Coquitlam Little League's website, the Home of the A's, has has a radical makeover and is taking a brand new look into the 2010 season. In dramatic fashion, CLL is now able to showcase its program, its divisions, its tremendous volunteer support and most importantly its PLAYERS!

New additions to the homepage include a photo news ticker, news/events tabs, and links for every tournament Coquitlam hosts. A HOF/Alumni section dedicated to showcasing past CLL'ers that have taken the next step in their baseball careers has been added, as well as a video box to promote coaching philosophies and highlight spectacular players!

Check out weekly updates in each division highlighting hot contests and fabulous plays.

Updated regularly this is your home for everything that is Coquitlam Little League.. See you at the diamond!

The Coquitlam 8 Year Old Selects served notice at this years District 3 tournament that we are not to be taken lightly!

After a rough start, losing 20-9 to Langley the boys came to life. We took Whalley right to the very last out before falling 12-11. Against North Langley, we came out on top by a score of 14-6. Day three saw us up against an undefeated White Rock A. Down by three going into the bottom of the sixth, we got it to 12-11 with two out, tying run on second before grounding out to first to end the game. Our last game we seemed to run out of gas a bit against White Rock B, but a late rally made the final score look a little more respectable, a 22-16 loss.

A 1-4 record may not look so good on paper, but the boys took the two top teams in the tournament right down to the wire. Great job Athletics, we'll be back !

We have winners for all 3 prizes in our annual raffle!

First Prize winner ~ Alex Bachman
Alex wins a 3 day Vegas vacation! Airfare and accomodation for 2.

Second Prize winner ~ Lori Carlyle
Lori wins the golf experience package in the sunny Okanagan

Third Prize winner ~ B Alexander
Winner of a large Me N' Ed's pizza ever month for a year!

Thanks again for helping us raise over $17k for our league!

Clinics for all 11 and 12 year olds wishing to play on the Selects team:

Monday, June 21th  6 -7:45pm
Wednesday, June 23th 6 -7:45pm
Thursday, June 24th 6 -7:45pm

All clinics are on the lower Mackin Fields. A reminder to players and parents: practice starts at 6pm, please get there 10 or 15min early to get ready. Make an impression on your coaches.

Please contact Kerry Smith for more info ~ smithco@live.ca

A reminder to all coaches and fans, the CLL annual Coach's Game is scheduled for this weekend! Founder's Day is in the AM at the Yard, and then all coaches are invited up to Blue Mountain Park to show their skills and play a friendly. In previous years we have featured games such as Mackin vs Blue Mtn, Vets vs Rookies, as well as mixed squads.

Game time is 6:00pm!

The game tonight had a HUGE turnout! Special thanks to all the coaches who came up to Blue Mountain tonight for pizza and a game. The men split teams pitting Blue Mountain's coaching staff against the rest of the league, with a couple exceptions to round out a 11 man roster for Team Blue Mountain. After a strong 9 innings, the Blue Mountain crew managed to eek out a 10-6 victory, taking the title for the second year in a row!

The game was exciting from beginning to end, with the Mackin/Winslow/Rochester squad attributing their opponent's victory to a home field advantage. "GET A LEAD-OFF!!" was heard regularly from the visitor's dugout, and a few defensive errors proved costly.

Gracious winners, gracious losers... fun was had by all and we look forward to our game next year!

Attention all Little League players and parents. We have had 2 gloves go missing in the last week, both are Coach's gloves.

On Monday, June 7th a Rawlings 13" mitt was left at the AAA/Major's league practice at Mackin Yard. If found please bring to the Mackin Cage. FOUND

On Monday, June 7th a brown DeMarini mitt was left at the Junior Selects/All-Stars clinic at Blue Mountain Park. If found please bring to Blue Mountain Cage. FOUND

The LMBA has booked their annual "old-timers" tournament in Coquitlam this year, and they will be playing at our beautiful Blue Mountain Park. The tournament is scheduled to run over the August long-weekend, and we are looking for a few volunteers to run the concession stand and BBQ. This is a great opportunity for CLL since all proceed will be coming back to us.

