Important Reminders

/ May 22, 2013 / News / Permalink

Gentlemen,

Just a few reminders with regards to the league…

Diamonds

Check the City of Guelph web-site (Sports Field Status)with regard to the fields availability on a daily basis. If it looks like rain and you question if the diamonds are open or not, the City of Guelph makes that determination by 2:00 pm every weekday. If the fields are open, then you MUST show up for your game. The judgement call is then left up to the umpire as to the playability of the diamonds. This is SOLELY the umpires decision, but you MUST have a team present and ready to play if the fields are open. If I receive information from the UIC that the fields are unplayable by decision of the umpires, I will send a blanket e-mail out to the league stating this information, as I did last night. This will save teams from having to show up to the diamonds.

R-Zone Policy

Please remember that our league and all affiliates, are bound by the City of Guelph’s R-Zone Policy (http://guelph.ca/wp-content/uploads/Rzone_policy.pdf)

Alcohol

Remember that there is no alcohol allowed in the parking lot or at the diamonds. This is patrolled by the OPP and appropriate action will be taken by them. Also, if your team is caught drinking by the City of Guelph employees, they will inform the league and action will be taken against the offending players and/or teams. Please refer to the R-Zone Policy, Page 2, Purpose, 2(l).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me,

Jon

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Opening Night 2013

/ May 7, 2013 / News, Schedules, Tournament / Permalink

Schedules

Just a little reminder – some schedules needed to be adjusted to correct some scheduling problems.

The schedules on this site are the ones we follow – they overrule any that were distributed at the preseason meeting.

Also important – there were changes made to the tournament schedule (start times, mostly). Be sure to check the update schedules posted on the tournament page.

Rosters

This email was sent out to all team reps …

Gentlemen,

Please ensure you register your team and all your players on the SPO site prior to your first game. I have cc’d them, so if you have any questions regarding registering your team or players, contact them.

Any league related questions, including bat testing, ask me.

Reminder, you can only have 20 guys on you’re roster. Anything over will be deleted and those players will NOT be insured.

As of right now, we have one team over the 20 player maximum. Please make sure you delete the guys that you want too instead of me doing it for you.

Thanks,

Jon

It appears some teams haven’t taken the time to do anything about their team rosters as yet. There are a number of teams with only 1 rostered player – the coach!

It is very important that rosters are submitted – only those players appearing on this roster are insured.

If you have any questions or difficulties submitting you rosters, please don’t hesitate to ask for help!

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Meeting Tonight

/ April 22, 2013 / Meetings, News / Permalink

Just a quick reminder of tonight’s meeting …

Where: Louie’s on Lewis – 84 Lewis Road
When: It will start at 7:00 pm but, as it is a walk through meeting, you can arrive at any time between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm

Please bring full league fees payable to RCMSPL or cash. Teams will not be allowed to start their season without full payment.

We will be handing out score books, balls, keys etc.

Please keep in mind that even though you will have keys you are still NOT allowed to use City of Guelph diamonds until after May 7th.

If you are getting bats tested …

  • Make sure you have all forms (download form here) filled out in advance as bats will not be tested until paperwork is completed first.
  • All bats will be visibly tested as well as compression testing on all ASA bats and any other bat deemed necessary.
  • Some bats do not have a visible SERIAL # as it is under the grip/tape: it is not necessary to remove the tape to get serial #.
  • Remember, all bats MUST be tested by the end of our opening tournament in order to be legal for play this year.

All umpires have been informed of new bat testing and policies.

  • This season, before each game, umpires will check bats for approved sticker.
  • If sticker is not present then you will be asked to remove the bat from the fence.
  • If anyone steps into batter’s box and is caught with a non-approved bat, they will be ejected from the game. “Not knowing” is not good enough.
  • If someone shows up late for a game then they should have the umpire inspect their bat to insure that it is legal.

With these new standards, it brings our league to a higher level of compliance and aligns us with the upper tier of leagues in the province. We are doing our part to keep the safety concerns to a minimum while showing that we are on top and ahead of the game. SPO has commended us for our efforts to go the extra base here.

Umpires have been asked to step up their game to follow these new standards and will conduct coaches meetings prior to games to make sure everyone is aware of the rules etc.

(shamelessly copied from a similar announcement on the GTCSPL site)

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