Billerica Little League: League Messages

As part of our 60th season, Billerica Little League is holding a fund raiser on May 19th from 7-12 at the Billerica Elks Hall.  Popular area band "The Joshua Tree" will be playing.  There will be many raffle prizes and silent auction items to bid on.  This is our first mid-season fundraiser in years and we hope it becomes a new tradition.  It's a good opportunity for parents to get together and enjoy a night away from the field.

Ticket Sales
Tickets are going fast.  Tables of 10 are still available for $200.  Individual tickets are available for $20 each. 
 
Raffle Donations
We will be holding a chinese-style auction raffle where people buy sets of 10 or 20 tickets and put them in the baskets of items that they are trying to win.  We're looking for people to put together raffle gift baskets.  Other individual items that do particularly well in these types of auctions include:  autographed sports memoribilia (pictures, jerseys, game balls, etc), sports tickets (Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, Patriots, Paw Sox, Lowell Spinners, BC, BU, NU etc), gift cards and gift certificates from retailers and restaurants, high end merchandise (Keurig, Bose, Apple), sports equipment (golf equipment, baseball equipment for the kids), family entertainment (ski passes, theme parks, hotel stays, etc).

Contact Gerry Bradanese or Peter Stack for more information or to purchase tickets.

Massachusetts Little League is holding three clinics for Managers and Coaches.  Billerica Little League will cover the cost to attend any or all of the sessions listed below. See the fliers for details of each clinic. 

Schedules:

Sunday, March 11       Beverly (High School Field House)
First session @ 8:30AM, Second session @ 10:00AM

Sunday, April 1           Woburn (High School Gym)
First session @ 8:00AM, Second session @ 12:30PM 

Clinic overviews:

Beverly: Sunday, March 11 at the Beverly High School Field House, Beverly, MA.  There are two sessions as part of this clinic.  The first session deals with Hitting and Fielding.  Session two focuses on organizing practices and pitching.  See attached flier for schedule details and address, use MapQuest or Google maps for directions.

Milbury: Saturday, March 31 at the Shaw Middle School  Milbury, MA.  Back by popular demand the “Big Al” Clinic. There are two session for this clinic.  This morning session focuses on managers and coaches of players ages 9 to 12.  See attached flier for details and address, use MapQuest or Google maps for directions.

Woburn: Sunday, April 1 at the Woburn High School Gym, Woburn, MA.  Back by popular demand the “Big Al” Clinic. There are two session for this clinic.  This morning session focuses on managers and coaches of players ages 9 to 12.

See attached flier for details and address, use MapQuest or Google maps for directions.

Bats used in the Senior League and Big League divisions must conform to the Little League International rules governing bat size. An overview of the requirements are:

Bat Dimension not to exceed 2 5/8" in diameter

Bat weight to be no more than 3 ounces less than the length of the bat (no more than Drop 3).  So a bat that is 33 inches in length, may not weigh less than 30 ounces.