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Dear Baseball Community - 

We have scheduled the Baseball Spring Tryouts/Evaluation for Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:00 a.m. to noon.  Please set aside the date on your calendar now.

PLEASE NOTE THAT TRYOUTS/EVALUATION ARE MANDATORY FOR SPRING HOUSE TEAMS, SPRING/SUMMER TRAVEL BASEBALL, AND SUMMER DISTRICTS.  NO BALL PLAYER WILL BE ROSTERED ON A TRAVEL/DISTRICT TEAM WITHOUT PARTICIPATING IN THE TRYOUTS/EVALUATION.  NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.

The tryouts/evaluation affords the WLL an opportunity to assess each ball player to ensure balanced teams and determine eligibility for WLL travel/district programs. The format will be the same as last year:  We will have two time slots in the morning of March 14, 2020.  Ball players will be assigned to one time slot and in groups of approximately 12 ball players.  Four groups will be seen per time slot and will rotate through four stations (i.e., hitting, pitching, grounders, and fly balls) in 20-minute intervals.  Each station will be manned by a paid professional baseball coach who will assess each ball player individually.  The assessment data will be shared with the parent coaches for the spring baseball draft and will also be used to determine travel/district teams.

As in the past, parents will not be permitted in the gymnasiums to observe the tryouts/evalulations.

Here is what you need to know:

When:  Saturday, March 14, 2020 8:00 a.m. to noon.  Each ball player will be notified about his/her specific time slot in early March.  We will not be able to switch ball players between time slots.

Where: Weston High School gyms.

Who: The evaluation is only for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th graders.

Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Deusdedi (or ‘dedi, as most of you call him) Merced, WLL’s Player Agent. He can be reached either at   or (917) 751-5500.  Thank you.

Best,

Deusdedi

Player Agent / Board Secretary

Weston Little League

Welcome to registration for Weston Little League Baseball for the 2020 Spring Season! 

Click here to go to the registration page: https://www.leagueathletics.com/Registration/Default.asp?n=125819&org=westonll%2Ecom&cat=Spring+2020+%2D+Baseball

Representatives from Weston Little League will be available before the Weston PTO Budget Presentation on Wednesday, January 14 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm at Weston High School.  Stop by our table if you have any questions regarding the baseball or softball programs.

The Weston Spring “House” baseball is organized by grade.  We will be running the following divisions:

• T-Ball: Grades K and Pre-K children who turn 4 by 9/1/2020
• A Division: Grade 1
• AA Division: Grade 2.  Note: May be combined with Wilton Little League grade 2 program depending on number of teams
• Minors: Grades 3 & 4.Note: Will be combined with Wilton Little League Majors program
• Majors:Grades 5, 6 & 7.  Note: Will be combined with Wilton Little League Majors program
• Intermediate 50/70: Grades 7 & 8.  Will be one team that plays other town 50/70 teams 

Note: T-Ball will be eligible for children enrolling in PreK who turn 4 years old on or prior to September 1, 2020.

Evaluations are required for Spring House baseball for all players in the minors and majors.  These will be held in mid /to late March (final date and times TBD). We also plan to offer a Spring “Travel” baseball option for kids that are looking for an advanced and highly competitive game, and/or Intermediate level of play (i.e., Intermediate involves a larger field of play – “50/70”). Players will be selected to these teams based on their interest and evaluations.  Anyone playing travel baseball will be required to play in the regular house little league. NOTE: Attendance at evaluations absolutely mandatory for any player interest in playing Spring travel or Summer district baseball (NO EXCEPTIONS)

Spring House Division Information 

Note: game times are subject to change as the schedules are finalized

Majors & Minors Divisions

For the Spring 2020 season, Majors and Minors will play in a combined division with Wilton Little League. We will have our own distinct Weston Majors and Minors teams but will play in a combined Wilton/Weston Little League Division. The Weston Little League Board will review and approve player placements.

