Bennett’s Creek Little League Official Website

Archived News

If you missed them, here’s where they’re parked. Old BCLL news has been divided into each season of operation on the menu to the left.

Also, you can look at past items on the Calendar in our “Events” section.

Fall Golf Classic! (from 10/12/2009)

BCLL Fall Golf Classic

Come out on Monday, October 12th and play some golf to support BCLL!. Click here for complete event information!

Location: Sleepy Hole Golf Course
4100 Sleepy Hole Rd., Suffolk, Va. 23435

Prizes for: First, Second, Place Team; Closet to the Pin, and Longest Drive

RSVP:
October 8, 2009 to Al Moor (click on link for e-mail), Phone: 934-8643

Home Run Derby Contest! (from 10/3/2009)

BCLL Crossed Bats Graphic

Please plan on attending and participating in a family fun filled evening and taking a few whacks. Test your skills!

Open to ages grourps 6-7; 8-9; 9-10; 11-12; 13-15; 16 and over!

There will be awards for 1st and 2nd place for each age group.

Sponsored by Sluggers!

Location: Bennett's Creek Little League Complex (Behind Driver Elementary School).

Cost: $5 per Participant (10 pitches)

Scoring:

  • Balls to Outfield In Air: 1 point
  • Balls to Fence: 3 points
  • Balls Bounced Over Fence: 5 points
  • Home Runs: 10 points

Please make checks payable to: Bennett's Creek Little League or BCLL.

Thanks for supporting BCLL!

Annual Membership Meeting (from 9/22/2009)

BCLL All-Star Patch

The Bennett's Creek Little League General Membership Meeting will be held on September 21st at 6:30 PM in the Driver Boardroom.

This meeting is held every year for the purpose of electing the Board of Directors for the coming 2010 season, receiving reports, and reviewing the Local Rules. Any adult person actively interested in furthering and supporting the objective of Bennett's Creek Little League may attend.

BCLL All-Stars: Final Get-Together (From 7/21/2009)

BCLL All-Star Graphic

All-Star pictures will be taken on BCLL iCalendar Icon Sunday, July 26th at 2:00 PM!

All teams need to be in uniform for a group picture of the BCLL All-Star teams for the 2009 Banner. Individual and team pictures will be taken afterwards.

Don’t forget to bring a change of clothes for the players to change into if you are returning your uniforms!

Click here for the summary of the 2009 District 6 and State All-Star tournaments!

Congratulations 2009 Spring Tournament Champions! (From 6/13/2009)

BCLL Fantasy Trophy
  • Patriots (Minor Softball)
  • Tigers (Tee Ball)
  • Mets (Coach Pitch)
  • Cubs (Minor Baseball)
  • Yankees (Major Baseball)

>> Click here for the BCLL Spring 2009 tournament page

Website Updates (from 4/17/2009)

Raffle Winners (from 4/11/2009)

The raffle drawing took place on Saturday, April 4th at 9:00 AM. Congratulations to the winners:

  • 1st Place (Flat Screen LCD TV): Trey Flusche
  • 2nd Place (4 season passes for Water Country USA): “Tee”
  • 3rd Place (4 green fees for Suffolk golf course): Bridget Duffy
  • 4th Place ($100 gif card for Vintage Tavern): Leslie Sims
  • 5th Place ($50 Target® gift card): Peyton Ellenor

Thank you for your participation.

Recent Updates (from Webmaster, 12/16/2008)

Fall Ball Wrap-Up

BCLL Fall Ball Teams

Congratulations to the Fall Ball Tournament Winners!

  • Coach Pitch Royals
  • Minor Rockies
  • Major Yankees

Fall Ball Stats >> Here’s the final scores and standings for Coach-Pitch divisions and above!

BCLL raised over $900 with your help in the Coca-Cola™ Truckload Sale. Also, Tim Stevens won the 50/50 raffle drawing.

Thank you for who participated in our fundraising events!

Coca-Cola™ Truckload Sale (from 10/25/2008)

BCLL Can Do Graphic

BCLL is partnering with Coca-Cola™ to help raise some extra money through a fund raiser called The Coca-Cola™ Truckload Sale. We are promoting the sales of 20 ounce bottles of Coca-Cola™ products by the case.

