The TORONTO BLUE JAYS will conduct seven Honda Super Camps across seven cities from June through August, as they continue their commitment to amateur baseball across Canada.
OTTAWA- Phil Tomlinson (Trois Riviéres, QC) has joined an exclusive club in Canada by becoming only the second baseball coach in the country to achieve Level 5 certification. The 31 year-old joins Baseball Canada’s Manager of Baseball Operations, André Lachance (Québec City, QC) as the only Level 5 coaches in Canada.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce that 17,000 coaches are now registered through the National Coaches Certification Program (NCCP). The milestone number came in the month of March as coaches around Canada are busy registering for clinics in order to become certified for the upcoming baseball season.
OTTAWA- For twenty-six Bantam Girls a February trip to Cuba for some international baseball was a welcome change from the cold Canadian winter. In addition to the great weather and the opportunity to play in one of baseball’s true ‘hotbeds’, the girls had a life experience that will stay with them forever.
SOURCE: Canadian Heritage News Release
OTTAWA- Baseball New Brunswick has welcomed Dan Murphy (Rexton, NB) to the provincial organizations head office in the role of Executive Director.
Courtesy of Canadian Baseball Network
OTTAWA- Giving up their time and giving back to a sport is something that umpires in baseball do across diamonds all over Canada. Baseball Canada Umpires will take this approach to a whole new level as the Umpires Committee partners with KidSport™ Canada on a unique fundraising initiative. Starting in May, the Baseball Canada Umpires Committee will be asking each umpire to donate one game fee to KidSport, an organization that ‘removes financial barriers that prevent kids from playing organized sport.’
SOURCE: Sean Hatchard Times & Transcript Staff
