Kicker Bees prepare to stub SUPERTOE

This Thursday the Kicker Bees swarm Field A at 730pm to break a few SUPERTOEs.

Following the games the KB's should gather at WAKA Gaithersburgs home away from Field Summit Station (our new Division bar!!)....it's a special night at Summit Station as the Division will be showing it's 'Ballers some luvin with a Season Kickoff Party...details below.

WHO: WAKA GAITHERSBURG
WHAT: SEASON KICKOFF PARTY
WHEN: FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE 730 GAMES
WHY: BECAUSE MD GAITHERSBURG *hearts* its Kickballers
WHERE: The most bum diggity Old Towne Gburg Bar....Summit Station

Time to be merry and get into the spirit of the kicking season. Kickballers will enjoy trays of FREE wings, and to wash down those tasty Summit Station wings Kickballers will be eligible to win tickets for FREE...yes you heard correctly...FREE Miller Lite Beers!Each of your dedicated Board members will have a number of tickets 'ballers can compete for in a variety of ways. Just find a Board member after the games at Summit Station and ask how you can earn a ticket for a free Miller Lite.

KB's get swatted by the Goonies, but put the Sting on the Hepcat Bruisers!

Those super spiffy Kicker Bees played their first regular season games last week.

In the first half of the very first doubleheader for the Division the Kicker Bees faced off against those cup flippin' Goonies. The Goonies have picked up a lot of speed in the post season especially at shortstop and thirdbase which makes this Kicker Bee wonder if Guy S. isn't offering fancy cars, hard earned cash and to lure these speedy players, perhaps a WAKA investigation into the Goonies recruiting practices is in order !

The KB's gave it their all but in the end the Goonies busted out the fly swatter and smooshed the KB's in a 5-2 win over the spiffy swarm.

With impending darkness the KB's confronted the Hepcat Bruiser's for the second half of the double header. On the field the Kicker Bees found a sweet spot in their fielding positions and the KB's held their own against "Tall Guy" the Hepcats fireball hurlin pitcher. The sun went down on the Hepcat Bruisers and the Kicker Bees headed back to the hive with a 5-2 victory over those meanacing Cats and Dogs.

Thats right my lil muffins the KB's have won their first game! It's smooth sailin for the rest of the season!

KICKER BEES SPRING 2006 SCHEDULE

**please note this year the League is divided up into 2 divisions. We are part of the "East" division. We play mainly within our division, with a couple of interleague games thrown in for good measure. And then its on to the playoffs where the Kicker Bee's bring out the whoop ass stingers to put all the League into shock!**

APRIL 20TH--DOUBLEHEADER!!!
630pm-Field B: Kicker Bees vs. Goonies
730pm-Field B: Kicker Bees vs. Hepcat Bruisers

APRIL 27TH
730pm-Field A: Kicker Bees vs. SUPERTOE

MAY 4TH--TEAM SPIRIT NIGHT!!!
630pm-Field B: Kicker Bees vs. Midnight Runners

MAY 11TH
630pm-Field C: Kicker Bees vs. Rydex Bulls

May 18th
730pm-Field A: Kicker Bees vs. Countrywide Crushers

May 25th
730pm-Field B: Kicker Bees vs. Rydex Bulls

June 1st--PIRATE NIGHT!!
630pm-Field C: Kicker Bees vs. Hepcat Bruisers

JUNE 8TH--FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS BEGIN!!!

Kicker Beeeeee-day!

This Sunday one Kicker Bee has additional reasons to consume mass amounts of Cadbury Easter Eggs....

A very Happy Birthday to Amanda McMahon!

Amanda shares her special day with the likes of such notable characters as: Charlie Chaplin (actor), Henry Mancini (composer) Pope Benedict XVI, Dusty Springfield (singer), Margot Adler (journalist), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (basketball player), and Martin Lawrence (actor-comedian)!

Preseason Tourney Craziness

A big yipee-kai-yai-yay to the Kicker Bees this Friday. Last night at the preseason tournament the Kicker Bees stung the Goonies to win their first "game".

In the next bracket the Bees faced off against SuperToe. The Bees swarmed and held their own against this well established team but in the end Team SuperToe stomped on the Kicker Bees' wings.

A big thank you to all the KB's who came out and give it their all last night!

