Meadow Lake hopeful to bring in summer baseball tournaments after reopening announcement
Following the provincial government’s announcement outlining the details of the province’s reopening plan, the Meadow Lake Parks and Recreation department is growing increasingly optimistic the city will have the opportunity to host provincial minor baseball tournaments.
On Tuesday, the provincial government announced public health restrictions would be gradually reduced as the vaccination numbers continue to increase. If things go according to plan, this would allow for larger public gatherings, including baseball games and tournaments.
Parks and Recreation Manager Regan Beck stated a successful vaccination distribution would put the community in a good position to land the opportunity to host a couple of tournaments throughout the summer.
“It’s an exciting time for them, and it makes it so we’re hoping for games at some point,” Beck said. “We’re planning on hosting the U12 softball provincial championships, as well as the U15 baseball provincial championships into the summer. If restrictions lift the way I read that announcement yesterday, it looked like they need to lift all restrictions on USports. I would assume that moving tournaments would be allowed as well, so fingers crossed. It’s all in the details still, so we don’t know the details just yet, but it looks promising.”