Cal Ripken World Series Opportunity

We are pleased to announce that we will be returning to Branson, Missouri yet again to represent Team Canada in the 2025 12U Majors 70 Cal Ripken World Series! Every year our top travel team has the opportunity to represent Canada in the Ripken World Series. Players will have the time of their life participating in an unmatched, once in a lifetime, youth baseball experience. They will have the privilege to play against the best 12U competition from all over the World and the United States on youth dimension replica MLB fields. These include Fenway, Wrigley, Kauffman, & Busch Stadium. 2024 was another amazing experience at the Cal Ripken World Series playing against teams including Japan, New Zealand, Latin America, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Aruba, and more.

Alberta Cal Ripken and the World Series experience creates an opportunity for players to compete against teams from all over the world. It is crucial for our players to understand how their current talent level compares to other kids their age from outside of Canada. Many of our players have been the best at their game, in a very small pool of players in Southern Alberta, and have dreams and aspirations of playing baseball at a high level (American Universities/Professional baseball). This chance to play against international, and usually better competition, provides a wider perspective and understanding for what good and exceptional is. It creates a higher expectation and sense of urgency within the player to remain humble and hungry, holding them accountable for their personal and team development. Although growing pains are never easy, players in our program develop at a much faster rate and are better prepared for the next level because of the life goals they receive from their experiences with us. Our program teaches players they can achieve most things they aspire to do in life through hard work, perseverance, respectfulness, and accountability.

World Series Experience Testimonials:

"The World Series Trip to Branson was, in our son’s words, “the best trip of my life.” He came home raving about the travel with his team, the facilities at the Ballparks of America, and most of all how much fun he had playing against top talent from around the globe. The Team Canada (Alberta Cal Ripken) coaches are world class and did an amazing job preparing the team for a level of competition they have never seen before, and that preparation paid off in a big way in Branson."
-Alberta Cal Ripken Parent

"There is absolutely nothing like it. Attending the Cal Ripken World series opened our sons eyes to a new world of baseball competition. Representing Canada in an international competition at such a world-class facility, against the best players from so many different countries, is a memory he will carry with him forever. The coaching and development that he experienced not only in that 10 day tournament, but in the months leading up to the world series was unlike anything we’ve ever seen. As a “baseball kid” he was in heaven for the whole experience."
- Alberta Cal Ripken Parent

"The opportunity to attend the Cal Ripken World Series and represent Canada was a once in a lifetime experience for our son. The facilities, the chance to make friends from all over the world, and the ability to play a live, televised game with broadcasters is something most kids will never get to experience. Our baseball player still tells stories about his interactions with other countries players and how much fun he had. Ballparks of America, Cal Ripken and our coaches made the 10 days there a summer that he will never forget."
-Alberta Cal Ripken Parent

“Seeing my sons not only compete, but also create friendships with some of the best talent from all over the world was a dream come true.”
-Alberta Cal Ripken Parent

To see photos from the 2024 World Series Experience CLICK HERE