Five Herts teams go into the 2021 British Baseball Federation (BBF) National Youth Baseball Championships this weekend.
The club launched its own Herts Youth Baseball League this year which saw a new generation of boys and girls join the club. The club currently has over 80 registered youth players with the majority playing baseball for the first time in their lives this season.
The five Herts teams go into the weekend as the underdogs but it will be interesting to see if they can put on a good performance and maybe even cause an upset.
The BBF selected Herts to host the U13 and U11 divisions at its Grovehill Ballpark in Hemel Hempstead, while the U15 bracket will be hosted by the Kent Buccaneers and the U18s by ACS Cobham.
The U11 Division will play a double-elimination format where teams are eliminated if they lose two games until only two teams remain and those two teams will play in the final to determine the national champion.
U11 Division
| Date | Home | Time/Results | Away | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mets U11  | 8 - 5 |  Falcons U11 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
LYBL U11  | 12 - 9 |  Londoners U11 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| LYBL U11 | 5 - 9 | Mets U11 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Falcons U11 | 6 - 8 | Londoners U11 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Londoners U11 | 6 - 9 | Mets U11 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Falcons U11 | 4 - 7 | LYBL U11 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Mets U11 | 8 - 7 | LYBL U11 | Grovehill Ballpark |
The U13 Division has been divided into two pools. The winners of each pool meet in the final.
BBF (U13) Pool A
| Date | Home | Time/Results | Away | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mets U13 | 8 - 7 | Combined B U13 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Combined B U13 | 9 - 10 | Combined A U13 | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Combined A U13 | 11 - 19 | Mets U13 | Grovehill Ballpark |
BBF (U13) Pool B
| Date | Home | Time/Results | Away | League | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
London Sports U13  | 0 - 16 | LYBL U13 | BBF (U13), Pool B | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| Herts Falcons U13 | 0 - 15 | LYBL U13 | BBF (U13), Pool B | Grovehill Ballpark | |
| London Sports U13 | 6 - 2 | Herts Falcons U13 | BBF (U13), Pool B | Grovehill Ballpark |
The U15 Division is also base don double-elimination.
| Date | Home | Time/Results | Away | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Sports U15 | 3 - 10 | LYBL U15 | Williams Field | |
| Mets U15 | 13 - 8 | Falcons U15 | Williams Field | |
Brighton U15  | 3 - 8 | Mets U15 | Williams Field | |
| London Sports U15 | 10 - 7 |  Eagles U15 | Williams Field | |
| London Sports U15 | 11 - 1 | Brighton U15 | Williams Field | |
| LYBL U15 | 3 - 0 | Mets U15 | Williams Field | |
| London Sports U15 | 9 - 6 | Mets U15 | Williams Field | |
| LYBL U15 | 3 - 0 | London Sports U15 | Williams Field |
The U18 Division will see four teams play semi-finals with the winners meeting in the final.
| Date | Home | Time/Results | Away | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobham U18 | 6 - 3 | London Sports U18 | ACS Cobham | |
| LYBL U18 | Herts Falcons U18 | ACS Cobham | ||
| Game 1 Loser | Game 2 Loser | ACS Cobham | ||
| Game 1 Winner | Game 2 Winner | ACS Cobham |