[written by Zahid Merchant]
Assalamualaikum. Here are the team charity weeks.
Team Charity Weeks:
Week 2 June 4: Mamluks
Week 3 June 11: Nasrids
Week 4 June 18: Seljuqs
Week 5 June 25: Sultans
Week 6 July 9: Ayyubids
Week 7/8 July 16/30: Mughals
Week 10 Aug 13: Ottomans
Week 11 Aug 20: Abbasids
The two teams that raise the most amount of money will have a practice field booked for them priort to the playoffs covered by our charity committee. Good luck!
[written by Zahid Merchant]
Assalamualaikum. Ramadan Mubarak! We are exactly two months away from the first pitch for the 2023 season. Still lots of planning and organizing to be done, but we are almost there.
2023 updates:
1. Our Ramadan campaign is live. Donate today to support Shelters in Syria for displaced families in partnership with Islamic Relief Canada.
Donate Here: https://islamicrelief.ca/bsl
2. Last week we announced our GM pairings for the upcoming season:
Abbasids: Bilal Javed & Mohamed Kala
Ayyubids: Michael Arlitt & Taqi Ahmed
Mamluks: Jibran Waqar & Raza Zahur
Mughals: Rehan Ahmad & Riyad Ramjaun
Ottomans: Shaheen Limbada & Faisal Khan
Nasrids: Osman Buttar & Jav Ahmed
Seljuqs: Sameer Rafique & Shoaib Gaya
Sultans: Tamour Sheikh & Khizer Channa
3. The BSL Draft will be held on Sunday April 9th from 1:40pm to 4pm at Islamic Community Centre of Milton (8069 Esquesing Road, Milton). All players are welcome to attend the draft.
4. There is one major rule change this year: BSL will be going to a 1-1 count to start each at bat.
We will keep you updated as more details are available inshaAllah.
Ramadan Kareem and hope to see you soon.
Registration is currently open for new players. Please complete the link to register and wait till you receive an email with payment instructions. It is first come, first serve.
Register here: https://forms.gle/MD92rKS82NZaRfnN8
[written by Zahid Merchant]
Assalamualaikum. This is Year 10! We are excited for the upcoming season. We have plans to make this the best season yet. We have extended the management team to add more brothers that can help with running the league. InshaAllah the league will be better with their help!
2023 updates:
1. As mentioned in the townhall, we invited nominations for brothers to join the management team. After due process, here are the new members of the management team:
Operations: Mohamed Kala, Rehan Ahmad, Riyad Ramjaun, Zahid Merchant
Gameday: Aamir Husany, Hamza Waheed, Zain Malik, Zain Khilji
Charity: Faisal Khan, Zia Beg, Umer Jabbar, Zahid Merchant
Social Media/Communications: Emad Ahmed, Jav Ahmed, Taqi Ahmed, Hashim Ghazi
2. We have a lot planned for this upcoming season, all players will be getting a limited edition BSL 10 year Hat and we will be holding a 10 year anniversary gala in October. All 2023 players will have the cost of the gala event covered and subsidized in their 2023 registration fee.
3. Registration will open on March 16th for returning players and new players on March 25th. Cost of the 2023 season will be $225 which includes a ticket to the gala event.
4. We are still sorting out the weeks we will be playing this summer, Teams will only have 2 game weeks during the month of July to allow for vacations/family time. We also start after Victoria Day to give everyone weekends after Ramadan.
Here is the tenative schedule for the 2023 season:
Exhibition: May 14th
Off week: May 21st (Victoria Day)
Week 1: May 28th - Opening Day
Week 2: June 4th
Week 3: June 11th
Week 4: June 18th
Week 5: June 25th
Off week: July 2nd (Canada Day)
Week 6: July 9th
Week 7: July 16th (Bye week for half the teams)
Off week: July 23rd
Week 8: July 30th (Bye week for half the teams)
Midseason Tourny: August 6th (Civic Day)
Week 9: Aug 13th
Week 10: Aug 20nd
Week 11: Make-up week
Off week: Sept 3rd (Labour day)
Playoffs: Sept 9th (Wild-Card Saturday)
Playoffs: Sept 10th (Championship Sunday)
We will keep you updated as more details are available inshaAllah.
Stay safe and hope to see you soon.
The Nasrids beat the Mughals 20-9 enroute to their first BSL title. The game started with the Nasrids jumping out to a quick 10-0 lead thanks to two HRs by Jibran Waqar and one by Nabeel Jabbar. The Mughals fought back to get the game to 10-9 with the tying run on 2nd in the 5th inning but that is as close as they would come. A big 7 run inning in the bottom of the 5th inning sparked by Ismail and Ahmed helped the Nasrids pull away. The Nasrids played lock down D the rest of the game to close out their first title. Congrats to the Mughals and the rest of the teams on an impressive season. The 2022 playoffs were probably one of the best in history.
The title was the third for Baseer Yasseen (2016, 2021); the second for Saqib Khokhar (2021), Faisal Khan (2018), Jibran Waqar (2016); Jav Ahmed (2019) and the first for Osman Buttar, Nirvaan Latif, Raza Zahur, Zeshan Alam, Ismail Mohamed, Ahmed Jowhar, and Nabeel Jabbar. Congratulations!
[written by Zahid Merchant]
