Archive for May, 2008

2008 Austin Blue Jays Tournament – June 21-22

Friday, May 9th, 2008

2008 AUSTIN BLUE JAYS MEN’S FAST PITCH TOURNAMENT

Austin, Texas

Date: June 21-22, 2008

Site: Bob Havin’s Softball Complex

12138 N. Lamar Blvd.

Format: Double Elimination 3 games guaranteed bracket

Entry Fee: $250.00 per team (includes all admission fees)

Money Orders, Checks, Payable & Mailed to:

Pedro Tovar

601 Reliance rd

Buda, TX. 78610

Deadline: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Draw: Thursday, June 19, 2008

Rules: As per 2008 ASA Official Rules of Softball and Texas ASA supplement.

Balls: Furnished by the Tournament Sponsor.

Time Limit: 1 Hour 15 minute for all games

Run Rule: 15 Runs after 3 Innings

8 Runs after 5 Innings

Tie Breaker: International tie-breaker will be used as per 2008 ASA Code.

Awards: 1st – 4th Place Team Trophy

1st – 2nd 15 t-shirts

12 All Tournament Awards

M. V. P.

M. O. P.

For more information contact: Pete Tovar Jr 512-743-4883/ austinbluejays68@yahoo.com

Blake Hunter Realizes Dream with Grey Sox

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

From the:

(click logo for official website)

Cedar slugger cracks lineup of best fastball team in Canada
Krista Charke
The Daily News

(linked with permission)

Tech Tip – Service Pack 3 for XP? Maybe not….

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

While we’re on the topic of tech tips, we pass along a caution to those Windows XP users contemplating running the new update from Microsoft, “Service Pack 3 for XP”. While it’s usually a good idea to use Windows Update and download the latest security patches, it appears that a number of people are having problems on their computers after installing Service Pack 3. Me? I’m going to wait a while before going down that road.

Read on.

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Tech Tip – Free Anti-Virus AVG 8.0

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

While we usually cover “tech tips” in our forum section of that name, some items bear wider coverage, winding up here in the morning brief. The latest new version of FREE anti-virus program AVG is “blog-worthy”. The latest version, 8.0 was just released and contains a number of improvements over the prior versions, and is easier to use than ever.

Click here for the free download.

Once you click the link above, follow the links for the FREE version. Download, install, schedule a daily scan for the wee hours of the morning while you sleep. You know the routine.

TNT tops ISC II Preseason Rankings

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

May 6, 2008 – South Lebanon, PA TNT will open the defence of their ISC II crown atop the rankings. TNT topped a selection of nearly 50 teams considered by the ISC II ranking committee.

Rankers slotted the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions finalists California Lumberkings in second place while a revamped Perkasie, PA Rise lineup comes in at #3.

The top 10 are as follows:

1 South Lebanon, PA TNT
2 Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings
3 Perkasie, PA Rise
4 Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
5 Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness
6 New York City, NY Knights
7 Ashland, OH Stockpack
8 Waterdown, ON Hammer
9 Palermo, ON Athletics
10 Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils

To see the full list, see our brother blog The Deuce.

A-1 Bombers Sign Pitcher Marty Grant

Monday, May 5th, 2008

The Casa Trejo A-1 Bombers are very pleased to announce the signing of pitcher Marty Grant of New Zealand for the 2008 season. Grant is a long-time and highly respected member of the New Zealand National team and played this past season in the New Zealand club circuit. While unable to compete in 2004 due to an injury, Marty has been a star pitcher for New Zealand during their ISF Gold Medal run over the last several competitions and was a key pitcher for the Decatur Pride in the ISC a few years ago, twice being named All-World.

“We’ve been in discussions with Marty for a few weeks now and with his permission, we added him to our roster prior to May 1st, to enable this opportunity. Marty Grant has extensive International experience and is a world-class pitcher, and we’re obviously very excited to add his talent and leadership to our club.”

The Bomber’s ownership, staff and players welcome Marty and look forward to his contribution in 2008.

C-Rod
www.socalbombers.com

Farm Tavern, ISC World Tournament Featured in Softball Magazine

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

Update: We have posted the PDF copy of the article, see link below.

Speaking of the pre-season # 1 pick of the ISC ranking committee, we are pleased to announce that the our feature story on the Farm Tavern and 2007 & 2008 ISC World Tournaments was published in this month’s issue of Softball Magazine, the “Sports Illustrated of Softball”, starting at page 66.

Some of Maddy’s photos are featured prominently, including one Farm sponsor Rod Peterson receiving the 2007 ISC Championship trophy, the Farm Tavern Championship team photos, ISC World Tournament Outstanding pitcher, Korrey Garreau, MVP Karl Gollan, and a nice shot of So Cal Bomber shortstop Mike Butler in mid-air. The issue is already out in the mail to subscribers and at selected newstands. If you’re not a subscriber, you might want to consider ordering. In the meantime, if you don’t have, but want a copy of the latest issue, email me a self-address stamped envelope (with about $2.75 in US postage), and I’ll send you a copy from my stack of extras.

Mail your self-addressed, postage-paid envelope to

Fastpitchwest
P.O. Box 961
Los Alamitos, CA 90720


Click here to view a PDF copy of this Softball Magazine feature

Vancouver Grey Sox Announce Roster & Schedule

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

The Vancouver Grey Sox are pleased to formally announce their 2008 roster and schedule. All Grey Sox home games will be played at South Memorial Park, located two blocks east of Fraser Street on 41 Avenue East in Vancouver.

Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
www.vancouvergreysox.com

2008 Roster

2 – Trevor Johnstone – IF – Vancouver, BC
5 – Nick Medwedrich – OF – Sooke, BC
6 – Doug Cain – IF – Burnaby, BC
7 – Scott Newitt – OF – Delta, BC
8 – Kevin Schellenberg – IF – Squamish, BC *
* Softball Canada Nationals
9 – Derek Mayson – IF / P – North Vancouver, BC *
* Softball Canada Nationals
10 – Brian Ree – IF – Gresham, OR
12 – Eric Reisinger – IF – Chilliwack, BC
17 – Calem Gardner – OF – Squamish, BC
19 – Frank Cox – P – Owen Sound, ON ** Softball Canada Nationals
21 – Blake Hunter – IF / OF – Nanaimo, BC
24 – Nick Underhill – P – Kamloops, BC
27 – Sean Cameron – OF – North Vancouver, BC
29 – Korrey Gareau – P – Cobble Hill, BC ** Softball Canada Nationals
30 – Rob Giesbrecht – IF / OF – Landmark, MB
32 – Mike Piechnik – P – Victoria, BC
33 – Brian Mayson – IF / DP – North Vancouver, BC
34 – Bryan Abrey – OF – Richmond, BC
35 – Kevin Rasmussen – C – Everett, WA
37 – Jeff Wilson – P / DP – Toronto, ON
38 – Brian Banner – C – Sooke, BC
42 – Andrew Medwedrich – IF – Sooke, BC

11 – John Stuart – Field Manager – Garibaldi Highlands, BC
44 – Todd Morrison – Ass’t Coach – Chilliwack, BC
4 – Doug Van Os – Ass’t Coach – Coquitlam, BC

Larry Kancs – President / Co-Sponsor – North Vancouver, BC
Conrad Margolis – Director / Co-Sponsor – Vancouver, BC
Jim Johnson – Director – Vancouver, BC
Doug Challoner – Director – Steveston, BC
Dale McMann – Director – Surrey, BC