Midget (18U)

18U Midget - 2024/2025 Season - For players in born in 2007,2008 & 2009

*Please note that in RMMBA, our new season starts in September with Fall Ball and ends with our Summer programs.

Equipment Required:

• Baseball glove
• Batting helmet with double ear flaps 
• Batting gloves
• Jock or jill
• Molded or metal cleats
• Bat that follows these guidelines: 18U AA -3 max length/weight drop, and marked BBCOR 2 3/4 inch max diameter, max -10 weight to length ratio, composite, aluminum or wood combination OR 18U AAA/College Prep Wood, Bamboo or Wood Composite

We highly recommend going to MVP Athletic Supplies for all your equipment needs.  Friendly, knowledgeable staff and just across the bridge in Langley.

General Information about Bantam:

Midget is a tiered division throughout the year. Both our College Prep and AAA teams are Single Season teams, meaning that evaluations that occur during the winter months, determine the CP and AAA teams that will play one long season from the end of March through to the end of July with the goal of making it to the Provincial Championship Tournament. Our AA summer team also compete for a spot in their own Provincial Championships.

Each season will have tryouts to determine competitive teams and recreational teams. Specific dates for these will be added to the website and emailed out to members once they are determined.

Programs:

Fall Ball - First week of September until mid October (approximately 7 weeks)

• Registration for Fall Opens in July and closes Mid August
• Players hoping to play on the College Prep or AAA team for the upcoming season are strongly recommended to participate in Fall ball as it is used as an extended tryout for the single season teams
• Two to three field times per week. Weekend games and weekday practices
• No friend requests are allowed
• Practices/Games are held at Hammond Stadium and Larry Walker Field

Winter After School Program - November to March

• Competitive groups will train together twice a week at our Indoor Facility
• Tryouts for those groups happen throughout Fall Ball and these groups train together throughout Winter
• We offer our Sunday Night Lights program for 12 weeks over Winter for those recreational players who wish to continue some baseball over the winter months
• Registration for Winter opens late September and closes mid October

Spring Ball - Early April to Mid June (approximately 10 weeks)

• Registration for Spring opens in December with Early Bird pricing until January 31^st
• There will be 1 CP and 1 AAA Single Season team (running throughout the summer months as well as spring)
• All other players will play an interlock schedule in our AA division amongst our other AA RMMBA teams and teams from other associations
• In 18U the recreational tier becomes the AA tier
• No friend requests are allowed in this division 

Important Spring Dates:

• April 1^st  - Start of Season
• April 12^th - Opening Day and Pictures
• May 2^nd  - 3rd Annual Bingo Night Fundraiser (19+)
• May 15^th to 19^th  - Spring Showdown Tournament 18UCP/AAA Host

• July 11^th- 13^th - Rumble in the Ridge - LARGEST YOUTH BASEBALL TOURNAMENT in BC! For Volunteer participation opportunities and to come out and support our Summer Ball Teams for ages 8U to 15U even if your child is not on one of the summer teams. 

Summer Ball - Mid June to early August

• Summer ball for AA is a competitive, tryout-based program.  Expectations are higher for this program for players, parents and coaches. 
• 18UAA - tryouts for this summer team will be held in May
• Summer Ball teams represent Ridge Meadows and play against other local teams. Some regional travel is required. For summer ball schedules, Midget AA is scheduled in new interlock with other associations by BC Minor with the goal of making it to the Provincial Championship tournament.

PLEASE READ THIS PART CAREFULLY

Spring season is a huge season for RMMBA and requires as many volunteers as possible to make it run smoothly.  During your SPRING registration process, you will get the choice to either:

• Sign up for enough volunteer jobs to count for 8 - see our Volunteer Opportunities Information

OR

• Opt out of volunteering and pay the $250 fee - this will be added to your registration fee and is a non-refundable fee.  The only exceptions for refunds will be if you end up volunteering to Coach or Manage a team. Please consider volunteering!

We will hold coaches’ clinics for those that can commit to coaching. Those that cannot coach are still required to volunteer at EVERY game. Coaches need to focus on coaching, parents must set up/take down the fields, ensure the safety of the children waiting to bat, help with warm up and cool down. It's a very small amount of work if we all do our part, but a huge job if you let it all fall on your coach!  There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer on a team level and an association level.

Volunteer hours will be tracked by your team manager

We look forward to seeing you all on the field!

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