Medicine Hat Knights UCT Baseball Tournament
MEDICINE HAT KNIGHTS
UCT BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Dear Coach:
Medicine Hat “Knights” will host a Baseball Tournament on June 30 - July 2, 2023, sponsored by the United Commercial Travellers Club. Information has been sent to various Class A American Legion teams and to similar calibre 18U Provincial programs, Babe Ruth & Big League teams from other associations. Interested teams are asked to apply.
The Knights are the second team (tier 2) in the Medicine Hat American Legion program. Teams that will fit best for this tournament are younger Class A or B American Legion, younger or feeder community AAA 18U – Stronger AA 18U – Big League – Babe Ruth 2nd level type. The category will be considered a 15 to 18-year-old grouping; however, programs such as American Legion small community teams that have players from 15 to 19 to make one team may be considered. Top-level teams that have a lot of older age players such as top AAA 18U or AA American Legion will be considered too strong for this event. The host committee will strive to select a group of teams that will make for a fun and challenging event.
Games will be played at Jefferies & McCoy fields at the Kinsmen Baseball Complex and available times at Athletic Park. These facilities feature fully fenced, grass-infield baseball diamonds with dugouts, stands, concessions, batting cages, and score clocks. Jefferies & Athletic Park have lights.
This tournament will be a wood-bat event. All teams will be guaranteed a minimum of four games. Games will be scheduled for seven innings with a 10-run mercy rule in effect after 5 innings or 4½ innings if the home team is ahead. Teams must be prepared to play their first game on Friday at 2:00 if scheduled then. Consideration for a 5:00 pm start Friday will be given to teams that travel the farthest. All teams will play Friday.
The entry fee for this event is one dozen baseballs and $600.00 Canadian payable to “Medicine Hat Baseball”. Once teams are accepted, they are asked to send the entry fee to the address below.
Medicine Hat Baseball
P. O. Box 661
Medicine Hat, AB
T1A 7G6
Individual awards will be presented to the top two teams in the tournament, a maximum of 20 awards per team.
Should any team be interested in extra games while traveling to Medicine Hat we will assist you in any way we can.
We plan for this tournament to be a quality event. Should you wish to be considered for entry, please get in touch with Brad Moch at the contacts below. Applications will be considered until the event is full. Further information regarding the tournament schedule, rules, accommodations, city diamond directions etc. will be forwarded to all accepted teams. Summer months in Medicine Hat can be busy with other events so book accommodations early once we have provided information on preferred hotels.
Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me. We look forward to hearing from you and hope we can count on your continued support. You can contact Brad Moch, President at 403-866-3118 or Dean Harrison, Vice President at 403-548-5792 or for your convenience, you can also email us at mhbigleagueball@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Brad Moch & Dean Harrison
President & Vice President of Medicine Hat Big League Baseball