National Division Majors

Director: Dean McCaffrey      e-Mail: dmccaffrey@shaw.ca
Phone: 403-948-0473

NATIONAL MAJOR REGULAR SEASON BASEBALL

Players aged 11 - 12 years old

National/Major Regular Season Baseball

 Airdrie Little League will commence the National/Major League, commonly referred to as the 'Interlock League' season on or about end of April, this is in conjunction with all other District 3 Little League baseball Associations. There will also be various regular season Tournaments throughout the district in May and June that teams may participate in at the discretion of the coach and team. Please be advised that there may be additional fees required to cover the entry costs of such tournament play.

The weekly games scheduled by District 3 Little Leagues and will involve both weekday evenings 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. These divisions will play an 18 game regular season followed by a playoff round at the end of June. All players are required to arrive at the diamond at least one-half hour prior to game time for warn-up practice. At the coach's discretion, players have historically been required to arrive one hour prior to game time.

 Parents these are (TRAVEL TEAMS) and the players will be playing half of their games in Calgary so please keep that in mind as to the time commitment.

Age requirements: All 11 and, l2year old players wishing to be evaluated for the Major team will be evaluated by an evaluation team appointed by the board of directors. The evaluations will be closed to the public and will be held over 2 nights, dates to be announced. All players not selected to the Major team will then be put into the National League draft. The National League evaluations will be held on the same timeline but will be open to players of 9-12 wishing for a higher level of play. Players that do not make one of the 2 National teams will then be put into the Minor division of the Airdrie Little League program.

For additional information contact the Director of National Majors.

Major Guidelines (PDF) - House Rules

Last Updated: May 1, 2010