Fastball this week...May 23rd
Victoria Holiday Weekend in Woodstock's Fairgrounds Park...
The Shakespeare Falcons won the A Division in a "mercy rule"
championship game over the Springfield Brewers of the St Thomas and
District League.
B Division title went to the Owen Sound VW Select Jrs, beating the
Fisherville A's 2 to 1 in that final
and the C Title winner was Oshwegan with a 7 - 3 win over the Innkerkip
Expos.
Shakespeare got to the A final with victories over Harwood, (9 - 7) in
the semi, and pool play wins over Burgessville Bulls, (2 - 0), then 5
- 3 over the Innerkip Expos, and 9 - 1 over the Kitchener Selects.
The Brewers knocked off Woodstock 4 - 3 in the semis. Springfield had an
earlier win over Kelseys in pool play, lost to the Selects 5 - 2, and
beat the Kitchener Predators 11 - 3
B championships
The Owen Sound VW Select Jrs. had pool play wins over the Oshwegan
Redmen 4 - 3, and 8 - 4 over Harwood Corners, and lost 2 - 1 to the
Innerkip Expos. Nice to see the comparison of Darren Zack versus the
young Select pitchers, nice win for Luke with Caleb in relief, for
the VW Jrs...
In the semi final the VW Jrs, beat Glanworth 5 - 2, to meed Fisherville
in the finals.
Fisherville A's beat Kitchener Selects also by 5 - 2, in thier semi
final game.
The Erie League A's opened up on Saturday with a 1 - 0 win over
Innerkip, followed by a 4 - 3 win over the Saugeen Shores Smoke, and
fell 10 - 3 to Harwood Corners..
The B title game was a 2 - 1 win by Owen Sound over Fishervile.
C Championships
Oshwegan won 2 - 1 over Hickson, and Innerkip had a 7 - 1 win over
Saugeen in the C semi finals. and the Oshwegan Redmen then beat Innerkip
7 - 3 for the C final.
The hometown Woodstock Kelsey's beat the Glanworth Gators,11 - 1 and 7 -
2 over the Hickson Reds, before thier first loss to Springfield,
The KFL Selects had a 2 and 1 pool play record....the Predators, 0 - 3
Great weather for the most part in Woodstock..and that must be a first
for the May 24 Weekend tournament....some light rain, but no snow, no
thunderstorms, no hail, no freezing evening games.
This weekend in St Clements.....The BELL CARTAGE Kitchener Outlaws
tournament
The Bell Cartage Outlaws are hosting their annual Kitchener Bell
Cartage Outlaws Fastpitch tournament this weekend at the St Clemens Ball
Diamands
Derek Martin has sent me the schedule...
Opening games Friday evening include...
6:50 pm Kitchener Outaws vs Waterloo Cardinals
7:00 pm Linwood Jrs. vs Wellington Sox
Couple veteran teams there vs a couple of good young teams
8:30 KW Cubs vs Elmira Expos...this looks like a good one
8:45 Alvinston Indians vs the Southern Ontario Jays...Veterans vs Youth
Saturday morning...
9:30 am the host Outlaws vs the Cobourg Force...two great teams here
as well
and The Waterdown Hammer vs Linwood Juniors
11:15,,,Oshawa BB's vs KW Cubs and the Mitchell Mets meet the S.O. Jays
1pm Waterdown Force vs, the Waterloo Cardinals and the Hammer play the Sox
3pm the last pool play game....Oshawa BBs vs the Expos and the Mets vs
Indians...
OASA ORTHODOX CHAMPIONSHIPS
Remember 30 years ago, maybe 40, there would always be one of those
"old school" orthodox or sling shot pitchers in every league, usually
with a ton of junk and 3 differant change ups....well orthodox is still
popular in pockets around the province and the OASA is looking for
teams to play in a provincial championship. George Ryder is looking
for teams, and putting together a tournament.
If you know of any teams who should be interested in this
championship...please get in contact with George
georgeryder@bell.net
MORE ON THE BLACK SOX
The New Zealand Black Sox are opening thier Southern Ontario Tour in
Saint Catherines on Tuesday June 21st....Blair Setford says that the
Golden Horseshoe Fastball League All Stars will play the Black Sox at
Lancaster Park in St Catherinces.
Blair is hoping to run a minor ball clinic...Ball Park Radio will be on
hand, but make the trip to the St Kitts,
I have made the trip a couple of times to watch the Kitchener Rangers
play the Ice Dawgs ..(Mike Lannan driving his Chrysler 300 with a
hemi....seems like a short drive...)
for more info....
Blair Setford blairjs@rogers.com
Speaking of the Kitchener Rangers..I was at the Memorial Cup on
Saturday night...Mississauga Majors vs Kootenay Ice....must have been
400 Ranger fans at the game...more Ranger jerseys than Elvis
sightings....including fastball fans John MacTavish, Bill Kerr and
Kevin Quipp and his son from Mitchell.
CHILDREN'S WISH FOUNDATION
Anne Boehm, Co ordinator of volunteers for the Legends of Fastball
Classic has sent me the attached poster. The Legends of Fastball
Classic benefits the Children's Wish Foundation...The Highwaymen Car
Club is another fundraiser for the Children's Wish Foundation. They
have a car show a couple of weeks prior to the Legends...see the
attached poster for more details...
See you at the ball park....
Dennis Dosman
