Last month, the Manitoba Baseball Association sent five kids, from ages 10 and 11 to
The event was the 18th World Children’s Baseball Fair. It was founded by Sadaharu Oh of
Manitoba is the seventh province, in the second cycle, to represent
One of the participants at this year’s event was Thomas LeStrat, age 10. The trip and the experience will not be soon forgotten by the youngster from
“It was an experience of a lifetime and it was pretty fun,” says Thomas.
Kids from around the world, along with a chaperone, are invited to the annual event. With top notch instructors from around the world, the kids learn the basics of baseball and make new friends from different backgrounds along the way.
“I learned to catch, run, slide and a lot of other things,” says Thomas
“I think I probably learned more than the kids,” says the chaperone and the President of Baseball Manitoba Ken Sharpe with a laugh. “The instruction was great and I got to learn a lot of different techniques.”
There were kids from
“It was fun learning Spanish and French and I made about 100 friends,” recalls Thomas.
Not only did Thomas make new friends, but he is excited to show off all of his new skills for next season and that’s music to the ears of the organizers of the WCBF.
