PAWTUCKET SLATERETTES TRYOUTS AND FINAL REGISTRATION

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Curvin McCabe Elementary School
466 Cottage Street, Pawtucket RI
(use Baxter Street gym entrance near the corner of Kenyon Avenue)

Registration from 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.

Tryouts:
9:30 A.M. for Minor Division
11:00 A.M. for Junior Division

Players should come to tryouts with sneakers and a glove.
Helmets and bats will be provided.

All-girls hardball league began in 1973

March 18, 2012
By JOHN ODELL

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – It was 1973, and change was in the air. The Equal Rights Amendment had recently been passed by Congress and was sent to the states. President Nixon had just signed Title IX. And in Pawtucket, R.I., the Darlington American Little League was being sued for refusing to let nine-year-old Alison “Pookie” Fortin play baseball.

The situation in Pawtucket was not unique: Little League Baseball had barred [...]

Coaches that Inspire, Teach, & Mentor

Days are filled with game play, instructional sessions, and inspiring activities. Our coaching staff is made up primarily of women who have played baseball and know what it takes to continue playing baseball with the boys. In our inaugural year, ESPN filmed at the Academy. Participants have come from all over the world, including: Japan, Canada, and Indonesia.

The Program: More Than Just Baseball

Each day, players will attend instructional sessions on pitching, hitting, fielding, base running, [...]

All Registration Events will be held at the Pawtucket Boys and Girls Club,
1 Moeller Place (off School Street), Pawtucket, RI.

Saturday, February 11th, 10am-2pm
Saturday, February 25th, 10am-2pm
Saturday, March 17th, 10am-2pm
Final Registration and Tryout for New Players (location TBA)
Saturday, March 31st, (time TBA)

If you are unable to attend one of the registration events.
Contact Sarah

2012 Registration Fees

Tee [...]

Pawtucket Prevention Coalition Director Diane Dufresne, far left, stands with Prevention Academy Award winners (from left) CSI Program Mentor Sean Garedo, Pawtucket Slaterettes Baseball League President Sarah Feeley, Jenks Jr. High/JMW School for the Performing and Visual Arts school nurse Linda Mendonca, Councilor-at-Large Larry Tetreault and State Representative Bob DaSilva, who’s also a Pawtucket Police Lieutenant.

…In recognizing Sarah Feeley, Dufresne noted that the Pawtucket Slaterettes is the first all-girls baseball league in the United States. It has become, [...]

Check out this great video of our friends in the
Central Ontario Girls Baseball League (COGBL)!

You can learn more about their organization at www.cogbl.com !