I am new to 11U, can you give me a run down of how it works?

REP

(11U and second-year 9U players are eligible to tryout, $100 tryout fee)

 

11U AA Gold

This is our top rep team at this level.  Tryouts occur for the team in January and the season finishes the third week of July.  Games and practices can occur on any day of the week and games and travel tend to occur on the weekends.  Traditionally, this team has practices or games 4-5 times per week.  The team plays under the Sherwood Park Athletics banner and usually competes in Baseball Alberta's tier one division.  Additional cost tends to be around $1000 - $1500 for the entire season.  The team also tends to be made up of majority second year players (10 year old turning 11)  This team also participates in tournaments on non-play weekends, like July long weekend in Kamloops.

11U AA Green

This is our second rep team at this level.  Tryouts occur for the team in January and the season finishes the third week of July.  Games and practices can occur on any day of the week and games and travel tend to occur on the weekends.  Traditionally, this team has practices or games 4-5 times per week.  The team plays under the Sherwood Park Athletics banner and tends to compete in the Baseball Alberta tier 3 division.  Additional cost tends to be around $1000 - $1500 for the entire season.  The team also tends to be made up of majority first year players (9 year old turning 10). This team also participates in tournaments on non-play weekends, like July long weekend in Kamloops.

11U AA White

This is our third rep team at this level.  Tryouts occur for the team in January and the season finishes the third week of July.  Games and practices can occur on any day of the week and games and travel tend to occur on the weekends.  Traditionally, this team has practices or games 4-5 times per week.  The team plays under the Sherwood Park Athletics banner and tends to compete in the Baseball Alberta tier 5 division.  Additional cost tends to be around $1000 - $1500 for the entire season.  The team also tends to be made up of majority first year players (9 year old turning 10) or second year 9U players (8 year olds turning 9)

COMMUNITY LEAGUE
(11U and second-year 9U players are eligible to tryout, $25 tryout fee)

 

11U YEGA League Teams

This is our competitive stream for the community league.  Tryouts will occur for these teams in April and one to three teams will be formed depending on numbers.  Games and practices occur on weeknights (Mon-Thurs) making this competitive stream work very well for spring hockey players.  The teams will play in the Baseball Alberta YEGA League against other local organizations, such as Beaumont and Leduc.  The teams will play under the Sherwood Park Archers or Strathcona Pirates Banner.  If athletes try out and do not make one of the teams, they will be returned to a Community League Team noted below.

This team plays in two tournaments both in Sherwood Park (June 1-4 and June 23-25)

 

11U Community League Teams (for 11U only)

This is our normal community league stream in Sherwood Park and Strathcona County.  Athletes will either play for the Strathcona Pirates or the Sherwood Park Archers.  Games and Practices will occur on Tuesday and Thursday nights.  The games and practices will occur in Sherwood Park or Ardrossan.  The teams will play in the SPMBA Community League Tournament on a weekend at the end of May or early June.

Registration - https://www.spmba.ca/registrationmain/

 

 

Have more questions? Email General Manager Josh Bishop