A very big congratulations to our very own U12 and U14 Wolves teams at being crowned 2021 OBA Champions. This year instead of a championship on Labour Day weekend, the format was changed to a 2 bracket advancement for the month of August. Both our teams were competing in the B classification overcoming tough weekend schedules, sometimes travelling 4+ hours away to compete in one or two games. A job well done by both teams to make us Waterdown proud. Thank you to coaches Donnie Kuniiharo and Richard Caldwell and their respective coaching staff, all the players on both teams and the rest of the teams that competed in August Madness for some amazing baseball played in the month of August!

Update: Note that the city has closed the fields due to the weather conditons the past few days, so any tryouts that were scheduled for September 23rd will not take place. Also please note we have added more team tryout times below, which are noted in bold.

The modified baseball season is slowly coming to a close, and we are ramping up for tryouts for next year's Waterdown Wolves Rep baseball program. Rep teams are formed with tryout sessions for eligible players rostered with teams playing under the auspices of the Central Ontario Baseball Association (COBA).  Play involves games with teams from the surrounding area & tournaments throughout the spring/summer of the upcoming season. For more information about the Rep program, please see our information listed under Rep & Select in our Youth Programs section on the WMBA website.

Although not everything is in place yet, the following early tryout schedule has been announced and we will be releasing times and places for other tryouts in the next little while for teams in divisions that will be fielded. Please check the WMBA website regularly for any sessions that are added or any changes that may be made to the schedule. For those interested in applying to tryout, please fill out the application form for the respective tryout on our Forms page (click here to be redirected to that page). Note that applications are not yet available for teams without an initial tryout schedule; once the initial schedule is confirmed, the form will be made available. We are making it mandatory to apply online before you attend your first tryout. Age qualifications are for end of year 2022 (i.e. 10U indicates 10 or under by Dec. 31, 2022). Note that we have yet to make any decisions on fielding Select teams but will post more information pertaining to those teams once a firm decision has been made.

9U Major Rookieball (born 2013) (Head Coach: Matt Henderson)
Saturday, September 11th from 5:00pm - 7:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #4
Sunday, September 12th at 10:30am - 12:30pm, Joe Sams Lesuire Park, Diamond #4
Saturday, September 25th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3 & #4
Sunday, September 26th at 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Joe Sams Lesuire Park, Diamond #3 & #4

10U Minor Mosquito (born 2012) (Head Coach: Chris Simpson)
Friday, September 24th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3
Saturday, September 25th from 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3

11U Major Mosquito (born 2011) (Head Coach: Rob Wigood)
Cancelled: Thursday, September 23rd from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3
Saturday, September 25th from 9:00am - 11:00am, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3
Sunday, September 26th from 10:30am - 12:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3
Tuesday, September 28th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3

12U Minor Pewwee (born 2010) (Head Coach: Steve Forrest)
Tuesday, September 14th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3
Thursday, September 16th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #3

13U Major PeeWee (born 2009) (Head Coach: Donnie Kunihiro)
Wednesday, September 8th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #2
Thursday, September 9th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #4

14U Minor Bantam (born 2008) (Head Coach: Blair Farquhar)
Thursday, September 16th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Friday, September 24th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Monday, September 27th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Wednesday, September 29th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1

15U Major Bantam (born 2007) (Head Coach: Richard Caldwell)
Friday, September 10th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Wednesday, September 15th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Sunday, September 19th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Wednesday, September 29th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1
Friday, October 1st from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Joe Sams Leisure Park, Diamond #1

18U Major Midget (born 2004 - 2006) (Head Coach: Krista Harwood)
TBD

Waterdown Wolves are pleased to announce our Rep head coaches for the upcoming 2022 season:

We will be also announcing a schedule for Rep tryouts in the near future, and we will keep you posted on the dates when we have worked out the details. Any questions for the respective teams can be directed to the selected coaches through the noted email addresses linked above. Thanks to all who have applied for the open postings. We are still taking applications for our 9U team, and interested candidates can fill out the application form on our Coach/Ump/Volunteet menu on our website.

Update 2021--06-08: Baseball Ontario has added a bit of clarity to the re-opening situation."Baseball Ontario will lift the suspension of in-person baseball activities as of 12:01am on Friday, June 11, 2021. NOTE: only outdoor activities are permitted under government regulations. No indoor practices." More information can be found in the Baseball Ontario newletter here. Note we are still bound by decisions by the city of Hamilton, but things are looking on track for our plan below..

To Our Valued Members,

We know many of you are patiently waiting on an update regarding our plans for baseball going forward. Below is a note from our president Chris Simpson and our tentative plans to proceed with the upcoming season.

The board of Waterdown Minor Baseball Association are working diligently behind the scenes creating a plan that will see baseball return to our community this summer.  As it is already May and we are usually into the season by now, we have had to push things back again due to the COVID–19 pandemic and the reopening of Ontario. What we have learned so far is that things can begin on a small scale June 14th while opening up July 5th and July 26th.  These dates are estimated and based on the Ontario Government and what stage of reopening we are on those dates.  This year will see the season go into August and even September if the City of Hamilton allows the use of fields past Labor Day weekend.  Our goal is to have a safe and meaningful baseball season for the players and the families. We will be holding a parent information night in June prior to the start of the season to get everyone prepared for this season.

Timeline

June 8th 2021 – HL Coaches Meeting (Zoom)

June 14th 2021 – Training Clinics can begin. 10 person limits in place. 11U & 13U Pitching clinics

June 16th 2021 - HL parents information night (Zoom)

July 5th 2021 – HL teams to start full practices

July 26th 2021 – HL Games to begin

All dates are subject to change based on guidance from the Provincial and Municipal Government, Baseball Ontario and COBA (for our rep division).We will update the website for any further details we may uncover and should have more information closer to the June 14th date.

As mentioned above, for anyone with questions, we will be holding an online Zoom meeting for our members. In order to participate in this meeting, we ask that you email for details on how to join. For the zoom meeting for coaches, you will be contacted directly with the information to join.

With regard to the pitching clinics, more information will follow shortly once we have more firm details in place.

Thank you again for your patience in all of this. Our primary goal to is get the kids out and playing as safely as possible while enjoying a little outdoor activity.

Regards,

Baseball Ontario has issued an update on various current topics in the minor baseball world including changes with regard to Return to Sport Protocols, information on upcoming NCCP Clinics and Level 3 Superclinics, as well as the Change the Game Research Project. All updates can be viewed here: Baseball Ontario Updates.

We have recently switched suppliers for our uniforms and would like to welcome Baseball 365 to the WMBA family! Baseball 365 has been a local provider for baseball related products for a number of years now and we are excited for them to join the WMBA fold. Feel free to support them as much as you can by shopping online and, when restictions are eased, visiting their store in Burlington!

Also of note, in lieu of our new supplier, we have a bit of leftover Waterdown Wolves apparel from out last supplier that we would like to offer to our WMBA community at a reduced price. For those interested, please go to our Forms page to browse what we have. Purchases can be made straight from the form using Paypal.and local distanced pickup will be arranged.

The start of the season is approaching. Do you need a way to keep track of your little (or big) slugger's schedule? Want to keep up to date on happenings in the league? Need a quick way to email your coach? Need directions to a diamond? All this and much more is available in the mobile app for our league. You can get the LeagueAthletics Mobile app at the Google Play store for Android and at the iTunes store for Apple. All you need to connect is your WMBA login and password. Download now for free!