WOBA Important Dates (Western Ontario Baseball Association)

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WOBA Important Dates 2025
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January 23

Thursday

Select Council Rules meeting VOIP @ 7pm

January 30

Thursday

Rep Council Rules meeting VOIP after OBA AGM

February 24

Monday

WOBA Elected Board meeting VOIP @ 7:00pm

February 27 Thursday  Select Council meeting VOIP @ 7:00pm

 

 

 

March 3

Monday

1st WOBA Board & Executive meeting, VOIP @ 7:15pm

March 13

Thursday

Rep Council meeting VOIP @ 7:00pm

March 31 $ $

Monday

Deadline: Outstanding bonds and fines to be paid up so that local teams can schedule & play season—WOBA Treasurer-Andrew Warwick

 

 

 

April 7

Monday

2nd WOBA Board & Executive meeting & Pre-scheduling meeting VOIP @ 7:15pm

April 15  Monday  Draft submission of OBA REP rosters due, or 7 days before your first game.  Pre-classification is due at time of draft submission.

April 16-17

 

OBA Exhibition Loop Scheduling meeting: OBA and Select team

VOIP @ 7:15pm, we will assign division times

April 21  Monday Deadline:  Preliminary OBA Rep rosters

April 27

Sunday

League Scheduling meeting. Recommended that All coaches attend in person.
KinStation @ Listowel
 

April 28  Monday Deadline:  Pre-classification of OBA Rep rosters

 

 

 

May 1

Wednesday

Schedule may begin

May 2  Thursday Deadline:  Locals to submit all preliminary WOBA league rosters to WOBA Registrar for review prior to upload of rosters to arm care app
May 8  Thursday Rep Council meeting VOIP @ 7:00pm

May 5 or 12 TBD

Monday

Tentative WOBA Board & Executive meeting VOIP @ 11:00am

May 24  Saturday Deadline:  All OBA Rep rosters due on Baseballshift-Locals to submit

May 31

Friday

Deadline: Finalized OBA Rep rosters due to office
NOTE: Pre-classification required for all teams.  Teams not pre-classified will be assigned a classification by OBA.

 

 

 

June 1  Sunday Deadline: All preliminary OBA Select team rosters for WOBA Registrar review

June 1

Sunday

Last day to apply for league overage player approval, to WOBA Secretary

June 2

Monday

3rd WOBA Board & Executive meeting, VOIP @ 7:15pm

    Deadline: Final WOBA league rosters due, for final upload to arm care app 
June 15  Sunday Deadline: declaration of Intentions to attend OBA  Rep Provincials due to WOBA Administration. Senior teams and 8u/9u Rep teams to provide TCR form to WOBA Secretary

(NOTE: OBA office will contact Select teams directly)

June 15

Sunday

Deadline: Insurance coverage application-apply & pay online

June 20   Friday Deadline: Locals to Finalized OBA Select rosters for final review by WOBA Registrar

June 30

Monday

Deadline: Finalized OBA Select rosters due to office

 

 

 

 

July 7

Tuesday

4th WOBA Board & Executive meeting, VOIP @7:15pm

League Year-end Tournament Commitment-forms due for all teams (online form Opens April 19 and closes July 4)

   

July 18

Friday

Deadline: All outstanding 7u & 9u Rookie scores must be reported for WOBA League Championship Tournament team seeding

July 18


Friday

Deadline: All outstanding 11u scores must be re-ported for WOBA League Championship Tournament team seeding

July 20

Sunday

Rep Classification meeting- OBA teams will be notified after this meeting of team classification results.

Period beginning Post classification

Monday

OBA Qualifier playdowns begin ...if necessary. Qualifier Tourney Civic Weekend for divisions with multiple teams.

To be completed by 2nd Tuesday in August

July 25

Friday

Deadline: All outstanding 15u scores must be reported for WOBA League Championship Tournament team seeding

 

 

 

 Aug 1 till Sept 5  5 weeks OPEN online Nomination forms for WOBA Awards: Player of the year, Coach of the year, Volunteer of the year, Team of the year, Umpire of the year.

Aug 1-4

Weekend

OBA Rep Qualifier tournament/playdowns

August 1

Friday

Deadline: All outstanding 13u scores must be reported for WOBA League Championship Tournament team seeding

August 8-10

Weekend

All Rookie, North & South Championship
(7u will be Aug 9-10)

August 8-10

Weekend

11u South only

August 10

Sunday

Deadline: All outstanding 18u scores must be reported for WOBA League Championship Tournament team seeding

August 15-17

Weekend

11u North only

August 15-17

Weekend

15u WOBA Championships

Week of Aug 18

Thursday

11u North vs South WOBA Championship Game

August 22-24

Weekend

13u WOBA Championship

August 29 - Sept 1st  Weekend  OBA Rep and Select Provincials for 10u to 16u
(all other divisions check OBA calendar for August dates)

 

 

 

September 2-7

Weeklong

18u WOBA Championship

September 5  Friday  Last day to submit online nominations for WOBA Awards
 


September 5
Friday   

Deadline: OBA Constitutional Amendments & OBA Award Nominations to Baseball Ontario OBA 1.08(a.i)
Last day to submit Amendments for OBA Select/Rep Rules

Submit to WOBA Secretary for review at Sept Board/Executive meeting

September 8

Monday

5th WOBA Board & Executive meeting VOIP @ 7:15pm

September 11  Thursday  Rep Council meeting VOIP @ 7:00pm

 

 

 

October 3

Friday

Last day to submit amendments for WOBA constitution

Submit to WOBA Secretary

October 6

Monday

6th WOBA Board & Executive meeting VOIP @ 7:15 pm

 October  Weekend  OBA Convention-Location TBD

 

 

 

November 2  Sunday WOBA AGM and League Awards Presentations (in-person)
KinStation @ Listowel

November 10

Monday

7th WOBA Board & Executive meeting VOIP @ 7:15pm

December 11  Thursday Rep Council meeting VOIP @ 7:00pm