District 2 (midcoast, including Five Town) has not yet finally set dates for the local All Stars Tournaments.  However, we know the following host locations:

• 9/10 Baseball (Medomak Valley LL)
• 11/12 Baseball (Oceanside LL)
• 9/10 Softball (TBA)
• 11/12 Softball (TBA)

State All-Star Tournaments for Baseball and Softball have been announced:    

• 9/10 Softball States:   Massabesic, July 20-27
• 11/12 Softball States:  Glenburn, July 6-13
• 9/10 Baseball States:  Westbrook,  July 20-27
• 11/12 Baseball States:  Lewiston, July 19-26

District Tournaments are typically scheduled so that they are completed 1-2 weeks before their division's State Tournaments are scheduled to begin.  So, for example, the District 11/12 Softball All-Stars will likely take place before the end of June so that a District Champion is crowned before the States begin on July 6.

Field Day Sunday 4/28 2:00-4:00 at Marge Jones in Rockport 

Little League is a community organization and it takes the whole community to prepare our fields for use each year. Each player and a parent/guardian is expected to join in this league wide effort on Sunday from 2:00-4:00 at Marge Jones field in Rockport.

In addition to your participation, please bring as many of the following items as you can to aid in the clean up:

- Dirt rakes
- Spring/Leaf rakes
- Wheelbarrows and/or tarps to haul material
- A broom or two to sweep dugouts/sheds

- An extension ladder

- a Drill / powerdriver

Mother nature has not been helping us get outside and use the fields, but with your help we can still make sure that the first games of the season start on time.

See you Sunday!

Barrett Brown - Five Town Little League Majors Rep

We're focused on the weather forecast before we update news on this Saturday's Community Field Clean-Up at each of our three main fields. 

Weather permitting, we will hold a COMMUNITY FIELD CLEAN-UP DAY - Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. At our three fields: Marge Jones Field (Rockport), Lincolnville LL Field (Lincolnville), and True Park (Hope). Minors baseball families should focus on True Park. Majors Baseball folks can work at either Lincolnville or Marge Jones. Softball folks (except those with a 4/27 game) should come out to Marge Jones. Bring rakes, wheelbarrows, spades, shovels, and other gardening tools. Also, an extension ladder would be helpful at both True Park and Marge Jones to set up the batting cage.

Cross your fingers for a drying spell!

Dear Five Towners,

Mark your schedule and clear your dinner plans for next Tuesday, April 2!  Five Town LL is the featured fundraiser guest that night at FLATBREAD COMPANY, in Rockport, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. A portion of every food dollar spent at Flatbread that night will be donated back to Five Town LL’s softball, baseball, and tee ball programs.

We are looking for interested baseball, softball and tee ball players willing to proudly wear their 2018 uniforms and/or team hats to spend a few minutes greeting Flatbread guests and showing the community why our programs are important.   

We will be raffling off a few items in the Flatbread lobby including:

• A one-night stay at Lord Camden Inn, in Camden
• An autographed photograph of Red Sox first baseman Mitch Moreland
• A one-year family membership at Owls Head Transportation Museum

This will be a wonderful evening of baseball and softball community cheer, and a great way to solve your Tuesday night dinner planning woes.  Grab your friends and come on out to Flatbread, in Rockport, for our big season kick-off fundraiser!

See our Flatbread Night Event posting on our Facebook page to keep up with all developments and "check in."

Majors Baseball Tryouts will take place on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. at Camden-Rockport Middle School gym. Please arrive between 8:30-8:45 a.m. to sign-in for the tryout. Bring a glove, clean gym shoes, and if you wish, your favorite USA Baseball-approved bat.

Players must be registered no later than Thursday, March 28, at 5:00 p.m. to tryout on March 30. Register for "2019 Spring Baseball" today if you haven't already done so.

For players unable to make the March 30 tryout, an alternate tryout time is available on Sunday, March 24, 2019, at 5:00 p.m., at Camden Hills Regional High School gym. Please email Rick Thackeray (rthackerayjr @ gmail.com) to request a March 24 alternative tryout.

The "March Pre-Season Softball Clinics Series" is designed for all softball players.  The clinics will take place at Camden Rockport Elementary School gym.  The dates and times are:

• Monday, March 25, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 26, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
• Friday, March 29, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
• Monday, April 1, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
• Tuesday, April 2, from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.

Please arrive to the clinics with a glove and a clean pair of indoor gym shoes/sneakers.  Players will not be allowed on the gym floor wearing wet, muddy, and/or snowy shoes.

Tryouts for Majors Softball will take place at Camden Rockport Elementary School gym on Thursday, April 4, from 5:15 p.m.  Please arrive at 5:00 p.m. ready to go!

Questions?  Please contact softball coordinators Kyle Peterson at kpeterson @ callntt.com or Kristi Brady at kgb71214 @ gmail.com 

Girls ages 7-12 living in Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, and Rockport: get ready for Five Town Little League Softball 2019!  Registration for both our 2019 SOFTBALL Regular Season and Pre-Season Clinics Series is now open at:

http://ftll.sportsoffice.com

Camden Hills HS Varsity Coach Rowena Motylewski is partnering with Five Town LL to provide PRE-SEASON indoor baseball instruction.  We hope you will take advantage of this great developmental opportunity and sign-up today.