Majors Divisions

• Majors will consist Little League Age 11s and 12s (primarily 5th, 6th and 7th graders). 
• Majors games will be played on Wednesdays at 5:30/6pm in Weston and Saturdays at either 9am or 11am.  Saturday games will be played on both Wilton and Weston fields.
• There will be 1 practice per week plus a clinic run by pro-development coaches/parent volunteers 1 day per week.  Note: the frequency of the clinics will be highly dependent on parent volunteers.

Minors Division

• Minors will consist of Little League Age 9s and 10s (primarily of 3^rd and  4^thgraders)
• Minors games will be played on Tuesdays at 5:30/6pm in Weston and Saturdays at either 9am or 11am.  Saturday games will be played on both Wilton and Weston fields.
• There will be 1 practice per week plus a clinic run by pro-development coaches/parent volunteers 1 day per week.  Note: the frequency of the clinics will be highly dependent on parent volunteers.

AA Division: For the Spring 2020 Season, WLL AA Division may combine with Wilton Little league

• We will have our own distinct Weston AA teams but may play in a combined Wilton/Weston Little League Division.  Combining with Wilton will depend on total participation and number of Weston teams.
• AA Division will consist primarily of 2^ndgraders. 
• Games will be played at both Weston and Wilton fields (if we combine)
• Games will be held on Saturday from 3:00pm - 5:00pm. Note: this is subject to change if we combine with Wilton Little League. 
• Practices will be held on Sunday afternoon (times TBD)

A Division

• The A division will be a Weston only league and consist primarily of First graders.
• Games will be held on Saturday afternoons at 1:00pm - 2:30pm
• Practices will be held on Sunday afternoons (times TBD)

T Ball Division

• The T Ball division will be a Weston only league and consist primarily of Kindergartners and Pre-K players who turn 4 by September 1^st, 2020.
• T Ball will consist of two weekly one hour sessions: Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 and Saturdays from 12:00pm - 1:00pm.  

INTERMEDIATE 50/70 DIVISION

The Intermediate 50/70 division is designed for our aged out majors players that will play at the 13U (grade 7 and some 8s) level this Spring season. 

• Players are considered to "age out" of Majors if they turn 13 before September 1st, 2020.  

Note: 12U players will be able to play in both Majors and Intermediate 50/70, at no addition cost, provided that they are registered and rostered on a Majors team and understand that their Major's team takes priority with respect to games, practices and pitching availability if there is a conflict.

• Our goal for the program is to assist and develop our players for the larger size fields. Will be play on a 50/70 transitional size infield and will introduce the enhanced rules of play to include leading, stealing, pickoffs and 7 inning games.
• You can expect a 3-4 day a week commitment that will feature games against other local communities in Fairfield county.  

Registration Fees and Bundled Discount 

• Intermediate 50/70: $360
• Majors and Minors Divisions: $360
• AA and A Divisions: $300; and
• T-Ball: $110

**Note: Any one in need of financial assistance should please email our treasurer, Pat Murphy, at  , who will assist you in the process of applying for aid**

Bundled Discount for those who participated in one or both Winter Workout Sessions AND Register by January 31, 2019

• For those who participated in one or both of the winter workout sessions and register by January 31st, 2020 will receive a $50 discount. 
• There is a $50 late fee for anyone registering after February 28, 2020

Please note that your registration is not considered complete until payment of the registration fee is made. No player can be drafted or rostered to a team until the registration fee is paid in full.  

Calling All Interested Coaches

Interested coaches should plan on Draft and Coaches Meetings during in mid/late March (date/time TBD).   Teams are expected to be selected and announced during end of the week of March 25th. Team practices will be scheduled by coaches once teams are selected, beginning as early as April 1st, weather permitting. When registering, please note all potential conflicts in your child’s Spring schedule so that those responsible for putting teams and practice schedules together can try to avoid schedule conflicts. 

