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Maddy’s Photos from 2008 ISF Jr. World Championships

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010


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From the blog at Maddy’s Photos:

2008 ISF Jr Men’s Championship – Yukon, Canada
Some of you may have wondered whatever happened to the photos I took in 2008 at the Jr Men’s World Championship in White Horse, Yukon, Canada. I was particularly excited about this tournament because of its location: the Yukon and because I do not often get to shoot young fastpitch players. However, access in this tournament was limited as the tournament already had an official photographer. Nonetheless the good folks at White Horse graciously allowed me to shoot anywhere around the ballpark as long as it was not on the field. I have not posted these pictures until now in deference to the official tournament photographer and to not impact her sales. It has been almost 18 months now but reviewing these photos brought back all the excitement. In particular the game between Argentina and New Zealand stands out. The heart shown in that game can be seen in many of the photos but those of us who were lucky enough to watch it in person will never forget the hair-raising ending, the reaction of the winning Argentine team, and the standing ovation given by the fans.

The photos are posted at www.maddysphotos.com under 2008 ISF Junior Men’s World Championship (click MP logo above).

Editor’s note: You can also find Maddy’s Photos on Facebook. Become a fan. In fact, become fan # 100 if you hurry. She’s at 99 and counting….

If you have any questions or comments about the photos, you can email Maddy directly at: maddy (at) maddysphotos (dot) com

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Casting Call for USA Jr. Men’s Team

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Editor’s note: We’ve bumped this one back to the top of the Morning Brief, to remind our readers that the casting call is still underway. Response has been good to date, so keep up the great work in getting the word out.

Young USA Talent Invited, with or without softball experience

The USA Softball Jr. Men’s National Team is looking for players for the the 2012 World Championships which will be held in Parana, Argentina.

The players must be born in 1993 – 1996. No softball experience needed.

Training will begin in 2010. All expenses are paid for those players invite to participate.

Please click here and fill out the information form.

If you have any questions, please contact me at email address below

TIMOTHY LYON
Head Coach
USA Softball Jr Men’s
National Team
timlyon (at) earthlink.net

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ISF Jr. Worlds to Argentina in 2012

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Parana, Argentina will be the host of the the ISF Jr. World Championship in 2012. The announcement was made at the ISF convention in Venezuela.

The last world championships were hosted at Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, in 2008, with Australia, Canada and Japan winning gold, silver and bronze, respectively.

Ballparkradio.com broadcast a dozen games at the 2008 ISF Jr. World Championships at Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, to over 7,000 listeners worldwide.

Parana, Argentina is about a 5 hour drive from Buenos Aires, Argentina. (see map below, or click for larger map)


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From our friend Martin Jorge, at www.softballnewsla.com:


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Argentina will host the ISF Junior Men’s World Championship 2012

The city of Paraná will host the next ISF Junior Men’s World Championship 2012. This was confirmed this afternoon the International Softball Federation at the World Congress is developing on Margarita Island, Venezuela. In this way, Argentina will host the World Softball Championship for the first time in its history, and it will bring to South America for the first time an event of this nature.

The official presentation of the candidates was held yesterday morning, opposite the World Championships Committee. First was New Zealand which suggested the city of Nelson to host the World Cup, in second place was Canada, who presented the candidacy of Whitehorse, and finally it was the turn of the delegation of Argentina, who presented to the city of Parana and candidate to host 2012. The end of the submission of Argentina, who was in charge of Argentina President of Softball Confederation, Mr. Jacinto Cyprian, and who had a previous hard work of members of the CAS and Paranaense Softball Association, concluded with a closed applause, the only candidate to receive such treatment from those present.

This spells good news for today, when they finally decide the World Junior Men’s headquarters. And indeed, this afternoon the full ISF World Congress confirmed the news of Paraná will host the World Youth Championship 2012. After the election, which was defined unanimously in favor of capital entrerriana, it came time for the congratulations, acknowledgments and joy of the delegation of Argentina, who received on behalf of all delegates present countless expressions of support and recognition .

A total of fifteen countries will come to Argentina in 2012, and join our Team to contest the World Junior Championships. Softball lovers in Argentina will have the chance to see play on the diamonds of Paraná the future stars of New Zealand, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, South Africa, among others, as is perhaps the best softball tournament ever in our country.

Thus is fulfilled the dream of having for the first time in history a World Softball Championship in Argentina diamonds. There is still a long road ahead of work and effort to show the world that softball of Argentina is capable of doing great things. However, the first step, the most difficult, is given. Argentina is officially host the ISF Junior Men’s World Championship 2012. The world will come to play softball in our country, and Parana will welcome you with open arms.

