Current News

2010 Umpire Availability Forms Now Available!

2010 Umpire Assessment Form Now Available! (Please fill out and send to Dave B)

Position Open - Volunteer Needed!

CABUA is in need of a volunteer to fulfil the following position:

Umpire Development Chairman

Duties include:

1.) maintaining CABUA's instructional materials (electronic and physical)
2.) coordinating the receiving and dispersing of ejection reports
3.) working with the assignor to have supervisions completed
4.) preparing a year end report to submit to the executive at the AGM

Anyone interested in taking this position can contact Lyle Gagne for further details.

IMPORTANT!

Attention All CABUA Members - please send an email to

Doug Mann and Anne Delude

regarding your preferences for payment of your honuorarium for umpiring games.

Monthly cheques - sent 7 to 10 days into the month or
if you want 2 cheques a year (April - June and rest of year)
Cheques would be sent in early July and mid October

Or 1 cheque sent early to mid October

Attention CABUA Membership

SPRING GENERAL MEETING
Is now complete.

Watch this space for details on the meeting.

Jan 2010 News

Letter to Little Leagues re Level 1 & 2 clinics (click for more info)

CABUA 2009 AGM Notes

CABUA membership renewal fee will be $110.00 commencing in the Spring of 2010. Umpires who take a 2010 Clinic will be charged $55.00 for membership renewal, which will be deducted off your first honorarium cheque, unless you want to pay in advance.

Cheques should be made payable to CABUA and handed to Doug Mann at the 2010 Spring Meeting.

Commencing in 2010 CABUA's official dress colour will be BLACK or POWDER BLUE shirts and HEATHER GRAY pants. Charcoal gray is acceptable also. Everyone should have a BLACK shirt as their standard dress colour to ensure continuity in dress on the diamond.

The recipient of the "Purple Ball" Award went to Steve Delude
The "Most Improved Umpire" Award went to Frank Berkshire
The Frank Hornby Memorial "Umpire of the Year" Award went to Alan Sopczak

CABUA Annual 2009 BBQ For CABUA Members

A fun time was had by all who attended!

To see the pictures click here!

Important Note - Any information received directly from the Umpire Assignor regarding game schedules, time changes, diamond changes supercedes any information contained here. If in doubt, check with the Assignor.

Please read this article by our Assignor - (also found in 2008 newsletter)

The following media release was sent to Calgary and area media on February 21. As a result, the Super Clinic was featured on the CFCN 6pm news.
Posted February 21, 2003

CFCN News Clip February 22, 2003 re: Superclinic and CABUA Umpire recruitment. (Requires Window Media Player 9.0)

Archived & Current NewsLetters

Items of Interest

The following are items of interest submitted by members dealing with umpires.

Submitted by: Bryce Paton: Book Review: Umpires, pitchers by the book
Submitted by: Dennis Scheuneman: Book review - As They See 'Em: A fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires