Cloverdale Minor Baseball

CMBA is happy to announce the following coaches have been selected as head coaches for the following programs:

18U College Prep - Bob Foerster

18U AAA - Mike Dance

15U AAA - Michael Dagg

15U AA  - Rob Yakemchuk

13U AA Red - John Braaten

13U AA Black - Jeff Leith

For those players interested in playing in our rep-level (ie. select, competitive) programs at the PeeWee division, please see the following information regarding upcoming tryouts.  A limited number of players will be selected for these teams.

If your child wishes to play in our house-level (ie. community) division, you do not need to attend these tryouts.  Instead your child will attend the Skill Assessments late February and all players in the house-level will be placed on a team.

Please see the following details regarding the tryouts:

• Players must be registered for 2021 and paid the registration fee to tryout (or indicated 'deferred fees' from the 2020 season during registration process) 
• Out Of Catchment players must have a tryout release
• Proof of residency is also required
• A cost of $10 per player trying out will be payable at the tryout
• Email your Division Coordinator to register for the tryout (see below)
• Players must attend both tryout days
• Players will be assigned by the Division Coordinator to a specific time slot within the tryout windows listed below.
• Due to the space constraints, players may not attend a different time slot without first clearing it with their division coordinator
• Due to current COVID protocols, there are NO parents/spectators allowed to be present during the tryouts

Division Coordinator:

Peewee AA – Erin Harvie staff.coordinator@cloverdalebaseball.com

Tryout Times

** Players will be emailed with their tryout times. The addresss to the Barn cage will be sent by the coordinator.

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!

Cloverdale Minor Baseball is happy to announce that we will be able to offer our New Year Training Program once again. Unfortunately this year we have had to put some additional measures in place due to the current situation. In addition to our current protocols, we are having to limit the number of players for each session, parents will not be allowed to watch the sessions in the batting cage.

This year we are excited to have three coaches running the New Year Clinics for us. Joe Germaine is an accomplished coach who has coached professional teams around the world and runs high-level youth programs. John Parker is with our College Prep Program. He has
extensive experience coaching in the PBL League with multiple Provincial, National, and International accomplishments. As well, we will have Nick Palmer running the Catchers Clinics for our PeeWee and Bantam catchers. Nick is the Catchers Coach for our College Prep
Program.

In addition to our clinics, current CMBA Coaches or parents interested in coaching will have the opportunity to participate in the clinics. Shadowing these high level and accomplished coaches is an excellent way to develop and expand your coaching knowledge
and skills.

The clinics will begin on January 9 and run until February 19. The cost for each clinic is $120.  Please make cheques payable to Cloverdale Minor Baseball and bring them to your first session.

To register for the clinics, please email Chris Semak at csemak@telus.net. Please include your clinic, level of play, and preference of times.

NOTE: Masks must be worn in the cage during the training sessions.

This year's sessions available are:

Tadpole

Baseball Skills:
Sunday 8:45 - 9:45 Joe Germaine FULL
Tuesday 4:45 - 5:45 John Parker

Hitting:
Thursday 4:45 - 5:45 Joe Germaine FULL
Saturday 12:30 - 1:30 John Parker 1 Spot

Mosquito

Baseball Skills:
Sunday 11:15 - 12:15 Joe Germaine FULL
Tuesday 6:00 - 7:00 John Parker FULL

Hitting:
Sunday 10:00 - 11:00 Joe Germaine  1 Spot
Thursday 6:00 - 7:00 Joe Germaine FULL

PeeWee

Baseball Skills:
Sunday 12:30 - 1:30 Joe Germaine 1 Spot
Wednesday 4:45 - 5:45 John Parker 2 Spots

Hitting:
Monday 4:45 - 5:45 John Parker 1 Spot
Saturday 1:45 - 2:45 John Parker CANCELLED

Bantam

Baseball Skills:
Sunday 1:45 - 2:45 Joe Germaine FULL
Wednesday 6:00 - 7:00 John Parker CANCELLED

Hitting:
Monday 6:00 - 7:00 John Parker FULL
Saturday 3:00 -4:00 John Parker FULL *new time

We will also be offering the following Pitching and Catching Clinics:

Tadpole/Mosquito:

Friday 4:45 - 5:45 Jeff Sandes

PeeWee/Bantam:

Saturday 11:15 - 12:15 John Parker  FULL
Saturday 1:45 - 2:45 John Parker FULL *new time
Sunday 3:00 - 4:00 - Joe Germaine FULL

PeeWee/Bantam Catching

Saturday 11:15 - 12:15 Nick Palmer CANCELLED
Saturday 1:45 - 2:45 Nick Palmer FULL *new time
Sunday 3:00 - 4:00 Nick Palmer FULL

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.