Blackburn Men's League update

from the Blackburn Men's Fastball League

While the snow is still falling and the light at the end of the tunnel is just as likely a train coming as it is warm sunlight, we can still look forward to eventually playing ball again.

The BMFL registration should now be on your radars. As per usual, we'll be holding two open registration nights on March 3rd (Wally's) and 4th (Blackburn Arms) between 7:00pm and 9:00pm. Cost this year will again be $225 per player. While we prefer you pay in full at registration, we can accept partial payments.

We have some changes in store for the 2009 season, including a new team (the Orléans Warriors). Combined with the loss of the Ed Taylor Team, we'll still be at eight teams.

Just a reminder for returnees that the deadline to register is actually Monday, April 6th at 7:00pm if you want to return to your former team. Any registrations made between then and the day of the draft (to be determined) will mean you go back into the draft. Registrations after the draft mean you go on the reserve list.

Still, while you have longer, it is still much better for the league if you can make it out one of the two nights in early March. Helps us for planning purposes to know how many are coming back, if any teams are in trouble, etc. So do your part!

Also, if you have no plans to return to the league this year, we'd appreciate a quick response to let us know. Doing so might also save you from getting further spam in the next few weeks.

We are always looking for new players, so please pass this along to anyone you know who might be interested.

Finally, if you are still reading this far down the list, the league has an URGENT call out to anyone who may like to take on the work of re-building our website. We are looking at contracting out the work, but if someone from the league is willing to step up and give us a reasonably professional looking website, let us know ASAP. Deadline to tell us is February 19, 2009. After that, we'll look at bringing someone in from the outside.

If you have any questions, you can contact your team rep (below) or call 613 295-9427 if you have any questions.

As a reminder, your team reps are:

Good Ol' Boys: Jean Tremblay (jean.tremblay[at]diebold.com)
Knights: Ryan Cox (rcox[at]connect.carleton.ca)
Exit A's: Will Mood (willmood[at]hotmail.com)
Guzzlers: Jason Smith (smithresidence[at]rogers.com)
Rogues: Matt Cox (roguematt[at]hotmail.com)
Stan's: Dennis Murphy (denmurphy[at]rogers.com)
Blues: Gary Larocque (gary.larocque[at]ontario.ca)
Warriors: Jerremy Grimes (grim0022[at]gmail.com)