2019 HANDBOOK www.baseballalberta.com Remax Field Edmonton, Alberta HaVe A TEam to FEeD? We have great team menus which are quick and easy when you have a hungry team to feed. Call ahead to book your group or take out if you’re in a rush. We’re famous for our no fancy frills, no stuffed shirt attitude. Just real people and great food! Everything you want in a steakhouse. Only casual. ¡∞ LocAtions aCroSs AlberTa! Airdrie 130 Sierra Springs Drive 403-948-3701 High River 1225B 1st Street SE 587-528-6453 Bonnyville 5306 50 Avenue 780-826-3393 Hinton 900 Carmichael Lane 587-467-8580 Calgary 12650 Symons Valley Drive NW 587-619-2359 Peace River 8006 99 Avenue 780-624-8803 Camrose 101-4706 73 Street 780-608-1886 Red Deer 6701 Gaetz Avenue 403-356-0056 Cochrane 50 Quarry Street W 403-851-7447 Slave Lake 1500 Holmes Trail 780-849-6453 Drayton Valley 2248 50 Street 780-515-8433 West Edmonton Mall 8882 170 Street 780-930-1135 Fort McMurray 3-8520 Manning Avenue 780-215-6453 Whitecourt 3301 35 Street 780-778-1996 Grande Prairie 10214 116 Avenue 780-538-9378 Ask about our great fundraising options so you can eat your face off while raising money. mrmikes.ca MR MIKES - Baseball Alberta Handbook AD 2019 Size: 8.5” x 11” + Bleed CMYK FD#: 8460 BASEBALL ALBERTA 11759 Groat Road | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | T5M 3K6 Phone: (780) 427-8943 | Fax: (780) 427-9032 | www.baseballalberta.com Message from the President I would first of all like to acknowledge that it has been my pleasure to serve as your President and be part of Baseball Alberta. The greatness of our organization really comes from each of you that are out there doing your part to contribute to baseball in your community. This means volunteering your time, be it small or large, to help your Association create a safe place for athletes to develop their baseball skills while learning the life and leadership skills to become an important part of society in the future. 2019 The 2018 season brought a huge milestone for us as we had 18,083 HANDBOOK members, breaking through 18,000 players for the first time in our history. This represents an increase of 1.15% in registration compared to 2017 and with the addition of new members from Zone 1, we can also now say that we have registration from across the entire province. The record participation Publisher: Suggitt Publishing numbers came with the challenge of scheduling a record 4,413 games. I Editor: Board of Directors am pleased to say that the entire office staff stepped up to the plate and knocked it out of the park, delivering an exceptional job with the limited experience they had. Graphic Designers: With this growth of athletes, umpires have been a focus area for us to service the officiating needs of Cailey Welk & Kate Suggitt baseball. We had 923 umpires registered in 2018, up from 797 in 2017, and we provided 27 NUCP Level 1 clinics at locations throughout the province. This meant we had the resources to provide quality umpires throughout the season and for a record 46 tournaments over a three weekend period, during the Provincial Championship weekends. TABLE OF The training doesn’t stop with the umpires. We continue to develop coaches at all levels with 88 coaches registered towards getting their Regional or Provincial NCCP certification, and 1002 participants at 72 NCCP clinics in 16 different communities across the province. We will continue to support and grow our CONTENTS NCCP and NUCP programs as important building blocks of our sport. We also created and funded a Girls/Women Baseball Technical Coordinator role to drive recruitment, Board of Directors.......................... retention, and development of female athletes. We had 2433 female players in 2018 and hope we will 7 continue to grow female participation in baseball year to year. One of the largest challenges for all of our Member Associations in 2019 and onward continues to be Umpire Committee.........................7 ensuring that we have enough baseball facilities and maintaining these facilities to support growth of the sport. We continued with our Facility Grant Program and, after having 17 applications asking for $119,000, we managed to invest $60,000 into 8 Association’s facilities in 2018. We will continue with 2019 Baseball Alberta Fees...........13 this program for 2019 and hope that we have even more applicants. I would like to welcome all new members to our baseball family and look forward to a successful 2019. 2019 Provincial Champions........... Ron Van Keulen | President, Baseball Alberta 15 2019 Western Representatives.....26 CANADIAN FEDERATION OF AMATEUR BASEBALL 2212 Gladwin Crescent, Suite A7 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | K1B 5N4 Phone: (613) 748-5606 | Fax: (613) 748-5767 2019 National Representatives.... 