Tournament dates are July 30, 31, Aug 1.
Please contact Carol Veltin @ crbc4@telus.net for more info.

Clinics for all 11 and 12 year olds wishing to play on the Major All-Star team:

Monday June 14th  6 -8pm @ Brookmere Park
Tuesday June 15th 6 -8pm @ Brookmere Park

A reminder to players and parents: practice starts at 6pm, please get there 10 or 15min early to get ready. Make an impression on your coaches.

Please contact Jim Mickelson for more info ~ jim.mickelson@shaw.ca

Clinics for all players who turned 8 years old as of the league birthdate deadline (April 30):

Friday June 11th  6 to 7 pm
Sunday June 13th  11am to 12 noon
Tuesday June 15th 4:30 to 5:30 pm

All clinics will be held at Mackin West. A reminder to players and parents: practice starts at these times, please get there 10 or 15min early to get ready. Make an impression on your coaches.

The Tournament dates have now been released! The tournament will be held in White Rock running June 24-28. Unfortunately the WR/S. Surrey website is not up to date, please contact Russ Borden @ rjborden@hotmail.com for more info.

Clinics for both post-season teams are this weekend:

Friday June 11th 6:00 -8:00pm Mackin "A" Diamond (by cricket cage)
Saturday June 12th 10:00am -12:00 noon Mackin East
Sunday June 13th 10:00am -12:00 noon Mackin East

Practice starts at these times, please get there 10 or 15min early to put your cleats on.
Make an impression on your coaches.

For more info contact Brian Calvin @ brical@shaw.ca

The 50/50 at the Yard was unclaimed on Saturday, May 8. The game was featuring the Major Cardinals vs the Major Giants at 3:30pm. The winner still has time to claim thier prize, however you MUST have the ticket in hand.

The winning number is 0039961.

Coquitlam put in a great showing at the Hyack Tournament this weekend as all three teams finished the round robin with 2-1 records. Both the Giants and Yankees started 2-0 but lost squeekers in their third games to get eliminated from the playoffs. The Cardinals were a little luckier as 2-1 for them meant a Bronze Medal game.

Due to the rain the Cardinals didn't start the Hyack until Sunday. After great pitching and defense in the 8:00 am game to beat New West Twins 5-2 it didn't go so well in the 1:00 pm game and the Cards lost 11-4 to Hastings Red Sox. This put both Hastings and New West at 2-1 and the Cards were 1-1. The Cards had to beat Forest Hills in the 3:30 game but not give up more than 10 runs to win their Pool. This same Forest Hills team beat the Cards at the Mackin Yard tournament last week 7-1 but everything came together in the 2nd of back-to-back games and the Cards won 15-3 in 4 innings. The game started with a bang as Colton Kehler launched a 3 run homer out of the softball stadium landing it on the walkway in left center some 270+ feet from home plate and there was no looking back.

This win put them up against the team that knocked off the Yankees, the Forest Hills Red Sox. Both teams were playing their fourth game of the day and third in a row so they were pretty tired. They battled hard and the Cards were leading 3-2 after 4 innings. In the top of the fifth the Cards sent all 12 batters to the plate scoring 7 runs. Forest Hills added one more run but the final was 10-3 giving the Cardinals the Bronze Medal. A great effort from all the Cardinal players to play 4 games in one day and a special thanks to Brandon Jeon and Nolan Smith of the Blue Jays for joining the Cards so they had a full 12 man roster.

The end of the regular season is drawing closer, as we quickly approach June 19th. On Saturday, June 19 all 48 of Coquitlam's Little League teams will converge on the diamond at Mackin Yard to pay tribute to our league's founders. Players will accept awards, recognize champions and pick up their team photos.

This is also the date of the big CLL Raffle, where all 3 prizes will be drawn!

Ceremonies will begin at 11am sharp, so please be there to find your team between 10:00 and 10:30am.

The 50/50 at the Yard was unclaimed on Thursday, May 27. The game was featuring the Major Blue Jays vs the Major Yankees at 6:00pm. The winner still has time to claim thier prize, however you MUST have the ticket in hand.

