Welcome to the 2021 Ajax Baseball Season! 

With the very good news that the province is starting to reopen, and sports are returning, we are excited to begin preparing for the kids return to play. 

Play Ball! – What’s Next? 

  • Over the coming days your child/player will be assigned to a team. Your notification will come through Team Snap 
  • Your coach will also be assigned at this time, and will begin to populate your schedule 
  • The first phase of the reopen will be Development/Practice. This could be as soon as June 14th . This will be for approximately 3 weeks but is dependent on when Ontario allows us to begin games (likely phase 2 of the provincial reopen) 
  • Practice times will be on the same nights as games were originally scheduled for: Mon – Peewee, Bantam/Midget, Tues – Tball, Wed – Mosquito, Thur – Rookie o Times and diamonds will be announced with the final schedule 

What do families need to do to prepare? 

  • We are still in cautious times and efforts have been made to ensure this season is not only fun, but healthy and safe as well 
    • Please download the Baseball Ontario, OnDeck app to your phone. It is also available at https://ondeck.baseballontario.com/ • Self-screening through the OnDeck app is required by all participants, volunteers and spectators prior to attending any game, practice, meeting or other in-person team activity and any individual shall not attend if they fail the screening protocol 
    • Check-In through the OnDeck app is required by all participants volunteers and spectators attending any game, practice, meeting or other in-person team activity 
    • It is strongly suggested that equipment not be shared. While Ajax Baseball will provide a batting helmet to each player, and is providing sanitizer to each of the teams, players should have their own bats. We will also be selling used, sanitized, bats during the development & practice phase 
    • Follow us on Twitter and Facebook 

And the best news of all ……..baseball costs even less in 2021! 

  • Our original hope was to provide a $50 gift card to each player, toward the purchase of equipment. With the closure of local business’s and the uncertainly of available stock, we are instead discounting registration by $50. For those who have already registered, you will receive a refund in mid-late June. For new players, fees now reflect the new discount, at all age levels

Christmas can be a difficult time for many families in our community.  This year has impacted many families even more because of COVID-19.  Ajax Spartans will be hosting a food drive to help families have access to food over the Christmas holidays and beyond.  All food collected will be donated to Feed the Need Durham.

Where can I drop the food?

Drop off boxes will be left in Triple Play Academy

(650 Lake Ridge Rd S, Ajax, ON L1Z 1W9

Last day to donate

December 22, 2020

Spartans Food Drive

 

The Ajax Spartans Minor Baseball Association will be holding our virtual Annual General Meeting at 8pm on Tuesday, October 20th,  2020.

This virtual meeting will be held on Zoom.
Click here to join.

 

Register for your NO FEE tryout here!

8U – A/AA Offered

Contact – johnphillips@hotmail.ca
Tues September 22 @ 6pm SP1
Wed September 23 @ 6pm SP1
Thur September 24 @ 6pm SP1

9U – A/AA Offered

Contact – gabrielhelbig@hotmail.com
Tues September 15 @ 6pm SP 1
Thur September 17 @ 6pm SP 1
Sat September 19 @ 10am SP 1

10U – A/AA Offered  

Contact – cliff_bartolome@yahoo.com
Sun September 13 @ 5pm  SP1
Tues September 15 @ 5:30pm SP2
Thur September 17 @ 5:30pm SP2
Sat September 19 @ 10am SP3

11U – A/AA Offered

Contact – topolie44@yahoo.ca
Sun September 13 @ 5pm SP4
Mon September 14 @ 6pm SP4
Wed September 16 @ 6pm SP4

12U – A/AA/AAA Offered

Contact – jamieatessier@gmail.com
Tues September 15 @ 6pm SP 3&4
Thur September 17 @ 6pm SP 3&4
Thur September 24 @ 6pm SP 3

13U – A/AA Offered

Contact – david.murray@rogers.com
Tues September 15 @ 8: 15pm SP 2
Thur September 17 @ 8:15pm SP 2
Sat September 19 @ 10am SP 2
Tues September 22 @ 8pm SP 2

