Kamloops Minor Softball

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Hello everyone,

Just to let you all know our annual indoor fastball starts up in January running through until Spring Break. The fee this year is once again $40.00.

*****We also would like to encourage as many athletes 8 years old and up to participate in the Thursday night pitching practise at Pacific Way.

Below you will see the dates, schools and age groups. We all look forward to seeing your young athletes participate. Have them come out and have some fun, improve their skills, learn some new skills, meet some new friends,connect with some old friends and most importantly have fun.

The sessions start January 3,4,5,9 2012. Check to see what night your son or daughter would participate by their birth year and or Learn to Play (LTP) group.

LTP-2004-2007

Squirts-2000-2001

Peewees-1998-1999

Bantams-1996-1997

Midgets-1995-1993

Starting at 6pm January 3, 2012 and running every Tuesday.

South Sahali Elementary; Boys age 10-13 years old as of 2012

Pacific Way Elementary; 6 pm Girls 10-13 years old as of 2012

Rayleigh Elementary January 4, 2012 and running every Wednesday. 6pm-7pm 5-7 years old & 7pm-8pm 5-10 years old as of 2012

Starting 6 pm January 5,2012 and running every Thursday.

Parkcrest Elementary: LTP as of 5-9 years old as of 2012

Pacific Way Elementary :6 pm Pitching only as of 8-18 years old as of 2012

Starting 6 pm January 9, 2012 and running every Monday.

Bert Edwards Elementary; Girls 15-19 years old as of 2012

David Thompson Elementary; 6 pm Girls 10-13 years old as of 2012

If you have any questions please give Dave Court a call @

250-434-4443 or email tinycourt@shaw.ca.

Thank you

Cheers,

Vina

Kamloops Minor Fastball is wrapping up the 2011 season and getting ready to prepare for the 2012 season. But first we would like to say a Big Huge THANK YOU
to all our sponsors; McDonalds, Northern Trailer, Qphoria, Art Knapp, Extreme Excavating and Schoenings. It also takes a lot of people to make everything happen and we would also like to say a Big THANK YOU to the; Coaches, Parents, Players,… Executive, Minor Coordinator, Umpires, Dave Arthurs, Scott Austin, Adam “Bomber” Donnelly, Jess Pawliuck, Dennis “Kurly” Kurylowich, Morning Star Peters and everyone else involved in a successful year. We couldn’t done it with out you. So THANK YOU so much for all your time. Hope to see you all in the next season.

The skills clinic was a great success. Thank you so much to everyone who attended. Special thanks goes out to Coach Dave for all the time he put in this weekend working with all the young athletes, he is an amazing coach. Also Coopers Foods for giving us such a wicked deal on all the food and drinks to feed all the hungry ball players and anyone else who fancied a hotdog. Thanks to all the parents who took the time to bring the ball players down to Charles Anderson Park. We had many parent volunteers over the 2 days, so a big thank you to them as well. We are looking at putting on a summer Fastball Camp so I will keep you posted.

Hello everyone

We will be hitting the fields starting April 18, so expect a call from your coach by next weekend. There is still time to register but with a $10.00 late fee for all late registrations. Please contact myself or anyone on the Executive if you would still like to register your child.

This year KMFA is offering any child registered with KMFA a chance to win a IPOD Touch. All you have to do is bring some friends to sign up to play fastball too. The friends cannot have been registered with KMFA last year. If the friends stay until the end of the season playing fastball your name for each friend goes in a entry draw barrel. We will make the draw at the end of June and award the lucky athlete with a IPOD Touch.

A reminder that the umpire clinic is coming up April 16 from 8am till 5pm. KMFA is paying for whoever would like to take it (12 years of age and up) and they in return will ump 4 games for KMFA. Please check our Facebook page or our Website kamloopsminorfastball.com for more details.

An exciting May is ahead for KMFA. We are bringing back Joni Frie on May 2 2011 for a Pitching Clinic. Joni comes to us with many years of experience as a pitcher and a coach at both the national and international levels of fastball. KMFA is paying for athletes that are registered with KMFA and born between 2002-1994 who would like to learn to pitch off of the mechanics of pitching from Joni Frie.

Also May 7-8 2011 from 9 am to 4 pm, KMFA is holding a Skills Clinic down at Exhibition Park on River Street for athletes registered with KMFA and born 2002-1994. We have Dave Arthurs who is running the clinic for us. Dave comes to us as a coach for the Tru Mens Baseball Team. Dave has many years of playing and coaching fastball and baseball, he has a wealth of experience to share with everyone who attends. There is a small fee of $25.00 attached to this clinic to help offset some of the cost. The clinic includes both days, a tee-shirt and a barbeque lunch. Your coaches will have all the information for both of these clinics. We would love to have some volunteers help out with this clinic if you are able.

KMFA is also still looking for more volunteers to help out with the association and its day to day business such as fund-raising, tournaments, division coordinators etc.. Please contact myself or anyone on the Executive if you feel you could help.

