The Binbrook Baseball Association is accepting umpires for the upcoming season. Umpiring is a great way to enjoy the game of baseball, while earning money and gaining valuable leadership skills and confidence. Umpire certification is required to work games. Registration for certification is open to minors 12+ years of age and adults alike.
Umpires must be at least 12 years of age to do Rookie and Mosquito level games. They must be at least 14 yrs of age to do Pee Wee and up games. To umpire an any HDBA game, umpires must be carded at least as a level 1 umpire.
The Hamilton Baseball Umpire Association (HUBA) is hosting a level 1/2 umpiring clinic on Saturday April 13th, 9:00 am at Bishop Tonnos Catholic Secondary School located at 100 Panabaker Drive, Ancaster, On. You may register and complete any umpiring clinic within Ontario to receive certification.
Certified umpires will be reimbursed $25 of the registration costs for level 1 certification when they have worked 5 games. Level 2 umpires will be reimbursed $45 the cost of certification once they have worked 10 games.
An umpire who was carded as a level 1 umpire last year or in previous years must annually do their level 1 certification to maintain their status. To do a level 2 certification an umpire needs to have been certified as a level 1 for two consecutive years.
If interested, registration for an umpire clinic is done on the Baseball Ontario website under umpires, development, 2018 umpire clinics. Register for the clinic you wish to attend. Register as either a new umpire or enter your certification number if you were a carded umpire in 2017, whichever is applicable to you. If you have forgotten your certification number it can searched on the website.
Registration Link:
https://www.baseballontario.com/Umpires/Club/UmpireClinicMM.aspx
Please note, Baseball Ontario will cut off registration after a certain number. If interested do not wait to register. When registering as a new umpire, register as an HDBA affiliate and as Binbrook Baseball for club team. You must be registered as a Binbrook Baseball umpire to receive certification reimbursement.
Once registered for a clinic please email umpire
@binbrookbaseball.ca indicating that you have registered for a clinic.