(from Joe Todd)
Congratulations to the Alvinston Indians who defeated the Kitchener Outlaws on Sunday in the Championship game in Innerkip, Both Teams have now Earned a berth to Midland Michigan the site of the 2010 ISC World Tournament . The Victory for the Indians have earned a paid entry fee plus travel money. While the Outlaws did secure the 2nd berth available out of the Innerkip Qualifier.
For all the fans that attended Thank You and we hope you now make plans to travel to Midland, Mi on Aug 13th for the nine days for more world class Fastball
Many Thanks are in order that did lead to the success of this tournament, first of all Our Hosts, The Innerkip Eagles and Chairman Nate Awde. The Eagles Have hosted this tournament in the past and their previous experience has lead to another great show. For those of you who have not seen or played On the new diamonds at Innerkip.
The Innerkip Parks and Rec Board with our local governments have lead to major improvements in the overall facility With such features as Red Clay Infields and Warning Tracks, Automatic Sprinkler System , New Lights & Poles on one diamond, New Bulbs on the 2nd Diamond, the 3rd diamond is also completely fenced now, Congratulations a great job with the Park and also our host team.
Groundskeeper Dylan Brown did an amazing job keeping the diamonds all ready to go and in Tip Top Shape.
Blue Crew- Our Crew of 8 lead by UIC Peter Kluszczynski all lead to the professionalism on and off the Diamonds. The Crew included John Snoeks, Darryl Ford, Trevor Topping, Steve Kuhl, Rob Deakin, Moe Carde and two newcomers Mike Brito and Carson White, As I like seeing new ball players on the field I am also encouraged by new umpires who neither one looked out of place A job well done by our blue crew.
Our Scorers and Announcers , Thank you your efforts, they do not go unnoticed by me. The accuracy of a good clean score sheet and summary sheet. Makes it a lot quicker of getting the results out to our readers and fans on the World Wide Web and Thanks also at this time to Al Doran and Jim Flanagan on keeping the current info posted to the appropriate sites.
Last but certainly not least, the experienced crew of Game Controllers Doug Bach, Chris Bach, Colin Smith, Kyle Smith, Jim Marr, and Jeff Whetstone. Kept everything working like a Swiss Clock, 95% of the games started either on time or 10 minutes early.
The Final Ingredient for a successful summer weekend fastball tournament in the weather and it was ideal conditions, so my Thanks to who ever Chaired that committee, you are welcome to chair the same committee next year.
Thanks again and hope to see you all at the park with the game we all love
Joe Todd
ISC Canada East Commissioner
Ingersoll, Ontario