January 30, 2013 at 5:54 p.m.
Softball looking for a few good men
The men's league will be going through a revamp as a way to spark more competition and, hopefully, get more players interested in putting on their cleats to have a run around the bases.
The registration deadline is set for Friday, January 15. Teams are being accepted for the Co-ed and Women's Leagues. The cost for registering co-ed teams is $800 while women's teams only pay $750.
The Men's Division will be done by individual registrations followed by a draft. The cost is $50 per player.
Danny Cook, CSL vice-president, said the league decided to move away from teams' registering as a way to bring a competitive balance to the division.
"It was BASA's (Bermuda Amateur Softball Association) idea and we decided to try it. The league had a lack of competitiveness."
In December of last year, the CSL held the Michael Preece Tournament in whch all the players were put into a draft.
"It was very successful and the players seemed to love it. We didn't stick with it for the league because the teams' voted to play with their friends rather than try to make it competitive so when BASA approached us with the idea it wasn't a hard thing to agree to because there were only four teams. Three teams already agreed to put their names into a hat and make it a draft anyway."
Cook said he's hoping for four women's teams to sign-up.
"After not having any teams sign up last fall, I'm kind of concerned. I think we had four teams in our league last year so right now it's just a guess."
He expects 18 to 24 teams to sign-up for the co-ed league. The CSL will hold its annual general meeting on January 7 at 5:30pm at the old Youth & Sport boardroom.
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