Andrews Field up for tops in the country
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 19/07/2011 (5174 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Brandon’s own Andrews Field is in the running to be named Canada’s favourite by Baseball Canada.
In the online contest, Andrews Field is up against three others, but anyone can vote by clicking here.
The ballpark that receives the most votes by July 25 at 10 a.m. Eastern will advance to the semi-final round.
Andrews Field (formerly Westbran Stadium) was built in 1987 to help host the Canadian Selects in the city of Brandon. Since that time local, provincial, and national events have taken place at the stadium including two World Youth Baseball Championships (1991 and 1994) and Canadian Senior Baseball Championships (2006 and 2008).
In 2000, the city approached a group of baseball advocates to come up with a solution for the time and manpower taken to run the field/facility. A group of volunteers headed by Neil and Nate Andrews took over the task of overseeing the operations the stadium from groundskeeping and building maintenance, stadium bookings and scheduling, to book keeping and running the canteen.
The field is run as a non-profit organization and was renamed in honour of Neil Andrews shortly before his death in 2007.