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Happy New Year!

West Kelowna Minor Baseball is grateful for the continued financial assistance from the Province of British Columbia for our baseball program.

Online registration for the 2012 season is now open!

Blue Jays Honda Super Camp comes to Kelowna

Be a part of the #1 baseball camp in Canada! These three-day camps offer children ages 10-16 – of all abilities – the ultimate Major League experience.

It is scheduled to be held at Elks Stadium on July 9-11, at a cost of $230.

Register at this web site, toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/community/blue_jays_super_camps_en.jsp

West Kelowna Recreation's Learn to Play Baseball

Get a head start on the baseball season! This introductory course teaches kids aged 7 to 9 the basics of playing baseball using foam balls and light bats that are designed for use indoors.

Instructors: Tom Katelnikoff and Dale Thomas

Location: George Pringle

Thursdays, Jan. 19-Mar. 8, 6:15-7:15pm

$45/8 sessions

Association Name Change

We are pleased to announce that our new name has been officially approved. We are now known as the West Kelowna Minor Baseball Association (WKMBA). The web site and its forms now have new logos and a new web address, www.westkelownabaseball.ca.

Season Schedules

T-Ball Division

T-Ballers play on Monday and Wednesday at 6pm at Chief Tomat Elementary School and Rose Valley Elementary School.

Tadpole Division

Tadpoles play on Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm at Chief Tomat Elementary School and Rose Valley Elementary School.

Mosquito Division

Games are played on any night of the week at 6pm at the Upper Boucherie Field and there are some weekend tournaments. There are one to two games per week. Practices are set by the individual coaches and could be on weekends, usually once per week. The final schedule will be given out by your coach.

Peewee, Bantam, and Midget Division

WKMBA 2012 Winterball

Our Winterball Program began the week of Jan. 9, 2012 at the Sensisyusten gymnasium, 1920 Quail Lane, Westbank.

The schedule is as follows:

Mosquito - Saturdays, 9:00am-10:15am

PeeWee - Saturdays, 10:30am-11:45am

Bantam - Fridays, 8:00pm-9:30pm

Midget - Mondays, 7:00pm-9:30pm, at George Pringle Elementary School, 3770 Elliott Road

Cost:

Mosquito and PeeWee - $50

Bantam and Midget - $75

Please download this registration form and bring it to Sensisyusten. You can contact Tom Katelnikoff if there are any questions.

Note: Those who did not play for WKMBA last year MUST first register for the 2012 season before they are able to play Winterball.

Midget AAA Baseball in West Kelowna

WKMBA will be fielding a West Kelowna Diamondbacks Midget AAA team this season. This will be a first. We are excited to be offering this level of competition.

Tryouts will begin in February with dates to be announced. Cost for the season will also be announced soon.

Those wanting to tryout are encouraged to come out to Winterball on Monday nights. As well, for those wanting conditioning, we will be announcing dates and times shortly. Stay tuned!

For more information contact Tom Katelnikoff @ 250 864-2198, email him, or go to their

BallCharts web site.

Okanagan Athletics

The Okanagan Athletics is a non-profit society committed to providing an elite level of baseball for youth aged 13 to 18 in the Okanagan Valley.

They now have a new web site that provides news and schedules for each of their three teams, www.okanaganathletics.ca.

RSS Baseball Academy

High School students enrolled in SD #23 have a unique opportunity to participate in a program that allows them to develop and improve their baseball or softball skills and gain course credits. You can find contact information at this web site: http://www3.rss.sd23.bc.ca/rssbball/.