Spring Travel Information

For the Spring Travel teams, we plan to arrange teams based on interest indicated by parents during the registration process. Grades 3-7 are eligible.  Please indicate your child’s interest in playing Spring Travel on the registration form.  We expect that these teams will be comprised of players that have previously played baseball and are interested in a higher level of commitment and intensity.  

Travel fees will be finalized once teams and coaches are determined.

Thank you,

Weston LL Board

Welcome to Spring 2020 Weston Little League Softball Registration!  

Registration is now open and can be accessed on our website at westonll.com  then going to the “Home” tab and clicking on "Register Online”.  All Softball registrations can be found under “Spring 2020” scroll down to the appropriate softball program to register.  

You can also access the softball registration directly at: 

https://www.leagueathletics.com/Registration/Default.asp?n=125819&org=westonll%2Ecom&cat=Spring+2020+%2D+Softball

Any questions, please contact Dennis Jung at  .  

Program Details

A1 Instructional League -  Kindergarten and 1st Grade.  Fee $220

This league is focused on teaching the girls the basics of the game.  A1 will have 1 game and 1 practice - games will be Saturdays and practices will be either Sundays or weekday determined by the coach and depending on player availability.  Timing of games will be determined in our inter-town meeting held in March - we will play 1-3 other towns weekly.  Practices will be assisted by professional instructors. 

Games will be a mix of T-ball and coach pitch.  Games are 1 1/2 hours.

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A2 and AA League - 2nd and 3rd Grades.  Fee $220 

This league is focused on teaching the basics of the game.  There will be one Saturday game with one practice determined by the coach and player conflicts.  Timing of games will be determined in our inter-town meeting held in March.

Teams will be determined based on registration numbers.  If we have enough players in each grade there will be a A2 (2nd grade) team and an AA (3rd grade) team.  If we do not have enough players to field teams in each grade we will have a combined 2nd/3rd grade team. 

Girls learn to pitch in AA division (but coaches assist - after the pitcher throws one walk, coach comes in on every 3rd ball).

There are time limits on games (no new inning can start after 90 minutes)

Balanced playing time requirement. Score is kept.  

Professional instructors will be assisting practices.  

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AAA League - 4th & 5th Grades.  Fee $350 if paid before February 28th - after February 28th Fee will increase to $400

2 games per week with one weekday practice and possible clinic which will be determined by the coach & player conflicts.  

There are time limits on games (no new inning can start after 90 minutes)

Balanced playing/pitching time requirement.  

Professional instructors will be assisting practices and games. 

Please note that the fee increases by $50 after 2/28/2020.  Registration closes on March 15, 2020

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Majors League - 6th & 7th Grades. Fee $350 if paid before February 28th, after February 28th fee will increase to $400

There will be 1-2 games per week with 1-2 practices which will be determined by the coach & player conflicts. Some playing/pitching time requirement. 

Professional instructor will be assisting the team for practices and games.  

Please note that the fee increases by $50 after 2/28/2020.  Registration closes on March 15, 2020

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Juniors League - 8th Grade.  Fee $350 if paid before February 28th, after February 28th fee will be $400

There will be 1-2 games per week with 1-2 practices determined by the coach and player conflicts. 

Professional instructor will be assisting the team for practices and games. 

Please note that the fee increases by $50 after 2/28/19.  Registration closes on March 15, 2020

**Note: Any one in need of financial assistance should please email our treasurer, Pat Murphy, at  , who will assist you in the process of applying for aid**

Bundled Discount for those who participated in a Winter Workout Sessions AND Register by February 28, 2020

• Those who participate in a winter workout session and register for Spring softball by Feb 28th, 2020 will receive a $50 discount. (You will need to email Dennis Jung    to apply the discount).

Please note that your registration is not considered complete until payment of the registration fee is made. No player can be assigned to a team until the registration fee is paid in full.  

Cheers,

Weston LL Softball

Please take a moment to read the following note from League Athletics, our website host:

Recently, major carriers like Verizon have begun throttling text message reminders to their customers, delaying or deleting texts sent from LeagueAthletics.com. Verizon in particular has asked us to drastically reduce the number of texts we send going forward. In addition, we've received complaints from parents, coaches and administrators about the volume of text messages being sent to them for events in their websites.

