HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) – The Henrico Sports & Leisure Authority will host the inaugural Henrico Baseball Common as its initially event during Memorial working day weekend.
Created with Glen Allen-dependent Premier Sporting Events of Virginia, the function will showcase dozens of youth teams ages 8 and under by 14 and under.
The match will start on Friday, May well 26 through Monday, May well 29 and games will take position at RF&P, Tuckahoe and Dorey parks.
Registration is open to unbiased travel groups as effectively as individuals from recreation leagues in and outside Henrico.
“We are enthusiastic to lover with Leading Sporting Activities of Virginia to present the Henrico Baseball Classic,” mentioned Dennis Bickmeier, govt director of the Henrico Sporting activities & Entertainment Authority. “It’s our 1st homegrown, signature celebration – a single that will showcase several of our remarkable travel and affiliation groups and carry their players, coaches and family members alongside one another as one particular baseball group.”
Established by the board of supervisors, the Henrico Sports activities & Entertainment Authority has discovered generating “homegrown” sporting occasions as one particular of its guiding pillars.
The Authority was established to boost sports tourism and control facilities, which includes an indoor sporting activities and events heart that is under building at Virginia Centre Commons.
“The Henrico Baseball Basic will proceed to placement Henrico as a destination for sports tourism, showcase the important determination the county is producing in youth baseball and softball services, and give an prospect for younger athletes to engage in what we believe that is the finest video game on Earth,” claimed Brian Harris, controlling director of Leading Sporting Activities of Virginia.
Past year, Henrico concluded additional than $3 million in industry renovations to produce a premier baseball stadium at Dorey park with facilities such as sunken dugouts, protected bleacher seating, a digital scoreboard and LED industry lighting.
The Sports activities & Amusement Authority and the Division of Recreation & Parks also are functioning with each other to acquire an supplemental six-discipline baseball complex at Glover Park.
“As we produce new services, it is critical that we preserve a pipeline of players,” Bickmeier reported. “What better way to do that than to make our individual functions to emphasize our county’s athletes and youth associations?”
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