Gibbs Youth Athletic Association

Baseball Sign ups and Tryouts

We have started baseball signups! We will be at Ruritan park every Saturday from 10-2 through March. The fees are the same as last year. Payment is due at the time of sign up.

Tryouts are scheduled for March 31st. Tee ball will be at 10 am, Coach Pitch at 11:30 am, and 10U at 1:00 pm. If you are being protected by a coach you will not try out. If you do not know if you are protected please contact the coach or show up for tryouts.

Practices will begin in April. We will have a fundraising tournament at the end of April. We will charge a $3.00 entry fee for this. Games will start in May and run till the end of June.

Please come out and join us. Hope to see you there.

If you are interested in coaching please contact me at coachcash5@gmail.com. If you have any questions feel free to drop me an email.

Thanks

Baseball Commissioner, Jason Cash

New Baseball Bat Rules for 2012

New USSSA Baseball Bat Marks & Grandfathering Rules

Effective January 1, 2012

Big Barrel Bat Rules (2⅝” or 2¾”) – 14U & Below

Effective January 1, 2012

 Have the new USSSA Mark on its taper OR

 Be a Qualified BBCOR bat1 OR

 Be a Wood Bat

ALL of the above must be manufactured by an approved USSSA Bat Licensee

This applies to ALL Big Barrel Bats, including Coach Pitch bats.

Big Barrel Bat Rules (2⅝” or 2¾”) – 15U & Above

 Must be NHSF approved with the appropriate BBCOR certification mark OR

 Be a Wood Bat

Both of the above must be manufactured by an approved USSSA Bat Licensee

Small Barrel Baseball Bat Rules (2¼” or less)

For 2012 and 2013

 Have the new USSSA mark on its taper OR

 Have the old USSSA mark OR

 Be a Wood Bat

ALL of the above must be manufactured by an approved USSSA Bat Licensee

This applies to tee ball bats longer than 23”.

For 2014:

 Have the new USSSA mark on its taper OR

 Be a Wood Bat



Both of the above must be manufactured by an approved USSSA Bat Licensee

1Qualified BBCOR bat – A Big Barrel bat that is made by a USSSA approved bat licensee, has a BBCOR
mark permanently attached to the bat that is recognized by NHSF as a legal bat for NHSF sanctioned play

and has no more than a minus 3 ounces difference from the length of the bat. Minimum bat length is 29

inches.

Basketball Sign Ups & Draft

Basketball Sign-ups have been extended (all at Gibbs Ruritan Park)!
Saturday''''s, October 29th, November 5th & 12th from 10am-12pm
Tuesday''''s, November 1st & 8th from 6-7pm

The Basketball Draft has been set (both boys & girls)!
November 14th
6pm - 5 & 6 yr olds
7pm - 7 & 8 yr olds
8pm - 9 & 10 yr olds
November 15th
6pm - 11 & 12 yr olds
7pm - 13 & 14 yr olds

ATTENTION!!! GYAA Meeting Postponed!

Due to the Cross Train Sports Camp gracing our park next week the July GYAA Meeting has been postponed to July 19th. Thank you for your understanding.

Games cancelled

All games cancelled for June 23, 2011. Wish it would stop raining!

Games cancelled

All games for May 13th are cancelled

New email

I am changing my email address. You can now reach me at coachcash5@gmail.com Thanks, Jason Cash

Rained out

All games for May 3, 2011 are cancelled due to rain. You can call 215-4263 to check on the park for rain outs. I also post on Facebook at Gibbs Youth Athletic Association

Baseball Stuff

Our League Tournament starts Thursday. Good luck to all teams. Remember, the practice schedule stops at 10:00 pm Wednesday night. For practice times during the season please email Jason Cash.

You can get your teams schedule at http://www.allprosoftware.net/gyaabaseball2011/

I will be posting the schedule for 10U and 11/12 this week.

Thanks

Jason Cash

Work Day

We are holding a work day this Saturday (April 9th) at the baseball fields. We will start at 8 am...not sure how long. Please come out and give us a hand. The park is only what we put into it.