Month: May 2020

COVID-19 Update 5/20/2020

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Registration is OPEN, online for ages 7-15 (age as of May 1, 2020) by clicking the link below.

CLICK HERE to register for Spring/Summer 2020.

A Message from our President:

First of all I wanted to thank everyone for their patience, we are blessed to have a great group of parents.  We are waiting until Virginia is in Phase 2 of the reopening plan before resuming practice which could happen as early as next Friday.  Phase 2 says that groups can be 50 or less which should mean we can practice and play games, but the Governor could do something different.  Be assured that when we do start that it will be safe to do so and we will take a few common sense precautions and we will follow any state guidelines.  We will start games no later than the week of June 22.  If state regulations don’t allow to start by that week then we will have to offer refunds and do something different since the next week is the 4th of July week and that wouldn’t leave us time to play many games before football starts. In that scenario we will do clinics and some “sandlot” play for those that wanted to throughout the summer.  But we are optimistic that we will be able to play a regular season.   IF YOU HAVE DECIDED YOUR SON CAN’T OR WON’T PLAY THEN WE NEED TO KNOW BY THIS FRIDAY MAY 22.  PLEASE LET US OR YOUR COACH KNOW.  We don’t want to find out when practice resumes that we don’t have enough to play.  We are currently filling open spots for the few that have dropped out.  Here’s what we have available:  We can add 8 coach pitch players, 1 AAA (9-10 year old) player, and 5 Ozone players.  If you know anyone let them know.  Again thank you for being patient as we try to figure out how to get these kids playing again.

Mike McCorkle
President Motley Dixie Youth

COVID-19 Update 5/2/2020

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Registration Spring 2020 is STILL OPEN for all age groups by clicking the link below. 

Click here  to register online

UPDATE FOR AGES 9-15

I don’t know about everyone else but I’m ready for some baseball.  Hang in there we’re getting closer.  Right now here is where we stand.  Recreational businesses are not allowed to open until Friday.  There is a stay at home order and ban on groups over 10 until June 11.  The Virginia Dixie Youth board has said that we can start the season June 11.  Our plan is to resume practice June 11.  We will start games June 22 and play 2 games a week until August 8.  I am meeting with other league representatives on Wednesday to discuss what we’ll do about all stars/postseason play but our commitment is to have a regular season so that all kids can have the enjoyment of playing again and won’t miss a year of development.  All of this is based on the Governor lifting the stay at home order and ban on groups of more than 10 on June 10.  If this gets extended we will have to change again but pushing further back would start getting into fall sports and we understand there are some that will be dropping off to play fall sports so we will do everything we can to get the season in before fall sports start, in that case we would probably issue refunds and hold a new registration.  Hopefully our current plan holds, it depends on what our state officials do.  Our insurance company has suggested we get parents to sign COVID-19 liability waivers so I just wanted to let you know now that we will be getting everyone to sign one in order to play.

 
We are aware of summer vacations and know that some may miss games for vacations so we want to do everything possible to keep our teams at 12 players so teams will have enough to play while some are away for vacations. Please let us know if you have decided your child won’t play this season due to continued fears of the virus or other reasons so we can reopen registration to make sure we have 12 players on each team.  We are reopening our 7-8 year old (coach pitch)  division registration since as of now each team stands at 10 players.  Please let us know if you know of someone who has decided they want to play.
Thank you for your continued patience in all of this and please know that we are doing everything we can to start playing again and will do everything we can to make sure the kids stay safe while playing.  Please continue to pray for people to stay safe and for our government officials to make wise decisions regarding this situation.  I will update next weekend about all stars/postseason play.
Mike McCorkle
Motley Dixie Youth President