LMBA AGM 2025

LMBA AGM Oct. 16/25

Opening Remarks - Kyle Hope

Another successful season of softball and baseball
Lots of opportunity to Improve
Thanks to all members that filled out year-end survey
- 94 feedbacks with lots of things to discuss

Softball - Karly Simpson/Brad Sigmeth

Lots of successes this season
U17A girls had a good showing at Westerns
Looking to form a U19 team next year
- Looking for commited girls
- Will need 10 girls to move ahead with it
- Need numbers by end of Nov.
- Can’t join forces with MJ
Softball Sask AGM coming up
- Free online clinics
- How to earn Points towards coaching certifications
- U11-U19 have to declare A/B by Dec.1 It will be based off last year’s team registered
- Karly will be putting forward a motion to change the zones by Oct.25/25
RMSL AGM - Brad attended
- Lease up with City of Regina
- Renegotiate/ fees will go up
- Increase in cost of diamond use $5/hr/team for diamonds outside of 9^th Ave N
  - Will increase budget by $30,000
- Forming a sub-committee
  - improvement of diamonds
  - group of parents
  - anyone can join
- Talking about removing teams, not us
  - Smaller centers away from the city (don’t want to drive basically)
- Equipment - Mark
  - Jerseys are good
  - Need balls and various equipment
  - Replace stolen items
  - Need to change the locks on the sheds
  - U5-U11 need more equipment

Baseball - Kyle Hope/Jeff Foster

9U to 13U all had successful season
- League champs, 2^nd places in league and provincials
- 15U AA league champs, provincial champs and 2^nd at Westerns
- 18U AA Provincial Tier 2 Champs

Some feedback concerns
- 11U A teams not made fairly
- Evaluations - frustrating for parents when kids who shouldn’t be playing at a certain level are on the team.

Evaluations - Kerry Dietz

Will be held at The Den in Regina
- Taller ceilings better for outfield work
- Has a couple batting cages
- One pitching lane
Early Feb Dates to be confirmed
5 hour sessions
1 hr 45 min. per age group
2X per week
In house evaluators this time Cubs alumni/ community members who have been involved with baseball in the past
- Must commit to both evaluations for an age group to have consistency
- Maybe some game play if we have some time
Adding u11 Softball to evals this year
Things to evaluate - groundball, fly balls, pitching & hitting
Next Season - Player Feedback from Coaches
- Will help with following years evaluations/ bubble pick
- Feedback on hit/throw/catch
- Work effort/attitude
- Game Knowledge

15U AAA - James Huck & Kerry Dietz

Financials - Melanie Pare

See attached financial sheet
$142,000 in registrations last season
180 softball, 140 baseball
Thank you to Lions for $25,000 donation for upgrading back stop on Jets diamond
- Now more softball games can be played hter

Board Positions to fill

Diamond Scheduler
Umpire Scheduler
Fundraising - Kyle is attending town meeting
- They are forming a fundraising committee to help all clubs in community to fundraise for goals

Thank you to all that attended

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