The winning number is 0207812.

Just a friendly reminder to all ballpark patrons: Please dispose of your garbage in the bins provided. There have been some recent issues with excess garbage being left amongst the bleachers and in the dugouts. Lets all do our part in keeping our ballparks beautiful and put garbage in it's place.

The City of Coquitlam and CLL would also like to remind concession staff that there are larger bins for concession garbage and cardboard. Please do not use the smaller park bins as they are overflowing on a daily basis.

Thank-You!!

This year's raffle tickets are hot off the press and should be distributed to players by the end of the week. A reminder to all CLL parents: our league depends greatly on fund raising efforts to keep our registration costs low. This raffle is HUGELY important, and we are requesting that every player try to sell at least 1 book of tickets. But remember: the team that sells the most tickets before June 13 gets a Me n' Eds pizza party!

Prizes this year include:

Las Vegas Experience! Airfare and 3 nights accomodation for 2
Value: $1500 (certain conditions apply)

Golf Experience! 2 nights accomodation in the Okanagan and greens fees both days for 2
Value: $1000 (certain conditions apply)

Me n' Ed's Pizza Experience! 1 large pizza per month for a year
Value: $450 (certain conditions apply)

Photo packages have been distributed to team coaches for the upcoming picture day at Mackin Park. Teams have also been given time slots so ask your coach for your photo package and time of your team picture.

Every player will receive an individual as well as a team photo, however if you would like extras, trading cards, wallet photos etc check out the package order form. If you do not want extra pictures you do not need to fill out the form. Completed forms and payment goes to the team coach who MUST bring it to picture day.

Each player will receive a free lunch, and divisions AAA and below will participate in the batathon for prizes. Contact Terri Michael for more info.

Circle it in red... May 29th is the annual Parent's Pub Night! This year it will be held at the Village Pub (9532 Erickson Drive, Burnaby, behind Lougheed Mall). Tickets are $15 a piece which gets you a cheeseburger with fries or salad and a drink. They are available for purchase at the concession stands at Blue Mtn and Mackin Yard after May 10.

There will be silent auctions held for the prize packs that each team is putting together, as well as raffle draws and live music. It will surely be a night to remember so make sure to get your ticket!

Team prize packs can be submitted to Kelly Yorko (okroy@shaw.ca) or Terri Michael (bt-michael@shaw.ca) or Carol Veltin (crbc4@telus.net). We are asking for a $5 or $10 donation from each player to their team parent. The prize pack can be a gift basket of goodies, or a gift certificate or a combination. These will be raffled off at the pub on Saturday, May 29, so please get them in soon!

Applications for Manager's positions for our post-season teams are now being accepted. Anyone interested can send an application and resume to Larry Park (Coach/Player Development). The deadline for applications is Wednesday, May 12, 2010 so that they may be reviewed and voted upon if necessary at the June Board Meeting. At this time we are only accepting Manager's applications, and those selected will choose their own Coaches. We are looking for Managers for:

Coquitlam Little League has built a strong reputation within our district with our highly competitive program and unwaivering sportsmanship. We have also built this reputation on National and International levels, and expect our Managers to uphold our league's values and give the youngsters who try-out for their respective post-season teams the absolute best experience they can. Only serious applications will be accepted.

After publishing the 2010 rule book, Little League International held their annual Congress Meeting, and voted to accept a few changes in the rule book effective immediately. The ammendments are listed below:

Because registration has closed for the 2010 season, CLL will be adopting this rule to begin the 2011 season. This rule change effectively lowers the league age requirement for Blastball to 4 (from 5) years old, and also lowers the maximum age allowed in Blastball to 7 (from 8).

This rule has been re-written to confirm that All-Star teams must not be picked or play together before June 15th.

This is a Catcher-Pitcher rule that is the reverse of the Pitcher-Catcher rule that was implimented last season. The rule book states that any pitcher that throws 41 or more pitches in a game may NOT play the position of catcher for the rest of the game. The new rule states that any catcher that catches more than 3 innings (9 outs) may NOT play the position of pitcher for the remainder of that game. These rules have been put into place to protect arms from injury.

