MARCH 31, 2020 UPDATE

NVTBL continues to monitor the situation on a county, state and national level with regards to COVID-19.  Here are the state and federal updates.

• Federal-  Social distancing guidelines in place thru April 30
• D.C.-  Stay at home order in effect thru April 24
• Virginia-  Stay at home order in effect thru June 10 (could change) / Schools closed for remainder of academic year
• Maryland-  Stay at home order in effect (no end date as of yet) / Schools closed thru April 24

With this, all local fields are closed at this time and we expect fields to remain closed thru April, at a minimum.  All NVTBL practices and games are cancelled thru April 30th at this time.  Please do not go out on any county fields (park/school) as they are all closed.  We are looking at any and all options (public and private fields/complexes) to have some type of late spring/summer season for all age groups.  The timing will obviously depend on fields being open and the environment being safe.  The health and safety of our players, coaches and families will continue to remain our #1 priority.

We will continue to provide updates as the situation evolves.  

Starting Fall 2019, all Head and Asst. coaches along with others who come into contact with players must have a background check that was run no earlier than November 15th, 2018.  These has to be done by September 1, 2019.  This has been mandatory for Fairfax County coaches and will now be mandatory for all NVTBL coaches and administrators.  A federal law is in the pipeline and we want to make sure that everyone is compliant.  

NVTBL has secured an arrangement with USA Baseball to provide a low cost option for background checks (only $6).  If you have already done a background check after 11/15/18 and can provide the documentation, that will suffice.  We will be sending out the USA Baseball background check option and also follow-up with additional specifics. NVTBL wants to notify everyone now so that you can start to prepare a plan within your organizations and teams.  

All games are now no new inning 1 hour and 50 minutes.

A reminder that there is never a drop dead time limit for any NVTBL games.

All umpire pricing will stay the same for 2020.  

Take 10-20% OFF of select items ALL YEAR LONG at Dick's Sporting Goods at Fairfax, Dulles Town Center, Bailey’s Crossroads & Gainesville.  (click here for season-long offers)

NVTBL has secured a deal with Wilson to provide NVTBL families and teams large discounts for all Wilson, DeMarini, Louisville, Evoshield, ATEC products through a custom website.  You will find huge discounts anywhere from 20 - 50% off a large variety of items.  

SPECIFICS FROM WILSON-  How to access website and receive discounts:

We have partnered with Wilson Sporting Goods and their brands (Wilson, Demarini, Louisville Slugger, Atec, & Evoshield) to allow our Northern Virginia Travel Baseball League members and partners to purchase decorated apparel and product gear from all of their brands. If you order a stock item (Evoshield apparel, bat, glove, bag, batting gloves, Evoshield protective gear, etc.) that will ship immediately.  It is important to note that you can order any stock gear item at any time throughout the year just by logging into your www.wilsonteamshop.com account.  The Wilson Team Shop (WTS) hard goods store with non-custom products NEVER CLOSES.  The WTS is your 24/7 one-stop shop that allows you to order the top brands at incredible team discount pricing that is special for NVTBL members and partners.  Below are the quick steps to access our WTS:

STEPS:

1. Go to www.wilsonteamshop.com/join
2. Fill out your information and enter access code ­­­___12EFAEE _________
3. Open the email sent by consumerservice-us-en@wilson.com and click on the link 
4. Shop the best brands in baseball using your exclusive NVTBL discount

 Remember to keep your user/password information to log into www.wilsonteamshop account throughout the season to purchase all products.  Orders will deliver directly to your home and orders $50/more will receive free freight.

If you have any questions with registration, please locate the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the page. The customer service team will be able to assist with any questions. This is our store for the holidays and beyond. Don’t miss your chance on a great opportunity for gifts this holiday season!

Want to become an umpire? Attend ONE classroom session AND ONE classroom/on-field combination session to become certified to umpire future NVTBL games. All sessions are FREE to the public. 

Classroom Sessions are finished.

CHANGE:  On-field Sessions will MEET AT Westfield HS Softball field.

Sessions will run 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM on the following dates:

Sunday, 3/15--POSTPONED

Sunday, 3/22--POSTPONED

On-field training has been postponed due to Fairfax County school fields being closed. Once the fields re-open, a new date will be selected and all umpire training participants will be notified.

Westfield HS - 4700 Stonecroft Blvd, Chantilly, VA 20151

Registration is CLOSED

NVTBL has set up an online cart for you to purchase your umpire gear--the cart closes on Sunday 3/8/2020 at midnight. 

For new umpires there is an intro package that has all the basic gear needed along with the umpire t-shirt and hat. Click on the link here:  https://nvtbl2020.itemorder.com/

Please contact jennia@nvtbl.org with any questions regarding the umpire training sessions.