Remember that we’re also now on Twitter. Click on that birdie below.
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(Some people have mentioned to me that it’s a great way to skim the headlines to see what’s been posted here at Morning Brief)
Another great report from:
Its a great weekend for ball in SW Ontario and I hope the weather is just as great whereever ball is being played this weekend.
The atmosphere at the Peter Hallman Ballyard is absolutely electric. The ISC WT Champions are back and have thrown down the gauntlet and come out swinging. They are 3-0 so far and have won big each game. Clearly they are on a path they hope will take them to another win, this time in Quad Cities in August, but first thing first, they want to win their own tournament, the Legends.
Click the logo above for all of Al Doran’s reports.
Al is also updating from the host Residence Inn about every two hours with a few updates in between on Facebook.
Legends Tournament at Kitchener
Update Saturday afternoon: I bumped this post up to provide one more link to Al’s website page giving details of the games. Click here.
(click logo to visit Al’s Fastball website)
Al Doran of Al’s Fastball is in Kitchener this weekend, providing game by game results from the Legends tournament. Defending ISC World Champions, the hometown Kitchener Twins got off to a good start to their 2009 season last night with a win.
Visit Al’s site for more information throughout the weekend, including the scoreboard page which you can view by clicking the “Legends” logo below. For those of you on Facebook, you’ll also find some periodic “during game” reports.
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Follow the Legends tournament all weekend long at:
Lots of tournament action in the province of Ontario this weekend including the 6th annual Snapper Shootout and the 19th annual Mitchell Tournament.
Check our brother blog The Deuce for all scores and action.
From Al Doran’s Facebook: Kitchener Twins start the year w/ 10 – 0 win over CPI + Jarvis won 5 – 0 over St Thomas – Good crowd out for Legends.
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Follow the Legends tournament all weekend long at:
From:
(click logo to visit Al’s Fastball website)
Editor’s note: The Kitchener Twins are the 2008 defending ISC World Champions.
(photo by Maddy Flanagan, click to enlarge)
They started the year as the pres-season # 1 team, and held it in the next set of rankings recently released.
Click the players below to visit their recently remodeled team website, created and maintained by Todd “Shea” Evans.
Most of you will know by now that ISC II UiC Ken Vierling was involved in a severe single-car accident back in April that claimed the life of his friend and passenger and has left Ken paralyzed from the chest down. Ken’s family have been providing virtually daily updates on his progress toward recovery. You can follow along by clicking here.
Ken’s friends have created a web site to assist with fundraising efforts. If you can find a way to help, either by buying tickets, attending the events or providing support in some other way, please do so.
Please visit www.kenvierling.org to find out how you can help.
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Six weeks from Friday will be the start of the 2009 International Softball Federation’s World Men’s Fastpitch Championship here in Saskatoon. The local organizing committee announced the creation of some new ticket options that will be available starting Monday. In addition to the Reserved Grandstand Ticket Packages that have been on sale for a while now, you will be able to purchase a Championship Weekend Package, a Flex Pack of Ticket Vouchers and a Single Day Ticket Voucher. These new advance ticket options are available in person at the T-C-U Place Box Office or through Ticketmaster. In addition, about 50 more volunteers are needed for the July 17th through 26th event, colourful banners for each of the 16 competing nations will soon be seen hanging off downtown street lamps and the final day will be televised nationally on Sportsnet on a tape-delayed basis.
From Ruben Rios in San Antonio TX:
45th ANNUAL GLOWWORM TOURNAMENT
San Antonio, Texas
The Largest and Best Men’s Fastpitch Tournament In The State Of TexasTeam Manager / Sponsor:
It’s that time of the year FASTPITCH SOFTBALL and the RIOS FAMILY is extending our invitation to you on the 45th Annual Glowworm Tournament. The tournament will be held on July 4th and July 5th, 2009 and will be played at Alva Jo Fisher Softball complex. The tournament is a three game guarantee and the entry fee is $200.00 and we will only accept cash or money order. The deadline is SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2009. The tournament rules will be played to the 2009 ASA code.
As President of the Glowworm Athletic Club, I can attest that the success of our 44th Annual Tournament was definitely memorable.
The Glowworm Athletic Club and the RIOS FAMILY want to thank everyone who participating in our tournament last year and keeping FASTPITCH ALIVE.
We hope to hear from you soon!
Sincerely,
Ruben Rios, President
Phone: (210) 333-0064 cell: (210) 854-6409
E-MAIL: iceworms (at) juno.com
PLEASE RESPOND BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Diamond Dirt is back ! Just in time for the Legends tournament.
Click here to view the PDF issue.
Thanks to editor of Diamond Dirt, John Thompson for this latest issue. Readers will recall that John was the gentleman who worked tirelessly throughout the ISC World Tournaments in Kitchener to put out the daily issues of “Diamond Dirt” – complete with photos and up-to-date stories on the previous day’s games, no easy feat.
Flip video camera $49 at Amazon ! It’s not the high definition version, but you can’t beat the price. Click the camera for details. These things (esp. the HD version) are pretty remarkable, considering how inexpensive and small they are. A YouTube clip here in HD.(hit the “HQ” button to see the High Def version)
