We are opening registration for the 2026 Spring Season for Readington Tewksbury Jr. Baseball League (RTJBL) to all children ages 4-18.  You can access the registration at the link below.  Coaches Registration is also open.

Registration and Division Information

Please help us get the word out to new members.  The more players we have the better the experience for all.  Especially important for our younger age groups, we often have a lot of players wanting to sign up in March or April, we need everyone signing up by the closing date below, please help with those efforts and share our info on social media to spread the word.

• Our registration will close on 1/09/2026, with the exception of players trying out for any High School Spring Teams. Those players will be allowed to register after H.S. teams have been formed.  

• Any late registrations will only be accepted if we have not formed teams and we have enough spots to place that player and if we have a uniform available or a uniform can be ordered.

• A late fee of $50 will be applied to any/all registered players if registration is processed after 1/10/2026 in all divisions with the exception of Babe Ruth players that are trying out for High School Teams. 

• Registering late could jeopardize your child being able to get a uniform before opening day.
   

Divisions of Play for 2026

Little Sluggers - for players 4 to 6 years old, typically Pre-K and K

Rookie 1 - for players in 1st grade

Rookie 2 - for players in 2nd grade

Minors - for players in 3rd and 4th grade
Majors 60 - for players in 5th and 6th grade, 6th graders may opt to play Major 60 if they feel the player's skill level more appropriately lines up with this division rather than moving on to Major 70.  Please contact VP of operations (email on the contact page for more info before registering)
Majors 70 - for players in 6th and 7th grade, not older than 12 years of age before May 1st.  7th graders who are 13 may still opt to play Major 70 if they feel the player's skill level more appropriately lines up with this division rather than moving on to BR 13-15.  Please contact VP of operations (email on on the contact page for more info before registering)

Babe Ruth 13-15 - for players 13-15, not older than 15 years old on May 1st

Babe Ruth 16-18 - for players 16-18, not older than 18 years old on May 1st

• There is no play-up option for the 2026 RTJBL season on our registration form.   Please register your child in the division of their grade, do not change their grade just to register in a higher division.

• If your child is on the RTJBL 9u travel team please register for Minors.

• If your child is on the RTJBL 10u travel team please register for Major 60.

• If your child is on the RTJBL 11u travel team please register for Major 70.

• If your child is on any of those travel teams and you do not wish to have your child play up please register in the division for your child’s grade.

Payment Plans

At checkout you will have the following payment options.

PAY IN FULL:   Full balance including the work bond will be paid at the conclusion of registration.

PAYMENT PLAN 3:  Registration fees and work bond are divided into 3 total payments, one at the time of registration and two future installments which will be deducted using your payment method you use today on February 1st, 2026 and March 1st, 2026.

Work Bond

The purpose of the work bond is to get more families involved with our league.  Committee Chair positions automatically have their work bond waived or refunded.  Please click here to see open positions.

We anticipate multiple opportunities including but not limited to spring clean up day and family fun day as ways to work off your bond.  Coaches need to attend a minimum of 3 meetings to get their bond returned.  Attending a league meeting counts as 30 minutes towards your 4 hours of the family work bond  (1-hour maximum for attending league meetings towards work bond; see our home page for more information on the virtual meetings). More information on the work bond can be found on the registration page for players and coaches.  All work bonds from 2025 were returned in the late spring or summer.

Volunteering

We know that all of us are busy with work, family, and other activities.  All of us volunteers are just as busy.  We need everyone to consider how they can get more involved; coaches, committee chairpersons, board members.  This league started playing in 1955 and it is run strictly by volunteers.  We all do it for one reason, to benefit the children, our children, and yours.  We all want them to have an amazing experience and enjoy playing baseball.  To continue our league we need more help.  If you don’t step up, who will?  Click here to see what we need and how you can help out.

League Information

As a non profit, RTJBL receives no funding from Township sources and relies on the generosity of our sponsors to help offset our costs and to maintain our fields at the Railroad Avenue complex, which is not a township facility.  Please pass along any sponsor possibilities and patronize existing sponsors.

The RTJBL Financial Assistance Program is available as in past years; please do not hesitate to contact the League President for more information, which will be kept in the strictest confidence at readingtonbaseballpresident@gmail.com

Any general questions or concerns should be emailed to RTJBLinfo@gmail.com.  Please read the FAQ before emailing.  As always if you feel that you need to email a board member directly because of a specific concern please feel free to do so, you can go to the contact section of our home page for more emails.  Click here for FAQ

2026 League Zoom Meetings: zoom links and date/time information can be found on our home page RTJBL.com

Opening Day

Saturday, April  18, 2026.  Opening day ceremony parade for Little Sluggers and Rookie 1/ Rookie 2 divisions. All divisions except Little Sluggers will start practicing usually the 3rd week of March. Once during the week and once on Saturday.  Little Sluggers will start the week of April 13th, to meet their coach and maybe start with a short practice.  

Family Fun Day (Rec season ends)

Saturday, June 6, 2026

Little Sluggers and Rookie 1 divisions will end on June 13th (just to get some extra games in)

Annual night at the Ballpark, Somerset Patriots Game

Friday May 29th, 2026

Thank you,
RTJBL Executive Board