Junior Wood Bat

This is a mid-season tournament in the Junior schedule that offers a unique opportunity to the 13/14 year old players in the Lower Mainland. Part of CoqLL's Junior program, all of our teams are entered into this tournament which also includes house teams from other cities in our community! All together this is a 12 team tournament that allows the Juniors to trade in the 'PING' of aluminium for the 'CRACK' of a wood barrel, and brings on the experience of playing like the pros.

Our Coquitlam teams are set to slug it out this year with the likes of Whalley, Langley, North Langley and Forest Hills for the title. This year the Jr. Wood Bat is set as a 5 day tournament from May 26th - May 30th so be sure to mark it in GREEN & GOLD on your calendar!

Games this year will be played at Blue Mountain Park as well as Brookmere Park in order to compensate for moving the tournament off the long weekend. All games will be played at the 54/80 diamond configuration due to limitations at Brookmere, however Blue Mountain has a 60ft rubber available for players if they choose.

Whalley Reds
2011 JWB Champions

Tournament Rules

Nine man baseball.

Tournament rules apply out of the Little League Rule Book

Pitchers can catch if they DO NOT EXCEED a 41 pitch maximum as stated in the Little League Rule Book.

Catchers, CAN NOT pitch if they catch any part of 4 innings as stated in the Little League Rule Book.

Pitch count applies.

Must use wood or wood composite bats. Bats supplied by Coq. L.L. to be left in the dugouts upon completion of the games. Players may use their own bats if they choose.

Managers & Coaches bat toss for home/away 1hr prior to game time.

Teams must e-mail their house rosters to Tyler Olinyk.

NO PICK UPS.

5 inning games.

1 hour, 45 min time limit. Hustle on and off the field. Score early.

Mercy rule: 10 runs after 5 innings complete. (4 1/2 if home team ahead). +10 runs max for offensive runs per game

Top teams in each pool advance to playoffs with 1 wildcard spot for team with best overall record not winning their pool.

Zero tolerance towards umpiring staff, by coaches, players, and parents.

Head-to-Head, defensive runs against per inning played, offensive runs differential (+10max per game), coin flip.

If any leagues have umpires looking to do games it would be greatly appreciated. Please send Tyler Olinyk an email with information.

Fee $ 100.00 & a dozen balls.

Remember Managers/ Coaches it is about the players. Make it an experience they will want to remember.

Pool A			Pool B			Pool C
Coquitlam Cardinals	2	1	Coquitlam Yankees	2	1	Coquitlam Blue Jays	1	1
North Langley Mets	1	1	Coquitlam Giants	2	0	Whalley Reds	2	0
Langley Outlaws	0	2	Whalley Cubs	0	2	Forest Hills A's	1	1
Whalley Yankees	1	0	Forest Hills Blue Jays	0	1	North Langley Red Sox	0	2

						Field
Thursday, May 26	6:00pm	Coquitlam Blue Jays	1	Whalley Reds	6	Blue Mountain
Friday, May 27	6:00pm	Coquitlam Cardinals	12	Langley Outlaws	1	Blue Mountain
	8:00pm	Coquitlam Yankees	3	Coquitlam Giants	4	Blue Mountain
Saturday, May 28	10:00am	Forest Hills A's	0	Whalley Reds	11	Blue Mountain
	12:00pm	Whalley Cubs	2	Coquitlam Giants	3	Brookmere
	12:00pm	Forest Hills A's	5	North Langley Red Sox	2	Blue Mountain
	2:00pm	Coquitlam Yankees	7	Whalley Cubs	1	Brookmere
	2:00pm	Whalley Yankees	4	Coquitlam Cardinals	3	Blue Mountain
	4:00pm	North Langley Red Sox	3	Coquitlam Blue Jays	14	Blue Mountain
	4:00pm	Forest Hills Blue Jays	3	Coquitlam Yankees	15	Brookmere
	6:00pm	North Langley Mets	5	Langley Outlaws	4	Blue Mountain
	8:00pm	Coquitlam Cardinals	10	North Langley Mets	3	Blue Mountain
Sunday, May 29	10:00am	Coquitlam Blue Jays	2	Forest Hills A's	7	Brookmere
	10:00am	Langley Outlaws	3	Whalley Yankees	15	Blue Mountain
	12:00pm	Whalley Reds	20	North Langley Red Sox	0	Brookmere
	12:00pm	Coquitlam Giants	12	Forest Hills Blue Jays	8	Blue Mountain
	2:00pm	North Langley Mets	3	Whalley Yankees	14	Brookmere
	2:00pm	Forest Hills Blue Jays	1	Whalley Cubs	6	Blue Mountain

	5:00pm	Whalley Reds (1st)	7	Coquitlam Cardinals (WC)	2	Blue Mountain
	7:00pm	Whalley Yankees (2nd)	4	Coquitlam Giants (3rd)	5	Blue Mountain
	6:00pm	Coquitlam Giants	0	Whalley Reds	1	Blue Mountain

schedule of parent duties

Congratulations to the Whalley Reds for winning the 2011 Junior Wood Bat Invitational at Blue Mountain Park. A battle of team aces, Coquitlam's Ben McCarthy vs Whalley's Cole Hunt proved to be an exciting matchup! McCarthy threw 95 pitches for a 2 hit game, but was not able to find the zone early and the single run Whalley scored in the first proved to be enough for Hunt's 1 hit performance.

The weather held off, and we managed to get all 21 games in over 3 days, in what was an action packed weekend for all players, coaches and parents involved. A very big thank-you goes out to Therese Mickelson who did a fantastic job of organizing the duties schedule for Coquitlam's parents, and an extra thanks also goes out to those parents that always go the extra mile to help out where ever and whenever needed. And finally a big thanks to the umpires that pulled together at the last minute to make sure we had all of our games covered: Andrew, Scott, Bruce, Alana, Mike, Curtis, and Ollie.

Success in a tournament like this is gauged by the smiles from players and parents, so overall this tournament was a BIG success. Thanks again, and hope to see everyone back next year!