That’s a wrap on the first ever Big Summer Swing baseball tournament!! ⚾️🏟️☀️

Congratulations to the following teams

11U Division
🥇 Leduc Giants
🥈 Delburne Dodgers

13U Division
🥇 Cranbrook Bandits
🥈 Prince George Knights

15U Division
🥇 Hinton Rockies
🥈 Sylvan Lake Mariners

18U Division
🥇 Bashaw Bandits
🥈 Kindersley Royals

We seen some amazing baseball played and 4 Championship trophies won! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Thank you to all the teams who travelled here to play ball! We would also like to thank the following individuals/businesses for making this happen…

Sylvan Lake Gulls – The amount these guys do for our community is un-matched and we couldn’t be luckier to have these guys as a partner to make this event happen for 400 youth baseball players! Thank you for the use of Gulls Stadium for our 1st ever skills competition and the first game of the tournament under the lights. I’m sure that is a moment the players and families will never forget! We cannot wait for the Gulls season to begin THIS FRIDAY MAY 26th!! 🏟️

Slash Sports – Thank you for supporting our tournament with prize donations and by setting up a merch booth at Pogadl Park! Your staff were so friendly and helpful! Thank you for hanging out at the diamonds all weekend! ⚾️🥍

Knot Just A Box – Ken and Lisa are huge supporters of the ball community in Sylvan Lake, we thank you for your generous donation and for attending our skills comp friday night, we hoped you enjoyed it as much as we did!! These avid ball fans spend their summer nights at the Gulls stadium so make sure to say hello when you see them! 🛍️

Wood Shed Axe Throwing – Thank you for your donation of the Heart & Hustle awards! So many kids were excited to receive this gift certificate! We hope you have a wonderful summer and if any ball players stop by, we’d love to know if they can throw axes as good as they do baseballs! 😂 🪓

Sylvan Lake Tim Hortons – Thank you for the coffee in the mornings and the over 1000 TIMBITS! All teams were very excited to receive their box of Timbits in the first rounds of games! It was extra fun to be the one to deliver them to each dugout! Thank you! 🍩☕️

Lakeside Go Karts & Mini-Golf – Thank you for your generous donation of gift cards, we were able to hand these out as prizes to MVPS in certain divisions and we hope the players have so much fun at your facility! 🏎️⛳️

Bush League Sports – Thank you so much for driving down to Sylvan Lake and setting up your merch booth at both Fox Run & Pogadl Park! If you haven’t checked out Bush League Baseball… now is the time! Thank you for hanging out at the diamonds with us all weekend! ⚾️🧢

Renegades Photography – Thank you so much for spending the weekend at the diamonds with us, your photos are amazing and we hope you have great success with your sports photography, you deserve it!
If you booked team/individual packages please stay tuned to their website and social media pages for images! 📸
https://renegadesphotography.smugmug.com/Big-Summer-Swing-Sylvan-Minor-Baseball

Aqil and Saad – Thank you for bringing the Kona-Ice machine, this was much needed as the sun was shining down on us! I know the kids would still be lined up for another treat if they could be! Thank you both for hanging out at the diamonds with us all day! 🧊

Umpires – Thank you to our amazing crew who put literally everything they had on the field! 48 Games is no small job and our umpires handled them like pros! I think the most compliments we received were how great our umpires are! Sylvan Lake is extremely lucky to have you all! Keep up the great work, parents and family members be proud! ⚾️

Thank you to the hard working employees of the Town of Sylvan Lake, who kept our diamonds in tip-top shape all weekend, we literally could not have done this without you! Their friendly and positive attitudes did not go unnoticed and we had many compliments on their work! Thank you to all who were involved in organizing and making this possible! 🚜

Special thanks to all coaches, players and families who attended this event! We had 8 Sylvan Lake teams in attendance and 21 teams travel to play here in our beautiful community! Seeing the smiling faces on almost 400 players all weekend was priceless and something we will remember forever!

Last but not least, thank you to our tournament organizers Kyle and Nikole, who spent countless hours preparing and hosting this event.
To all parent volunteers, SLMBA members who were behind the scenes or at the diamonds all day lending a hand and our ‘A’ Baseball Director Dan! We appreciate each of the parts you played in making this event so successful!

**Anyone who would like to submit photos of their teams at the Big Summer Swing, please do so by sending a message here or to [email protected]**

Have a great rest of your season!

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