Finalists to be announced for Chatham’s new baseball team name
Friday is the last day for Chatham-Kent residents to pitch a name for a new baseball team.
Five finalists will be announced.
The first pitch is not scheduled to be thrown for an Inter-County Baseball League team in Chatham-Kent until May 2024, but competition is already building.
Friday is the last day organizers will be taking names from Chatham-Kent residents as part of the IBL Team Contest.
Contestants are asked to fill out an online form and submit their ideas.
Name the Team Contest - Chatham-Kent Baseball Club
Participants might win a Family Season Ticket Pass for the inaugural 2024 season.
Five finalists will be announced on Jan 20, and will win a pair of tickets to the inaugural 2024 home opener.
The winner will be announced a week later on Jan 27.
Baseball great Fergie Jenkins has been named the teams’ honorary president, and fellow Chathamite and former MLB Pitcher, Bill Atkinson, is taking on an ambassador role.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Grandparent scam: London, Ont., senior beats fraudsters not once, but twice
It was a typical Tuesday for Mabel Beharrell, 84, until she got the call that would turn her world upside down. Her teenaged grandson was in trouble and needed her help.
Deaths of 4 people on Sask. farm confirmed as murder-suicide
The deaths of four people on a farm near the Saskatchewan village of Neudorf have been confirmed a murder-suicide.
CRA no longer requiring 'bare trust' reporting in 2023 tax return
The Canada Revenue Agency announced Thursday it will not require 'bare trust' reporting from Canadians that it introduced for the 2024 tax season, just four days before the April 2 deadline.
Full parole granted to man convicted in notorious 'McDonald's murders' in Cape Breton
The Parole Board of Canada has granted full parole to one of three men convicted in the brutal murders of three McDonald's restaurant workers in Cape Breton more than 30 years ago.
Incident on Calgary's Reconciliation Bridge comes to safe resolution
Nearly 20 hours after a man climbed and remained perched on top of the Reconciliation Bridge in downtown Calgary, the situation came to a peaceful resolution.
Sunshine list: These were the Ontario public sector's highest earners in 2023
Ontario released its annual sunshine list Thursday afternoon, noting that the largest year-over-year increases were in hospitals, municipalities, and post-secondary sectors.
George Washington family secrets revealed by DNA from unmarked 19th century graves
Genetic analysis has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of U.S. President George Washington's younger brother Samuel and his kin.
'We won't forget': How some Muslims view Poilievre's stance on Israel-Hamas war
A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party's relationship with Muslim Canadians.
Why some Christians are angry about Trump's 'God Bless the USA' Bible
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is officially selling a copy of the Bible themed to Lee Greenwood’s famous song, 'God Bless the USA.' But the concept of a Bible covered in the American flag has raised concern among religious circles.