RC/RJ Year End and Closing Ceremonies

Jun 16, 2016 | League News

UPDATE: What if it is Raining on Saturday?

The current weather forecast for Saturday is not looking very good. We pushed through last weekend and held our older kids Closing Ceremony in the rain, however for the younger kids we feel that would not be much fun. Therefore we have the following plan:

  1. Hope the weather is nice on Saturday
  2. At 8.30am on Saturday league will make the call based on current weather and the hourly forecast whether to proceed
  3. IF the weather is ok:
    • Proceed with RJ tournament, RC skills and Closing Ceremonies as scheduled
  4. IF the weather is bad:
    • Rookie Junior tournament will be cancelled
    • Rally Caps skills day will be cancelled
    • Closing Ceremonies will be rescheduled to Tuesday 21st June 6.15pm
  5. Teams will be notified by email on Saturday morning regarding the weather call

Closing Ceremonies (Rookie Junior and Rally Caps)

The MSLL Closing Ceremonies for Rookie Junior and Rally Caps will be held on Saturday 18th June 3.00pm on the Myrtle Majors diamond. All players get to run the bases on the Majors “big kids” field.

The Rally Caps teams should all meet outside the field behind the first base dugout, and all Rookie Junior teams should gather by the 3rd base dugout. When we are ready to start the Rally Caps teams will enter first. The players on each Rally Cap team will run the bases from 1st to Home. Once they get to home they will be directed to the infield area to sit with their team.  The kids should be following closely behind one another – they do not need to wait for the player ahead of them to finish running.

Once all the Rally Caps teams have finished running the bases and are sitting in the infield with their coaches, we will have the Rookie Junior teams enter. They will run the bases starting from 3rd base and ending at 2nd base. From their they will take their place just behind the base paths starting close to 1st base.

When all the teams have entered the field we will have a brief speech from the MSLL President. We will then ask one coach from each team to come and collect the medals for their team. The formal ceremony will then end, and teams can find their own space on the field to present each player with their participation medals.

We expect the entire ceremony to take approximately 30 minutes.

Rookie Junior Year End Tournament

The year end tournament for Rookie Junior will take place on Sat 18th June. The game schedule will be:
10:00-11:00 Pirates v Marlins (Myrtle NE Dirt)
10:00-11:00 Rays v Rangers (Myrtle SE Dirt)
11:15-12:15 Rangers v Blue Jays (Myrtle NE Dirt)
11:15-12:15 Reds v Pirates (Myrtle SE Dirt)

12:30- 1:30 Blue Jays v Twins (Myrtle NE Dirt)

12:30- 1:30 Nationals v Rays (Myrtle SE Dirt)
1:45 – 2:45 Marlins v Nationals (Myrtle NE Dirt)
1:45 – 2:45 Twins v Reds (Myrtle SE Dirt)

Rally Caps 2nd Skills Day

The 2nd Rally Caps skills day will take place on Saturday 18th June. The teams have been assigned the following start times:
9.15 Blue Wahoos
9.30 Iron Pigs
9.45 Whitecaps
10.00 Volcanoes
10.15 Rockhounds
10.30 Raptors
10:45 Grasshoppers
11.00 Owlz
11.15 Emeralds
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12.15 Hot Rods
12.30 Bats
12.45 Muck Dogs
1.00 Knights
1.15 Dragons
1.30 Bees

The skills session will follow the same stations as at the mid-season skills day. Coaches should complete the player skills certificates based on in season evaluation and players results at the skills days. These certificates can be awarded to the players as part of the closing ceremonies.