Softball Canada Calls for Special General Meeting
At the request of its membership, the Board of Directors of Softball Canada has called for a Special General Meeting on September 1st, 2020 to vote on permanent age category changes. A workshop to discuss the proposed changes will be held ahead of the vote on August 25th, 2020. Only Softball Canada’s Board of Directors and Provincial/Territorial Association delegates will be allowed to participate on these videoconference calls.
The three following motions will be considered for the Special General Meeting – all related to the age categories for 2021 and beyond – as proposed by Softball Ontario.
MOTION #1 – SPECIAL OPERATING RULES PROPOSAL
Rulebook References:
Fast Pitch – Page 249: Age Category and Distance Table
Slo-Pitch – Page 238: Age Category and Distance Table
MOTION #2 – 2021-2022 PLAYING RULE CHANGE PROPOSAL – FAST PITCH
Rulebook Reference:
Fast Pitch – Page 144: Rule 2, Section 3 (Reference to Table on Page 109)
MOTION #3 – 2021-2022 PLAYING RULE CHANGE PROPOSAL – SLO-PITCH
Rulebook Reference:
Slo-Pitch – Page 56: Rule 2, Section 3 (Reference to Table on Page 24)
All three motions and rulebook references refer to the following Age Category and Distance Table, with the proposed changes in bold.
| CATEGORY | CURRENT AGE (prior to January 1st of the current year) |
PROPOSED AGE (Prior to January 1st of the current year) |
| MALE | ||
| U23 | Under 23 | Under 23 |
| U19 | Under 19 | Under 20 |
| U16 | Under 16 | Under 17 |
| U14 | Under 14 | Under 15 |
| U12 | Under 12 | Under 13 |
| U10 | Under 10 | Under 11 |
| U8 | Under 8 | Under 9 |
| U6 | Under 6 | Under 7 |
| FEMALE | ||
| U19 | Under 19 | Under 20 |
| U16 | Under 16 | Under 17 |
| U14 | Under 14 | Under 15 |
| U12 | Under 12 | Under 13 |
| U10 | Under 10 | Under 11 |
| U8 | Under 8 | Under 9 |
| U6 | Under 6 | Under 7 |
Note – Men’s, Women’s and Master’s age categories would not be affected and would remain in the chart as is.
IMPORTANT: Possible changes to the ball size and pitching, baseline and fence distances in the same table will NOT be voted on at the Special General Meeting.
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