Dear Little League Families,
Now that registration is closed, the Division Heads and other administrators of the West Side Little League are doing all the work that has to be done to get ready for the Spring Season. This is a complex and time-consuming process and even though we are ahead of schedule it may take 5-6 weeks before you hear from your Division Head and/or Coach as to Team assignment and Schedule.
Expect the following Divisions to be set up last:
· Girls Softball--Minors and Major Girls
· Challengers
· 10-12 Hardball
This year we are returning to the League's traditional way of dividing 10-12 Hardball into two Divisions --MAJORS and MIDDLES-- based on age and skill. Note that all 12's will be placed in the Majors as now mandated by Little League International.
Please bear with us and refrain from contacting us with questions about coach preference, division preference, team assignment or schedule. That will only slow down the process and make the job of critical volunteers much more difficult. Know that this year there are 1,700 players that have to be placed on teams. If you do e-mail the website do not expect that your questions will be answered.
Waitlisted players will be contacted once they have been placed on a team. No checks will be deposited until the parent is informed that their child has been placed on a team. No child will be placed on a team after Monday April 21st.
WSLL SPRING 2008 DIVISION FIELD ASSIGNMENTS
WSLL SPRING 2008 CALENDAR
Looking forward to another great season for the West Side Little League.
GO WESTSIDE!
The Board of the West Side Little League
WSLL SPRING 2008 CALENDAR:
1. February 27th--DEADLINE FOR COACH SELECTION-- Division Heads will have chosen and contacted their Coaches by this date. EVERY HEAD AND ASSISTANT COACH in every Division in the League and all Volunteer Umpires in the 6's, 7's, 8's, Challengers and Minors Softball must download a copy of the Volunteer Application available at the West Side Little League website www.westsidebaseball.org (click Volunteer Requirement under Join Us). Complete the Application and staple it to a photocopy of your Driver's License and return to your Division Head. Division Heads will provide mailing addresses or fax numbers to their coaches for this purpose.
2. March 2nd--SAFETY LECTURE-- All Coaches, Division Heads, Board Members and Volunteer Umpires and Team Parents should attend the WSLL SAFETY LECTURE on Sunday March 2nd at Joan of Arc School 93rd between Columbus and Amsterdam starting at 9:45 am. You can bring your completed Volunteer Application stapled to a Copy of your Driver's License to this lecture. Make sure you write the Name of your Division (or Division Head's name) on the top of the Application. (ie 6's, 7's, 8's, 9's, Middles, Majors, Juniors, Seniors, Softball or Challengers.)
3. March 21st--Deadline for Division Heads to send out team lists and schedules to Coaches, Registrar and League President. Division Heads may also send this information directly to their entire division if they so choose. Coaches MUST disseminate this information to their teams by March 28th at the latest.
4. March 22nd--POSSIBLE Field Prep and Field Prep Instruction for 103rd & Riverside-- Middles and Majors-- Details to follow.
5. March 28th--Deadline for Coaches to contact their team members by e-mail or phone.
6. March 29th--Saturday 10AM-- Equipment Packing at Manhattan Mini Storage
134th & Riverside-- Volunteers are needed to help pack over 100 equipment bags. NO CHILDREN ALLOWED! (it's not safe for them up there). Plan on 2-3 hours. PLEASE RSVP at dlas22@optonline.net. We need 10-15 volunteers to do this.
7. April 2nd --Wednesday Equipment Pick Up-- PS 199-- 70th street between West End and Amsterdam in the Cafeteria.
· 6:30 Division Heads or their representatives MUST ARRIVE
· 7:00-8:30 Coaches or their representatives MUST pick up equipment bag, two boxes of balls, ice packs, bases (in some divisions) and box of uniforms-so BRING A CART! AND DON'T BE LATE!
8. April 5th--FIELD PREP DAY at 72nd and 77th & Riverside-- SATURDAY 9:30AM for 6's,7's, 8's,
9's & Softball. Everyone meet at the brick storage room at the north end of the Classic Playground just south of the 77th street fields in Riverside Park. Bring a plastic garbage bag and wear work gloves or old gloves. Kids are welcome but cannot use rakes or shovels. We will be picking up stones and debris, spreading infield clay and grass seed, setting home plates and pitching rubbers and re-building the mound at 72nd street. Plan on being there for about two hours. The more the merrier (and the sooner we finish!) (Raindate-- Sunday April 6th).
