January2013

This Week in Fastball - Jan 4th 2013

January 5, 2013

Kitchener, ON

 

KITCHENER TO HOST 2014 - ISC World Tournament

The 2014 ISC World
Tournament along with the ISC II Championshiops, ISC
Legends and the ISC U21
Championships will be held at Kitchener's Peter
Hallman Ball Yard and the
Budd Fastpitch Diamonds in August of 2014.

ISC Christmas Package!


Joe Todd, VP of Communications
for the ISC made the announcement in
early December...awarding the 68th ISC Championship to Kitchener for the
4th time.

Larry Fisher, executive
director of the ISC checked that his passport
was up to date and then
mentioned in a press release that the ISC was
"thrilled about returning to
Kitchener after a six year absence..."

On Friday evening, Jan. 4th, Bid
Committee member, Sam Forbes hosted a
contract signing reception at the
Charcoal Steak House in Kitchener.
Attending for the ISC were Executive
Director Larry Fisher, ISC VP Blair
Setford, ISC committee members Kyle
Smith and Bruce Bierman. For the
Kitchener ISC Bid Committtee, Co-Chairs,
Duncan Matheson, Rick Boyd,
plus Finance Chair Dana Seiling along with
committee members Larry Cox,
Graham Snyder and Dennis
Dosman...

Photo by Sam Forbes



Earlier in December, Rick Boyd on Al's Fastball Web site was
quoted
...."Now the hard work begins to get ready for this...We are excited

about bringing the ISC World Tournament and the world's best fastpitch

players back to centre-stage here in Kitchener"

The "Kitchener ISC
2014 Bid Committee" also included Jackie Davison,
Anne Bilodeau, and Jim
Hallman

The Kitchener ISC 2014 Host Committee will be forming soon...more
to
follow as we go forward to August - 2014....



AAUs at
DISNEY/ESPN Fields Jan 24th to 27th...

Several SWOntario teams are
heading to Disney's ESPN Fields in Orlando
later this month.
Here is the
lineup of the teams well known to area fastpitch fans..

Hill United
Chiefs from Six Nations, will be there to defend the
championship they won
last year. Their first game is against "Gigantes"
(Venezuela) on Thursday at
2pm, then Friday at 3 vs "Maccabi" USA, and
Friday at 7pm completes Hill's "A" pool play against "Aragua" (Venezuela).

Elmira Expos of the South
Perth League are in Pool B...and they play the
"Invaders" from Jamaica
Thursday at 4pm, followed by another Venezuela
team, "Indios" on Friday at 9
am...Friday at 3pm Expos play Oklahoma's
"Dirty Herd".

The Golden
Horseshoe League will be represented by the combined squad
"Royal-Hammers"
who will play in Pool D....Thursday at 6pm, vs
Venezuela's "Cavaliers",
Friday at 9am vs. Capitalinos, (Ven), and Aqua
FastPitch from the Penn/NY
area...

Pool E has two teams SWOntario fastpitch fans are familiar

with...NewYork Gremlins, and Niagara Selects...They play each other

Friday at 5pm...Other Niagara Select games are against Maracaibo, and

Lanceros of Venezuela,

Niagara Fury is in Pool F with El Paso Texas,
Michigan Fastpitch and
Venezuela's Padres...

Pool G...includes Owen
Sound Selects...who open against Puerto Rico on
Thursday at 6pm, then
Venezolanos Friday at 3pm followed at 5pm vs the
Blackhawk's from
Illinois...

32 teams make the Championship round set for Saturday and
Sunday, 4
teams will play in the Consolation round...

Ontario Umpires
in the AAU Blue Crew include Tim Whitelaw, Brian
Sharples, Pete Kluzcynski,
Mike Morrissey and Chris Lamer. Lou Davis
of Nova Scotia, Serge Laflamme of
Quebec round out the Canadian
contingent in Florida....

Tim, Brian
and Lou are also working the ISGU tournament at Seminole
Fields in Orlando
the week before the AAUs. No local teams are in the
ISGU, but several
Ontario ball fans plan to attend both
tournaments...Some familiar names will
be at the ISGU...including CPI,
Ohio Battery.



