Por: Injured Felipe Rodríguez
SANTO DOMINGO, RD.- Some 300 children divided into 12 teams will participate in the fourth version of the U12 Children’s Baseball Classic Copa Banreservas, an event organized by the National Baseball Commissioner’s Office (DCNB), directed by former baseball player Junior Noboa.
The Pony League Dominican Republic is part of the organization of the tournament, an event that includes little league players.
Junior Noboa, Baseball Commissioner, welcomed the tournament participants.
He thanked the sponsors for supporting the event, mainly the Reserve Bank and its president Samuel Pereyra, whom he called the “godfather of sport.” At a press conference held yesterday, Tuesday, November 5, in the Press Box on the Seventh Heaven of the Stadium Quisqueya Juan Marichal, Noboa also thanked the more than 300 children who will take part in the little league competition.
“It was a dream to have a national youth tournament and thanks to Eugenio Báez (president of the Pony League) and the work of our technicians we have achieved it. We can say that this is one of the few tournaments that has a child from each region,” said Noboa.
He added “it is an event to continue promoting and developing the minor categories of Dominican baseball.”
Diógenes De La Cruz, general director of the tournament, said that the tournament starts on Friday, November 8 at the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, with the inauguration.
The event will be played for three consecutive weekends on softball plays 1 and 2; The first weekend will be played between November 8 and 10; then 16 and 17, in the regular series; 23 and 24 the semifinals and finals.
The final will be played at the Banco de Reservas Club. The teams that will participate in the event are: Santiago, Nordeste, El Valle, Atlántico, Eastern Region, Cibao Central, Enriquillo, Orientales, Capitaleños, Valdesia, Metropolitanos and Constituciónntes.
Group A: Santiago, El Valle, Orientales and Cibao Central.
B: Atlántico, Enriquillo, Northeast and Regio Este.
C: Valdesia, Constituents, Capitaleños and Metropolitans.
24 games will be played, between the regular series, semi-final and final.
To develop the event, qualifying rounds were held at the national level.
The games will be played from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Eugenio Báez, president of the Pony League Dominican Republic, praised the event, which the DNCB organizes continuously.
Evelio Lantigua, from the Pony League, and Fernando Rodríguez, advisor to Junior Noboa, also met at the press conference.
The tournament is supported, in addition to Banreservas, Farmacias GBC, Comedores Economicos and Bandex.
