| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Blatz | Mosquito Director | mablatz21@gmail.com |
Welcome to the Lacombe Minor Baseball Association (LMBA) Mosquito (11U) homepage. The LMBA has a strong history off providing baseball opportunities for athletes, coaches, umpires and parents, and looks forward to another successful season.
***The start time has been changed to 7:30pm as minor soccer was also hosting their AGM at 7:00pm on the 13th at the LMC. In order to accommodate families that need to attend both AGMs, the minor soccer AGM start time has been moved to 6:30pm and LMBA AGM start time has been moved to 7:30pm.
The LMBA is hosting their 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, February 13th, 7:30pm at the Lacombe Memorial Centre (5214 50thAvenue) - County Room. Everyone in attendance will receive a $25.00 discount off of their child's registration fee if they are registered within a week following the AGM. Online registrations will not open until after the AGM.
The LMBA Executive has established a Policies and Guidelines Handbook to assist the current and future Executive along with it's members (players, parents, guardians) with direction in regards to: refunds, imports, underage and overage requests, roster size, roster selection, player transfer requests and consistency in uniforms / apparel. The handbook can be accessed by clicking HERE.
The registration deadline for Competitive AA is Friday, March 1st.
The registration deadline for Community A is Friday, March 29th.
Mosquito (11U) A - TBA
Mosquito (11U) AA - TBA
Players born in 2008 & 2009
Community A: $240.00 ($215.00 with the $25.00 AGM Attendance Discount)
Competitive AA: $335.00 + $15.00 Tryout Fee ($325.00 with the $25.00 AGM Attendance Discount)
There will be additional expenses with Competitive AA teams that are not included in the player's registration and tryout fee. These will be for expenses such as umpires, tournament entry fees, exhibition games, game balls, etc. The additional fee can range from $100.00 - $400.00 per player depending on the extent of the additional expenses. To minimize these additional fees per player, most teams will organize a fundraiser(s) or obtain sponsors.
If a Community A team decides to enter a tournament, play exhibition games or enter A provincials there will be additional expenses. To minimize these additional fees per player, most teams will organize a fundraiser(s) or obtain sponsors.
Click HERE to register a player in the upcoming season (available after the Annual General Meeting).
Competitive teams are usually determined around the middle to end of March. If there are enough players registered, there will be a tryout process starting around the middle of March. Players that do not make the Competitive AA team are encouraged to play for a Community A team.
Depending on weather and indoor facility availability the season starts with 2 - 3 practices per week around the start to middle of April. The Competitive AA league utilizes a 3 round seeding / tiering format with teams playing in a Regional format in May, North / South Divisional format in June and a Provincial Tiering format in July. Each round of seeding / tiering historically involves 2 weekends per month (May, June and July) with teams playing 2 - 4 games per weekend.
Practices and exhibition games take place during the week, with practices historically taking place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Teams may also decide to enter tournaments or play exhibition games on weekends that are not scheduled seeding / tiering weekends, but this is determined by each team and diamond availability.
For more information about the Competitive AA seeding / tiering weekends (calendar) and the league in general, please visit the following links located on the Baseball Alberta website:
Calendar: http://baseballalberta.com/article/47494
Information: http://www.baseballalberta.com/category/5/Baseball-Alberta-AA-Division-Home
Home games and practices take place at Michener Park which is located on the west end of Lacombe, just off of Highway 12.
Community teams are usually determined around the middle of April. If there are enough players registered for more then 1 team to be formed, there will be skill evaluation dates set-up in the middle of April to divide the players up and create equal teams.
Community teams play in the Central Alberta Baseball League (CABL). Historically, teams practice / play games during the week on Mondays and Wednesdays. At the Community level there are no league games scheduled on weekends, however, some teams do choose to enter tournaments.
Depending on weather and indoor facility availability the season usually consists of 2 practices per week around the middle to end of April. The first few weeks in May usually consist of 1 game and 1 practice with a transition to having 2 games per week from the middle of May to the end of June. Aside from the 2 games per week for most of the season, teams may decide to practice an additional day per week, but this is determined by each team and diamond availability.
Home games and practices take place at Michener Park which is located on the west end of Lacombe, just off of Highway 12.
For more information about the Community A CABL, please visit the following link located on the Baseball Alberta website: http://www.baseballalberta.com/category/10/CABL-Home-Page
For further information about this division, please contact the Division Director which is listed on each division homepage. If a Director is not listed please email lacombedodgers@gmail.com for further information.
