11U AA (Rep Hardball), YSBA (Bradford Minor Baseball Association)

March 8, 2018:

Ontario passed legislation to protect amateur athletes by improving concussion safety on the field and at school.  You can read more about it HERE.

Our government is dedicated to the health and well-being of all participants in amateur competitive sport and to helping all people in Ontario succeed and lead safe, healthy, and active lives.
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Please be advised that BMBA no longer supply's helmets for the following divisions:

TBall

Softball:
U8 (formerly Atom)
U10 (formerly Mite)
U12 (formerly Squirt)
U14 (formerly Peewee)
U16 (formerly Bantam) *new for 2019 season
U20 (formerly Midget) *starting 2024 season

Hardball:
7U (formerly Jr. Rookie)
9U (formerly Sr. Rookie)
11U (formerly Mosquito)
13U (formerly Peewee)
15U (formerly Bantam) *new for 2019 season
18U (formerly Midget) *starting 2023 season

Players in those divisions will be required to have their own helmet.

For players in any softball program, it is mandatory to have a cage on the batting helmet.  

For the hardball house league program, the cage is only required for pitchers, or players playing the pitcher position, in 7U (formerly Jr. Rookie), 9U (formerly Sr. Rookie) and 11U (formerly Mosquito/Tyke).

This rule applies to all BMBA players playing games in and out of town.

Hockey helmets are never to be worn.

For more information please feel free to email [email protected].

As of January 1, 2015, it is illegal to:

Regarding; Children’s playgrounds and publicly owned sports fields

It is illegal to smoke on and within 20 metres of children’s playgrounds and publicly owned sport fields and surfaces (e.g., areas for basketball, baseball, soccer or beach volleyball, ice rinks, tennis courts, splash pads and swimming pools that are owned by a municipality, the province or a post secondary education institution)

For more details:  Ontario Health