To increase sending efficiency for urgent and serious messaging, we will discontinue sending text reminders for Practices only, and change notifications for Practices sent via text message will only be sent if the change is made within 48 hours of the event’s start time. Below is a table that outlines the changes.

Practice Communications

Game Communications (No changes)

*Reminders are messages that are automatically triggered by the system and sent without any user actions.  Notifications are messages sent when an event is added or changed.

PARKING AT BISCEGLIE​

With pre-season practice underway and the season officially opening this weekend, we'd like to remind you of the parking and drop-off procedures at Bisceglie. 

There is no drop-off, pick-up or parking of cars anywhere along the upper roadway of Bisceglie Park at any time (games or practices).  

The entrance in and out of the park needs to remain clear of stopped or parked cars at all times.  It’s a safety issue for the players crossing the road and we need to keep cars moving in the upper roadway. 

Player drop-off and pick-up should take place in the lower parking area; please do not stop along the roadway, by the handicap spaces or the portables to let players in/out of your car.

All cars must be parked in the parking lot.  There are several handicap parking spaces available for those cars with a valid/current handicap parking permit - no exceptions!

We appreciate your support in adhering to these rules for the safety of all our players, pedestrians and motorists.

Thank you,
Weston Little League Board of Directors

Dear Parents of Weston Little League Players,
 
I'd like to alert you to potential products that may aid in the safety of our children.  These products are not mandated by Little League National of Williamsport, so Weston Little League is not mandating them, but our  board thinks that you should at least know about them so you can make your own informed decision whether or not to purchase them for your children.
 
First, there are batting helmets that come with a facemask.   When worn properly, these facemasks prevent the batter from taking a hit to the eyes, nose or mouth from a batted or thrown baseball.  
 
The second is a simple mouth guard.  Again not mandated by Williamsport, but some leagues are suggesting them.
 
The last is a "heart guard".  These are often T shirts that have a protective plastic shield which prevents a child from taking a direct hit to the heart from a batted or thrown ball.
 
All of these items may be purchased online or at local stores. Please consider this email in the spirit that it was sent.  All sports have the potential for injury of one type or other.  The safety of your children is our number one priority,  the play is secondary.  Your little league board has developed many practices over the years that try to ensure safety.  You may elect for your child to use one or more of the items listed above to prevent an injury.  That said, it's going to be a wonderful season.  
 
Thank you, Weston Little League

For those of you that need some help navigating our website, here is a step-by-step guide to accessing your team information and receiving email and/or text event reminders:
 
HOW CAN I GET EMAIL AND TEXT EVENT REMINDERS?
 

• From the main page of our website, www.westonll.com, scroll to the bottom of the home page and click on the left-hand menu item Edit My Account,
• Log in using your email address and password,
• When you log in, your family profile will appear.  You will see all family members and the programs each member has been registered in.
• Click on a Family Member name,
• Scroll down until you see Remind,

• Check the box for Games and Practices,
• If you want text messages make sure your cell phone number is listed and you select the carrier,
• Make sure the check box No Email box is NOT checked.  (If this box is checked your email address will not be included in ANY email sent from this site which includes reminders, game change notifications and other important messages),
• Be sure to click the Submit button when you are done,
• You will now get an email and/or text messages to remind you of games and practices for your team.

 
HOW DO I ACCESS MY TEAM ROSTER AND SCHEDULE ONLINE?:
 
To view your team page:
·         At the top of the homepage of the WLL website, www.westonll.com, click on the menu Teams,
·         Select the Season (Fall 2014),
·         Select your League (T-Ball, A, AA, AAA, American or National),
·         Select then select your Team,

You are now on your TEAM page!

To view your team roster:
·         Select the tab ROSTER to see coach and players
To view your team schedule:
·         Select SCHEDULE to see your team schedule.

Hope this help!