9. April 5th-6th--FIRST PRACTICE GAMES FOR MIDDLES & MAJORS at 103rd & Riverside (no uniforms)
10. April 5th-6th--FIRST PRACTICE GAMES FOR JUNIORS & SENIORS HARDBALL at DeWitt Clinton (no uniforms)
11. April 5th-6th--JUNIOR and SENIOR GIRLS Inter-league SOFTBALL-- FIRST GAMES TBA (in uniform)
12. April 12th--Minors Girls Softball--FIELD PREP and FIRST PRACTICE GAME-- 110th & Morningside SATURDAY-- 9AM (no uniforms)
13. April 12th-13th--FIRST PRACTICE GAMES-- 6's, 7's, 8's & 9's at 72nd and 77th & Riverside (no uniforms).
14. April 19th-20th--OPENING DAY WEEKEND-- All teams IN UNIFORM.
15. April 25th--Complete Rosters Due for Trophy Order-- Division Heads must send spreadsheets or team lists to Registrar and League President.
16. May 3rd-4th--PHOTO DAY WEEKEND
17. May 24th-25th--MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND-- NO SCHEDULED GAMES
18. June 14-15th--LAST GAMES OF SPRING SEASON-- Trophies distributed by individual coaches to their teams.
19. June 15th--103rd & Riverside North field--Sunday-- SUMMER TOURNAMENT TEAM TRYOUTS begin after last game of regular season. Details to follow.
Looking forward to another great season for the West Side Little League.
GO WESTSIDE!
DIVISION FIELD ASSIGNMENTS:
1. 6's--T-ball--Sunday mornings--77th & Riverside Boat Basin Field
2. 7's--Saturday morning to early afternoon--77th & Riverside Boat Basin Field
3. 8's-- All day Sundays--72nd & Riverside PLUS one game Sunday afternoons at 77th & Riverside and one game Saturday afternoons at 77th & Riverside
4. 9's--All day Saturdays--72nd & Riverside PLUS one game per week on Friday at 5PM at 72nd and Riverside
5. MIDDLES--All day Saturdays AND Sundays at 103rd & Riverside--South
6. MAJORS--All day Saturdays AND Sundays at 103rd & Riverside--North
7. JUNIORS--DeWitt Clinton Sat or Sun then Central Park Saturdays
8. SENIORS--DeWitt Clinton Sat or Sun then Central Park Saturdays
9. GIRLS SOFTBALL--MINORS--Saturday mornings-- Morningside Park 110th & Morningside
10. GIRLS SOFTBALL MAJORS--Saturday and/or Sunday Afternoons-- 77th & Riverside, and/or Morningside and/or 103rd & Riverside South
11. GIRLS SOFTBALL JUNIORS inter-league--Saturday and/or Sunday Afternoons--77th & Riverside, and/or Morningside and/or 103rd & Riverside South plus travel
12. GIRLS SOFTBALL SENIORS inter-league--Saturday and/or Sunday--103rd Riverside South at 4PM and/or Morningside--Saturday/Sunday afternoons plus travel.
13. CHALLENGERS--Sunday afternoons 77th & Riverside starting at 1pm
Midweek practice game schedule for some divisions TBD.
The West Side Little League's SAFETY AND FIRST AID CLINIC/LECTURE will be held on Sunday, March 2nd 2008, at 9:45 am, in the Auditorium of PS 118 (aka The Manhattan School for Children) at 154 West 93rd Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus. We are fortunate to have Dr. Sheldon Jacobson, Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital, conducting the clinic. PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLINIC IS MANDATORY FOR ALL COACHES, DIVISION HEADS, VOLUNTEER UMPIRES, TEAM PARENTS, AND BOARD MEMBERS. The clinic will last from 1-2 hours, and you should bring a pen and notepad. PLEASE CONTACT LEAGUE PRESIDENT DEBBIE KLING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, OR CANNOT MAKE IT TO THIS MEETING, at info@westsidebaseball.org - but please do your very best to attend.