Colchester Summer Ball

03/30/2026

I would like to provide an update on Friendway Park…

- New lights are being installed on at least
the north and south field right now,
hopefully the middle field very soon

- new scoreboards are being installed on all 3
fields

- the West Prairie school district has control
of the fields during their HS spring ⚾️/🥎
season, please do not move any of the
portable pitching mound/pitching rubber

- please feel free to use an open field to get
extra work on. Be respectful and clean up
after yourself when finished

- if you see trash, please pick it up or report it
if it’s a bigger mess. The wind has blown a
trash can over or 2 which is no one’s fault

- be respectful to the bathroom facilities

If you have any questions, please message us on Facebook or email colchesterball@gmail.com

03/28/2026

I will be stopping at businesses today handing out sponsorship letters to support our summer ball program. If you are a business that would like to support or would like to receive a sponsorship letter for more information, please send us a DM. It is very important to get your support to help keep registration costs down, to provide equipment updates, and fund our development projects. Thank you for your consideration and for sharing this post!

03/26/2026

LAST CALL FOR REGISTRATION!!!

Since paper copy registration forms were handed out at WP south elementary earlier this week, we will extend deadlines until Sunday 3/29 for 6-14yo boys baseball and grades K-8th girls softball. Please turn these copies in at UCB to Emily by Saturday at noon or you can register online still.

Numbers have improved a little since the last post.

Girls
Peewee (grades K-1st) need 4-5 more
Rookie (grades 2nd-3rd) are good
Minor (grades 4th-5th) need 3-4 more
Major (grades 6th-8th) need 5-6 more

Boys
Junior (ages 13-14) is good
Major/intermediate (ages 11-12) could use a couple more
Minor (ages 9-10) could 5-6 more
Peewee (ages 6-8) could use a couple more to make 2 teams!

03/23/2026

Registration update as we enter the last few days to register for all age groups except tee ball:

Girls Softball
Major 6th-8th Grade - only have 3 registered
Minor 4th-5th grade - 8 registered
Rookie 2nd-3rd grade - 11 registered
Peewee K-1st grade - 6 registered

Boys Baseball
Junior ages 13-14 - 5 registered
Intermediate ages 11-12 - 8 registered
Minor ages 9-10 - 5 registered
Peewee ages 6-8 - 16 registered (almost enough for 2 teams)

If we are unable to fill a team for a division, we will merge with Bville/GH if possible.

Please help spread the word and try to get as many of your players friends to play! Since macomb registration deadlines have passed,
we would welcome any player from there as well.

03/17/2026

https://sites.google.com/view/colchestersummerball

We have about 90 kids currently registered.
Registration will close on March 25th for boys ages 6-14 & girls in grades K-8th.
Registration will close for T-ball (age 3-5) on April 20th.

Please drop off registration payments at UCB to Emily Havens. Please have money in an envelope with your name & contact info as well as the player(s) name on it that you are paying for. Fee is $20 per player

If you plan to volunteer in any form, the volunteer registration is at this website as well!

Businesses, we are still dropping off sponsorship letters until next week. You can email colchesterball@gmail.com to get a digital copy.
Please let us know if you have any questions!

We look forward to providing another fun, competitive experience for our local youth!

Colchester Summer Ball is an organization dedicated to Summer softball and baseball in Colchester, IL!

03/06/2026

Several players have registered already which is great, please help spread the word. You should get a confirmation email after your registration is complete.

If you are having issues, please send us an email or DM on here.

If you cannot get to UCB Bank in Colchester during business hours tonpay registration fees, please put money in an envelope, write your name, players name(s), amount enclosed, & attn: Emily on the envelope, and put in the drop box by the drive thru window.

Thank you!

03/03/2026

Here is the registration link to register all players, tee ball is for boys/girls ages 3-5yo, baseball is for boys ages 6-14 (use age chart to select which division), and softball is for girls in grades K-8th (use grade currently in for 25-26 school year).

If you plan to volunteer in any capacity, there is a volunteer sign up as well.

Colchester Summer Ball is an organization dedicated to Summer softball and baseball in Colchester, IL!

02/27/2026

UPDATE: Registration link has been posted!

https://sites.google.com/view/colchestersummerball

Registration will close on March 25th for boys ages 6-14 & girls in grades K-8th.
Registration will close for T-ball (age 3-5) on April 20th.

Please drop off registration payments at UCB to Emily Havens. Please have money in an envelope with your name & contact info as well as the player(s) name on it that you paying for. Fee is $20 per player

If you plan to volunteer in any form, the volunteer registration in at this website as well!

Businesses, we will start dropping off sponsorship letters next week. You can email colchesterball@gmail.com to get a digital copy.

We look forward to providing another fun, competitive experience for our local youth!

Colchester Summer Ball is an organization dedicated to Summer softball and baseball in Colchester!

07/31/2025

If you have yet to pay your $20 player fee for this past season, please get that turned into city hall by August 8th. If no one is at city hall, please leave it in the drop box. If you have any questions, please message us.

07/03/2025

Your 2025 Spoon River Valley League Tournament Champions are West Prairie Beck Pest Control! A 4-1 victory over a Macomb Sports Corner team that played well and made plays to give themselves a chance! Proud of our guys for persevering when we didn’t hit our best! Congrats to both teams on a great season and tournament!

07/02/2025

Final day of the 14U tournament at Friendway Park:

Game 1 - Macomb Field House vs Farmington on field 1

Game 2 - Avon vs Canton on field 3

Game 3 for 3rd place - Winner of game 1 vs winner of game 2 on field 3 @6:30pm

Game 4 - Tournament Championship
West Prairie Beck Pest Control vs Macomb Sports Corner on field 1 (may start early)

Please come support our west prairie team!

07/01/2025

Games at Friendway for 7/1 after the last minute rain postponed the 14U tournament tonight:

Macomb SC vs Avon 5pm Field 1

SF vs Abingdon 5pm Field 3

WP vs Farmington 7pm Field 1

Canton vs winner of SF/Abingdon 630pm Field 3

All consolation bracket games will be 5 innings or 1hr 20min from here on out (unless the run rule is reached first)

An updated bracket will be posted tomorrow morning!