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The 8th Annual Food and Wine Festival is Approaching...Join us on June 8th
NABCLL's 8th Annual Food and Wine Festival will be held on Saturday, June 8th on the lawn of the Stevens Estate at 723 Osgood Street, North Andover. This year's event will feature food from local restaurants, complimentary wine tasting provided by McAloon's, silent and live auctions, music, dancing, and NEW THIS YEAR...a comedy show featuring Lenny Clarke and Christine Hurley!!!
Tickets are $45 in advance and $50 at the door and can be purchased online, at the Carl Thomas Hut, or at Rose and Dove (579 Chickering Road). |
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Status of North Andover Fields - Friday May 17, 2013 (Updated at 11:00 AM)
Small Diamonds (60')
Carl Thomas 1 (Upper): Open Carl Thomas 2 (Lower): Open Carl Thomas 3: Open
Aplin: Open
Sharpners Pond #1: Open Sharpners Pond #2: Open
Lucent #1: Open Lucent #2: Open Lucent #3: Open Lucent #4: Open
Atkinson: Open
Franklin #1: Open Franklin #2: Open
Big Diamonds (90')
Grogan’s: Open
North AndoverMiddle School: Open
North Andover High School: Open
Brooks School Junior Varsity: Open
Please have the players on your team rake the infield clay, pitcher's mound and the home plate area at the end of your practice or game. |
Big Diamond Update
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NABCLL TRYOUTS FOR last names A-L ages 14, 15, and 16 (except Cubs and Braves) for BIG DIAMOND are Thurs 5/16 - Middle School 530pm
Last names M-Z ages 14, 15, and 16, and Cubs and Braves are Friday 5/17 Middle School 530pm
Summer Baseball
SUMMER BIG DIAMOND REGISTRATION IS OPEN ! Click here to register.
CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL (and we mean FULL) STORY ON SUMMER BASEBALL.
Summer Tryout Schedule
Summer tryouts will be held Tuesday May 14th, Thursday May 16th, and Friday May 17th. But, you only need to come to one tryout.
Players aged 12 to 16 must come to ONE of these tryouts, or present an excuse acceptable to the Board of Directors. If you cannot make tryouts, or are 17 or 18, please contact Jeff Buxton at jbuxton@validityinc.com .
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Tuesday May 14th – North Andover Middle School, 495 Main Street - 530pm – ALL 12s and 13s - if you are 12 and expect to play on a summer small diamond Districts (Williamsport) team you can only play BDSL, not PONY. Too many conflicts. Districts games will take priority over BDSL.
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Thursday May 16th – North Andover Middle School, 495 Main Street - 530pm – Last names A-L (Except Srs Cubs and Braves who have a game) - Ages 14 and 15, 13 year old 8th graders, and 16 year olds - 16s may only play BDSL American 14-16, which is very good baseball too
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FRIDAY May 17th – North Andover Middle School, 495 Main Street - 530pm – Last names M-Z (and Srs Cubs and Braves) - Ages 14 and 15, 13 year old 8th graders, and 16 year olds - 16s may only play BDSL American 14-16, which is very good baseball too
Tryouts will be different this year. We will be playing a series of controlled scrimmage games so that the player selection committee and the prospective summer managers can evaluate the players under game conditions.
Please arrive at the field 30 minutes before to warm up and get organized.
Because of this each tryout will be longer than usual – 2 hours and 15 minutes. We need this time to make a thorough evaluation of each player. Besides, it will be fun – they will be playing a real game. There will even be umpires. And a fundraiser !
There will be at least 6 teams:
1. One PONY-13 team for the most skilled 13s (and 12 y/o 7th graders) - starts play 6/15
2. One or more BDSL-13 teams for the next-most skilled 13s and 12s who choose big diamond - starts play 6/22
3. One PONY-14/15 team for the most skilled 14s and 15s, and 13 year old 8th graders - starts play 6/15
4. One BDSL-14/16 American team for the next most skilled 14s and 15s, and 13 year old 8th graders, and 16 year olds who don’t make Senior Babe Ruth - starts play 6/22
5. One or more BDSL-14/15 National teams for those 14s, 15s, and 13 year old 8th graders who don’t make either the PONY 14/15 or BDSL-14/16 American teams - starts play 6/22
6. One Senior Babe Ruth team for 16 to 18 year olds and 15 year old 10th graders. - starts play 6/9
All teams play games both during the week and the weekends. PONY and Senior Babe Ruth ends the 1st week of August. BDSL ends the 2nd week of August.
