Welcome to the home page of the

"Georgian Bay Minor Softball League"

"GBMSL"

The "GBMSL" Member Communities

 Click on yours for additional details & information

Coldwater coldwater@gbmsl.com
Elmvale Expos expos@gbmsl.com
Lafontaine lafontaine@gbmsl.com
Minesing minesingball@gbmsl.com
Perkinsfield -
Port McNicoll Thunder portthunder@gbmsl.com
Toanche Eagles toanche@gbmsl.com  
Vasey Giants -
Victoria Harbour Hornets hornets@gbmsl.com
Waubaushene Wolfpack wolfpack@gbmsl.com
Wyebridge -
Wyevale wyevale@gbmsl.com

 

The GBMSL is a co-operation of approx. 12 communities in the Georgian Bay area. Each community has a representative that sits on the GBMSL and the league executive is elected from those individuals.

Our season begins on the May long weekend and runs until Mid August to September depending on the teams involved. Registration generally begins in each community by March.

We are a mixed league starting at age 6 and running to age 19, playing competitive fastball amongst the other participating communities of the GBMSL


 

Upcoming Meetings, Clinics and Events

 

Season Start for 2012 will be on Monday, May 21st with our Tyke & Bantam divisions, Mini-Squirt & Midget on Tuesday, Squirt on Wednesday & Peewee on Thursday!

 

Bantam & Midget Select Tryouts will be holding their second tryout/practice in Victoria Harbour (sunset park) on Friday May 18th @ 6:30 p.m. - This is for Bantam & Midget teams. This is not a combined team, we are just holding the tryouts at the same time!

We had a solid turnout out for both teams on the first night with several calls/emails from those who couldn't attend, we encourage everyone to try and attend this event! If you have any questions you can contact us at rattlers@gbmsl.com

 

Registration 2012

THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR YOU TO PLAY! SIGN UP QUICKLY AS SPOTS ARE GOING FAST!

Most towns are full, if they are not listed then that is likely the case,

Lafontaine- Still some room for Peewees, Bantams & Midgets- lafontaine@gbmsl.com

Minesing- Still has room for Peewees & Bantams- minesingball@gbmsl.com

Victoria Harbour- Blastball has room for 3 Players, Tyke has room for 4, Squirt has room for 2 players, Peewee has room for 2 players- hornets@gbmsl.com

 

Rep & Select Teams 2012

 

BANTAM & MIDGET SELECT TEAMS TRYOUT DATE ANNOUNCED- DETAILS BELOW-

 

If you want to get involved with helping or coaching a Rattler team this summer you need to let our league convener know. Keith will help co-ordinate things to bring teams together. Remember that we generally look for 2 coaches from different communities to help run a team. Also all teams are recruited from across the GBMSL so all players have the right to tryout for a team. Generally 12 players are taken but that will be up to the coaches responsible for the team. Please send an email to rattlers@gbmsl.com if you are interested in getting involved. If you are a GBMSL player who wants to tryout you can also send an email to ratters@gbmsl.com with your name, email address & the division you are in and trying out for. Keith will forward the info to those running the team/tryouts. Details will be updated here as they become available

 

Currently confirmed are:

Peewee OASA- Norm & Nicole Robitaille (Coaching & Team Tryouts)- Toanche will also be hosting the Peewee Eliminations on the July 14th weekend. Tryouts for this team are over! Contact Nicole - nicole72@bell.blackberry.net

 

Bantam & Midget Select-Midget-Barb Maw & Keith Chapman (Coaching & Team Tryouts)- Minesing will be hosting a July Midget Select Tournament (July 7) & are hosting the Select Midget Provincials ( Aug 18th weekend)- rattlers@gbmsl.com. We will be holding tryouts for Bantam & Midget at the same time (same concept as with Peewee's & Squirts)

 

Select Midget Girls-First Tryout on Friday, May 11th @ 6:30 p.m. in Wyebridgewilmel@rogers.com

 

Squirt & Peewee Select- We will be putting together squirt & peewee select teams once the GBMSL season is up and organized (First of June), stay tuned to this page for details. The first tryout will be held with both divisions in attendance to get things going. The Peewee Select Provincials are being hosted by Tay Township in Victoria Harbour & Port McNicoll on Aug 18th weekend- if you want to be contacted with the tryout info send an email to rattlers@gbmsl.com

 

5 Pitch- Keith & Felix are planning to do another 5 pitch team and travel to Toronto for a tournament later in the season. If interested please send Keith an email- rattlers@gbmsl.com and we'll add you to the contact list!