30 Message from the President 2019 Provincial League Rules, Whether a player, coach, official, umpire, board member, sponsor or volunteer, Regulations & Requirements........ 33 you play a valuable and essential role in the development and improvement of baseball all over the province and in Canada. NCCP Certification Requirements.... We appreciate the support of Baseball Alberta in helping us grow this game 44 nationally and becoming the summer sport of choice for thousands of Canadians each year. 2019 Players of the Year............... Alberta continues to perform on the national level bringing home three medals 88 at Baseball Canada National Championships in 2018 including silver and bronze at the 13U National Western and a bronze at the Women’s Invitational. League Calendar............................. Internationally, no less than five Albertans helped Canada capture the bronze 92 medal at the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup led by Edmonton’s Nicole Luchanski who ends her amazing playing career with another medal. Baseball Alberta Awards...............95 I know the constant challenges all of us face with limited budgets but everyone from the local administrator right up to the provincial office should share in the success that Canada is able to show at the international Scholarships...................................... level. Your development and contributions are not ignored, as we recognize and appreciate the strides taken 99 and the efforts made at your local and provincial levels. I congratulate you on all of your service and accomplishments to date, and I encourage you to continue down EIBF Bursaries................................... 102 the impressive road you’ve paved thus far. I have seen the passion for baseball in the province of Alberta and have no doubt that it will continue throughout a very successful 2019. Grassroots Development Yours in baseball, Program............................................ Jason Dickson | President, Baseball Canada 104 PRESIDENTS OF BASEBALL ALBERTA 1951-1952 Sanford Sawyer 1966-1968 Angus Mirray | Edmonton 1987-1992 Wally Footz | Edmonton 1953 H.L. West | Del Bonita 1969-1971 Ron Hayter | Edmonton 1993-1996 Doug Jones | Oyen 1954-1956 H.J. Doherty | Westlock 1972-1973 Walter Cleland | Bow Island 1997-1998 Doug Boisvert | Edmonton 1957-1959 Andy Pisko | Lethbridge 1974 Les Long | Edmonton 1999-2000 Don Kadatz | Beaumont 1960 F. Lupul | Edmonton 1975-1977 Al Wilson | Edmonton 2001-2002 Phyllis Pannenbaker | Edmonton 1961 Andy Pisko | Lethbridge 1978-1979 Bob O’Brian | Barrhead 2003-2008 Carl Linden | Grande Prairie 1962-1963 F. Lupul | Edmonton 1980-1981 Elmer Schiekle | Provost 2009-2016 Don Paulencu | Sherwood Park 1964 Reid Olsen | Pincher Creek 1982-1985 Jim Cramer | Spruce Grove 2017-Present Ron Van Keulen | Calgary 1965 Matt Volk | Edmonton 1986 Clint Fystro | Peace River BASEBALL ALBERTA VISION STATEMENT To promote and develop the sport of baseball in Alberta. BASEBALL ALBERTA MISSION STATEMENT To serve as the provincial sport body providing life and leadership skills for all genders through the sport of baseball while encouraging fun and fair play in all aspects of the game. Baseball Canada Alberta Amateur www.baseball.ca Baseball Council www.albertabaseball.org Western Canada Alberta Sport Connection Baseball Association www.albertasport.ca www.ballcharts.com/wcba facebook.com/BaseballAlberta twitter.com/BaseballAlberta 6 | Baseball Alberta Handbook 2019 Baseball Alberta Board Of Directors President Zone 5 Director EIBF Representative Sherwood Park Large Ron Van Keulen | Calgary Kevin Tritten | Leduc Orest Babiuk | Edmonton Association Representative [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Josh Bishop | Sherwood Park [email protected] VP South Zone 5 Assistant Director St. Albert Large Neil Penner | Okotoks Richard Yurko | Beaumont Association Representative Fort McMurray Large [email protected] [email protected] Kurtus Millar | St. Albert Association Representative [email protected] Kevin Breen | Fort McMurray VP North Zone 6 Director [email protected] Jon Oko | Edmonton Meggan Nepoose-Hill | Edmonton Grande Prairie Large [email protected] [email protected] Association Representative NEZ Baseball Large Jason Lainchbury | Grande Prairie Zone 6 Assistant Director Association Representative Past President [email protected] Don Paulencu | Sherwood Park Paul Auton | Edmonton Trevor Boe | Edmonton [email protected] [email protected] Red Deer Large [email protected] Association Representative Zone 7 Director Zone 1 Director Randy Gehring | Red Deer Provincial Supervisor of Umpires Doug Bassett | Elk Point Byron Whitford | Lethbridge [email protected] Brandon Strocki | St. Paul [email protected]