Local Baseball Committee Wins Twice

By 250 Sports

Prince George -  We already know Prince George is a Winter City, with the excitement of the 2015 Canada Winter Games on the horizon. Now, the local baseball community is pleased to announce another major baseball event will be coming to our “SUMMER CITY”!

The bid presented to Baseball Canada, Baseball B.C. and the B.C. Senior Baseball Association on behalf of Prince George has proven successful, and provincial men’s amateur champion teams will be in the city August 23-26, 2012, to contend for the Canadian title. This is the same tournament that took the city by storm in 2002 at Monty Gabriele Park and Rotary Park, leading in part to the construction of Citizen Field and the emergence of the World Baseball Challenge, which is planned for every two years.

The Prince George bid was chaired by Virginia Sprangers, and was completed by members of the World Baseball Challenge committee. The WBC committee, which is already hard at work on the 2011 World Baseball Challenge (July, 2011), was asked to undertake the bid and operational efforts on behalf of the Prince George Senior Baseball League, and the WBC committee will oversee all aspects of hosting this prestigious event.

Prince George will be the first city in B.C. to host this tournament twice. Kamloops played host in 2005, and Vancouver was the site in 1975. Prince George will join a select list of Canadian cities to host multiple times -- Brandon (MB), Dartmouth (NS), Halifax (NS), Red Deer (AB), Windsor (ON), Moncton (NB), and Chatham (NB). The 2012 event is expected to bring 10 teams, approximately 300 direct participants (players, coaches, umpires, officials), and generate more than $1-million in economic activity for Prince George and region. Accommodations, food services, transportation and facility supplies make up most of a budget estimated at $120,000.

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