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Kids And Kubs To Announce Try Outs For The 21-22 Season
Tryouts allow 74+ recruits to revisit their experience as players and sharpen skills, hitting, defensive techniques, , pitching, .......
With the competitive season completed a month ago, the Kids and Kubs are letting no grass grow in the base paths in announcing a major effort to recruit 74-year-old men and women to join the Three Quarter Century Softball Club (aka Kids and Kubs).
Kids and Kubs Slowpitch Softball is an age-appropriate healthy activity for senior citizens above 74. Current membership ranges from 74-92 years of age. The Club has a 91-year history that includes players over the century mark who have actively participated. One, George Bakewell, logged playing time at age 107.
“Good ol’ men and women are scarce,” noted Club President Ed Broomes. The Club offers Senior citizens the opportunity to enjoy an age-appropriate activity declared over 50 years ago in research by doctors at Bay Pines Veterans Hospital to lay a foundation for long and healthy life.
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The tryout session will allow the recruits to revisit their experience as players and sharpen skills, including hitting drills, defensive techniques, pitching, and catching.
Kids and Kubs president Ed Broomes stated, “current plans are underway, and details will be announced when decisions about time, date, and details are finalized.” Location at the Club’s home field at North Shore Park 901 North Shore Blvd across from the St Petersburg Aquatic Center will be the site of the Tryout sessions.
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Summer ball is currently underway at the North Shore diamond, where veteran players assemble for batting practice and “pick-up” scrimmages occurring Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Batting practice begins at 9:30, AM.followed by live game action.
Broomes noted that the Summer Ball session is open to all at no cost and is an excellent chance for future players to work out before attending the Tryout expected to happen in mid-September or October. Male and Female players are welcome players under the age of 74, although not eligible for Club membership, are encouraged to participate in the Summer Ball sessions. Information is available by calling Ed Broomes at 727-271-2025.