The team selling the most cases will get tickets to an Admirals Hockey Game! Click here for more information!

The deadline is this Saturday! (October 25th).

2008 President’s Report (from 10/25/2008)

The BCLL board convened the Little League required annual General Meeting on Monday, September 22nd. New board members were elected! Click here for the new list with contact information!

Click here to read the President’s report.

Skills Camp (from 10/24/2008)

Wayne Gomes with Virginia Baseball Academy will host a baseball skills camp on October 24th from 5:30 to 8:30 at the Driver Complex for boys and girls aged 7 to 12. Click here for more information and to register.

Annual Membership Meeting (from 9/11/2008)

BCLL All-Star Patch

The Bennett's Creek Little League General Membership Meeting will be held on September 22nd at 6:00 PM in the Driver Boardroom.

This meeting is held every year for the purpose of electing the Board of Directors for the coming year, receiving reports, and reviewing the Local Rules. Any adult person actively interested in furthering and supporting the objective of Bennett's Creek Little League may attend.

We’re pleased to announce nominees for board position vacancies:

  • Jeff Parker
  • Bill Clark
  • Jack Ellenor
  • Melody Doleman
  • Lane Newsome
  • Al Moor
  • John Lees

Recent Updates (from Webmaster, 6/30/2008):

Baseball Training Camp (from 8/7/2008)

From August 4th through the 7th, at 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM, join Bobby McKinney and retired Major League Baseball pitcher Jimmy Anderson of McKinney Baseball when they host a baseball clinic for Boys and Girls aged 8 through 12. Onsite registration is $99.00. The clinic will be held at the Driver Sports Complex on Field #1 (Minor Field).

For more infomation call: Jimmy Anderson at 646-1570.

2008 All-Star Tournaments (from 7/20/2008)

2008 BCLL All-Star Logo

BCLL hosted this year’s baseball District All-Star Tournament. Games were held from Saturday, June 28th to July 12th.

Congratulations to the 9-10 Girls All-Stars for winning the District Softball title while remaining undefeated! They went to the State All-Star Tournament at District 5 (Tukahoe).

Congratulations to the 9-10 BC National Boys All-Stars for winning the District Baseball title while remaining undefeated! They went to the State All-Star Tournament at District 16 (Central Loudoun).

Congratulations to the Big League Girls for winning the District Softball title while remaining undefeated! They went to the State All-Star Tournament at District 1 (Bristol).

Click here for all past and present Bennett’s Creek Little League District 6 Championship All-Star Titles!

State All-Star Game Recap: The 9-10 Girl’s Softball All-Stars won their first game 9 to 2 against Coles, but lost their second 0 to 4 against Clintwood in Tuckahoe. They lost to McLean Sunday (7/20) and were eliminated. >> The 9-10 Boys BC National Boy’s Baseball All-Stars lost their first game 9 to 19 against Lynchburg and lost their second game 7 to 9 against Cave Spring in Central Loudoun. They lost to DTQ 0 to 1 on Sunday (7/20) and were eliminated. >> The Big League Girl’s Softball All-Starts lost their first game 0 to 2 and second game 9 to 10 against Virginia Beach in Bristol and were eliminated Sunday (7/20), losing to McLean 10 to 15. >> Click here for more All-Star information.

General All-Star Announcements (from 7/12/2008):

  • Sunday, July 13th: All-Star Picture Day! All teams need be in uniform for a group picture of all teams together will be taken for the 2008 banner at 3:00 PM. Individual and team pictures will be taken afterwards
  • Following team pictures on Sunday the 13th at about 3:30 PM, BCLL will host a picnic for All-Star players and family, volunteers, and boardmembers. Adults and kids, be sure to bring your gloves to play for fun!
  • A local photographer has been taking pictures of the All-Star games. If you would like to purchase prints, visit wilconnectu.com for details.

Congratulations to all the winners!

2008 Spring Tournament

BCLL Trophy

All the tournaments played from June 2nd to June 13th have been completed! Click here for the tournament game scores and champs. Under each division, a printable playoff bracket diagram and schedule is available.

There are still scores and results that have not been reported. Please help us by clicking here to send us the updates!