Please keep up to date with the events and happenings of KMFA on our website and please add the Kamloops Minor Fastball Facebook page to your page and keep up with the events and happenings there too.

Thank you for your time and we will see you on the fields.

Thank You

Vina Neuman

Title: Executive Meeting
Location: Charles Andrson/Clubhouse
Description: Monthly executive meeting
Start Time: 6:00pm
Date: 2011-04-04

Umpires,

We are getting close to the season starting, even though we just got a dump of snow, I am already getting the softball itch to get out there and call balls and strikes. For those of you who have attended the winter mini-clinics thank you for coming out and I hope you got something out of them.

Certification clinics:

Clinic #1: April 2nd

Level 1 and Refresher

Barriere Ridge Elementary

4936 Barriere Town Road

Barrière, BC

Registration - 8:00am to 8:30am
Clinic - 8:30 to 5:00pm
Lunch break - 12:00pm to 12:45pm (Bring your own lunch.)

Clinic #2: April 16th

Level 1, Level 2 and Refresher

Kamloops Yacht Club

1140 River Street(across the street from Charles Anderson Stadium)

Kamloops, BC

Registration - 8:00am to 8:30am
Clinic - 8:30 to 5:00pm
Lunch break - 12:00pm to 12:45pm (Bring your own lunch.)

If you haven’t already, please let me know which clinic you will be attending so that I can order the appropriate clinic materials.

2011 Tournaments

Invitational:

1. Clearwater - May 28-29 - Pee Wee “C” boys & girls

2. Barriere - May 28-29 – Mites

3. Kamloops – June 3-5 – Midget C

4. Barriere – June 11-12 – Squirt C Boys & Girls

District Playdowns:

1. June 18 &/or 19 - Kamloops Ball #3 & Ball #4

Provincials:

1. Kamloops – July 8-10 – Squirt C Girls. I’m happy to announce that Kamloops was awarded the Squirt C Girls Provincials this year - July 8-10th. Please note that there is no official application process for Provincial Championships lower than Midget A’s. If you would like to work the provincials in Kamloops, just let me know and I will consider you. I will be selecting umpiresIf there are other provincials you feel you are qualified for and would like to travel, you can review Softball BC’s website provincial championship listing: http://softball.bc.ca/championships/provincials and also let me know of your interest. Generally, if you are lower than a level II, you are not expected to travel. at a later date, but would appreciate all the help I can get given this will likely be a full 16 team tournament which means I’ll need 12-14 umpires.

Barriere

District 7(Surrey)is holding a mechanics school this year April 8-10th. This clinic is geared towards Level 2 umpires and above. Information can be found at http://softball.bc.ca/umpiring/clinics/district-7 If you are considering going there are possibilities for billeting as far as I understand.

Case Books

Softball Canada is producing and updated Casebook to go along with the release of the new rule book this year. If you would like a copy, the cost is $25.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling, and I need to know by this Tuesday, March 8^th if you would like one. The Softball BC office is putting in their order on the 9^th. The casebook is essentially a listing of scenarios for each rule to better show the application and interpretation of the rule book in more layman’s perspective and a good tool for the serious umpire.

closer to the tournament.

Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship - They need umpires! There will be over 300 umpire assignments!! Visit the website for more information: http://www.canadianopenfastpitch.com/umpireapp11.asp. Please consider this very high profile umpiring opportunity. It’s a relatively short distance to travel to gain some serious umpiring experience.

Softball BC Jewelry Rule

Please see attached rule from our Provincial UIC.

Any questions, concerns or issues, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Yours in Blue,

Chris

District 11 UIC

778-220-2751

My full contact information:

Chris Wilkinson

2178 Garymede Drive

Kamloops, BC V1S 1N9

Cell: 778-220-2751 (preferred contact #)

Home#: 250-434-6549

Email: d11softball@shaw.ca

Hello all parents and athletes,

We have got our outdoor registration dates secured and they are as follows;

North Hills Mall next to Extra Foods March 5 from 11am to 2pm

Aberdeen Mall next to the escalator March 12 from 11am to 2pm.

North Shore McDonald’s March 19 from 11am to 2pm

Aberdeen McDonald’s March 26 from 11am to 2pm

The prices are as follows

LTP/Mites born in 2005-2001 = $65.00

Squirts born in 2000-1999 = $70.00

Peewees born in 1998-1997 = $75.00

Bantams born in 1996-1995 = $80.00

Midgets born in 1994-1993 = $125.00 (depending on the Ladies Fastball League)

-Early registration deadline is Sunday April 3, 2011 for the outdoor session. A $10 late fee will be charged if you register your child after this date.

-Any family with 3 or more children will pay full price for the first 2 and half price for the 3rd. The discount will apply to the youngest players age category.

Kamloops Minor Fastball is still looking for good, positive volunteers. It takes a lot to run an organization and we are run solely on volunteers. We would love to become bigger and better but we need your help to get us there. So if you could please donate any time or ideas we would love to hear from you. With that being said we will also be looking for some coaches, I have spoken to some of you in the last little while and I know some of you will be back and that is wonderful, thank you.

