Girls With Game showcase baseball skills at Confederation Park big diamond

A new all-girls baseball league is launching in Calgary in July

it’s going to be a big weekend for girls baseball in Calgary.

It’s the Annual Girls With Game event at the big diamond at Confederation Park.

It’s for any girl that is interested in baseball or for girls already involved in the sport.

It’s a camp that will have skills stations and a big representation from some older girls who will be helping out.

It’s been Kimberley Jordan’s mission to grow the girls’ game and this summer, they’re going to have the first ever all-girls baseball league.

It’s called the District Three Wild Roses but it will be open to all girls in Calgary.

“There’s a lot of really cool things happening in women’s baseball,” Jordan said Friday. “Girls and women’s baseball--I’m really excited to see that girls have a place where they’ll be able to play. They’ll feel inclusion and there’s a different level of safety and friendship and just the opportunity to play somewhere that they feel welcomed.”

The league starts in July and ends in August. Registration started Saturday. There will be complete female representation from coaches to umps to all staff.

They’re hoping to have 60 girls registered for the weekend event.

For more about Girls With Game YYC, go here.

With files from CTV News’ Glenn Campbell