Now, because of funding for two new baseball fields\u2014and a football field\u2014at a vacant lot on High Road, that should help alleviate some of the pressure the non-profit organization faced and mean they won\u2019t have to turn anyone away, said the treasurer for LWF Baseball Barry Dalrymple. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s as close to winning the lottery as we can get,\u201d said Dalrymple in describing what his reaction was to getting word of the funding. \u201cYes we have been supported by governments and local businesses through the years, they have always helped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have never been involved in a massive grant like this. This will help a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lot was to be the sight of a football field a few years ago, but nothing more was done to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said it was an unexpected grant. LWF Baseball and Dragons Football joined together on the 25-year lease football has on the land a couple months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis kind of money allows us to make this more accessible to the wider community,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of the first things that came to mind when we met was to have a crusher dust walking trail around the property so the community, instead of walking along the side of the road, will have a beautiful place and safe spot to walk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The province announced March 17 it was given the partnership of LWF Baseball and Dragons Minor Football $256,00 for the construction of two baseball fields (which will be more so used as fields for skill development and some games). There will also be a football field built at the site. The ball fields may overlap a little into the football field itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both groups take in youth from across Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank (and upwards to Elmsdale and Enfield for Dragons Football.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”192″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The money allows them to figure in other ideas to the larger scope of what things will look like and be available there, said Dalrymple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What they originally applied for would have built some of the fencing for the two ballfields, the backstop, four dug out, but not the full thing, or any bleachers or goal posts for the football field, or side parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAll of those things we had hoped for over three, four, five years we can now do,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can have that all done this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dalrymple said the funding is for the fields only and does not include anything else such as bleachers for either field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He is hoping to get tenders from local construction companies over the next week or two, and get work started late spring or early summer. He said the field should be ready for full play by next year, although it could be ready for some practice\/skill sessions by the fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said the new fields will allow them to expand the girls ball program and add Challenger Baseball in 2024 to their programming, but they will need coaches and instructors to run this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”126″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n MLA Brian Wong, also the Advanced Education Minister, said he was thrilled to be able to support two community groups that many in his full area he represents use by gaining this funding for their projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis is something the community has been trying to do for several years, and I know some government monies has been put towards developing it into a football field,\u201d said Wong. \u201cWhen Barry Dalrymple says there\u2019s a huge need for baseball fields, I believe him. He\u2019s the one at the root at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHe and his organization worked very hard at getting this done so I was very pleased to be able to get them monies to develop that field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dalrymple said they faced the real possibility they would have to turn players away after losing a field in Sackville for playing use. That number of kids who would have been told no they couldn\u2019t play was over 100. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were looking at turning kids away this year because of losing a ballfield,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are going to figure out how to keep 100 kids playing this year while these fields are being built with the knowledge we will have fields next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new ball fields will be built without outfield fencing as the outfield will be on part of the football field. He said that no outfield fencing won\u2019t be an issue for the kids playing. They won\u2019t be regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese fields are to get our kids on the fields, especially our younger kids,\u201d said Dalrymple. \u201cThese fields are a game changer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”188″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”127″] [adrotate banner=”93″] FALL RIVER: The need for more baseball fields in the Fall River area so organizers did not need to turn away youth players in the LWF Baseball Association has never been more real. 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