Named in tribute to The Honorable E. Martin Jewell, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Central 5th District (who will throw the ceremonial first pitch during the Opening Ceremonies), the Marty Jewell 3rd Annual Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Invitational Baseball Tournament will be held this Saturday. The games are free to watch; open to the public; and, everyone is invited come out and enjoy the day. Vendors will be on hand with refreshments.
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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Thursday, 15 July 2010
Marty Jewell 3rd Annual Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Invitational Baseball Tournament to be held this Saturday
To include Virginia-based teams from Richmond, Hampton and Norfolk
WHAT
Named in tribute to The Honorable E. Martin Jewell, Councilman, Richmond City Council, Central 5th District (who will throw the ceremonial first pitch during the Opening Ceremonies), the Marty Jewell 3rd Annual Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Invitational Baseball Tournament will be held this Saturday. The games are free to watch; open to the public; and, everyone is invited come out and enjoy the day. Vendors will be on hand with refreshments.
The tournament will include an estimated 12 teams, representing the following age groups: Minors (10 and under), 12 and under, and 13-15. This invitational tournament will include Virginia-based teams from Richmond, Hampton and Norfolk.
The tournament games will be played at two Richmond locations managed by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities – Hotchkiss Community Center Field, located at 701 E. Brookland Park Boulevard, and the Westover Community Center Field, located at 1301 Jahnke Road.
The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League, which began its 2010 Richmond Season on Saturday, June 5, 2010, is a private national baseball organization established for African-American youth, up to 19 years of age. The organization was formed in 1966 in Richmond, Virginia and in includes teams from across the United States of America who compete annually for the national Black World Series championship title competition.
The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League is supported by the national RBI (Returning Baseball to Inner-Cities) program, KPMG (accounting Firm); Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation; and the SOLE (Sports, Opportunities, Literacy and Enrichment) group, a local consortium of public and private entities.
WHEN Saturday, July 17, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
SCHEDULE
9:00 -9:30 a.m . Opening Ceremonies
Councilman Jewell will throw out the ceremonial first pitch during the Opening Ceremonies, which will be held at the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities – Hotchkiss Community Center Field, located at 701 E. Brookland Park Boulevard
9:30 - 3:00 p.m. Tournament Games Played
WHERE Opening Ceremonies will be held at the Richmond Department of
Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities – Hotchkiss Community
Center Field, located at 701 E. Brookland Park Boulevard
Games will be played at the following two locations:
Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities – Hotchkiss Community Center Field
701 E. Brookland Park Boulevard
and
Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities – Westover Community Center Field, located
1301 Jahnke Road
WHO The Honorable E. Martin Jewell
Richmond City Council, Central 5th District
Metropolitan Junior Baseball League Staff, Coaches and Teams
CONTACT For more information, please contact Hayes Smith, Coach with the Metropolitan Junior Baseball League, at 804.640.2311 or Councilman Marty Jewell, Richmond City Council, Central 5th District, at 804.646.5724, or marty.jewell@richmondgov.com
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Steven R. Skinner, APR
Council Public Information Manager
Office of the Chief of Staff
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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