Cloverdale Minor Baseball

Congratulations to Max Skinner, INF, from our 18U College Prep Nationals team who has signed his letter of intent to play for the University of Calgary this upcoming fall.

Max has played on numerous high-performance teams for the Cloverdale Minor Baseball Association. Max has been an integral part of the College Prep program and is excited to continue to play baseball at a high level. Congratulations to Max and his family, we wish them the best of luck.

Congratulations to Brady Barrick, RHP, from our 18U College Prep Nationals team who has signed his letter of intent to play for Thompson River University this upcoming fall.

Brady has played on many high performance teams for the Cloverdale Minor Baseball Association. He has shown tremendous effort and commitment to his sport and we wish him the best of luck during this exciting chapter of life. Congratulations once again to Brady and his family.

CMBA is excited to announce that we have secured Brad Robinson, from The Complete Athlete, to conduct our Pre-Season Coaches Clinics. This will be a required clinic for all coaches and assistant coaches in CMBA. During these clinics, all COVID-19 safety protocols will be reviewed as well.

These clinics will held at our Batting Cage and will be approximately 60 mins. in length. Afterwards, the coaches will be able to recieve their equipment for their individual teams.  Below is a schedule of the Clinics. 

The clinics are age specific but if a coach is not able to attend on the day and time of their Division, we can try to place the coach in another clinic, if space allows. Coaches can sign up by emailing Chris Semak – Coach and Player Development Director, at csemak@telus.net 

Saturday, March 6th, 2021:
11:30am - 12:30pm – Midget/Bantam
1:00pm - 2:00pm – Mosquito
2:30pm - 3:30pm – Tadpole
4:00pm - 5:00pm – PeeWee

Sunday, March 7th 2021:
9:30am - 10:30am – Tadpole
11:00am - 12:00pm – Mosquito
12:30pm - 1:30pm – Bantam/PeeWee
2:00pm - 3:00pm – Super T

Sunday, March 14th  2021:
9:30am - 10:30am – Super T /T Ball
11:00am - 12:00pm – Tadpole
12:30pm - 1:30pm – Blastball/T Ball

If you are interested in coaching with Cloverdale Minor Baseball, please visit our Coaches FAQ Section or you can register here at Coaches Registration.

CMBA is proud to announce that Gord McFarlane, our UIC, was awarded the George Connelly Award by the BCBUA (BC Baseball Umpires Association) in 2020.

“Gord has been a leader among his colleagues in the UIC world for many years. His commitment to supporting his youth officials through leading yearly clinics, modelling a flagship mentorship program and creating opportunities for his members has earned him respect and appreciation from his peers. In addition to serving his home association, Gord is always willing to lend a hand to his fellow UICs when they need it.”

Congratulations Gord and thank you for all you do for Cloverdale Minor Baseball and our umpires!

Coaches, please make sure that you understand all rules and policies governing the use of the batting cage, as they are there to both promote high utilization of the facility while ensuring player safety.

1. Please DO NOT enter the batting cage until the previous team has cleared out of the cage. This includes the seating area! It is very difficult to ensure that all players have collected their equipment if your team has crowded in and mixed their bags and equipment with the other team's equipment.
2. Teams ARE NOT to run over their allotted time. When your hour is done – you’re done! This means no excuses like "one last batter" or "quick team meeting" or "we got in late". You must be OUT OF THE CAGE by the time your hour is done.
3. Therefore, teams must start cleaning up their equipment 5 minutes prior to the end of their session, so they have vacated the batting cage on time. The clock on the wall in the batting cage (near the door) will be considered the official time for the batting cage.
4. All teams are responsible to clean up the batting cage each time they are finished their session (balls in buckets and bats hung up). Please see the above picture as to what a properly cleaned up batting cage looks like. This is the condition that it should be left in after your session is over.
5. DO NOT leave the nets open with balls, buckets, ot tee parts laying around.
6. DO NOT (EVER) leave pitching machines in lanes on the turf when you leave.
7. DO NOT leave L-screens in the lanes when you leave.
8. The rule of thumb is if you remove anything from the wood platform at the south end, you MUST return it there when done.
9. There is to be no smoking, food of any kind, or beverages (except water) in the batting cage.
10. NO SPITZ are allowed in the batting cage. EVER! This includes the waiting area. You are not exempt by thinking that you can spit the shells into a garbage can or empty bottle. This includes players, parents, siblings, etc. NOT ALLOWED!
11. NO GUM is allowed in the batting cage. We now have gum embedded in the turf that may never come out. This is a simple rule, and coaches are required to enforce it!
12. Only clean runners or turf shoes are to be worn. NO CLEATS
13. Only adults are to feed or operate the pitching machines.
14. Batting helmets must be worn while batting.
15. Balls are to be placed back in the buckets and not in your baseball bags.