Beginning immediately, this permits a player on a Junior League Baseball or Senior League Baseball team to pitch in two games in one day, provided the player does not deliver 31 or more pitches in the first game. The Big League regulation remains unchanged. This also will apply during the International Tournament in the Junior League Baseball and Senior League Baseball divisions.

This weekend we are preparing our fields for a season long battle on the diamond. Its a big job cleaning, organizing, stocking, putting up fences and signs. We need as much help as we can get, so as Board members and Coaches, we are asking you to come out and lend a hand.

Mackin: (Sunday, 10am)
Down at the Yard, we're going to need some help with general field maintenance, putting up signage etc. Coaches are going to get a walkthrough of the cage, outlining rules and expectations.

Blue Mtn: (Saturday, 10am)
Because Blue Mountain is not a baseball only field, every year we have to set-up and take-down the outfield fence. Its a big job, but the ballpark just doesn't look right without it... and the Big Leaguers need something to shoot for right? We need some help, so bring out a 9/16 or 14mm deep socket and ratchet if you've got it, otherwise you can help move and position the fence in the outfield. Sponsorship signs also need to be set up, so please please come out and help us out.

Weekend pre-season practices have been scheduled for all players at Blue Mountain. Junior, Senior and Big League players are invited to a Winter workout on the field to get some reps in before evaluations. So far practices have been scheduled for 12pm on:

Pracitce starts at 12pm, cleats on at 11:50. Long sleeves, pants and cleats are MANDATORY, no excuses. Its been a warm winter but the Blue Mtn rule applies: ANY weather below 25C long sleeves must be worn. See you at the park!

Hitting Clinic: 8 sessions - Monday/Wednesday nights Jan. 4-27th - $80.00
Shawn Bowman and Ryland Kathrein have teamed-up to put together a twice weekly hitting clinic that will revamp your swing and boost your confidence going into the new season. Both Shawn and Ryland were members of the 1999 Juniors team that went to the Worlds and have used that experience as a spring-board in their baseball careers. Shawn has gone on to sign on with the NY Mets, where he has recently cracked the 40-man roster and has represented Canada in the World Baseball Classic and the World Baseball Cup. Ryland has continued to play baseball through his post-secondary years as he received a scholarship to play for the University of Arkansas in the NCAA Southwestern Conference. Together they form a dynamic power-hitting combo that will have your swing fine-tuned and ready for the 2010 season!

This 8 session schedule is set for Mon/Wed nights from January 4th to January 27th. Ages 8-12 are slotted in from 6pm-7pm, and 13+ year olds are slotted for 7pm-8pm. Total cost is $80.00.

Pitching Clinic: 8 sessions - Monday/Wednesday nights Feb. 1-24th - $80.00
Andrew Brock was a memeber of the Big League team that represented Coquitlam and Canada and 2000 World Series where they became the 1st ever Canadian Champs. Andrew stayed competitive and received a full scholorship from the University of Idaho as a pitcher where he was a 3-year starter with a 13-10 record and a 3.23 ERA. Andrew has also represented Canada numerous times at the World Baseball Challenge where he has won 3 gold medals. Coquitlam Little League is proud to have him return to his roots and set up this pitching clinic.

This is also an 8 session schedule running Mon/Wed nights from Feb. 1st to 24th at the Blue Mountain cage. Ages 9-12 are slated for 6-7pm and ages 13+ are set for 7-8pm. Total cost is $80.00

Contact Larry Park via email or phone 604-421-0037.

We have limited registration to 6 players per session so get your registration in now! Ages 12 and under are scheduled 6-7pm and 13+ are 7-8pm. Cost is $20.00 per player, sorry no refunds.

Contact Larry Park via email or phone 604-421-0037.

Ages 8-12 are set for the 4-6pm time slot at Blue Mountain Cage, and 13+ year olds are set for 6-8pm. Space is limited, so register now. Cost is $40.00 per player, no refunds.

Contact Larry Park via email or phone 604-421-0037.