Source: Softball Confederation Argentina – Photo: Ministry of Sports of Venezuela

En espanol after the jump. (more…)

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Young Bucks Fall Fundraiser

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Sat-Sun November 14-15 Eling Park

12 teams 4 games guarentee $350/team
3 game round robin Sat – single elimination Sun
1st 12 teams to pay are in
Clyde Bennett clydebennett13@yahoo.com 805-895-9007
6600 Stagecoach Rd Santa Barbara Ca. 93105

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NAFA 23 & Under – Sioux Fall, SD

Saturday, August 8th, 2009


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Results from the NAFA 23 & Under Men’s Fast Pitch tournament in Sioux Fall, SD. Teams played two games in a round robin format to seed them in to the double elimination bracket. Games on Saturday evening were not available at the time of this post. Games were postponed for one hour thrity minutes due to tornado watches mid-afternoon.

Friday, August 07, 2009:
7:30 PM
Round Robin
Hartford Explosion, SD – 10, Preston Merchants, MN – 0
Young Bucks, CA – 7, Sibley Electric, MN – 0
Kegel Knights, ND – 10, Kenosha 23U, WI – 0
Main Street FP, WI – 7, Ramsey Financial, IL – 4
NW Implement, KS – 3, Warsaw Stagboys, IL – 2

9:15
Hartford Explosion, SD – 8, Kenosha 23U, WI – 0
Young Bucks, CA – 9, Ramsey Financial, IL – 6
Kegel Knights, ND – 4, NW Implement, KS – 4
Warsaw Stagboys, IL – 7, Sibley Electric, MN – 0
Preston Merchants, MN – 9, Main Street FP, WI – 8

Saturday, August 08, 2009
12:30
Winners Bracket
Preston Merchants, MN – 15, Sibley Electric, MN – 0
Ramsey Electric, IL – 12, Kenosha 23U, WI – 5
Kegel Knights, ND – 6, Warsaw Stagboys, IL – 3
NW Implement, KS – 7, Main Street FP, WI – 0

7:30 (Appx)
Winners Bracket
Hartford Explosion, SD vs Ramsey Financial, IL
Young Bucks, CA vs Preston Merchants , MN

Lower Bracket
Kenosha 23U, WI vs Warsaw Stagboys, IL
Sibley Electric, MN vs Main Street, FP, WI

Robert Hernandez for Benjie Hedgecock
Tournament Director
rmh323 (at) roadrunner.com
www.nafafastpitch.com

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ASA Boy’s Nationals – North Mankato, MN – July 31-Aug 2

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Cap tip to USA Jr. Men’s National manager Tim Lyon’s for this link:

ASA Boy’s National Tournament.

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Western Canadian Bantam Championship

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Ball players make the switch to Fastpitch at Western Canadian Bantam Championship

From The Daily Graphic
Posted By Eric MacKenzie

The Toba U16 softball team will act as host for this weekend’s Western Canadian Bantam Boys Fastpitch Championships at the John Blumberg Softball Complex, and will feature four local residents on the roster.

Zack Waldvogel, Chad Miller, Shane Dewis and Landon Thomson have all been added to the provincial squad for the nine-team tournament, to which teams will travel from four provinces and the Northwest Territories to take part.

The players that call Portage and the surrounding area home are all baseball players-turned softball players, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have experience to draw from.

Take Waldvogel, for example, whose older brother, Tanner, and father, Gregg, are both key pieces of the Portage Phillies men’s team, while Tanner also just returned from the U19 International Men’s Softball Championship in Prince Edward Island where he was a member of Team Manitoba.

Seeing first-hand the success that his family members have had in the sport, the youngest Waldvogel said he’s looking forward to making his debut at the inter-provincial level.

sports.dailygraphic@shawcable.com

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Record not indicative of how P.E.I. played at U-19 softball tournament

Monday, July 20th, 2009

From The Guardian:
By CHARLES REID

P.E.I.’s 1-7 record at the recent under-19 international men’s softball championship in?Charlottetown isn’t a great accomplishment, but it’s the job of Jeff Ellsworth, Team P.E.I. co-coach, to look closer.

Those seven defeats included two one-run losses and two two-run losses. That from a team with no league to play in, which forced it to scrimmage with the Charlottetown Fawcetts senior men’s team and a hodge-podge squad of former fastpitch devotees before the under-19 tourney.
“Sometimes the score does not always reflect how well the game went for a specific team. We came into the event with a goal to give ourselves a chance to win each game and for the most part we did that,” said Ellsworth in an email interview. “We played in a lot of close ball games that were won late in the game or extra innings were needed. We put the bat on the ball and didn’t make too many errors and we got the pitching from all our starters.”

