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The 2012 FYB Draft dates are as follows:

• Minor - Wednesday, February 8 at 6:00pm
• Peanut - Saturday, February 11 at 2:30pm
• Ozone - Sunday, February 12 at 5:30pm

All drafts will take place at Volanta Ballpark in the FYB Meeting Room.  Only allow the head coach and the listed assistant coach may attend. No parents or other "helpers/coaches/kids" may attend.

FAIRHOPE YOUTH BASEBALL ** LATE REGISTRATION **
2012 Spring Registration

Registration for the upcoming 2012 Dixie Youth and Dixie Boys Spring Baseball Season has been set.

(A printable 2012 Registration Flyer can be found under the Handouts section.)

LATE REGISTRATION:
Late registration will be held January 29 & February 5, from 2:00pm – 5:00pm at Volanta Park during player evaluations. An additional $10 late fee will be added to the standard fees listed below for all late registrations.

• BancorpSouth (Fairhope Branch) located at 101 Rock Creek Pkwy in Fairhope
• East Bay Engraving located at 23 South Section Street in Fairhope

DIXIE BOYS:
Dixie Boys Registration will remain open through the end of February.  Registration  can be made at the locations listed above or at Volanta Park during the Dixie Youth player evaluations.  Dates for late registration, coach selection, evaluations and draft will be announced soon.

Normal Registration Fees:

• $75 for T-Ball (ages 5-6)
• $80 for Peanut (ages 7-8)
• $85 for Minor (ages 9-10)
• $90 for Ozone (ages 11-12)
• $95 for Dixie Boys (ages 13-14)

Absolutely no registrations for Dixie Youth will be accepted after February 5^th!

Only children zoned to attend Fairhope Public Schools will be eligible to register

IMPORTANT NOTE - Players will be placed in the appropriate league based on their age as of April 30, 2012.

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2012 Spring Registration

Registration for the upcoming 2012 Dixie Youth and Dixie Boys Spring Baseball Season has been set.

(A printable 2012 Registration Flyer can be found under the Handouts section.)

Registration Dates:

• Sunday, January 15: 2:00pm - 5:00pm
• Sunday, January 22: 2:00pm - 5:00pm

• $75 for T-Ball (ages 5-6)
• $80 for Peanut (ages 7-8)
• $85 for Minor (ages 9-10)
• $90 for Ozone (ages 11-12)
• $95 for Dixie Boys (ages 13-14)

Only children zoned to attend Fairhope Public Schools will be eligible to register.

IMPORTANT NOTE - Players will be placed in the appropriate league based on their age as of April 30, 2012.

Spring Hill College and the University of South Alabama will each hold winter baseball camps.

Spring Hill College Head Baseball Coach Frank Sims, in conjunction with Competitive Advantage Baseball Solutions, will hold a winter camp this month. The Spring Hill College Winter Baseball Camp Presented By C.A.B. Solutions will be held December 21-22 at Stan Galle Field on the campus of Spring Hill College in Mobile. You can register by going to www.cab-solutions.org or by downloading the camp flyer and sending it in with your registration fee.

University of South Alabama Head Baseball Coach Mark Calvi will hold his last camp of the year this month. The Mark Calvi Baseball Camp will be held December 21-22 at Stanky Field on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile. For fun and fundamentals within the game of baseball, register online at www.jagbaseballcamps.com or register by mail by completing the camp flyer. For questions, call Coach Alan Luckie at 251-689-6928.

• Spring Hill College Winter Baseball Camp: Download Camp Flyer
• Mark Calvi Baseball Camp: Download Camp Flyer

• 2012 Adopted Rule Changes: Download Rule Changes
• Composite Approved Bat Listing: Download Approved Bat Listing

The 2011 Fairhope Youth Baseball Fall schedules can be found by clicking the following link:
http://www.fairhopebaseball.com/fyb/fybfall2011.htm.

CALL TO ACTION!
FAIRHOPE YOUTH BASEBALL ON FAIRHOPE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

Fairhope Youth Baseball Needs Your Support! Please join Fairhope Youth Baseball at the Fairhope City Council Meeting on Monday, August 22 at 6:00 PM in the Council Chambers at the Fairhope Civic Center. FYB is on the City Council agenda to present an update on the 2011 season, the District 7 tournaments held at Volanta Park, the awarding of the 2012 Dixie Youth Baseball Ozone State Tournament and the ADECA grant application.

Fairhope Youth Baseball is applying for an ADECA grant for $50,000 to match a combined City and League commitment for park improvements at Volanta Park planned for Fall 2011/Spring 2012. This includes new scoreboards, new park/play area, new bleachers, fencing repairs and an access path to the Peanut field.  This is a combined effort between the League and the City to improve the park on behalf of the citizens of Fairhope, the children and the parents of FYB.

A major portion of the ADECA grant criteria is related to the public interest. A public hearing will be held during the city council meeting for you and other members of the community to lend support to FYB's effort to obtain funding.

If you cannot attend the city council meeting, you can still show your support by emailing FYB at fairhopeyouthbaseball@gmail.com. For verification purposes, please include your name and address in an email, as well as those members of your household that have, currently or will participate in the youth baseball program in the future.

