etc) Further details at: www.dingoworldseries.com