Guelph Royals to be busy to start 2022 IBL season
GUELPH – After being the lone team not to participate in the 2021 Intercounty Baseball League season, the Guelph Royals are scheduled to hit the ground running to start the 2022 campaign.
The league released its schedule Monday and the Royals are slated to play seven games (three at home at Hastings Stadium) in their first 11 days of the season. And that quick start is to include one game against each of Guelph’s seven league mates.
While the league’s season is to start in the usual way, with a Sunday afternoon game at Dominico Field at Christie Pits May 15, the Leafs are to begin their season with an afternoon home match against the Toronto Maple Leafs May 21. That’ll be Toronto’s third game of the season.
The following afternoon, the Royals are to be the opponents for the home opener for the Hamilton Cardinals at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium.
And just for good measure, the Royals are to make it a three-in-three with an afternoon match on a holiday Monday, Victoria Day, against the defending champion London Majors at Labatt Memorial Park.
They’re to follow that with a night game May 26 against the Barrie Baycats at Coates Stadium before a home game against the Brantford Red Sox on the afternoon of May 28 and then a short jaunt to Kitchener’s Jack Couch Park for an afternoon game against the host Panthers May 29.
The Royals are to wrap up the quick start with their first home night game of the season May 31 against the Welland Jackfish.
This year each IBL team is to play a 42-game regular season.
The Royals have four three-in-threes on their schedule as they’re also to play each day July 1 to 3 with the first two games at home, July 22 to 24 with road games at the start and the beginning, the same as the season-closing weekend August 19 to 21.
The locals also have a pair of back-to-back home-and-home games against the same opponent as they’re to play London June 17 and 18 and Toronto July 2 and 3. They’re at Labatt Memorial Park for the first of the two consecutive games against the Majors and at Hastings Stadium for the first of the two in a row against the Leafs.
Things can, of course, change before the first pitch of the season is thrown. The Royals were on the original schedule last year before opting out due to concerns about the pandemic.
The Schedule
May 21: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 1 p.m.
May 22: Guelph Royals vs. Hamilton Cardinals at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium, 2:05 p.m.
May 23: Guelph Royals vs. London Majors at Labatt Memorial Park, 1:05 p.m.
May 26: Guelph Royals vs. Barrie Baycats at Coates Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
May 28: Brantford Red Sox vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 1 p.m.
May 29: Guelph Royals vs. Kitchener Panthers at Jack Couch Park, 2 p.m.
May 31: Welland Jackfish vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
June 4: Kitchener Panthers vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 1 p.m.
June 5: Guelph Royals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at Dominico Field at Christie Pits, 2 p.m.
June 9: Guelph Royals vs. Welland Jackfish at Welland Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
June 11: Hamilton Cardinals vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 1 p.m.
June 12: Guelph Royals vs. Barrie Baycats at Coates Stadium, 7 p.m.
June 14: Welland Jackfish vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
June 17: Guelph Royals vs. London Majors at Labatt Memorial Park, 7:35 p.m.
June 18: London Majors vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 1 p.m.
June 21: Barrie Baycats vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
June 24: Guelph Royals vs. Brantford Red Sox at Arnold Anderson Stadium, 8 p.m.
June 25: Hamilton Cardinals vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 1: Kitchener Panthers vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 1 p.m.
July 2: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 3: Guelph Royals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at Dominico Field at Christie Pits, 2 p.m.
July 5: Barrie Baycats vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 7: Guelph Royals vs. Kitchener Panthers at Jack Couch Park, 7:30 p.m.
July 9: London Majors vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 14: Guelph Royals vs. Welland Jackfish at Welland Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 16: Brantford Red Sox vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 17: Guelph Royals vs. Barrie Baycats at Coates Stadium, 7 p.m.
July 19: Hamilton Cardinals vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 22: Guelph Royals vs. Brantford Red Sox at Arnold Anderson Stadium, 8 p.m.
July 23: Welland Jackfish vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 24: Guelph Royals vs. Toronto Maple Leafs at Dominico Field at Christie Pits, 2 p.m.
July 28: Guelph Royals vs. Welland Jackfish at Welland Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 30: Kitchener Panthers vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
July 31: Guelph Royals vs. Hamilton Cardinals at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium, 2:05 p.m.
Aug. 6: London Majors vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 7: Guelph Royals vs. Brantford Red Sox at Arnold Anderson Stadium, 2 p.m.
Aug. 9: Barrie Baycats vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 13: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 14: Guelph Royals vs. Hamilton Cardinals at Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium, 2:05 p.m.
Aug. 19: Guelph Royals vs. London Majors at Labatt Memorial Park, 7:35 p.m.
Aug. 20: Brantford Red Sox vs. Guelph Royals at Hastings Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 21: Guelph Royals vs. Kitchener Panthers at Jack Couch Park, 2 p.m.
- Guelph Sports Journal