The grant application is due to ADECA by August 30, 2011.

Thank you for your continued support of Fairhope Youth Baseball and remember, "It's all about the kids!"

Registrations for the 2011 Fall Ball season will be from August 1-August 26, 2011. You may register by printing and mailing the form located under the "Handouts" Section to the FYB post office box address shown on the form. You may also register in person at the BanCorp South building located at the entrance to Rock Creek Parkway on US Highway 98.

PLEASE NOTE 

The fall baseball league is designed for player development and to provide opportunities for players that are either moving up in division during the coming Spring season or want to further develop thier skills in a recreation league environment. Any team that has players from multiple league boundaries will not be allowed to register to participate in the fall ball league, therefore travel teams consisting of players from different cities will be excluded.

Registration through Fairhope Youth Baseball is only open to players that reside within our defined Dixie Youth Baseball boundaries- i.e. zoned to attend Fairhope public schools. Several parks from throughout Baldwin County send teams to play in the fall ball league so if you reside outside of FYB boundaries please contact your local rec league about team formation and registration.

Dixie Youth All-Stars: District 7 Sub-Districts
Friday, June 24:

Peanut -

Sub 3: Fairhope National v. Spanish Ft at 6:00p in Daphne
Sub 4: Fairhope Central v. Central Baldwin at 6:00p in Spanish Ft
Note: Fairhope American has a bye into the District Tournament in Fairhope starting on July 1.

Ozone -

Sub 4: Fairhope National v. Foley at 6:00p in Spanish Ft
Note: Fairhope American has a bye into the District Tournament in Fairhope starting on July 1.

Minor League All-Star Subs start on July 30.

District 7 tournaments for “O”Zone and AA All-Stars to be held at Volanta Park beginning July 1

Games for both the “O”Zone and AA tournaments will be played on Friday night and Saturday afternoon … take Sunday and Monday off before returning on Tuesday, July 5.  Both tournaments must be completed by Friday, July 8 … the AA District 7 winner will begin state tournament play on July 15 in Hartselle … the “O”Zone District 7 winner will move on to state tournament play on July 23 in Centre.

Volunteers Needed!

Fairhope Youth Baseball Needs Your Help: Volunteers are needed to help us put on a first-class tournament for our kids.  We need volunteers to work the gate, to help with parking, to work the concession stand, scorekeeping, running scoreboards and public address announcing.  If you'd like to help, please contact us by email at fairhopeyouthbaseball@gmail.com.

Printable Brackets (.pdf):

• Peanut League Tournament Brackets:  Top Bracket  |  Bottom Bracket
• Minor League Tournament Brackets:  Top Bracket  |  Bottom Bracket
• Ozone League Tournament Brackets:  Top Bracket  |  Bottom Bracket

Bracket Worksheets (.xls):

• Peanut League Tournament Brackets:  Top Bracket  |  Bottom Bracket
• Minor League Tournament Brackets:  Top Bracket  |  Bottom Bracket
• Ozone League Tournament Brackets:  Top Bracket  |  Bottom Bracket

• Tee Ball League Scores & Standings
• Peanut League Scores & Schedules
• Minor League Scores & Schedules
• Ozone League Scores & Schedules
• Dixie Boys Scores & Standings

The park Work Day and the final day of Dixie Boys evaluations have been rescheduled from Saturday, March 5 to Sunday, March 6 from 1pm-4pm. If you have any questions, please call Erik at 378-1821.

The team practice schedules are now online under the "Handouts" section, these practices will remain as scheduled until Opening Day on March 12. After Opening Day, each coach will be required to sign up for practices based on their game schedule each week on a first come, first served basis. The weekly schedules will be posted in the Ozone field pressbox for sign ups.

Please note that everyone is allowed to have 3 contacts per week with their team, however due to the number of teams and limited number of fields each coach was allowed to reserve 2 field practices, with their 3rd reserved practice being the opportunity for a batting cage. If, when you arrive for your cage session, there is an available field you may use the field instead of the cage.

Potential T-Ball Coaches:

This year each team will be allowed one head coach and two designated assistant coaches. Their children will be selected to the same team.  This year we will try to honor one to two requests per team.  Requests for a particular team should be placed by parents with a brief explanation written on the back of the registration card.  We will not be able to honor all requests, but will work for the betterment of the whole.

After all coaches are selected by the board the final approval will be a Background check for all coaches in all leagues.  Please make sure each of the 3 team coaches submit a Background Check Authorization form during registration, the form is available under the "Handouts" section of this website.

The rules governing the T-Ball league have changed this year. The rules are listed as "2011 Spring Tee Ball Rules" and provided under the "Handouts" section on this website.  If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact the league President.

Please note that Dixie Youth Baseball has ammended the bat regulations governing the Ozone (11-12 yr old) division beginning Spring of 2011. Bats with a barrel diameter of 2-5/8" or smaller are permissible, no bat with a barrell diameter of 2-3/4" will be legal for League play.

Nothing will change for the T-Ball, Peanut or Minor divisions, 2-1/4" barrel bats are the maximum allowed. This rule change will also not apply to Dixie Boys division.