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VOLUNTEER APPLICATIONS
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Please immediately email or mail your completed 2013 Volunteer Application if you have not already submitted one to Mike Valentino m15vals@msn.com, the 2013 NABCLL Safety and CORI Officer.
The file is HERE - you can fill it out electronically including digitally signing it, save it, and submit it to Mike along with a photograph of your license or other government-issued ID. You can also print and mail it along with a photocopy of that ID to: NABCLL, PO Box 416, North Andover, MA 01845.
No managers, assistant coaches or parent volunteers will be permitted to participate in practices or games without submitting the proper documentation for a background check. At some point we will be asking managers and coaches to leave the field who have not submitted the proper documentation.
Even if you submitted a CORI form for another sport this year, you must still do one for NABCLL. By law, each organization must do its own background check every year. NABCLL and NABC are two different organizations. |
2013 Little League Bat Regulations
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2013 Little League bat regulations are basically the same as 2012. Please read this to make sure your player has a legal bat.
If your are buying a bat for your child, or bought one recently, NABCLL would like you to know the rules before you buy: see the link here.
As in 2012, bats that have a Composite barrel are no longer allowed, unless they have been tested and approved.
A Composite bat is made with the same metal exterior as a standard metal bat, but has a "woven" graphite or carbon fiber wall on the inside. College baseball was the first to ban these bats because the ball comes off them faster than a metal bat. Now they are banned in high school. Little League also felt they were a safety risk, and banned composite bats unless they were tested and approved.
So, before you buy a bat please visit the Little League website at this link: Little League Announces Bat Rule Changes for 2013 Season.
You will find more information including a list of approved bats for Majors and below (ages 12 and under), and the regulations for Juniors and above (ages 13-18).
Please read these regulations carefully before buying or using a bat this year.
Here is a quick summary of the regulations for 2013:
Majors and below:
- same as 2012, 2 1/4" only
- composite-barreled bats banned except if on the approved list
Juniors (13s):
- composite-barreled bats must be stamped BBCOR (all BBCOR bats are -3)
- bats with no composite materials in the barrel (all-metal, all-alloy, or all-wood bats) can have any drop weight.
Seniors and Big League (14-18):
- -3 bats only (3 ounces less than the length in inches, for example 32", 29 oz. is legal, 32" 28oz. or lighter is illegal)
- if not all-wood, must be stamped BBCOR
As an additional service NABCLL has a link to a bat sizing guide here.
All-wood bats are legal in all divisions as long as they meet the size regulations. So, if your kid wants to kick it old school, it's all good, even in T-ball. |
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May 2013 Newsletter
Opening Day Parade, Day out at the Spinners, Skills Clinic, Wine Tasting Fundraiser, and Big Diamond updates.
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2013 Scarlet Knights Summer Clinic
Click the link below to download the registration form for the 2nd Annual Scarlet Knights Summer Baseball Clinic to be held July 1-3 and July 15-17.
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Day out at the Spinners - Take Batting Practice on the Field!
The NABCLL Board of Directors invites you to the 3rd Annual NABCLL Lowell Spinners family outing at LaLacheur Park on Sunday June 30 at 1:05PM.
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NABCLL 8-12 Player Pool Rules
Click here to view the 2013 rules for the player pool.
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2013 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule
Monthly Board meetings are held in the NAMS Library conference room. Meeting dates are as follows: May 2 (8:00PM), June 6 (8:00PM), July 11 (8:00PM)
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April 2013 Newsletter
Opening Day Parade, Fundraising and Sponsorship, and Divisional updates
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March 2013 newsletter
Registration info, draft process, coaching clinics, skills clinics, fundraising, Big Diamond program structure.
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Quick Links
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2013 Volunteer Application
All managers, coaches, and volunteers must complete a 2013 Volunteer Application that will be submitted for a background check through LexisNexis which meets Little League International's background check regulation. The updated 2013 Volunteer Application is a fillable PDF file and can be found HERE or on the "Docs" tab of this website. Completed Volunteer Applications are to be submitted to NABCLL, PO Box 416 North Andover, MA 01845. |
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