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2008 GVMBA News Archive
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2008 News
Bantam AAA Vipers Crowned NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
Two
years after watching Quebec steal the gold medal away from them at the
2006 Pee Wee Nationals here in Victoria, the same core group of
players turned the tables and gained a measure of revenge by sweeping
through the 2008 Bantam AAA Nationals in Quebec and capturing the Gold
Medal! The Vipers went a perfect 5-0 in the round robin portion of the
tournament including an astounding 36-1 win over Newfoundland that saw
Victoria score 29 runs in the first inning and that was called by
Baseball Canada after three innings. The Vipers then played against
host
Lanaudière (who eliminated Team Quebec in a quarter final match up) in
the semi-finals where they coasted to a 7-2 win. In the finals,
against undefeated Ontario, the Vipers jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the
middle innings and then held on for an exciting 4-3 win!
MORE
Victoria Baseball Players Enjoy Success at
Nationals and Westerns at Every Level in 2008
In addition to the success of our Bantam AAA Vipers at
Nationals, many other Victoria players participated in 2008
Baseball Canada Nationals, Western Canadians and other high profile tournaments this summer.
Ryan Kennedy (Pee
Wee AAA Mustangs) was picked up by host North Delta to participate in
the 2008 Pee Wee AAA Tier 1 Western Canadians and came away with a Silver
Medal.
Vinny Martin (Pee Wee AAA Wildcats) was picked up by Provincial
Silver Medalists PoCo for the Westerns and helped them secure a Gold Medal
with a win over North Delta. Matt Bryan, Brendan
Miller, Nathan Donaldson and Jesse Long (Bantam Bears)
played for Team BC at the Pacific Northwest Championship Tournament in Oregon and have
been invited to play with Team BC at the Arizona Fall Classic in Phoenix
in October (see news item below). Jeremy Roberts
(Midget AA Wolves) was picked up by Midget AA
Provincial Champion North Delta and participated in the Midget AAA Tier II
Western Canadians. Mike Turcotte, Alex Condon,
Matt Phillips, Ryan Reine, David Hull, Greg Dealy
and Coach Bo Boxhall (all Midget AAA Mariners)
played on Team BC at the 2008 National Midget Championships in Halifax and
captured a Bronze Medal. Dealy, Hull, Reine and Turcotte also joined
Newton (the Midget AAA Provincial Champs) at the Tier I Western
Canadians where they came away with a Silver Medal.
Jeremy Campbell and Kelly Norris-Jones (Jr. Premier Mariners)
and Max Valle, Kyle Long and Austin Russell (Premier Mariners)
participated in the Pacific Northwest Championship for Team BC 2009 and
2010 in Oregon. Jason Gibson (Premier Mariners) participated in
the Baseball Canada Cup for U17 players with Team BC and won a
Silver Medal. Jason was also selected to the Canada Cup All Star team and
asked to participate in the Junior National Team Fall Instructional League
Camp in Orlando in October. Victoria Junior players Louie Blanchette,
Russell Taylor, Leighton Marshall and coach Duane Bertrand
played on Team BC at the 2008 Junior Nationals in PEI and came away with a
Silver Medal. Finally, the Victoria Mavericks Senior Men’s Team,
with 13 Victoria players on it, represented British Columbia and earned a
National Championship Gold Medal at the Senior Men’s Nationals in Brandon,
Manitoba.
Bantam AAA Vipers are Provincial Champions!
After capturing the
2008 Bantam AAA League title, the Bantam AAA Vipers continued their
success by grabbing the 2008 Provincial Championship. The Vipers won
their pool with a 3-1 record and then went on to play Richmond in the
semi-finals where they escaped with a close 6-5 victory. That put them
into the finals against their season rival Vancouver, and the Vipers
dominated, coming away with a 6-0 win and earning a trip to the
Nationals in Quebec.
Pee Wee A Tigers Add Provincial Silver to
their Island Title
The Victoria Tigers
capped off a successful season of Pee Wee A ball by capturing the
Silver Medal at the 2008 Provincials in Campbell River. The
Tigers breezed through the round robin with a perfect 4-0 record,
winning all their games by mercy rule. In a rematch of last year's
Provincial Championship game, they then faced their rival Victoria
Cougars in the semi-finals and needed a walk off home run by Derek
Littler in the bottom of the 8th inning to put them into the finals
against undefeated Gibsons. This game was equally as close and
Gibsons escaped with an exciting 8-7 victory.