Ellsworth, who’s in Saskatoon, Sask., this week with Team Canada for the International Softball Federation world men’s fastpitch championship, shared P.E.I.’s bench duties with Darcy Harris.
P.E.I. started the under-19 tourney with a 9-3 loss to the Northwest Territories but stuck it out and remained competitive before losing 1-0 to Alberta in the relegation tournament.
So how does Ellsworth compare the province’s softball program to the rest of Canada?

“We are a little weak in the numbers department, but rank up there in the skill department. With a few breaks this past week we were right there. We have many talented ball players on P.E.I., but not all play softball, which is fine. We just don’t have thousands of players to choose from when selecting a team, but I have to say sometimes that’s a good thing because the players that we selected all came for the right reasons and had the heart to play,” he said.

His current job, a fourth-year outfielder with the national squad, has him suiting up for one of 16 countries in Saskatoon. Canada is 3-0 midway through its seven-game round-robin schedule. Playoffs start Friday. The worlds operate on a four-year rotation like the Olympics. New Zealand is the three-time defending world champ. Canada last won in 1992.

Ellsworth hopes to be asked to coach P.E.I. for the next under-19 international event (it replaced the Canada Games men’s softball dropped for 2009), but will be onboard for the eastern Canadian championship next month in Quebec.

The Tignish native said his team’s will to compete proved a strength and with more games and time improvement is inevitable.

“These kids all know the game and can play well, but to succeed at this level you need to play all the time and for what we did leading up to the event, we exceeded our team and personal goals,” he said.

“Overall, the boys played really well.”

creid@theguardian.pe.ca.

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Ontario Over Saskatchewan in 19u

Monday, July 13th, 2009


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Gold – Ontario (7-1)
Silver – Saskatchewan (7-2)
Bronze – Nova Scotia (6-3)

Editor’s note: Curious who handed Ontario their only loss? It was silver medalist Saskatchewan, 4-3, back on July 7, the first day of the tournament. Ontario avenged that defeat, and claimed the gold by beating Saskatchewan twice on the final day of the tournament, by scores of 3-2 and 5-1.

Team Wins and Losses (more…)

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Mentor / Novice Tournament

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Cap tip: Here’s a group taking some concrete steps to develop the game. We encourage support of this novel idea.

Freeport Men’s Fast Pitch Mentor / Novice Tournament

Format: Date(s), August 1st & 2nd, 2009 – Double elimination -* Progressive pay

Cost: Entry = $120.00 +* Progressive pay (Entry fee due 10 days prior to tournament date)

* Above entry fee guarantees team two games, after which advancing teams pay $25.00/game to

continue play in the tournament (umpire fees), maximum pay per team will be $220.00

Contact: Rich Kunde – 616-765-5338, e-mail – ra1kunde@yahoo.com

P.O. Box # 101, Freeport, MI 49325-0101

DEFINITIONS:

Mentor / Novice Play – A competitive format designed to develop new pitching and/or players.

(Open roster)

Mentor Pitcher – An experienced pitcher willing to advise and develop new pitching.

(Open to all classifications)

Novice Pitcher – One in pursuit of skill and confidence to compete in league or state level play.

a.) As the primary pitcher, never championed in League or Tournament Fast Pitch.

b.) As a primary pitcher, never won a game at any state class or level of Fast Pitch.

(“Novice Pitchers” must be submitted with entry confirmation for review)

RULES: A.S.A. except for the following.

1 – Novice pitcher must throw to 3 batters per inning.

2 – Teams may have more than one novice or mentor pitcher.

3 – Everybody bats, free substitution, batting order stays same.

4 – Limit of 3 runs per inning except for walk off hits of any kind.

a.) This includes singles, doubles, triples, home runs.

b.) A batters hit with two (2) outs or less, must be played through until play ends, time

out is called or three (3) outs are recorded.

Example: Two (2) runs have scored, bases loaded with two out. A single is hit and

scores two runs lacking an out being recorded and play ends. Result: Two

outs, the team batting has scored four runs in their at bat, inning ends.

5 – In a last inning, be it the 7th inning or by time limit, visiting & home team will be allowed

unlimited runs. (This allows both teams an opportunity to win the game.)

6 – No A.S.A “game ending runs ahead rule in Mentor/Novice play.

7 – In any event a team cannot field a “novice pitcher” (injury, unavailable, no volunteer, etc.), a mentor pitcher” may start the inning. However, the batting team places runners on base, beginning at first, for each batter that a novice pitcher did not pitch to. (This rule is intended to prevent “faked injury” and allow a game to continue.)

8 – Home team will be determined by flip of coin and considered the “official score book”.

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