Santa Clara Briarwood El Camino Little League: LATEST NEWS!

As we all know, during this past off-season we were able to completely rebuild our League's Minor field with the help of a dedicated group of League parents and community donors and volunteers.  The result is a beautiful new facility for our younger players and a great opportunity to recognize and celebrate an important figure in our League's rich history.

To that end, the League held a brief ceremony at 8:30am on Saturday, March 30, 2013 to dedicate the new Minor field to Gordon C. Beatty, a long-time coach and supporter of Briarwood Little League.  Among his many accomplishments, in 1969 Coach Beatty helped to lead the Briarwood Little League All-Stars to the U.S. National Championship, and then on to the final round of the Little League World Series against Taichung Little League from Taiwan.  (The Manager of that 1969 Championship All-Star team was Bob Northern, to whom our Major field is dedicated.)  

Coach Beatty passed away peacefully at his home on March 6, 2012.  Ever Briarwood supporters, Coach Beatty's family asked for contributions to our League in lieu of flowers for his memorial service.  Additional background on Coach Beatty and his life can be found here:  http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/PapaBeatty/homepage.aspx

Our sincere thanks to Coach Beatty's family, friends and former players, along with all of the Briarwood players, coaches and parents, who joined us for this important event!

The Oakland Athletics are having a Litle League Day this year which we usually attend and it is Sunday April 28th. It is a 1pm game vs the Orioles, but we would usually arrive early around 10am fo the fun and events the A's provide. It includes jumpers, games, autograph session and a tour of the actual field. Its a great event and the A's do a great job taking care of us. Tickets will be $20 per person and are outfield plaza level seats which you will order through your team Mom. We will pass aroud a flyer when we receive it and you will be able to get more info from your team Mom as well.

It's a great event and we want Briarwood to represent in a large way!

Briarwood will be hosting it's 3rd Memorial Day weekend tournament May 25th-27th for league age's of 10 and under. Details are still in the works, but if you have a team interested in joining the tournament, please contact Jim Greco for more details:

 allstarjg76@aol.com

We know it has been difficult in the past to find out if a game has been canceled or not, or forgetting it is picture day or some other event going on. This season you will now be able to get text messages to your cell phone & Facebook as soon as we cancel a game or practice. You will also get reminders of events going on at the field as well. We want to make sure you are on the same page with us, and this is a great way to do that... Not only will you get a text from us, but it will also update you on Facebook!

Just go to our HOME page and click on the link to sign up for text alerts... And know what we know! 

Today marks the first day of renovations for our NEW batting cage and pitching facility. If you have the ability to help with this project in any way please contact us ASAP!

briarwood_baseball@yahoo.com

Parts possibly needed: Fencing, Netting, Turf, Concrete, Lighting, Labor etc...