Midget AAA Mariners and Junior Mariners Grab
Provincial Silver!
Both the Midget AAA
Mariners and the Junior Mariners had successful Provincial Tournaments
and Playoffs, emerging with Silver Medals for their efforts. In Midget
AAA action, the Mariners won their pool with a perfect 4-0 record and
then defeated Kamloops in the semi-finals before losing the
Championship game 3-1 to Newton. In Junior Action. the Mariners
finished on top of their pool with a 2-1 record and then defeated
North Shore 5-4 in an exciting semi-final, before losing the
Championship game 5-2 to the Coquitlam Reds.
Midget AA Wolves Host Successful Provincials,
Lose in Semis to North Delta
The Victoria Wolves
Midget AA team hosted a successful Provincial Tournament at Lambrick
Park on the August Long Weekend and finished on top of their pool with
a 4-0 record. They then went on to the semis where they lost a
heartbreaker to North Delta 7-4. North Delta then defeated
Campbell River 6-5 in an exciting game. Game action photos of
all 23 games of the tournament can be found
HERE.
Team BC Selects Bears Players for Pacific
Northwest Championship
Victoria Bantam
Bears players (l to r) Nathan Donaldson, Jesse Long, Matt Bryan and Brendan Miller
were named to Team BC and participated in the 2008 Pacific Northwest
Championship Tournament held in Portland, Oregon August
16th-20th. Both Team BC's faced top calibre teams from Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Utah, and Montana/Wyoming and finished with 1-3
records in some very close games. Subsequent to the tournament, all
four players were invited to attend the
Arizona Fall
Classic with Team BC which will be held in Peoria, Arizona from
October 30 - November 2, 2008.
Victoria Teams Start Punching Tickets to
Provincials!
Berths at the Pee Wee AAA level are still
being decided as league play is not yet complete. Congratulations and
good luck to all! Please visit the
2008 GVMBA All-Star
page HERE.
Congratulations are in order to a number of our 2008
All-Star teams that have played their way into the Provincial
Championships by being crowned Island Champs or being the runner's up.
Teams
Spring Champions Crowned!
Mosquito: Triangle Rona
The week of June 23-27th was Championship Week for all
the GVMBA Spring teams and lots of exciting baseball action could be
found all over the city, including an extra inning Mosquito
Championship and a come from behind, bottom of the 7th walk off
victory in the Midget AA Championship. Congratulations to the
following 2008 GVMBA Champions:
Pee Wee: Triangle Pennzoil
Bantam A: Duncan 1
Bantam AA: Carnarvon Cannons
Midget AA: Peninsula 1
Details and photos of the winning teams can be found
HERE.
Game
action photos of all Championship games were also provided
courtesy of
Christian J. Stewart Photography and can be found
HERE!
2008 Pitch Count Initiative
For the 2008 season BC Minor and GVMBA will continue to
follow pitching rules that are based on limits for the number of
innings pitched. However, BC Minor is recommending that associations
also follow pitch counts as well, as these may be a better indicator
of how long a pitcher should pitch and how much rest they require
after doing so. These pitch counts are simply recommendations and are
not binding rules for 2008. However, Baseball Canada will likely adopt
a pitch count for the 2008 Pee Wee Nationals so BC Minor recommends
that all teams get used to tracking and following pitch counts in 2008
as it will likely change from a recommendation to a rule in 2009.
GVMBA Division Coordinators will be setting pitch count and night's
rest guidelines for their Divisions based on the BC Minor suggestions
for each division and asking all coaches and managers to track this
accordingly. Please cooperate with this initiative and provide
feedback as needed to your Division Coordinators.
New NCCP Certifications and Migration Policy
- IMPORTANT!
Any coaches that have obtained previous Level 1, 2 or 3
certifications under the "old" 3-Part NCCP Program (Practical,
Technical, Theory), need to be aware that the NCCP program has changed
and that there are certain additional requirements that need to be met
to keep your coaching certifications valid and to migrate them to the
new standards of "Initiation Coach" (essentially former Level
1) and "Regional and Provincial Coach" (essentially former
Level 2). Details on the changes can be found
HERE. For information on
how to MIGRATE from the old NCCP to the new NCCP, please read the
2008 MIGRATION POLICY.
IMPORTANT! - To ensure you retain your status with NCCP, you may
be required to complete additional course components (on-line) by
December 31, 2008.
2007 GVMBA News Archive
Please visit our
archives for 2007
news items
as well as
information on some of our 2007 All-Star teams.
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