Welcome to Campbell Little League's online registration for the 2021 season!
We
will begin our season with Spring Training, under the "purple
tier" system in place at this time. This includes many COVID-19
protocols, including full-time mask wearing and the use of stable
cohorts of limited size, as allowed by local government. Rest assured,
we have submitted a COVID plan to the County of Santa Clara and are
staying on top of all notifications and guidelines. When we move into
the "red tier," we will transition quickly to a program
that accommodates smaller teams and a game schedule. As we've stated in
previous emails, your CLL Board is committed to providing our youth
athletes with the best and most realistic baseball experience possible
this season, within the limits prescribed by the county and state, while
ensuring the health and safety of our children as well.
The
core strength of CLL is our all-volunteer organization. COVID health
mandates require us to have a larger pool of health/safety monitors
to manage and meet health/safety protocols for Spring 2021. That means
our volunteers will be more important this year than ever before. We
encourage all of you to consider stepping up as volunteers. Even before
Spring Training starts, we will need help with facility clean-up, field
preparation, setting up sanitization stations, etc. Also, we are
encouraged by the number of players currently registered to play (enough
for at least a couple of teams per division, but there's room for many
more!), and we are asking that those interested in managing or coaching
please come forward at this time so that we may begin to assess the
number of cohorts/teams we will be able to fill. Coaching instruction
and training will be provided, as always, so if you haven't signed up
yet, please register--now is the time--no baseball experience
is necessary! In addition to coaches and managers, we are looking for
1-2 parent volunteers per cohort to help with check-in and COVID
protocols at practices and (ultimately) games.
If
you choose not to select a volunteer opportunity during the online
registration process, you will charged a volunteer fee of $150 per
player.
The guidelines can be reviewed here:
Our site-specific protocols will be posted and distributed to parents and managers on site as well.
One
more thing on the volunteer topic. Our League is a not-for-profit
organization, and many business entities in the area reimburse our
League for employee volunteer time, a gift that is much appreciated. If
your employer is one of them, (e.g. Apple, Adobe) please give an extra
minute of consideration to signing up as a volunteer for us. We
appreciate it.
Key dates: Once registered, please mark your calendars for player evaluations (aka tryouts) on March 6th and 7th.
Players that are league age 4-8 are not required to attend. All other
players must attend at least one of the player evaluations, and 8-year
olds wanting to try out for the Minor division may attend. In order to
better manage the number of people gathered and to limit potential
exposure, this year our Farm teams will be formed by our Player Agent
rather than evaluated and drafted. We have scheduled upper division
drafts for mid-March and expect to have all cohorts/teams formed by
March 22nd and ready to begin practices the following week.
Thank
you for being a part of CLL and for your continued support of the
League! Reminder: finish the registration or sign up now and remind your
friends and neighbors to do the same! Let's get ready to play ball!
Sincerely,
Campbell Little League