OASA GREAT LAKES
Tournament - New Dundee July 26th to 28th

Doug Fisher Park in New Dundee
will host the 2013 Ontario Senior and
Intermediate Championships...and that
will qualify 4 teams for the
Canadian Senior Men's Championship to be held
in nearby Stratford.

The OASA and Softball Canada are hopeful that they
can build on the very
successful Ontario championships held in Jarvis last
year.

Entry fee is $450....prize money exceeds $3000

Contact Brad
Thomson for more information...

thomson.brad@gmail.com

SOFTBALL
CANADA CHOSES STRATFORD for 2013 Canadians...

Wow...Stratford Lion's Club
won the bid to host this years Canadian
Men's Fastpitch
Championships...

The top four teams out of the Great Lakes Championships
in New Dundee in
late July, will move west along Hwy 7 to Stratford in late
August to
compete for the Canadian Fastpitch championships.

Packham
Road Diamonds are on the south side of Stratford...and include 5
well kept
diamonds, all with clay infields, infield and outfield
sprinklers, lots of
bleachers, clean and up to date field house with
food and beverage service,
and lots of parking on site..

Matt Richards 858 952 0963 is the chair of
this tournament..

the Shakespeare Falcons of the South Perth League are
the host team...

For more
information...

lionschampionships@gmail.com

or facebook...
www.facebook.com/lionschampionships



LEGENDS OF FASTBALL - June 21 22 and
23

Larry Lynch has shortened the Legends back to 3 days...just to escape

the annual rain storm that occurs on the 3rd Thursday of June every year...

There will be some adjustments made to the 2013 edition of the
Legends
of Fastball at Peter Hallman Ball Yard...Ten teams will play in the

Legends division...and the Junior Division will become the ISC 2013 -

U21 Championship.

Legends - Larry Lynch....
llynch9@rogers.com

U 21 - Joe Todd... ftode739@rogers.com

More
details to follow on the Legends later this winter and

spring...however...

The Legends is proud and happy to support the
Children's Wish Foundation
each year. Ann Boehm of the Children's Wish
Foundation has a fund-raiser
this weekend...  SEE THE FLYER IN PDF

 AND its displayed at the bottom of this page as well


CRUSH VICTORIA DAY WEEKEND

Woodstock will again host
the Crush May 2 - 4 tournament...and are
looking for teams...give Darryl
Wharram a call at 519 521 0156 or
d.wharram(at)on.aibn.com

As always,
the Victoria Day parade, the Midway, a bar-b-cue and beer
tent...and nice
sunny weather will bring the ball fans to Woodstock...



OASA SPRINGBOARD
CLINICS

Speaking of Woodstock... Woodstock's long time fastpitch
volunteer and
OASA exec. Gary Waugh is seeking a couple of sites for the
2013
Springboard Clinics..If your minor softball organization is looking for

a great way to improve softball skills for the young players in your

area, give Gary a call or send him an email.

I was in Woodstock for
the induction of Jack Luckman into the Woodstock
Athletic Hall of Fame a few
weeks ago. Marg Skillings was also
inducted...and she praised Gary for his
help in her long and
accomplished softball career....

Tip of the ball
cap to Gary for all his work over the years

Gary Waugh...519 537
5835
gwaugh@execulink.com



MORE OASA NEWS

Congratulations to
Matt Allen...who has been added to the Softball
Ontario Coaches
Committee..

Matt is a Wilfrid Laurier grad in Kinesiology and Physical
Education...a
coach with the WLU Fastpitch team since 2007, a local (South
Perth and
Kitchener Fastball League) umpire, has coached minor softball in
his
native Kingston (2008), Paris (2009), Brantford (2010), president of the

Ontario Intercollegiate Women's Fastpitch Ass'n., and his resume also

includes work for the Professional Golf Association of Canada.

For
more information on Softball Ontario programs....Steph
Sutton

ssutton@softballontario.ca



FINALLY

It is
cold, the ball yards are covered in snow...but spring will soon be
here,
lots of Ontario players are heading to Florida for the AAUs,
leagues and
teams and tournament organizers are planning the 2013 (and
2014)
seasons...

See you at the ball yard....

Go Rangers Go....2 in a
row...

Dennis





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Dennis Dosman
Dosman
Printing
519-888-0304
fax 888-9352
30 Avondale South
Waterloo, ON
N2L 2B8

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