Northern Colorado Rookie League AAA (D2)
or AA (D3) Leagues
Fort Collins Baseball Club offers the Northern
Colorado Rookie League (NCRL), which is a sanctioned traveling competitive
League, hosting State and World Series berths for league teams since
1993. The NCRL hosts single age leagues for for players nine to
fourteen years of age as of
4/30/11. The focus and mission of this league is
about "Getting more kids on the field playing competitive baseball. "
NCRL offers a Spring - June Travel League for teams aged 9 -13, along with a
Spring Only 14 year old league.
Leagues offered include AAA (D2) or AA (D3) Leagues. All FCBC in town
teams will register with FCBC for either league and all Adminstrative functions
will be handled by FCBC.
Teams choosing to affiliate with the club must do so by August 5th by completing a team
profile. Open Tryouts are on August 8th. Teams may apply by August 5th to attend
club tryouts. Profiles will be closed from August 6th - 8th and will reopen for
team affiliations on August 9th.
Information for
Parents of 14 year old Players
SPRING/SUMMER NCRL 9-13 year olds:
ALL Teams who play in the NCRL League must have their Team registered with USSSA
to participate. FCBC will REGISTER all NCRL Teams, If a teams choose to play in
USSSA Global Events then the cost is an additonal $15 cost that is not included
in NCRL Fees.
In the 2010
season the NCRL had over 50 teams participating from many Northern Front Range
Communities such as Fort Collins, Longmont, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor,
Cheyenne, Berthoud, Johnstown, Niwot, Cheyenne, Berthoud, Johnstown,
14 Year
Old League:
INTOWN TEAMS
and
OUT of TOWN TEAMS
(For High School C Teams or Travel Teams
Teams whose Teams whose
travel radius exceeds 70 miles from the FCBC Office in Fort Collins,
must contact CLUB PRIOR to completing a Team profile. This allows for discussion
of the
flexibility
of a team whoof a
team whose travel will exceed one hour to work with the club on other viable
options with the league to play.
Spring/Summer League
allows for games
during the spring
school time year with travel to games two times a week. Games
may include up to THREE games per week during school year in the
event of BAD spring weather.
The Spring/Summer NCRL League runs from
early April for NINE weeks of game play ending season playoff held
JUNE 24- 26th, with an average of 14 -16 league games. League
includes a League end of season Tournament covering a three day tournament with
game play Friday - Sunday.
Post-Season
tournament berths are awarded for each age level from league and
tournament play. State Berths are paid to league teams advancing through
post-season with berths awarded to League and Playoff Champions
All Scheduling and re-scheduling of the
league and tournament games are administrated through FCBC for all AAA all AA
League games are schedule through Longmont Baseball League, around each teams
tournaments . Most games may be played Monday through Thursday, although some
weekend play may be required. MAKE UP GAMES based on Cities field
availability
may limit the flexibility of rescheduling games that
accommodate everyone.
- Fort Collins Players interested in
Trying Out for a Travel Team can contact the
Coach of teams
listed at any time to see if they will hold a
separate tryout.
Team Profiles
will be listing by teams beginning July 19th
FCBC will host of OPEN TRAVEL TEAM
TRYOUT in AUGUST of each year for Teams to come to pick up additional
players for their travel teams.
- If you are interested in please see information at the right regarding
Fort Collins Based Teams or
Out-of-Town Teams.