Airdrie Little League will commence the
Junior League on or about April 21, 2010 in conjunction with all
other District # 3 Junior Little League organizations. There will
also be various regular season tournaments available to be played
throughout the District in May and June 2010. Any Junior team may
elect to participate in these tournaments, at the discretion of the
Coach and consensus of team members. Please be advised that there
may be additional fees required to cover the entry costs of such
tournament play.
Junior players will be drafted by the
President and Vice President in conjunction with the Junior Division
director and evaluators, onto a Junior team under a process that serves to
balance each Junior team to a collective skill level, in the
interest of fair and competitive play.
Game schedules will be comprised with
all other District # 3 Little Leagues and may involve both weekday
evening and weekend games. Players may be expected to play weekend
double-header games from time to time, to facilitate make-up games
due to rain-outs, etc. Practice is mandatory and will be scheduled
in conjunction with game schedules. This division is to play 18
regular season games followed by a playoff round at the end of June
2010. All players are required to arrive at the diamond at least one
hour prior to game time for warm-up practice.
Outdoor player evaluations will be conducted
for Junior baseball by the second week of April (weather permitting). It is the
responsibility of each player registered to monitor the Little
League Website or inquire for the venue and timing of player
evaluations. After evaluations the League will enter into a player
draft selection process for each team. Each player will then be contacted by their respective Coach to advise them on
pre-season practice and game schedules. All 13 - 14 year old players
will automatically make a Junior team. Due to the large number of
Junior teams throughout the Little League’s District # 3, all Junior
teams will initially play in a “seeding round” at the start of the
season. This round has historically involved six (6) games. District
# 3 will then place each team in a regular season schedule to play
with other District # 3 teams of a similar skill caliber for
competitive and fair play.
All Junior Division home games will
be played at the Chinook Winds baseball diamond.