Editor’s Note: Our good friend Adam Brown of the Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog has the scoop on the new Team Quebec being formed for the 2010 Senior Men’s Canadian Nationals with players from Quyon Flyers and Donnacona Blue Sox, who finished 5th and 3rd respectively at the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions.

Team Quebec to compete at Canadian Senior Nationals

For the first time since 1995, there will be a team representing Quebec at the Canadian Men’s Senior National tournament this August / September in PEI.

As per the discussion going around the ball parks recently, it has been confirmed that an entry involving several familiar faces from the Greater Ottawa Fastball Leauge and area tournaments are combining efforts to play at the big dance.

Fitzroyfastball is pleased to provide an exclusive interview with Joe McCleary on the team.

Click here for the full interview.

Thanks to Joe Todd for this info.

Congratulations and high accolades to the Innerkip Umpires Association in hosting. The 7th Annual Gord Marshall Memorial Ladies Fastball Tournament in Innerkip, Ontario.

Chaired by Brad Hallock and assisted by BallPark Radio/TV Play-by-Play Man Kyle Smith and about ½ of the village of Innerkip who either volunteered or assisted in securing funds in finding A cure for Cancer. This past Weekend they raised over $ 17,000.00 to be Forwarded to the Oxford County Cancer Association and over the past 5 years has now Donated a total of over $ 57,000.00 in an attempt to find a cure for this very lethal disease

Gord was a member of the Innerkip Umpires Associations and a Catcher for the Innerkip
Eagles and coached in the Innerkip Minor Ball System when we was struck down by this
Terrible disease at a very young age.

A team from Quebec defeated the University of Western Ontario Mustangs by a 5-0
Score in the Tier I championship game and in the Tier II Pool, the Milverton Millwrights
Jr Ladies team defeated the Otterville Otters by a 6-5 Score.

A job well done by all involved

Joe Todd

Ontario’s Dave Birnie on the top of the podium, winning gold medal at the Canadian Masters Track & Field Championships.

Congratulations to Ontario’s Dave Birnie (Ontario Masters Fastballer), on his gold medals won in recent months in Masters javelin:

Won the Gold Medal at the Ontario Championships on June 27th.
Won the Gold Medal at the Canadian Championships on July 18th.

Dave is the Canadian record holder, and recently had his record officially approved by the Canadian Masters Athletics Association. Birnie is currently ranked 1st in Canada and 5th. in North America.

Best to stand back a few extra feet if you go to watch him toss that javelin…

NOT ONE but TWO fastball highlights in Waterloo next week..

Remember when the Owen Sound King Farms or the CanadianTiremen or Selects came to Hillside to play the Waterloo CHYMrs or the Hallman Twins, remember when Brad Underwood and Dan Yantzi would toe the rubber in those mid week games?

Well next Wednesday evening July 28th, at Hillside you can recall those days when the Owen Sound Verge Selects will be in town to play the Hallman Rivershark Twins in a double header for the Senior Men’s Ontario Fastball Championship. The winner goes to PEI as the Ontario Men’s Champion.

Two games, lower diamond, 7 and 9 pm…

Looking forward to this as I am sure many of you are

and the SECOND……

And two nights later another “in the day” memory….the OASA Men’s Championship. This time 10 teams, and a couple dozen games starting on Friday night the 30th..continuing all day Saturday and then Championship Sunday….

The winner of this tournament will be the Ontario Intermediate champion and will also receive a invitation to the ISC World Tournament in 2011…

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Three Top Ten Teams at Tavistock this weekend:

# 1 Kitchener Rivershark Twins
# 2 Jarvis Travelers
# 6 Midland Explorers

With three games played on Friday night, already one upset, with # 15 Owen Sound Canada beating # 6 Midland Michigan Explorers. Kitchener and Jarvis both notched opening night wins, but with opponents St. Thomas and the Elmira Expos hanging in, with a margin of 3 runs in each.

Play continues through Sunday. Get all the details at everyone’s favorite spot on the internet for men’s fastball, “Al’s Fastball”. Al is in Tavistock for the weekend, so you can keep up on all the action.

Click logo for scores at Al’s Fastball.

Friday, July 16

Game 1
Kitchener Twins 5
St Thomas 2

Game 2
Jarvis Travelers 3
Elmira Expos 0

Game 3
Owen Sound Selects 3
Midland Explorers 1