Kensington Minor Baseball Association

Recent Kensington Minor Baseball Association News

Provincial 15U Announce Times for First Three Tryouts

04/15/2019, 9:00am ADT

By Baseball PEI

The 2019 Provincial 15U team – representing Baseball PEI at the Baseball Canada Ray Carter Cup (National 15U Championships) – have announced the first phase of their tryouts.

Tryout #1 will be at the turf field beside Credit Union Place in Summerside on Saturday, 20 April from 4 pm – 6 pm. Tryouts #2 and #3 are planned for Saturday, 4 May and Sunday, 5 May from 4 pm – 6 pm, locations TBD.

The cost for the three tryouts is $50, and are to be payable at the turf field in Summerside prior to the first tryout on Saturday, 20 April.

The coaching staff for the Provincial 15U squad is head coach Rob McCormack, with assistant coaches Blair Creelman, Joe McInnis and Matt Barlow.

If you want more information, or you did not attend the ID sessions but wish to try out, please email provincial15ubaseballpei@gmail.com to pre-register.

PEI Youth Selects Hosting Annual TCMM Tournament in June

04/08/2019, 1:15pm ADT

By Baseball PEI

The 2019 PEI Youth Selects are hosting the Annual Tanner Craswell/Mitch MacLean Memorial Tournament from 21 – 23 June 2019 in Charlottetown and Stratford, PE.

The TCMM tournament is held annually to honour the memory of Tanner Craswell and Mitch MacLean who died tragically on 15 December 2011 (https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/angels-in-the-outfield-remembering-mitch-maclean-tanner-craswell-1428/).

This tournament is open to any High-Performance teams (Provincial 17U/Canada Cup teams, Provincial 18U teams), 21U/or 18U "AAA" teams. The registration fee for the tournament is $475 plus three baseballs.

In order to register for this tournament, contact Carl Picketts at carldpicketts@gmail.com or 902-315-0227.

Sponsoring hotels for this tournament are the Holiday Inn Express (200 Capital Drive, Charlottetown, PE; 902-892-1201) and the Quality Inn & Suites (15 York Point Road PE; 902-892-7900)

The tournament website will be https://www.baseballpei.ca/page/show/4768979-pei-youth-selects-2019-.

2019 Youth Selects Announce Initial Tryout Schedule

04/03/2019, 10:15am ADT

By Baseball PEI

The first phase of tryouts for the 2019 PEI Youth Selects, representing Baseball PEI at the 2019 Baseball Canada Cup in Regina, SK from 7 – 12 August 2019, will take place on these dates:

Thursday, 18 April: 6 pm – 7:30 pm at the Norton-Diamond Indoor Soccer Complex, Stratford
Sunday, 28 April: 4 pm – 5:30 pm at the Norton-Diamond Indoor Soccer Complex, Stratford
Saturday, 4 May or Sunday, 5 May (If the weather permits, the tryout will be held outside the weekend of 4/5 May [location and time TBD]. If the weather is inclement that weekend, it will be held on Saturday, 4 May from 7:30 pm – 9 pm at the Norton-Diamond Indoor Soccer Complex, Stratford).

Led by head coach Kevin MacLean and assistant coaches Dale MacDougall and Alex Abbott, the PEI Youth Selects will participate in the partial schedule within the Kings County League, host the Tanner Craswell/Mitch MacLean Memorial Tournament and attend tournaments and exhibition games in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (including the T12 Atlantic Evaluation Tournament held in Moncton from 5 – 7 July) in preparation for the Baseball Canada Cup.

The cost for the first phase #1 is $60 (which covers the three tryouts sessions) and is payable either by cash or e-transfer prior to the tryouts (note: paying via e-transfer to the email address peiyouthselectsbaseball@gmail.com is the preferred method of payment).

All players interested in playing on this team must declare their intention to tryout by pre-registering at peiyouthselectsbaseball@gmail.com. This allows the coaching staff to plan properly for the tryout sessions. Please register at the above email address and provide the following information: