Hello Chair City Baseball and Softball families.
For those of you that didn't see the Facebook post, we were pretty busy this fall! To better represent ourselves within the City of Gardner and the surrounding area, our Board of Directors voted unanimously to change the league name to Chair City Baseball and Softball. We also have a new logo, an updated website (that will stay www.gybsl.org for the time being), applied for 501(c)(3) status, the scoreboard was installed at Salvadore Field on Mechanic St., the irrigation system is ready to be turned on at Salvadore Field, we're planning on hosting another kickoff party and WooSox Game, softball will hold evaluations this year for the first time in a very long time and our new VP's of Baseball and Softball are hosting meetings for our returning, new, and inquiring coaches and player parents.
We hope you are as excited for the upcoming season as we are. We've been working hard to bring the best baseball and softball experience possible to the children of our community.
So let's get into what's coming up.
Registration is already open for the Spring 2025 Baseball/Softball season. From now through January 25th we have a 10% discount. You can register your player(s) at: www.gybsl.org
On Wed, January 22nd, VP of Baseball Dan Forte and VP of Softball Jason Tessitore as well as our President Matt Perenzin and other Board Members will be at Gardner Elementary School at 7pm to go over everything Coaching/Team Parent! Our goal this year is to meet a few times prior to our player evaluations in March and our Kickoff Party in April to make sure everyone is well informed and prepared for the start of the season. Everyone interested is welcome to attend. We would like returning coaches to attend as well as we have some new information to discuss. If you know you are definitely going to coach/team parent this year, please register here: Volunteer. We are anticipating the need for several coaches/team parents this year!
We do not need you to register to attend the meeting. This link also has descriptions for all of our other volunteer opportunities as well!
On Sat, January 25th our Softball and Baseball Clinics, partnered with The City of Gardner Recreation and GHS Varsity Teams will start. Softball will run from 4:00-5:30 and Baseball from 5:30-7:00. These clinics are free for players ages 6-12. For more information and to register, please visit: Baseball/Softball clinics.
Saturday, March 1st: will be the last Softball and Baseball Clinic.
Friday, March 14th: Registration Closes for all Softball Divisions and Minor/Major Baseball.
Saturday, March 15th: Evaluations will be held at GHS for all Softball Divisions and the Minor/Major Baseball divisions. Times are TBD. Emails will be sent out about 2 weeks prior to the 15th to players that will need to attend.
Sunday, March 30th: Registration closes for TBall and Rookie Baseball.
Saturday, April 12th: Kickoff Party at Salvadore Field 10:00 am. More info to come!
Monday, April 28th: Games begin this week!
Saturday, May 24th: 3rd Annual Gardner Day at the WooSox! More info can be found by clicking here: WooSox Game!
We are looking forward to another great season and we can’t wait to see everyone on the fields!
Sincerely,
Chair City Baseball and Softball Board of Directors