Traveling Fastpitch Meeting 6/8/14

Fall Ball

  • Fall ball fee will be $85; increase of $10 from last year.
  • Every play will receive a t-shirt to wear for fall ball to solve the problem of transitioning to new uniforms; new uniforms will be required for 2015 season.
  • Parents will select the size of the shirt and give the player number when they register.
  • New players will work with Jodi/Nancy to get a number.
  • There will be a $50 volunteer fee again for fall and parents can do fields or concessions for that fee at the fall games/tournaments.
  • Fall ball starts August 24; rest of dates will be on website.
  • Players on Bengal Fastpitch teams can do coach/friend request for fall ball but there are no guarantees those requests will be granted, but we will do our best.

Tournaments

  • Chris said we will need people to run the tournaments we are hosting this summer
  • June 27-29 we are hosting the UMFL (club level teams) at Lion’s and 12U C at City.
  • Maria Cochran will be running the tournament at City June 27-29.
  • July 11-13 we will host 14U C at Lion’s.
  • July 11-13 we will host 10U at City, not sure what level yet.
  • July 19-20 we will host 16U at Lion’s.

Shed

  • There is a new shed by Lion’s 5 and 6.
  • The new shed will be more for equipment and the old shed will be for field stuff.

Fields

  • Chris talked about all the field improvements that fastpitch has been a part of.
  • Mike and Chris just fixed all the first bases on the fields and markers have been put in so everyone can find bases and the water easier. Talk to Mike or Chris is you have questions on how those are located or if you have questions on using the water or electricity.

Practices

  • All coaches should have received an email from Nancy will extra practices that were added for everyone at the end of the season. Let her know if you don’t have that.
  • Chris commented on what a great job Corryn Anderson is doing on the scheduling.

Tryouts

  • Moose tryouts will be right after the regular season and before fall ball. Mike will need to set a date.
  • Bengal Fastpitch tryouts will be right after fall ball again; date needs to be set.

Soderville Slammin’ 8’s

  • The Slammin’ 8’s day was a huge success again. There were 13 teams of players there from all over the area and about 60 Moose players helping out. It is so great to see the older girls giving back what they have learned.

Nationals

  • Every team that qualifies for Nationals will have their entry fee covered by Soderville Fastpitch.
  • There are more teams making it to Nationals each year so we may not be able to give each team as much as in the past.
  • We are looking at between $600 and $1000 for each team depending on how many teams qualify.
  • Craig Weston, treasurer, will look at the numbers and the decisions will be made.