18U
Directors
| Name | Position | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Jeffries | 18U Director | lmbu18director@gmail.com |
Welcome to the Lacombe Minor Baseball Association (LMBA) 18U homepage. The LMBA has a strong history of providing baseball opportunities for athletes, coaches, umpires and parents, and looks forward to another successful season.
Annual General Meeting / AGM Attendance Discount / Online Registration
The LMBA is hosting their 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, January 13th at 7:00 pm at the Lacombe Memorial Center (LMC). 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 on January 14th. Please click on the following link to access detailed registration information for the upcoming season: Registration Information
Policies and Guidelines Handbook
The LMBA Executive has established a Policies and Guidelines Handbook to assist the current and future Executive along with its 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.
Registration Deadlines 18U
The registration deadline for Competitive AA is February 14, 2025
The registration deadline for Community A is March 14, 2025
Player Evaluations and Tryouts
18U A - TBD, Tentatively starting week of March 20th
18U AA - Starting the week of February 25th
Ages
Players born in 2007, 2008 and 2009
Player Registration Fee
Community A: $365.00 ($340.00 with the $25.00 AGM Attendance Discount) Includes Individual/Team Photo Package
Competitive AA: $450.00 + $100.00 Tryout Fee for LMBA players, $125 for non-LMBA players ($425.00 with the $25.00 AGM Attendance Discount) Includes Individual/Team Photo Package
Additional Fees
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.
Register a Player
Click HERE to register a player in the upcoming season (available after the Annual General Meeting).
Competitive AA Team
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/August. Each round of seeding / tiering historically involves 2 weekends per month (May, June and July) with teams playing 2 - 4 games per weekend./August
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: https://handbook.baseballalberta.com/calendar
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 A Team
Community teams are usually determined around the middle of April. If there are enough players registered for more than 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. At the Community level there are no league games scheduled on Saturdays. Some teams may choose to enter tournaments, however all players are expected to participate in the LMBA Community Tournament (May 30-June 1, 2025) and CABL Playoffs (June 20-22, 2025)
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 will be assigned 1-2 practices a week as determined by diamond availability.
Community A teams can choose to participate in a Provincial Tournament as well. Contact Division Director for more information.
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
Additional Information
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.
