[Alsfastball] Sat. July 31 results - Vancouver Challenge

[Al Doran]

From: "Vancouver Grey Sox Fastpitch Softball Club" 
<vancouverchallenge at hotmail.com>
To: fastball at pmihrm.com
Subject: Sat. July 31 results - Vancouver Challenge
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 02:15:51 -0700


Vancouver, BC

The 3rd Annual Vancouver Challenge Mens FP tournament continued on Saturday 
under sunny skies and warm temperatures at South Memorial Park in 
Vancouver.  Results were as follows:

Portland (Oregon) DeMarini Merchants 4 - Lower Mainland (BC) Premier League 
All Stars 1
WP - Kevin Careless
LP - Mike Egerdeen
* Dean Waltier homered for Portland

Victoria (BC) Travellers Inn 7 - Olympia (Washington) Morgan Transfer / 
United Van Lines 0
WP - Collin McKenzie, with relief from Korrey Gareau (5)
LP - Bricklin Anderson
* Collin McKenzie left the game with what is described as a minor groin 
pull and was removed for precautionary reasons.  Jeff Hurford lead the 
Victoria attack with a 3 run home run in the first inning.

Olympia Morgan Transfer / United Van Lines 2 - Portland DeMarini Merchants 0
WP - Bricklin Anderson
LP - Roberto Bahler

Victoria Travellers Inn 7 - Lower Mainland Premier League All Stars 0 - (5 
innings)
WP - Rick Smith
LP - John Bishop

Portland DeMarini Merchants 8 - Vancouver (BC) Grey Sox 7 - (8 innings)
WP - Kevin Careless
LP -  Sean Whitten in relief of Nick Underhill and Joe Robbins
* Portland battled back from a 6 - 1 deficit, to take the lead 7 - 6, only 
to have the Grey Sox tie it, and then the Portland side prevailed in the 
8th inning under the international tiebreaker rule.  Sean Whitten suffered 
the hard luck loss in relief for the Grey Sox without giving up an earned run.

Olympia Morgan Transfer / United Van Lines 6 - Lower Mainland Premier 
League All Stars 2
WP - Sisko Sabate
LP - Danny Valachy

Vancouver Grey Sox 3 - Victoria Travellers Inn 2
WP - Sean Whitten
LP - Korrey Gareau
* the fans were treated to a good ball game between the two teams, which 
had everything from solid pitching, fine defensive plays, close calls both 
ways and included an incident that cleared the benches.  However cooler 
heads prevailed, with no ejections, and credit goes to the umpires who did 
a good job of restoring order, and both teams who re-focused and continued 
providing good entertainment for the fans.

Standings after Saturday's games
1. Victoria Travellers Inn, 2 wins / 1 loss - +13
2. Vancouver Grey Sox, 2 wins / 1 loss - + 3
3. Portland DeMarini Merchants, 2 wins / 1 loss - + 2
4. Olympia Morgan Transfer, 2 wins / 1 loss - -1
5. Premier League All Stars, 0 wins / 4 losses - -17

Sunday's round robin games are as follows:
10:00 am - Vancouver vs. Olympia
12:00 pm - Victoria vs. Portland

With 2 round robin games remaining a lot is still at stake.  All 4 clubs 
still have an opportunity to finish first and receive a bye to the final, 
pending the outcome of their final round robin game.  As well with a loss, 
a single team is facing elimination from the playoff round.

Sunday playoff games are as follows:
2:00 pm - 2nd place vs. 3rd place - loser eliminated - winner advances to 
the final
4:00 pm - winner 2:00 pm game vs. 1st place - Championship Final

The event is serving as a good tune up for those teams attending major 
events in the next month.  ISC World Tournament teams - Victoria (ranked 
7th), Portland (ranked 13th), Olympia (ranked 30th) will be travelling to 
Fargo, North Dakota in mid August for the ISC World Tournament.  As well 
the Vancouver Grey Sox will be representing British Columbia at the 
Softball Canada Nationals in late August in Nova Scotia.

Final results of the Vancouver Challenge will be provided on Sunday evening 
at the conclusion of the event.

Larry Kancs
President
Vancouver Grey Sox
Mailto:vancouverchallenge at hotmail.com






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