14U – A/AA/AAA Offered

Contact –  ddream11@hotmail.com
Thur September 10 @ 5:30pm SP 6
Sun September 13 @ 8pm SP 6
Thur September 17 @ 8:15pm SP 6

15U – A Offered

Contact – Taking applications

16U – A Offered

Contact – sarran@rogers.com
Thur September 10 @ 8pm SP 6
Thur September 17 @ 5:30pm  SP6
Sun September 20 @ 5pm Herm

18U – A Offered

Contact – djdickson@rogers.com
Wed September 9 @ 8pm SP 6
Sun September 13 @ 5:30pm Herm
Wed September 16 @ 8:15pm SP 6

Park locations and directions here

SP – Sportsplex/Audley Rec,   Miller – Miller Park,  Herm – Hermitage Park

REGISTER NOW!

Ajax Baseball is now taking Rep Coaching Applications for a limited number of teams! 

 If you are interested in being a Head Coach in Rep Baseball, Ajax has the following openings:

  • 8U – Minor Rookie T1
  • 9U – Rookie T2
  • 11U – Mosquito T2
  • 12U – Minor Peewee T2
  • 13U – Peewee T2
  • 15U – Bantam T2
  • 18U – Midget T2

Please apply using this link.

Please contact john.warwick@cibc.com if you have questions.  Thank you!

 

Good evening Ajax Spartans families,

After announcements over the past week, from both the Ontario Baseball Association and Provincial Government, our Executive has met to make decisions on House League baseball for the 2020 season. As you may know, Baseball Ontario has extended their suspension of team activity until June 15th. The Provincial Government has also extended Phase 1 until at least June 19th for the GTA, prohibiting group activity of more than 10 people. With these decisions in mind, we have decided to cancel the 2020 House League season.

This was a very difficult decision.  Baseball is a right of summer, and something we look forward to each year.  However, our primary consideration must be for the health and safety of our players and their families.  The executive of this association is focused on creating the best experience possible for the children of Ajax and Durham Region.  While we will not able to achieve this on the field in 2020, off the field, we will maintain our approach of putting our families first.

Ajax Baseball WILL NOT charge admin fees for refunds, nor will we refuse refunds to anyone.  To the contrary, we would like to thank you for your patience throughout this process.  Our options below reflect the value we place on our members, and the respect we have for what we’re all going through at this time.

 

With the cancellation of House League the following options are available to you

1. Rollover your registration to the 2021 season

2. Full refund

 Finally, we have all had to manage our family’s needs over the past three months.  Whether this be financially, the education of our children, or ensuring the health of our loved ones.  Rest assured, when health and safety can be assured, and children are ready to come back to this great game, Ajax Baseball will be ready to welcome the kids back on the field to play ball again.

If you have questions regarding the rebate/refund options please contact karenwarwick@rogers.com

Yours in baseball,

Rich Leitch,

President, Ajax Baseball

We understand, whether there will be a partial or no season at all, still remains uncertain as we make our way toward May and what would normally be the start of baseball.  Having said this, we continue to be engaged, and work with the Town of Ajax and our governing bodies such as Baseball Ontario in the hope some form of baseball will be played this year.

 These are extraordinary times, and our organization is committed to making sure baseball remains a source of pleasure and optimism for our members.  To that end, Ajax Baseball is building a plan around the two likely outcomes for the 2020 season:    1) That the season is cancelled 2) There is a partial/limited season.  Regardless of the outcome, our focus is on ensuring not only the value of the moneys you’ve paid but looking at ways we can say thank you for your patience in these difficult times.

 Keeping these efforts in mind, it is best for our families to remain registered in order to take advantage of any offers from Ajax Baseball, regardless of the outcome.  Again though, our priority is to make this process as transparent as possible and anyone wishing to obtain a full refund, may do so at any time.

Yours in baseball,

Rich Leitch

President, Ajax Baseball