High Desert Little League: Challenger

Challenger Opening Day Game 4/2/05

High Desert Little League is excited to provide the "Challenger" Division during the Spring 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and again in Spring 2009 to all the children of the North Phoenix area.

Little League International launched the Challenger Division in 1989 to provide boys and girls with disabilities the opportunity to experience the joy of playing baseball, “America’s game.” Disabled children ages 5-18 are eligible to participate. Challenger baseball features “buddies” who help their partners by acting as guides for blind children or pushing wheel-chair bound children around the base paths. During the past 15 years, Challenger baseball has become little League’s fastest growing division.


 
For more information about HDLL Challenger, email Matt Brauns at   mtbrauns@qwest.net


For more information about Challenger and upcoming world-wide events visit Little League Int'l website at www.littleleague.org

January 20, 2009
Local Little League administrators, parents and special needs children will gather in Dublin, Calif., on May 22-24, 2009 to participate in the Fifth Annual Western Region Challenger Jamboree. This Little League event is one of several to be hosted in the coming months by Little League Baseball and Softball at various locations across the country.
 
The Challenger Division, which was established in 1989 as a separate division of Little League Baseball and Softball, enables boys and girls with physical and mental disabilities, ages 5-18 or the completion of high school, to enjoy the game of baseball along with the millions of other children who participate in this sport worldwide.
 
The Jamboree is aimed at sharing Little League's services and educational materials with local leagues chartering Challenger Division teams, while giving the Little Leaguers the opportunity to play games. The event will be coordinated by Little League volunteers from California District 57.

There are nearly 1,800 teams and more than 26,000 players in Little League's Challenger Division. Chartered Little Leagues can host their own Challenger team or teams. A district-wide program also is a possibility. In this structure, networking among leagues is greatly improved as players and teams throughout a district come together for games.

More information on the Western Region Challenger Jamboree can be found at: westregion@LittleLeague.org; or by contacting Bob Eckel at (925) 943-6846; or by e-mail, at: karenbeekley@yahoo.com. Information is also on the California District 57 website, at: http://www.eteamz.com/CA57.
 
Additional information on the Little League Challenger Division can be found by logging on to the Little League International website at: www.LittleLeague.org.

Little League International
P.O. Box 3485
539 US Route 15 Hwy
Williamsport, PA  17701-0485
Phone: 570-326-1921
Fax: 570-326-1074