Northfield Youth Baseball Association

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2023 Program Update

The decision has been made to make the 10U age group full travel starting in 2023, instead of tournament team/Minors. For those not wanting to travel there will be a Community Rec option in conjunction with Farmington and Lakeville. The Community Rec league will offer our players an opportunity to be introduced to competition with other communities in a fun and skill appropriate way! We are excited for this option to help grow our players and our program! Watch for more information to come as the season approaches.

2023 Registration

Watch for 2023 registration to open on or around January 15!

Open Board Positions for 2023 Season

If you are interested in being considered for one of these open positions please send an email to Kristin Holz, nybasecretary@gmail.com

In-House Director - assist in-house president in coordinating registration and in-house events, schedule in-house games in cooperation with the travel group, oversee Trusted Coaches compliance, help coordinate skills competition and In-House Classic year end tournament

Community Rec League Coordinator - coordinate rostering from registrations, help facilitate day-to-day operations and communications throughout season, help travel and in-house groups with general league events

Events Coordinator - support the Board in planning and logistics for tournaments, home run derby, skills competition and any non-baseball events (ex. movie nights) organized by the association.

Uniform Coordinator - help Travel and In-House to coordinate ordering and distribution of uniforms.

Watch for more openings in the coming months!!

2023 Travel Updates & Important Dates

*See Program Update: 10U age group will be full travel starting in 2023, instead of tournament team/Minors league. The Community Rec league will be offered for players not interested in Travel play.

2023 In-House Updates & Important Dates

*See Program Update: 10U age group will be full travel starting in 2023, instead of tournament team/Minors league. The Community Rec league will be offered for players not interested in Travel play.

2022 In-House Season Dates (2023 dates TBD):

January 5: In-House Registration opens

March 15: In-House Registrations CLOSES

March 16, 18-20: Travel Tryouts and Minors Evaluations

Week of May 1: In-House Coaches meetings

May 9/10: Minors/Rookies Opening day

May 21: T-ball & Futures Opening Day

May 28-30: Memorial Weekend (No baseball activities)

Week of June 13: T-ball/Futures move to M/W, T/TH

June 29: Minors League: Home Run Derby

June 30: Rookies League: Skills Competition

July 4-5: July 4th (No In-House activities)

July 13:Last day for Futures League

July 14: Last day for T-ball League

July 29-3: In-House Classic (Rookies & Minors Leagues)

2022 DIBS REQUIREMENTS Updated for 2022

The NYBA will be collecting checks in advance for the DIBs volunteer program, requiring a commitment of 5 hours per FAMILY. Families are required to provide a check for $300 prior to participating in tryouts/evaluations for Travel and Minors or prior to the start of the season for all younger leagues. These checks will be held during the season. If at the end of the 2022 season the family has completed the required volunteer hours their check will be destroyed. However, if a family’s volunteer requirement has not been met by the end of the 2022 NYBA season, their check will be deposited into the NYBA account. Please note, if a deposited check does not have sufficient funds when it is deposited a return fee will be invoiced to the member and/or applied to future registrations.

Volunteering is essential to any youth organization and we strongly encourage you to be involved in helping to make the season a successful one for our kids. However, if you think your family will not be able to fulfill the DIBs requirement we are now offering a buyout option. To participate in the buyout option, families must submit a check for $200. Buyout checks are also due at tryouts/evaluations or prior to the season as the usual DIBs checks are. The buyout checks will be deposited at the time of receipt prior to the start of the season.

Families of rostered coaches, board members and travel team managers will be exempt from the required hours associated with DIBs.

We will be posting DIBs hours on our website under the DIBs tab where you can claim tasks to fulfill your volunteer obligation.

2022 NYBA In-House HR Derby Champs

Pictured left, Linden Spitzack (4th grade) and right, Connor Westlund (5th grade) are the 2022 HR Derby champs.

COVID Information and Updates

Visit our COVID-19 INFORMATION PAGE for the NYBA COVID-19 Guidelines and Preparedness Plan. We will update this page if/when guidelines change as the season progresses. This page also contains a link to the NYBA COVID-19 Reporting Form for any athlete or coach who is named a close contact or tests positive for COVID-19.