 

What's new for 2012-

 

All Star Games will be hosted by Vasey on the June 15/16 weekend. Bantam & Midget will compete on Friday evening again with Tyke to Peewee on the Saturday. Bantam & Midget will be on Saturday if Friday is rained out. Sunday is the final rain date for all divisions. This was originally going to be Elmvale's year to host but the Public school is getting an addition and it was felt that the construction could affect the amount of room for parking & the games so Elmvale will switch with Vasey and will host in 2013

 

 

The league has appointed liaisons for each division to help deal with questions that may arise. This will not be a forum to dispute umpire calls or complain about other coaches. If you have questions related to rules or are just unsure about something then feel free to drop us a line. If we can't answer it then we will forward on to someone who hopefully can!

Tyke- Keith Chapman, Mini-Squirt & Squirt- Mike Briggs & Ken Wallace- Peewee to Midget- Peter Robinson

 

 

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG!

You can go to the blog directly at www.gbmsl.com/blog if you wish to put that in your browser

We're trying to put some umpire/coach questions up on a regular basis to help educate everyone, feel free to respond!

Anyone can comment on the blog page, just please be careful of language and content as we are striving to keep it "G" rated! Remember our visitors are young children!

 


Rattler Select/Rep Team Information

The  Rattler Teams- Past & Present- all information on GBMSL Rattler teams here! Including Tryout, Practice & Tournament information

What is a RATTLER? - logos & definition of rattler


 

 

 

People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. - Rogers Hornsby

     Baseball Expressions  Some ball Chatter  Famous Ball Quotes


GBMSL Tournaments 2012

Tournament Details, Umpire Assignments will be updated as the tournaments approach, generally at least one week in advance. Results will follow tournament based on information conveyed to the league through coaches & photos taken- Please send us your photos (640X480 res.) and we'll try and add them to the site. We especially are looking for photos of teams from each community. Email them to webmaster@gbmsl.com

NOTE: IMPORTANT- In the past we have had several rain games in all divisions played on the Sunday- not being able to field a team because parents didn't plan on being available for the Sunday will not be considered a valid argument and it will result in a team forfeit from the tournament. Please make sure that you don't ignore the Sunday date as if cancellations due to weather occur then games will be played on the Sunday if necessary!

Tournaments 2012

Dates for 2012

Hosts 2012

Additional Details-  click on buttons below!- Still contains the 2011 information- Will be removed soon!
PEEWEE June 8th & 9th (Rain Date 10th) Victoria Harbour & Waubaushene
 "All Star" Games June 15th & 16th (Rain Date 17th) Vasey
MIDGET June 22nd & 23rd (Rain Date 24th) Victoria Harbour
MINI-SQUIRT July 6th & 7th (Rain Date 8th) Toanche with overflow to Lafontaine
SQUIRT July 13th & 14th (Rain Date 15th) Wyevale & Perkinsfield
BANTAM July 20th & 21st (Rain Date 22nd) Port McNicoll
TYKE Championships July 27th & 28th (Rain Date 29th) Vasey and Lafontaine
MINI-SQUIRT (MITE) Championships August 10th & 11th (Rain Date 12th) Minesing

The Playoff's 2011

Squirt Peewee Bantam Midget

All details relating to Playoffs, Standings, Photos and Results can be found here!


 

THE UMPIRE'S CORNER

2012 Umpire Registration Form-  Download

Registered "LEVEL 1" Umpires for 2011 (All of Zone 6) 

Local  Umpires for 2011, both Level 1's & Juniors  Local Umpires

Junior Umpire Assessment Form (for League Executive members only) JU Assessment Form

This area includes all past articles, check here to see if your question has already been answered!

Bet your life Calls- When in Doubt?GBMSL Rule Interpretations & ArticlesBaseball & the Heat


 

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