Kamloops Minor Fastball is also looking for anyone who is interested in umpiring for our upcoming 2011 season. There will be an umpire clinic on April 16 from 8am to 5pm at the Yacht Club on 1140 River Street across the street from Charles Anderson Stadium . This is a way to make a little extra money, get some exercise and fresh air during ball season for anyone 12 and up. Please Contact Chris Wilkinson for this clinic.

Chris @ 778-220-2751 or email him

@ d11softball@shaw.ca .

Please check us out on Facebook, we will keep you updated to the events of Kamloops Minor Fastball.

For funding requests, click on this link:

http://www.kamloops.ca/pdfs/tournamentcapital/kidSportFundApplication.pdf

KAMLOOPS MINOR FASTBALL (KMFA) PITCHING CLINIC

JANUARY 15, 2011

Dear parents and players,

KMFA is pleased to announce our first clinic of the 2011 season. Joni Frei from The Next Level

Athlete Development Center in Kelowna will be hosting a pitching clinic on Saturday, January 15,

2011 at Aberdeen Elementary School. Joni comes to us with many years of experience as a player and

coach at both the national and international levels of softball. Some of her credentials include:

MPA, B.Kin, TSCC-BRONZE, NCCP L2

Softball Canada CANpitch Regional Pitching Instructor

Softball BC Learning Facilitator

Director of Softball Operations

The Next Level Strength & Conditioning Coach

Assistant Softball Coach Team BC

Owner/Operator of Next Level Products Marketing

KMFA and many experts feel that one of the keys to a successful softball team is a strong pitching

component. We hope to develop each team so that more pitchers can be utilized, leading to greater

depth and success on the field. We would like to encourage as many players as possible to take

advantage of this opportunity.

Date: Saturday January 15^th, 2011

Location: Aberdeen Elementary, 2191 Van Horne Dr.

Registration: Sunday, January 9^th Westsyde Secondary, 855 Bebek St. (first indoor practice session)

Limited to 10 players per division

Cost is $30 cash, or cheque made out to Kamloops Minor Fastball Association

You MUST be registered with KMFA to participate in this clinic (for insurance purposes)

Times and Divisions as followed:

Mites (born 01, 02) 10:00-11:30

Squirts (born 99, 2000) 11:45-1:15

Lunch break

Pee Wee (born 97, 98) 1:45-3:15

Bantam/Midget (born 96-92) 3:30-5:00

Thank you in advance to all who register, we know you will have a great experience!

Sincerely

Kamloops Minor Fastball Association

Our Indoor program runs from Tuesday January 4th to Thursday March 31st. We have designated different schools for different age groups weekday, and Westsyde Secondary School has been reserved on Sundays for all ages.

Schools and divisions are as follows:

David Thompson Elementary Monday 5-6 LTP/Mites (born in 2001-2005)

David Thompson Elementary Monday 6-7:30 Squirts/Peewees (born in 2000-1997

South Sahali Elementary Tuesdays 6-8 Midget/Bantam (born in 1992 - 1996)

Aberdeen Elementary ******Tuesday 6-7:30 Ltp/Mites February 22

Summit Elementary ***** Tuesday 6-7:30 LTP/ Mites March 1, 8, 15,

Pacific Way Elementary ***** Tuesday 5:45-7:15 LTP/ Mites March 29

Parkcrest Elementary Wednesdays 6-7:30 Pee Wee/Squirts (born in 1997 - 2000)

Rayleigh Elementary Wednesday 5-7 Mites/LTP (born in 2001 - 2005)

Dallas Elementary Thursday 5:30-TBA Mites/LTP (born in 2001 - 2005)

Parkcrest Elementary Thursdays 6-7:30 Pitching only Mites and up

*******Watch the dates and locations.

*******We will not be in any of the schools during Spring Break

Indoor rates are $40 per child, or a drop in fee of $5. The exception is Dallas Mites/LTP, rate is $27.50 as this group practises January and February only. Players will be required to register for the indoor session before participating due to insurance purposes. Registration forms will be available at each school. Each player will be required to sign in at each session.

We are pleased to offer several discounts for our Indoor and Outdoor sessions:

-Register your child at the same time for both indoor and outdoor sessions and receive $20 off the total cost.

-Early registration deadline is Sunday April 3, 2011 for the outdoor session. A $10 late fee will be charged if you register your child after this date.

-Any family with 3 or more children will pay full price for the first 2 and half price for the 3rd. The discount will apply to the youngest players age category.

Kamloops Minor Softball

Resources

Calendar

2012 Indoor Program

A BIG THANK YOU to all who were involved the successful 2011 season

Skills Clinic

KMFA Events

Executive Meeting

Umpires

Outdoor season Registration and Newsletter

Kidsport

PITCHING CLINIC

2011 INDOOR PROGRAM