Dauphin minor baseball is looking for a new president after Jodie Romanow recently stepped down.
Romanow served as president of the Dauphin Minor Baseball Association (DMBA) for 6-1/2 years. With no children involved in baseball anymore, she decided to step down, but feels a lot was accomplished during her time with the organization.
“When we took over, we were in quite a financial state. Not a good financial state. Through fund-raising, sponsorship,we were able to get new jerseys, new equipment. We have training equipment that no other baseball organization has in the Parkland,” she said.
The dugouts were renovated and fixed up to the standard she feels they should be in order to host provincial tournaments.
“So I feel like this past 6-1/2 years and the board members that have come out to help out, we’ve accomplished a lot,” she said.
Romanow feels the skill level of the players has improved and the overall numbers have increased, as well.
“Before COVID, we had grown our organization to well over the player numbers we had ever had before. We were more successful at regionals. We had more teams going to represent at provincials than we’d had in a long time,” she said. “So I think in investing in early clinics and coach recruitment and coach certification has really paid off. We were going strong before COVID hit.”
Every season, Romanow would set certain goals she wanted to achieve and would do whatever it took to set the bar and make it by season’s end.
“I’m going to definitely miss working with the coaches and helping out the organization as it grows. I take pleasure in watching the kids succeed and win a spot to provincials. That’s what I’m really going to miss,” she said.
A new board has been established for this season, but a replacement for Romanow has yet to be named.
Joining the board for this season are Katie Durston, Rachelle Schau, Ryan Powe, Holly Slobodzian-Plustwa, Chris Lobert, Bill Busby, Regan Lemieux and Shannon Genaille.
“We officially don’t have a president. Out of everybody that has stepped up, everybody has taken their job titles and portfolios, but feel that the position of president might be a bit too much,” Romanow said. “But with the support of other board members, if there is anybody out there that would feel that they are capable of the position to absolutely come out and let us know and we’ll gladly take on a couple more board members.”
There are two positions that have yet to be filled. Anyone interested in joining the board can contact DMBA at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
