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News

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Congratulations Charity Mania Winners!

Updated Apr. 24, 2018

3rd round winners are now in!  We had 11 more winners--that makes 46 total.  Check here for winning numbers. 

Those receiving payouts this and subsequent weeks will be notified the Friday of the following week!

Picture Make-up Day - Final Call

Apr. 14, 2018

This is the final notice. Both team and individual makeup pictures will be taken this Sunday, April 15 from 8am-10am. Some makeup games that day may be delayed to accommodate the picture shedule, so please be patient.

NOTICE -- ALL CHARTER OAK FAMILIES

Apr. 14, 2018

We are receiving numerous emails with regards to trash all around the fields, so please remember to clean up your trash from the dugouts and surrounding areas before you leave the park.

Thank you,
COYBSA Management (and the residents near Charter Oak Park)

Makeup Game Schedules Updated

Updated Mar 18, 2018

Picture Make-Ups are rescheduled for April 15, 2018 at TBD times.

All cancelled Softball and Baseball Games (except for Pony which will be coming soon) for the previous rainouts have been rescheduled and are now posted on the team schedules page.

Please check out the calendar view where the revised games are indicated in red.

2018 Battle of the Bats Softball Tournament

Mar. 16, 2018

Charter Oak will be hosting the 2018 Battle of the Bats Softball Tournament this upcoming weekend, June 1-3, 2018.  Click here for more information, including pool play schedules and tentative brackets.

Concussion Certificates Need To Be Reviewed

Mar 3, 2018

ATTENTION: Managers, Coaches, Team Parents & ALL COYBSA Board Members

Due to Concussion Certificates expiring before the end of the 2018 COYBSA season, any certificate dated on or before October 31, 2017 (10/31/2017) will not be accepted for this 2018 season. If you have submitted a concussion certificate from last year already, please be advised you are currently not in compliance with COYBSA Rules and Regulations. A re-certification must be conducted each year if you want to be eligible to participate in any COYBSA events. This includes being on the field during games or practices and also being allowed in dugouts. If you have submitted a certificate from last season, you must take the concussion training course again immediately or have your coaching status with COYBSA be potentially revoked or suspended. You can go to http://www.cifstate.org/sports-medicine/concussions/index to take the course now. Please email your certificate along with your division, team name, and position held for the team to certs.coybsa@gmail.com. A list of all persons who currently have a valid concussion cert on file with COYBSA has been provided with this notice for your review (see this link). If you have a current certification and you are not identified on the list, our apologies. Please resend it to the email address above with the corresponding information so that we may update your volunteer file. Our players safety and wellbeing continue to be our number one priority so on behalf of the entire Board of Directors and President of COYBSA I want to thank you all for your continued understanding, patience and adherence with regards to this matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact by email at Sarver.coybsa@gmail.com.

Thank you,

Steve Sarver
Executive Vice-President

Snackbar Signups Now Available

Mar 1, 2018

Concussion Certifications

Jan. 26, 2018

Notice to anyone who needs to submit concussion protocol certifications. You can email these certs to the following address: certs.coybsa@gmail.com.

For more information, please contact the Director of Compliance, Steve Sarver, via the Board of Directors page.

A Few Notes About the New Fundraiser

Jan. 15, 2018

Welcome to the 2018 season at Charter Oak Youth Baseball and Softball! This season we have added a new way to raise funds with Charity Mania, all your baseball fans can play along all season with multiple chances of winning...CASH!!

 

1. Pickup your 5 raffle tickets assigned during registration.  These tickets will be activated at time of pickup.
2. Sell your 5 raffle tickets for $20 per ticket, when selling your ticket, please have your recipient fill out the contact info on the bottom of the ticket, and hand back to you! This means you collect the $20 (for you to keep) and ticket stub to hand into your team mom by April 1, 2018.*
3. That's it, Charity Mania will track winners each week, and contact COYBSA with the details!
4. Baseball Mania begins April 2, 2018 and ends June 10, 2018

*Please note:  If you forget to retrieve the bottom contact info, COYBSA can still track the winner to your athlete.  However, winnings will be given to the seller to pay out their winning sponsors.

Best of Luck!

New Rules for Pony Baseball

Updated Nov. 21, 2017

Age Limits:

The cutoff for placement in each Pony baseball division has been changed to August 31 for determining your player's age.  Refer to the attached table for more information.

New Bat Rules:

In conjunction with USA Baseball and its other participating national member organizations, PONY Baseball has adopted the new USA Baseball bat standard (USABat). Effective January 1, 2018, with the exception of -3 (BBCOR certified), all other 2 1/4" and 2 5/8" barrel bats with a minus factor of (-5, -7, -9, etc.), must be USABat certified with the USABat licensing stamp on the bat in order to be used for league and tournament play. All 2 1/4" and 2 5/8" minus factor bats -5, -7, -9, etc. used in 2017 will be illegal to use in 2018.

Tee ball bats are not required to undergo lab testing to receive approval under the USABat program. However, to be approved for play, tee ball bats must carry the USA Baseball mark accompanied by the following text: "Only For Use With Approved Tee Ball Bats." If you already have a tee ball bat you would like to continue using, all you have to do is purchase a USA Bat sticker directly from USA Baseball and place it on your bat. You can purchase a USA Bat sticker, click here. Tee ball bats manufactured after the new rule was adopted will already include the USABat Baseball mark.

The new USABat certified bats bearing the USABat licensing mark are expected to be offered in retail stores September 1, 2017.

To find out more about the USABat standard click here or go to the Pony website at the following link for more information: USA Baseball Bat Standard.

To find PONY's official approved bat list, which is in accordance with USABat, click here.  Conversely, the following bats are now decertefied and disallowed for the coming season: Decertified Bat List (Baseball) .