Little League 2024 has come to an end for the Dutch teams, and it is time to look back at the results of this successful season.
Little League 2024 has come to an end for the Dutch teams, and it is time to look back at the results of this successful season.
Registration opened on 1 January and in the end 1085 participants signed up for the programme. 287 softball players and 798 baseball players took part in the training sessions in the 10 regions. Those training programmes were once again expertly organised by 19 active regional coordinators. They handled the communication with players and their parents, arranged the technical staff and training venues, materials and clothing, and made sure all the kids could train regionally with their peers a number of times.
After the selections we ended up with 56 teams for the NK Little League at Whitsun. 19 softball teams and 37 baseball teams competed for the Dutch Championship on 18-20 May. There were 170 youth coaches and trainers active and 60 umpires present to officiate the games. What a commitment from all those volunteers again!
After another fantastic NKLL 2024, 8 Dutch teams got ready for the Regionals in Italy, Poland and the Czech Republic. Here too parents and coaches put in a lot of work to have all the documentation, clothing, travel plans and so on ready in time for departure. And once again it was an unforgettable experience for every team! Some teams were more successful than others. But they were there! We could follow their adventures on and around the field through the social media pages on Facebook (opens in a new tab) and Instagram (opens in a new tab). There you can clearly see how players, coaches and supporters enjoyed themselves and made lifetime memories!
Results
SOFTBALL
Little League Poland: Pink Panters 8th place Junior League Czech Republic: NKLL Brabant Bandits 3rd place, Runner up NKLL Kennemerland 5th place Senior League Czech Republic: District team The Netherlands: champions! Qualified for the World Series in Delaware! There they reached the quarter-finals and finished 5th!
BASEBALL
Little League Poland: Rotterdam 6th place IM League Czech Republic: Rotterdam 2nd place Junior League Czech Republic: Kennemerland 5th place Senior League Italy: Rotterdam 4th place
UMPIRES
The same goes for the umpires appointed by Little League International at the Regionals and the World Series. What an honour to be asked! And what a fine experience for them too!
Regionals (10)
Julius Koch, Jeroen Paasschens, Jeffrey Klink, Martin Evers, Rik van der Keer, Ric Zwanenberg, Wout van der Horst, Rein Merkx, Jean Rijken, Chad Forbes.
World Series (3)
Baseball Little League: Rik van der Keer Softball Little League: Wout van der Horst Softball Junior League: Rein Merkx
With that we close a fantastic Little League season 2024. Once again many thanks to all the volunteers who made the programme and the NKLL 2024 possible for all these kids and their fans. Without them we cannot put it on! THANK YOU!!
Once we have evaluated everything with all the groups, we get to work on season 2025, when we will again hold the NKLL at Whitsun, 7-9 June 2025. So put that in your diary!
Originally published on nklittleleague.nl.
