PEI Fawcetts make history by grabbing silver in fast pitch championships

September 6th, 2010


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The Canadian senior men’s fastpitch championship at the Central fields had a silver lining for the host Gahan House Bud Light Fawcetts.

The defending champion Kitchener Rivershark Twins defeated the Fawcetts 6-1 in Sunday afternoon’s championship game in front of an overflow crowd of more than 2,000. It’s the first time a P.E.I.-based team has reached the final and finished in the medals in the 46-year history of this event.

Kitchener ran the table in the 10-team tournament, going 9-0 in the round-robin and 3-0 in the playoffs, outscoring opponents 65-21.

Fawcetts starter Frank Cox, plagued by a wrist injury that limited him to just three appearances during the tournament, lasted until the third inning before giving way to Trevor Ethier, who had thrown a complete game in the Island squad’s 3-2 victory over Three Cheers Pub of Newfoundland and Labrador earlier in the day. The pair combined to allow seven hits.

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Kitchener Ontario Defends its Sr. Canadian title

September 5th, 2010

The Kitchener Rivershark Twins have successfully defended their Sr. Canadian Men’s title, with a 6-1 win over runner-up Host PEI.


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Final score: Kitchener Rivershark Twins 6, Host PEI 1.
WP-Paul Koert, in 5 inn. of relief of Don Scott
LP-Frank Cox, in relief of Trevor Ethier
Kitchener’s Rowan Lam had 2 hits and 2 RBI in the championship game.

Box score

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2010 Sr. Canadians – Day 8 – Sunday Sept 5 – Final Day!

September 5th, 2010

Host PEI vs. Defending champions Kitchener in finale

Three games on tap for today, games # 53, 54 and 55.

Game # 53 – 10 am – Ontario Owen Sound VS NL1 3 Cheers Pub
Pitching for and for ON Andrew Phibbs, and for NL1 Sean Whitten
Final score: NFLD1 6, Ontario 1

Game #54 – 12:30 pm – Winner of Game #53 (NL1 Cheers Pub) vs. Host team (PEI)Final for Game #54 Host PEI wins 3 -2 over the NL1

NL1 Cheers Pub has Jason Hill, Stephen Mullaley, Sean O’Brien, Brad Ezekiel, Colin Abbott, Derek Mayson, with Sean Whitten and Ward Gosse, pitching.

Host Team (PEI) has Rob Geisbrecht, Jeff Ellsworth, Kevin Schellenberg, and Trevor Ethier (pitching/playing) and Mitch Hardy and Frank Cox pitching.

Game # 55 – CHAMPIONSHIP GAME – HOST PEI vs. defending champions, Kitchener Rivershark Twins of Ontario. Pitchers are Frank Cox for Host and Don Scott for Ontario DC

Final score: Kitchener Rivershark Twins 6, Host PEI 1.
WP-Paul Koert, in 5 inn. of relief of Don Scott
LP-Frank Cox, in relief of Trevor Ethier
Box score


Editor’s note:
According to the CBC video clip below, PEI has never won a medal at the Sr. Canadians – until this year.

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CBC Video Clips from Sr. Canadians

September 5th, 2010

Lance Winn featured in CBC Video Clips about the Sr. Canadians, ISF and ISC World Tournament

Some great video clips of the Sr. Canadians from CBC, “Sports Day in Canada, and CBC’s Lance Winn. Cap tip to Brad Robinson and Al’s Fastball:

Clip 1, with interviews with PEI’s Jeff Ellsworth, Trevor Ethier and Mark Arsenault.

Clip 2, a combination clip that includes the above Sr. Canadians clip (starting at the 8:28 mark) as well as some commentary with with Lance Winn (of Ballparkradio/ISCtv) working at his “day job” at CBC. Lance’s clips appear at the beginning of the clip and 8:00 mark (talking about fastpitch) and again at 10:27 or so. Nice plug for Al Doran and Al’s Fastball at the 10:40 mark)


Lance Winn (at right) of Ballparkradio/ISCtv on the set at his day job at CBC
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2010 Sr. Canadians – Day 7 – Sat Sept 4 (off due to hurricane)

September 4th, 2010

Friday’s playoff games shown on Twitter feed, see below, and on scoreboard shown here.

Playoff games slated for Saturday, September 4, 2010 were canceled due to Hurricane Earl. Games to resume on Sunday for the final round.

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7.2 Earthquake near Christchurch New Zealand

September 3rd, 2010

Update.

Photos.

7.2 magnitude earthquake shakes New Zealand

WELLINGTON — A 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand’s second largest city Christchurch early Saturday, causing widespread damage including the collapse of some buildings and power outages, witnesses and the US geological survey said.

The quake struck at a depth of 16.1 kilometres (10.0 miles) some 30 kilometres (19 miles) northwest of… Christchurch at 04:05 am (1635 GMT Friday), the USGS said.

There was no major tsunami warning.

Aftershocks were ongoing and damage widespread in Christchurch, local newspaper The Post reported, while there appeared to be a power outage throughout the city of about 340,000.

Editor’s note: Christchurch New Zealand was host to the 2004 ISF Men’s World Championships. We hope our friends down that way are ok. Anyone down that way affected? Email: jim (at) fastpitchwest.com

ISC 19u Awards for 2010

September 3rd, 2010

Thanks to Tom Stasik for this info.

Most Valuable Pitcher
Caleb Keeshig, Scarborough

Outstanding Hitter

Brandon Parks, Oshawa

Most Valuable Player and RBI Leader

Travis Jones, Scarborough

All Tournament Team
Pitchers

Caleb Keeshig, Scarborough
Abe Leahy, Oshawa
Connor Travis, Oshawa

Outfielders
Brandon Parks, Oshawa
Adam Stuck, Scarborough
Zac Wager, Waterloo
Travis Jones, Scarborough

Infielders
Jarris Jantzi, Tavistock
Cory Tuffnail, Stratford
Steve Ashbridge, Oshawa
Tyler McNeil, Victoria

Catcher
Ben Heinbuch, Stratford

2010 Sr. Canadians – Day 6 – Friday Sept 3 – Playoff Schedule

September 2nd, 2010

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Seeding

* DC – Kitchener Rivershark Twins
* ON – Owen Sound Verge Select
* NL1 – 3 Cheers Pub/Bud Light
* NS1 – Brookfield Elks
* NS2 – Glace Bay Mets
* NL2 – West Side Charlies Bud Light St Johns
* NS3 – Blackburn Transport
* QC – Team Quebec
* NB – Fredericton Coors Light Twins
* HOST – Gahan House Bud Light Fawcetts

Sr. Canadians Fastpitch championship round robin finals today

September 2nd, 2010

The marathon has now become a sprint as the 10-team Canadian senior men’s fastpitch championship heads into today’s final day of round-robin action at the Central Field complex in Charlottetown.

The defending champion Kitchener Rivershark Twins of Ontario have clinched a top-four finish and a double life in the playoffs, which open Friday. Kitchener improved to 7-0 with wins of 8-0 in five innings over the Glace Bay Mets of Nova Scotia, and 2-1 in eight innings over Blackburn Transport of Halifax.

Newfoundland and Labrador entries Three Cheers Pub (6-1) and West Side Charlies (5-2) have clinched playoff berths, as have the host Gahan House Bud Light Fawcetts (6-2) and Owen Sound Selects of Ontario (4-3). Three of those clubs will round out the top four. No team has been eliminated from the playoff picture.

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On a bit more ominous note, Hurricane Earl may be headed to PEI:



Hurricane-force winds expected, weather watches will be posted for P.E.I. tonight