This story was published in the Spring 2023 edition of Total Sports Quinte magazine
By Chris Lisle & Brianna Demille, Quinte Royals Baseball
Quinte Royals Baseball is set to begin their 2023 season in the Eastern Ontario Baseball Association loop, which extends from Kingston to Pickering. Quinte’s ballparks will be packed on weekends again this summer as Royals teams from 9u to 16u chase the EOBA Championship and the opportunity to represent at the Ontario Baseball Association Provincial Championships on Labour Day weekend.
Quinte Royals Baseball is proud to host the 14u and the 16u OBA Provincial Championships. Our OBA tournament committee, composed of volunteers from throughout the community, has been hard at work to plan the best tournament experience we can for the players, coaches, and families.
The OBA Championships will be hosted within the Quinte Region on Labour Day weekend. The 14u tournament will be played in Melrose Sports Complex, and Belleville’s Rotary Park. The 16u tournament will be played at Bayshore Field, in Trenton, Rotary Park, Belleville, and Field of Dreams in Wellington. We are ecstatic to bring the best 24 A teams from all over the province to compete for the title of Ontario Champions.
As the baseball season approaches, our committee has been meeting monthly to plan for these tournaments. A big project that we are planning is welcome bags for each of the players and coaches of each team. We hope these welcome bags will highlight all the wonderful business’ and attractions that our entire Quinte region has to offer.
We are looking for sponsors to help make these 2 events memorable for all involved, as well as promoting our area and its various business.Please reach out to quinteroyals@gmail.com to discuss available opportunities.
Quinte Royals 2023 Rosters/Coaching Staff
| 9u Roster William Vader Cole Watson Kostin Blakely Cooper Wannamaker Ethan Dowling Lane Nicol Liam Guthrie Isaac Miron Nolan Joseph Greyson Rennie Chase Smith Cohen Thorn Hugh Murphy | Isaac Keller Kane Blakely Miles Whalen Cooper Buxton 9u Coaching Staff: Nathan Vader – Head Coach Adam Watson Randy Guthrie Cory Smith Nathan Nicol |
| 10u Roster Easton Bassett-Spiers Mason Nurse Lincoln Wood Lincoln Larocca Carter Edwards Jude Charron Carson Holt Liam Boomhouwer Brayden Vigneault Jaxson Stapely-Roe | Logan Holmes Nathan Lawrence Bentley May 10u Coaching Staff: Matthew Bassett-Spiers – Head Coach Michael Nurse Greg Holt Daniel Charron |
| 11u Roster Michael Ampeuro Jillian Bell Nolan Bell Wyatt Colton Kohen Cooperus Mason Haggar Carter Madill Preston Martin Hunter Mayer | Ryerson Miller Logan Thompson Griffin Van Gemeen 11u Coaching Staff: Dave Bell – Head Coach Todd Hagar Stewart Martin Shane Mayer |
| 12u Roster Bentley Genereaux Carter Gillingham Eric Rosatte Felix Gagnon Howard Theissen Jake Morrow Jaxson Plummer Logan Charbonneau Logan Cole Lucas Ray | Majka Popiel Reed Gleeson Rowyn Haley Tyler Buhr 12u Coaching Staff: Kevin Buhr – Head Coach Rob Gagnon Kris Gleeson Jim Morrow |
| 13u Roster Henry Martin Gabriel Larkin Ben Stitt Henry Stitt Eric Bell Grayden Howard Sam Murphy Braydon Tweedy Tyson Cooper Hudson Conger | Easton Vanheche Nathan Lewis 13u Coaching Staff: Adam Martin – Head Coach Dan Howard CJ Bell Michael Larkin Mike Lane |
| 14u Roster Kalen Banks Taite Crawford Ryan Dunn Logan Fonger Trip Harvey Seth Martin Lorne Miles Nathan Miron Jayden Pembleton Jensen Shaver Norah McGuiness | Charlie Vos Avery Longwell Hayden Parent 14u Coaching Staff: Chad Crawford – Head Coach Chris Martin Matt Miron Chad Harvey |
| 15u Roster Reece Deline Gavin Gardiner Colin Launderville Cooper Martin Nolan Reitzel Josh Thomas Ben Dryfhout Max LaCroix Pearson MacDonald | Jack Murphy Jack Stitt Ethan Thompson 15u Coaching Staff: James Murphy – Head Coach Brad Reitzel Dave Potts |
| 16u Roster Mitch Sills Oliver Brackenbury Joaquim Murray Cole Baird Jakob Briscoe Colin Stephens CJ Kerslake Bryce Mitchell Colby Coe Ben Demille Marcus Forbes | Locklin Stewart Christian Fonger Nick Martin Shawn Sills 16u Coaching Staff: Chris Lisle – Head Coach Steve Sills Peter Brackenbury Tre Murray |