40 Years of BCLL!

BCLL 40th Anniversary Logo

After several rain-outs, the final game of the 40th Anniversary tournament was played on April 14th. Follow this link to see the Divisional winners!

Also, visit our Anniversary page which has a record of the special opening day events, downloadable wallpaper, and scores from the tournament style Special Games!

Please click here for more information.

Bagley-Stewart Scholarship Fund (from 6/12/2008)

The David Bagley - Shane Stewart College Scholarship Fund is offering two scholarship awards (one boy’s and one girl’s) for college bound high school seniors who have played at least one year at BCLL.

For more on eligibility to compete for the scholarship, please follow this link.

Last Poll Results (from 6/8/2008)

The last poll question and result was: Would you like to have the ability to download BCLL games and events to an iCalendar format (PC and Mac, Outlook and PDA compatible)? From 42 responses, the results were:

  • Yes, I would like to be able to download game and league events to keep track of them on my computer: 71 % (30 Votes)
  • I don't use those features now, but I might if you offer them: 19 % (8 Votes)
  • No, I do not have use of a computer or I do not use calendar or events features on my computer's software: 10% (4 Votes)

Thanks to all participants. Your feedback resulted in iCal files available to download to manage your BCLL event calendar with your computer.

A Special Message from the League President (from 5/22/2008)

Dear Board Members, Managers, Coaches, Parents and Players,

Thank you so much for your support and hard work in getting our complex ready to play ball. It is people like you that make Bennett’s Creek Little League such a special place for our kids.

Warmest Regards, Sheila Flanagan

Softball Tournament Update (from 5/22/2008)

Unfortunately, not enough people signed-up to form teams for the planned Memorial Day softball tournament. A number of parents expressed interest but had planned to be out of town. BCLL will try to plan for a tournament in the future. Thanks for your interest!

2008 Fund-raiser (from 4/21/2008)

If you have any questions regarding the Value Check® fund-raiser, please call the Director of Ways and Means, Mr. Sandy Everett, by calling 438-5251.

Recent Updates (from Webmaster, January through mid-March):

First Anniversary! (from Webmaster, 3/19/2008)

It has been a year now since the new website was launched (March 19, 2007). Since that time, we’ve had 524,106 hits and 59,322 visitors, and added all kinds of features for the Bennett’s Creek Little League community. Thanks for everyone’s support and encouragement!

Spring 2008 Registration: Closed (from March)

We are no longer accepting players for regular season registration. Please contact the respective Player Agent to be put on a waiting list.

Dates and Times

Normally scheduled registration dates have past.

  • Saturday, January 5th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Saturday, January 12th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Saturday, January 19th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Saturday, January 26th from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Late Registration: If you missed the dates above, you can still sign-up at these times:

  • Saturday, February 2nd, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday, February 5th, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Register at our Driver Facility (click link for layout) in the Boardroom (located over concessions stand). Our registration fee is $90.00 per child. For late registrants, there will be a $20.00 late fee and will forfeit the multiple child discount.

To find directions to Driver Elementary School using Google Maps©, click here (will launch a new window).

Big League Softball

We will be offering Big League Softball for girls ages 16 to 18. You can register at the Driver Boardroom (over the Concessions Stand) at this time:

  • Saturday, February 23rd, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Challenger Registration

Our Challenger Division for youths with physical and mental disabilities, ages 5-18 (or the completion of high school), will also be holding registration in the Driver Boardroom:

  • Saturday, February 16th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
  • Saturday, February 23rd, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

From January: Last Poll Results

The last poll question and result was: What do you think is the best way to get the word out for BCLL registration? From 120 responses, the results were:

  • Signs: 41 % (49 Votes)
  • Mailing flyers: 34 % (41 Votes)
  • E-Mail: 12% (14 Votes)
  • Other: 8 % (9 Votes)
  • Website Announcement: 6% (7 Votest)

Some of the “Other” Votes were large banners at major intersections, phone calls, Newspaper, and school announcements. Unfortunately, regarding the last suggestion, we are not able to send fliers with students at Suffolk Public Schools due to their policy.

Thanks to all participants. Your feedback will help for next year’s registration planning.

From Spring Pre-Season

Recent Updates: