Age Requirements

U13 Baseball is for players born in 2009 and 2010

General Info

The U13 Division is tiered with both the ‘A’ and ‘AA’ teams playing an interlocked season with the other teams within the Greater Victoria Baseball Association (GVBA), which leads to City Championships. If an ‘AAA’ Team is formed it is a provincial team with travel and is considered full season running until the end of July.   

If you Played at Layrtiz Little League and want to stay at your home park you can be grandfathered in at Layrtiz from any other catchment area.  

The spring season begins first week of April and plays until the end of June, with playoffs beginning in mid-June.

Games will not only be played at Layritz Park, but at fields throughout the Greater Victoria area, including Gordon Head, Triangle, Peninsula, Esquimalt and Carnarvon.

As a result, time slots and frequency of games will NOT be consistent on a weekly basis. Coaches will select game slots at a preseason scheduling meeting and will inform families once teams have been selected.

U13 Prospects Team and Fees

Tier A teams wanting an additional challenge, we have the prospects. These games are double-headers played on Sundays from mid-April through May.

U13 AA and AAA Team and Fees

U13 AA and AAA teams will have assessments. and an addtional fee of 150 per player

Fees

If your player is selected to play on the AA team, a new registration fee will be generated and sent to you by email from our online store for registration of your player onto the AA team. These fees cover additional costs incurred for field usage, umpires and premium uniforms. The cost is $100

U13 Summer Ball

U13 Summer Ball consists of three levels. Players can tryout for city-wide assessments for A, AA,  teams to represent Victoria at tournaments, Island Zones and Provincials.

Uniforms

Jerseys will be provided but white pants will need to be purchased.

Field Prep

Near the start of the season we will have our annual preseason field preparation day. The more hands available to help, the more efficiently the work gets done.

Coaching

This league is run entirely by volunteers, coaches included! It is our goal to have a minimum of 2 coaches per team with 2 parent helpers (to help out at practices and games) and 1 business manager for the team (to send email reminders to the team families on behalf of the coaches) for each team at this level.

Each team will ultimately determine how they would like to structure their coaching staff, but the following is a rough guideline of what is entailed with each role:

Head Coach/Manager (1)

• Must submit a Criminal Record Check prior to season start (done annually). Follow this link to learn more.
• Should complete an online NCCP level 1 coaching certification (cost to be reimbursed by the Association.) Follow this link to learn more.
• Attend every practice and game, as well as the preseason coaches meeting.
• Organize practices and drills.
• Determine team lineups for games
• Have a thorough understanding of the divisional rules. Follow this link for more resources.
• Liaise with umpires.
• Send team communications.

Assistant Coach (1)

• Must submit a criminal record check prior to season start (done annually). Follow this link to learn more.
• Should complete an online NCCP level 1 coaching certification (cost to be reimbursed by the Association.) Follow this link to learn more.
• Attend every practice and game.
• Assist with practices and drills.
• Run warm-ups.
• Base coaching and/or running the pitching machine.

Team Business Manager (1)

• Organize team volunteers for field prep and scorekeeping.
• Liaise with Head Coach/Manager for team communication.
• Collect player availability for practices and games.

Parent Helpers (2)

• This is not an official coaching role, and does not require a criminal record check, and you will not get the glory of wearing a coaches shirt… but you will be greatly appreciated by parents, coaches and kids.
• Involves bringing your glove and helping out at all practices and games.

Parent Involvement!

• All families are required to assist with team duties. These duties consist of scorekeeping, field prep at ALL SIX regular season home games, and concession duties. *Dont worry, we will provide training opportunities for these duties, so no advanced experience is required.