Equipment

Each team must provide their own equipment. District 16 will provide assistance in case of emergency.

Please inspect your equipment before traveling. In accordance with Little League Baseball rules, umpires and tournament officials will inspect equipment before it will be allowed in the dugout to make sure it is legal and in good repair. Some of the things that will be inspected include, but are not limited
to:

• Helmets must be NOCSAE‐approved and cannot be modified. Helmets cannot be repainted nor have added decals or stickers, including name or number stickers, or else they must have a certification letter from the manufacturer for each helmet.
• Catcher’s masks must be NOCSAE‐approved and must have a dangling throat protector, even hockey‐style masks. If the throat protector does not dangle when the mask is turned to face the ground, it is not a dangling throat protector.
• Male catchers must wear long‐model chest protectors.
• Bats must be Little League‐approved, no more than 2¼ inches in diameter and the barrel must be made of a non‐composite material unless explicitly approved by Little League International. Composite‐handle bats are permitted. Non‐wood bats must be printed with a BPF of 1.15 or lower.

NOTE: Approved composite bats are notoriously difficult to distinguish from non‐approved bats. We will use the latest list from Little League when determining whether a bat is legal for use in the tournament or not. To reduce confusion, we suggest you carry a printout of the listing from Little League’s site if you know that your bat is on the approved list. We will do our best to identify legal bats, but we will err on the side of caution and will not allow a composite bat to be used if we cannot determine that it is explicitly approved.

Equipment that is damaged or not permitted will be removed from the dugout and will be held by the District Staff until your team plays their final game in the State Tournament. This includes, for example, “big barrel” bats that are in a player’s equipment bag in the dugout. Please leave travel gear and other non‐Little League equipment at home.

The following sports stores are within 15 minutes of Leesburg:

Cheers Sporting Goods
20099 Ashbrook Place, Suite 110
Ashburn, VA 20147
703‐723‐3111

Dick’s Sporting Goods
21070 Dulles Town Center
Dulles, VA 20166
571‐434‐0046

Play It Again Sports
530 East Market St. NE
Leesburg, VA 20176
703‐777‐3043

Walmart
950 Edwards Ferry Road
Leesburg, VA 20176
703‐779‐0102

Target
1200 Edwards Ferry Road
Leesburg, VA 20176
703‐777‐8730