Welcome to VA RAPTOR!

Kickballers,

Welcome to our 2nd annual WAKA VA Raptor Winter season! Thank you all for being hardcore enough to play this great sport out in the elements this winter. With play set to kick off 1 week from today on Saturday, January 12th, I wanted to cover a few reminders, updates, etc. 

The schedule has been created! You can view it in two separate places: either through the VA Raptor page here or also on a google document. A few notes about the schedule. 

• We have an 8 week regular season scheduled with 11 games, so plenty of double headers mixed in for everyone. 
• We do NOT have a week scheduled for rainouts (or snowouts), but there are a few open slots in the schedule as well as the option to use the 3 o'clock hour for make ups if needed/possible. 
• During week 7, Panik Attack, JFK, Situation, and the Pounders are all on bye because they're going down to Ft. Lauderdale to play in the South Florida Kickball Open. The remaining 4 teams Pop Pop, Jelly Friends, Beast Mode, and Bad News Beers are still in action. Right now, you'll see that the reffing assignment is 'TBD'. I'll have to get creative in order to find refs to help out that day, but I'm confident I can beg and bribe enough people to help. More to come. 
• You'll notice that during several weeks, teams will be asked to provide refs for 2 games. With 6 teams scheduled to play every hour, that leaves 2 available teams left to ref, which necessitates the double booking. I'm pretty confident that every team in the league has enough experienced refs on their rosters to accomodate this. But if there are any concerns, please let me know. 
• If you notice any irregularities or mistakes with the schedule, please let me know. I occasionally get fat fingers. 

TIME LIMITS

Because we are playing in the winter months occasionally, the weather will be pretty chilly at the fields. In order to respect each other's times as well as the other teams who may be waiting to play, we will enforce a time limit for the regular season games. 

• No new inning should begin after the 50 minute mark of the hour. (i.e. If the 4th inning ends at 1:51 PM, than the game will be called at that point and the 5th inning will not be played and the score at that point will be final). 
• If an inning begins before the 50 minute mark of the hour, than the inning should be completed. 
• The 50 minute mark is a hard deadline, and the time the game starts does not extend the time. (i.e. If a game starts at 2:06, it does NOT extend the time limit to 2:56. The time limit is still 2:50). 
• The head ref will be responsible for managing the time and will make the calls. 

All in all, please make every effort to arrive early and be ready to play as soon as the game is scheduled. Avoid delays and slow play, and we won't have any challenges. An hour is more than enough time to get a 5 inning kickball game completed. 

SHIRTS: All the shirts have been ordered and are expected to be available by next weekend! They will be distributed to the captains. 

AFTER PARTIES

After the games, head on over to Luckie's to warm up with some drink specials, games, dancing, mingling, shenanigans, etc. There is nothing like some afternoon fun at Luckie's (the best is when the club crowd starts to come in around 8-9ish and they see some kickballers chillin' in sweats and dirty shirts. Haha)

• Enjoy 40% off ALL FOOD & DRINKS Saturday afternoons during the season!!!
• IF you're really hungry, you can purchase a buffet wristband for $10 (buffett will begin around 5 or 6 pm)

Luckie's is located in the Hampton Power Plant and is centrally located next to I-64. Here is a map with direction from Gosnold's Hope Park to Luckie's. 

IMPORTANT DATES

• The Mid-Season Party will be immediately following the games on February 9th at Luckie's. Come on out and get some food and drinks provided by the league! 
• The End of Season Tournament will be on Saturday, March 9th beginning at 11 AM. 
• The End of Season Blowout will be that night on 3/9! More details to come. 

SOCIAL MEDIA
Be sure to stay connected through our Facebook group, Twitter account, and award winning GMoT Blog! 
  

I think that's all the updates I have for now. Long update, I know. If anyone has any questions at all or needs anything, please let me know. Looking forward to an awesome season! 

Thank you, 



Brent Wentworth
Sr. Customer Service Rep 
WAKA Kickball