Click the camera to view first four galleries of photos from the 2007 AAU International Tournament, held January 18-21, 2007. Maddy has prepped about 300 photos, so we’ll be posting a gallery every day for the next ten days. If you don’t see the team you’re looking for, check back often, to see the additional galleries.
After clicking the camera icon above, click the menu button on left for Gallery 4, or to jump directly to Gallery 4, click here.
FEBRUARY 17 – 18, 2007
SCIFL OPENING LEAGUE WEEKEND
HOLYFIELD PARK IN NORWALK
375.00 ENTRY FEE DUE BY SATURDAY 2/17
CONTACT FERNIE RAMIREZ TO ENTER
FERNIE ( 562 ) 762 – 8397
From Long Beach area, take the 605 North, to the 91 Freeway East. Exit the 91 East at Bloomfield. Take Bloomfield North (towards the mountains), past Alondra, and you will see the park on the left hand side.
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=12500 Excelsior Drive&csz=90650&Get+Map=Get+Map
12500 Excelsior Drive
Norwalk, California
90650
Since this is a new league and we are starting from scratch the 375.00 will help cover costs and build up a league fund. In the coming years if we keep this together we can eventually try to lower entry fees.
· If you can send in your money sooner make arrangements with Fernie.
· 3 games on Saturday single elimination Sunday
· NAFA Pitchers list will be enforced
· League Rules will be followed
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ISC Introduces New Softball for 2007 and New Worth Retailer for US
For the past several years many players, administrators and fans have expressed concern about the safety of today’s hi-tech bats and balls. As everyone knows, the game has experienced numerous incidents where serious injuries have occurred due to players being hit with a batted or thrown ball.
In recent years, we have attended many meetings and seminars, with manufacturers and testing groups about bat/ball technology and how it can be harnessed to provide maximum safety for players. Frankly, not much has come from these gatherings and that is primarily due to the differences between what is wanted for slowpitch, compared with what is wanted and needed for fastball or fastpitch. Remember, slowpitch accounts for far more ball sales than fastpitch. Also remember, men’s fastpitch is the only segment of softball still using white balls. We are a very small part of the overall softball sales market.
In 2006, based on a motion from the ISC Player Rep Committee, the Board of Directors passed a motion to have ISC proceed with locating and/or developing a safer ball.
In numerous discussions with both pitchers and hitters, the consensus was having the Worth K-Master cover on a cork center ball. Until recently, the technology to accomplish this was not available. Now the technology is available and Worth has worked with us to develop a new ball.
Beginning with the 2007 season, the official ISC ball for both the ISC World Tournament and the ISC II Tournament of Champions will be the newly created Worth K-Master120 Fastpitch Cork, model C120WISC.
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