Under 21 Fastball in South West Ontario
March 8, 2012
Stratford, ON
New Junior Fastball League for South West Ontario
A new junior men's fastball league is set to operate this summer in
south-west Ontario.
5 certainly and possibly 7 fastball teams in the Stratford area have
agreed to form a junior
fastpitch league for the upcoming season.
Stratford, St Mary's, Tavistock and Elmira plus an under 19 club from
New Hamburg, are committed
to the new loop. Two teams one from Mitchell and one from New Dundee are
possible entries into
this league. They will play a 12 - 16 game schedule. An interesting
twist to the eligibility rules may
allow any team in the South Perth League to use a junior division
player as a "call up" eligible player to fill
in a roster spot on the men's squad. This should allow more games for
the younger players, and
add to the bench strength of the men's teams. This will be effectively a
U21 league. U23 age
players will be eligible to play on any of the clubs, similar to the
OHL overage rule.
Murray Patterson of Stratford has worked hard to put this together over
the winter and hopes that it
will suceed and lead to more young players playing fastpitch softball.
For more information on this league or if a player would like to play in
the league Murray can be reached at
murraypatterson@wightman.ca
Over in Midland Explorer country, the host site of this year's ISC
World Tournament, David Lach is putting
together two tournaments for U19 teams.
July 21st, 22nd the Midland
Junior Explorers have a 12 teamer
set up which includes 4 U21 teams including the USA U21 National team.
Dave has two openings left for either men's or U19 clubs.
The Midland Junior Explorers are also the host team for the U 21 ISC
tournament which will be taking place
in conjunction with the ISC WT August 16th to 18th in Midland. David
Lach of the Midland Explorers host
committee has more information at lachdavid@gmail.com
The
ISC Canada East is looking for venues in the Oxford, Perth and
Waterloo areas to host an Ontario U21
tournament tentatively scheduled for the July 21st 22nd weekend. The
Ontario U21 will feature a paid berth
to Midland this August(16th to 18th) for the ISC U21 Championship and a
paid berth to the men's
ISC WT in 2013.
Get in touch with Blair Setford blairjs@rogers.com, Joe Todd
ftode739@rogers.com,
or Kyle Smith kyle.smith@ballparkradio.com.
The
OASA announced in Al's Fastball News this week that the Ontario U21
Championship will take place in Owen Sound
on June 29th 30th July 1st, and the B-C championships in Bracebridge on
July 13th, 14th, 15th. The Canadians will
also be in Owen Sound, beginning August 6th. Jamie Simpson will have
information on this simper7@hotmail.com
Ontario juniors are reminded that the submission of rosters to the OASA
is May 25th.
Finally, the Legends of Fastball Classic will have a 4 team junior
division again this year. Owen Sound Junior Selects,
Southern Ontario Jays, and Napanee Express along with a 4th Ontario team
will be toeing the rubber at Peter Hallman
Ball Yard in Kitchener June 21st to 24th....
The Legends of Fastball, one of the premium fastball tournaments in
Canada, will also have a 4 team Master's division
and a ten team Men's division.
Looking forward to a great summer of fastball
See you at the ball yard
Dennis Dosman
for more information contact Dennis Dosman ...519 888 0304 or
dennisdosman@dosmanprinting.com
