Greater New Haven Baseball Umpires Association

09/19/2026

It is our pleasure to share that one of our own, Jay Midolo, will be honored by the Southern Connecticut Diamond Club, Inc. as the 2026 recipient of the Andrew Gassira Memorial Umpire Award at its 18th Annual Hall of Fame Banquet and Induction Ceremony!

Jay has been a member of the Greater New Haven Baseball Umpires Association for 25 years, serving our association as both President and Vice President during his distinguished officiating career. We are extremely proud to see his years of dedication to umpiring and our association recognized with this well deserved honor.

🏆 Southern Connecticut Diamond Club Hall of Fame Banquet
📅 Thursday, October 22, 2026
📍 The Woodwinds, Branford
🍽️ Hors d’oeuvres at 5:30 PM
🎤 Dinner and program begin at 6:00 PM
🎟️ Tickets: $65 per person, sold in advance only

Ticket sales close one week prior to the dinner.

More information on Jay and the Andrew Gassira Memorial Umpire Award: https://www.southernctdiamondclub.org/gassira-umpire-award.html

Let’s have a great showing to support and congratulate one of our own on this tremendous honor!

Congratulations Jay, well deserved!

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09/06/2026

On Monday, August 24th, the Greater New Haven Baseball Umpires Association held our annual End of Season Banquet at the beautiful Birchwood's at Oaklane, celebrating another extremely successful year of GNHBUA officiating and, more importantly, the relationships we continue to build both on and off the field.

We were proud to recognize Dave Healy as this year’s recipient of the Ed Rapuano Black Jacket Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring his 38 years of dedication and service to our association and the game of baseball. We also congratulate Coach Trevor Brown of The Morgan School (and now Central Connecticut State University), who was selected by our membership as the 2026 GNHBUA Coach of the Year for his leadership, sportsmanship, and positive relationship with officials.

The evening also gave us the opportunity to recognize 14 members celebrating milestone service anniversaries with GNHBUA. While every one of those milestones represents an incredible commitment to our association, it is difficult not to especially recognize Stan Konesky for an amazing 60 years of service and Bill Riccio for 55 years of service. Their decades of dedication to GNHBUA and high school baseball are truly remarkable.

Thank you to everyone who helped make the evening such a great success, and a special thank you to the Rapuano family for their continued support of our association and for helping us honor Ed’s legacy through the Black Jacket Lifetime Achievement Award.

Finally, thank you to all of the players, coaches, athletic directors, school administrations, tournament directors, and league leaders we had the privilege of working with throughout the season. The relationships and mutual respect we share with the baseball community are a huge part of what makes GNHBUA special, and we are grateful to everyone who helped make 2026 such an outstanding year.

Congratulations again to all of our honorees, and thank you to everyone who made this season one to remember!

03/22/2025

A big thank you to everyone who came out to this past Tuesday’s Rules Test Review Meeting ( #3) at Notre Dame High School! We had a packed house full of members digging into the rule book together. Special thanks to We’re Back Pizza in Orange for stepping up once again with 23 large pies on a Tuesday night to feed the crew! 🍕

⏰ Final Reminders: 📝 Rules Exam Deadline: Monday, March 24th

The 2025 Rules Exam is live on the DragonFly website, and all passing scores are due by Monday. Need help? Step-by-step instructions can be found here: https://www.gnhbua.com/rulesexam

📍 Three Rules Clinics Remain Statewide:

If you did not attend our session or one of the previous four, you must attend one of the following:

Central: Sunday, March 23rd – 10:00 AM
Holy Cross High School, 587 Oronoke Rd, Waterbury

Hartford: Monday, March 24th – 6:30 PM
LP Wilson Community Center, 599 Matianuck Ave, Windsor

Northwestern: Wednesday, March 26th – 7:00 PM
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 78 Litchfield Rd, Harwinton

🚨 Important:

Failure to complete both the rules test and attend a clinic will result in removal from the scholastic schedule. We will be cross-checking attendance and test completion next week and notifying assigners accordingly.

03/13/2025

This past Monday, we had a fantastic Mandatory Rules Clinic ( #2) led by our State Rules Interpreter DJ Nadeau. A huge thank you to DJ for his expertise and to Notre Dame High School for hosting! It was great to see such strong attendance from our members and brothers from other boards around the state.

Missed the clinic? If you were unable to attend, you MUST complete one of the remaining statewide rules clinics to be eligible for scholastic baseball assignments.

🔹 Electronic Rules Exam – Now Live! 🔹
The electronic rules exam is available on Dragonfly (same as last year) and must be completed by March 24th.

📍 Where to find it:
✅ The electronic exam, hard copy version, and additional rules clinic info can be found under the Rules section on our website: gnhbua.com.

📅 Upcoming Event: Rules Test Review Night – March 18th 📅
We look forward to seeing everyone at our Rules Test Review Night on March 18th! To help us with food planning, please RSVP to the email that was sent out on Monday.

⚾ Let’s keep raising the standard of officiating! See you all soon.

03/07/2025

The 2025 GNHBUA Rules Interpreter Clinic will be held this Monday, March 10th, at 6:30 PM at Notre Dame High School (1 Notre Dame Way, West Haven). The meeting begins at 6:30 PM (check-in 6:00 PM), with attendance required for those seeking consideration to officiate scholastic baseball games.

If you are unable to attend, you may participate in a rules meeting hosted by another state-recognized chapter. A list of these meetings can be found on our website at the link below.