• Sign up for Regular Season (Minors and Majors) here:  
• Sign up for Majors Pre-Season here: 
• Majors Pre-Season clinics are open to 2018 Majors players, players who will Try-Out for Majors in 2019, and advanced 8 year-old Minors players
• Majors Pre-Season Dates:  Monday, March 25; Tuesday, March 26; Friday, March 29; Monday, April 1; Tuesday, April 2.
• Each session will run from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m.
• All Clinics and Tryouts will take place at Camden-Rockport Elementary School gym.

Follow this direct link to register now.

Follow Five Town Little League on Facebook (click on link)

If you have any questions about registration for any of our programs, please visit http://ftll.sportsoffice.com or email league president Rick Thackeray at rthackerayjr@gmail.com.

Athletes ages 8-12 living in Appleton, Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, and Rockport.  Registration for both our 2019 BASEBALL Regular Season and Pre-Season Clinics Series is now open at:

 http://ftll.sportsoffice.com

Camden Hills HS Varsity Coach Paul MacDonald is partnering with Five Town LL to provide three days' worth of PRE-SEASON indoor baseball instruction at the CHRHS gym.  We hope you will take advantage of this great developmental opportunity and sign-up today.

• Sign up for Regular Season (Minors and Majors) here:  
• Sign up for Majors Pre-Season here: 
• Majors Pre-Season clinics are open to 2018 Majors players, Players who will Try-Out for Majors in 2019, and advanced 8 year-old Minors players
• MINORS PRESEASON will take place in APRIL & is included with Regular Season Registration
• Majors Pre-Season Dates:  Sunday, March 10; Sunday, March 17; and Sunday, March 24. 
• All three sessions will run from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., with optional Pitching/Catching session from 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. 
• Clinics will take place at the Camden Hills Regional High School gym.

Follow this direct link to register now.

Follow Five Town Little League on Facebook (click on link)

If you have any questions about registration for any of our programs, please visit http://ftll.sportsoffice.com or email league president Rick Thackeray at rthackerayjr@gmail.com.

Find the "Active Season" links to all of our programs on this website!  

This session discusses Little League Baseball and Softball’s annual process for enlisting individuals to volunteer in a local league; and the method by which a volunteer is nominated and approved to a specific role(s) or position(s) within the league. The conversation is led by Nick Caringi, Little League International’s Senior Director of Operations and Education, and featured Jen Colvin, Director of Little League’s Southeastern Region, based in Warner Robins, Ga.

https://www.littleleague.org/university/articles/preseason-parents-volunteers-appointments/?utm_source=ll%20-%20february&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=appointments%20link

Five Town Little League is in the process organizing a CHALLENGER division for children with physical and intellectual disabilities. We are excited about this opportunity and we want hear back from parents that are interested in signing their children up!

This program will not work without parents and friends willing to step forward and volunteer with coaching and team organization. Please contact program coordinator Dana Jackson at dana.jackson@charter.com or 207.458.2341 or Moriah Hersey Grant at moriahgrant@gmail.com  to learn more!

Please visit Little League International's Challenger page to learn more about this amazing program:

https://www.littleleague.org/play-little-league/challenger/

We are excited about a new opportunity that will help grow softball for girls throughout our Five Town / Camden Hills community!  We hope you will help that opportunity take shape.

We have approval to transform the Hope Elementary School field into a regulation Softball field.  This will provide a home field for our H.A.L. Middle School team (combined 6th, 7th, 8th graders from Hope, Appleton, and Lincolnville community schools) and provide a second, regulation field for use by our Five Town Little League softball and tee ball teams.

Town funding is limited, but we are fortunate to have lined-up a crew of volunteers who have helped with basic site work and will perform the work to transform the infield.  Nevertheless, we need to raise funds to bring this plan to life.  We need to reach our Phase One fundraising goal of $1,500.00 by the end of October 2018.  Please consider making a donation to help us meet that goal.  Here’s how you can help:

• Please make checks payable to “Five Town Little League,” mark “H.A.L. softball” in the memo line, and mail your check to:  FTLL, P.O. Box 1426, Camden, ME 04843
• Donate on-line through our Five Town Little League website:  http://ftll.sportsoffice.com.  Click the “Donate Now” button on the main page and follow the instructions.  All donations received on the FTLL website through October 2018 will be applied to the H.E.S. / H.A.L. softball field project

We hope you will help us meet our goal of improving the Softball experience for our whole Five Town Community!  Join in the excitement and contribute today.

For more information, please contact Ben Laukka at 446-8525  / bklaukka@hotmail.com or Rick Thackeray at 233-8697 / rthackerayjr@gmail.com.

Follow Five Town Little League on Facebook for in-season updates and highlights.

https://www.facebook.com/fivetownlittleleague/

We have posted our Parental Code of Conduct in the right column and made it a part of our Consent/Waiver/Release during registration. Please read it carefully in order to understand our requirements.

The FTLL Board of Directors voted to adopt a modest increase in our registration fees effective for the 2018 season, to track with cost of living increases and to improve our programs by funding much-needed equipment replacements. 

Major League Baseball and Major League Softball:  $75.00

Minor Softball and Minors Baseball ("Triple A" and "Double A"):  $50.00

Tee Ball:  $30.00

Please feel free to contact FTLL President, Rick Thackeray if you have any questions or otherwise wish to discuss this:  rthackerayjr@gmail.com

Children from Appleton may be eligible to have their Little League registration fees covered through the generosity of the folks with the Jeff Landwehr Memorial Fund.   These scholarships are only available on a first come, first serve basis, so do not delay in registering.  Please contact Ken Butler at kpbutler@tidewater.net for more information or visit the Jeff Landwehr Memorial Fund's Facebook page