Fall Ball Anyone?

Calling all baseball players interested in playing fall ball at Newton. We are having a meeting at 6:00 pm Wednesday September 3, 2008 at the batting cage for all players and coaches interested. We are looking for players for Bantam, Pee Wee and Mosquito. If you are interested and cannot make the meeting please email Blake Hobson at dbhatlaw@shaw.ca.

See you there.

Fall Ball

For anyone interesting in coaching Fall Ball and any of the of the following levels, Mosquito, Pee Wee, Bantam, please email or contact Garry Sass at commish@newtonbaseball.com.

Any Midget players interested in playing, please contact Bruce Easton (604-599-1181) directly.

A Great Year at Newton Baseball

Congratulations to all the ball players from Newton for fine spring and summer seasons.

In the spring Newton teams did excellent in all Divisions. In the Mosquito Division the Indians had quite a year winning the Ross tournament and both the League and Playoff championships. In the Pee Wee A Division, out of 24 teams, the Newton Yankees finished first, the Newton Cardinals finished second and the Newton Indians finished fourth. The Newton Pirates captured the tier two playoff title going undefeated in the playoff round. The Double AA Pee Wee Blue Jays were the playoff champions beating arch rival North Delta in a hard fought final. In the Bantam Division the Newton Marlins won the League Championship with the Newton Blue Jays finishing second and the Newton Athletics finishing fifth. In the Midget AAA Division the Newton Tigers finished first overall and were the top rated team in BC heading into the Provincials.

In the summer season Newton fielded one team in the Tadpole division, three teams in the Mosquito Division, three teams in the Pee Wee Division, two teams in the Bantam Division and one team n the Midget AA division. The Tadpole Red Sox were all first year players and though they struggled early they stuck together as a team and ended up beating Surrey in a close contest. The Mosquito Single A Cubs and the Double A Yankees struggled at times on the bats but fought hard every game, never gave up and proudly represented Newton, on and off the field.

The Mosquito Triple AAA qualified for the Provincials and brought the Provincial title home with a perfect 6 - 0 record completed by a resounding 10 - 0 victory in the finals against Chilliwack. The Pee Wee single A division fielded two teams and both were competitive. The Newton Cubs barely missed qualifying for the provincials while the Newton Pee Wee Red sox won their Division and qualified for the Provincials. Both teams battled hard until the last out and made all the members of Newton Baseball very proud. The Pee Wee AA were the class of the field in their division only losing one game the whole summer season and winning the Provincial Championship in convincing fashion over Chilliwack 18 - 1. The Pee Wee AA are off to the Western Canadian Championships and we are very confident that they will compete hard for that title.

The two Bantams single A teams were picked evenly and although neither advanced to the provincials the kids fought hard and made Newton proud. The Bantam AAA qualified for the provincials and had some close games but never gave up and again represented Newton with Pride. The Midget AAA won the Provincials in a hard fought battle coming up with a 3-1 victory over a Victoria team that went undefeated in the round robin. Out of all of the Divisions the kids brought home three provincial championships to where they belong, – Newton, home of the champions.

We also cannot forget that two Newton girls made the Provincial Pee Wee team and will be competing at the Western Canadian Championships, held in Newton starting August 14, 2008. Way to go Emily and Josee.

What is apparent from the past spring and summer ball seasons is that Baseball is alive and well and thriving in Newton.

Fall Ball anyone?
Newton Executive.

Newton Tigers Midget AAA Named Provincial Championships

On behalf of the Newton Executive, and likely all members of the association, please join me in congratulating the Midget AAA team, in earning the Provincial Championship, as well being named the Most Sportsman like Team.

Next step for this team will be to represent in the Tier 1 Westerns taking place in Estevan, SK games to be played August 21 to 24.

Once again WAY TO GO THAT IS AWESOME, we are very proud of all of you!!!

Newton Executive

Newton to host the Pee Wee Girls Western Championships

Newton will be hosting the Pee Wee Girls Western from August 15 to 17. This is a great honour and would like anyone that is available that weekend to come out and help with this event. (Concession, fields, we are looking for someone to announce all of the games etc....)

Please join me as I would like to congratulate Emily Charette and Josee Hall for making the GIRLS BC TEAM.

Way to go girls. Good Luck!

Newton Cardinals Midget AA

Congratulations Midget AA Cardinals coached by Brent Bertholm and Ted Harris for making the Provincials, to be held in Victoria from July 31 - August 3.

Opening ceremonies will be held at Lambrick Park Baseball field in Victoria, BC (4145 Lambrick Way) on Thursday, July 31 at 5:00pm. If you are in the Victoria this long weekend, why not show your support by stopping by the park and watching some very exciting high level baseball.

Good luck boys!

PeeWee AA & Mosquito AAA to compete in Provincials

Congratulations PEEWEE AA BLUE JAYS coached by Darrell Sandison and Brad O'Hara and MOSQUITO AAA RED SOX (tier 2) coached by David Barry and Blake Hobson for making the Provincials held in Cloverdale from July 31 to August 3.

Opening ceremonies will be held at Cloverdale Minor Baseball Park (17333 61A Ave) on Thursday evening beginning at 5 pm. The ceremonies will include a parade of teams, welcoming remarks, the throwing of the first pitch followed by the annual skills competition. Please come out throughout the weekend to support and cheer on Newton and watch some very exciting baseball with over 400 of the top minor baseball players in the province!

Good luck boys!

Newton Association to host the Mosqutio A Provincials

Newton is very proud to be the host of the Mosquito A provincial championship, with games starting Friday August 1, and the championship game being played Sunday afternoon.

The championships will see the following represenatives:

Congratulations to all the teams for making it to this next level, and good luck to all participants.

Newton Jays Pee Wee AA Win the Diane Cook Memorial Tournament

Congratulations to the Newton Jays Pee Wee AA team for capturing 1st Place in the Diane Cook Memorial tournament. The team went 5-0 in the tournament with a nail bitter final with Chilliwack which took 2 extra innings before Newton won 5-4. The final featured excellent play by both teams with some highlight reel plays.

Congratulations Newton!