So have a peep or two on this Easter Weekend, and if you're a member of the Tribe have a very blessed Pesach.

And rest up Kicker Bees, because next week its the "real deal".

Pre-season Tourney, its March Madness Part Deux!

Pre-Season Tournament this Thursday!
The pre-season tournament is this Thursday, April 13.

KICKER BEES MUST BE AT THE FIELDS AT 615 READY TO PLAY!!!

OUR FIRST VICTIMS ARE THE GOONIES!!!

The brackets are out...Click Here to see the Brackets!

The Rules:

1. Each team is given about 10 minutes or 15 outs (the equivalent of a 5-inning game) to kick. At the 9 min mark, the refs will let the kicking team know that they are down to their final kicker. After this kicker, any people left on base will not count as runs!

2. Each team will need to keep track of runs scored and outs accumulated. The team with the most runs advances to the next round. In the event of a tie, the fewest number of outs will be used. In the event of a tie in number of outs, there will be a kick-off. Each team will send one player of its choosing to get one kick from a neutral pitcher. The team that kicks the ball the furthest wins.

3. In Round 1, a coin-flip will determine who bats first. In all subsequent rounds, the higher-scoring team will get to choose.

4. We tried to schedule it so that teams will have at least 5 minutes to prepare for their next game.

5. A team must have at least 8 players (4 girls/4 guys) for the game to qualify. If a team has fewer than 8, they can still play, but will not advance to the next round regardless of the outcome of the game.

6. Substitutions: Unlimited while in the field. A set kicking order must be followed.The round-robin:Each team will get to kick for about 10 minutes (for a total of 30 minutes of play). Teams will rotate between 3 positions: Fielding, kicking, and sitting out (providing a ref).A. In each round-robin, the team that scored the most runs gets to pick whether they want to kick first (pro: more daylight), second, or third (pro: you know how many runs you need to win). The second-highest scoring team then gets to pick when they want to kick.B. The rotation will work as follows: Fielding -> Kicking -> Sitting out

Aerial View of Fields

Practice!

Kicker Bees will be having a practice THIS WEDNESDAY APRIL 12TH @ 615PM; at the Kickball Fields.

BEEEEE THERE!

Kicker Bees-a-mania!

~Whatcha gonna do when Kicker Bees-a-mania runs wild on you!~

It's premiere night for the Kicker Bees! This is only a pickup game and while it doesn't count towards our season standings I hope everyone gets excited about our debut!

A few notes about the division:

BARS
The division has not signed a contract with a bar. We are still in negotiations with O'learys but apparently its a sticky situation but rest assured WAKA is smoothing out everything. With that said WAKA is encouraging us to gather at O'learys for our post game socializing so we can kind of try O'learys on for size.

O'learys is located on the corner of Clopper and Quince Orchard. Diagnol from Chevy's. Here's a link to the website: http://www.mrsolearys.net/
I hope you all decide to come to the bar afterwards and join the division for a drink or some yummies for your tummies.

Also I have a board meeting post games at the fields so I may get to the bar a little later than you all. For those who didn't know I"m also the WAKA Gaithersburg Social Chair.

CARS
Tonight may be the first time some of you have been to the fields. Just to clarify everyone usually meets on the fields to the right of the middle school (if you are facing the school) Also if you are looking for us I'll try to be there pretty early...I drive a blue PT Cruiser. And I'll have my trademark pigtails in, you can't miss me.

BROKEN HEARTS--er balls...
Last item...*whew* I got a regulation ball this week also if anyone is interested in getting their own kickball, amazon sells them for $5 less than the WAKA store plus delivery is more timely (i ordered on monday and got it yesterday) if you are interested in having your very own redball let me know and i'll send you the link.

Kicker Bee-Day!

A very Happy Birthday to Kicker Bee Ken Sandler.

Ken shares his birthday with Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy, Gregory Peck and Colin Powell!

Feel the Sting....

Thanks to all who came out to practice on Sunday.

It truly was a great practice! We busted a ball, got a little sun (in some cases too much *my poor face*) and showed some mad skills.

I hope all those who came out had a great time! I know I sure did. And this practice only helped to fuel my excitement about the upcoming season. You all are just super-fantastico!

Remember we have pickup games this Thursday. Game time is 630 but the earlier you arrive the more warm-ups we can do! I plan to be there around 6!