[Alsfastball] ISC Ready to roll in Fargo

[Al Doran]

ISC Ready to roll in Fargo

Friday, August 13, 2004


The park is spectacular and so is the weather, and the ISC is ready to rock 
and roll in Fargo, North Dakota.

Its been a couple of months since I have visited Fargo and the magnificent 
ball park where the 2004 ISC World Tournament is being held and its even 
more spectacular than I remember it.  The organizers have turned this 
lovely baseball park into a magnificent fastball park, complete with 
another 12 rows of seating behind home plate, new dugouts for the two 
teams, and in a setting any serious fan will appreciate.

The weather today, Friday, is a warm bright 71f with promise of a good week 
ahead.


The umpires rolled in yesterday and checked out the facilities and were 
totally impressed all the way around. I attended their meet and greet last 
night and met a number of new umpires from all over the world, here to make 
this yet another memorable event for the ISC.  UIC Ron Brickman has brought 
in a number of well-known umpires from all over Canada and the USA, as well 
as New Zealand. It is a long way from Wanganui, New Zealand to North 
Dakota, America but
that is the journey ahead for Kiwi umpire Lindsay Edwards as part of a new 
exchange programme.


Several well known umpires from Canada are here, working the Big Show, 
including Bob Henning from Surrey BC; Lou Davis from Nova Scotia, and Peter 
Kluszcynski, Ed Otterman and Tim Whitlaw from Ontario. Full list of the big 
blue:





1. John Voss                Lancaster, California

2. Kevin Wallace         Shipman, Illinois

3. Charlie Johnson       Hitterdal, Minnesota

4. Scott Mair                Winnipeg, Manitoba

5. Rick Havercroft         Saginaw, Michigan

6. Jay McGivern            Woodbury, Minnesota

7. Bob Henning              Surrey, British Columbia

8. Ed Otterman               Simcoe, Ontario

9. Lou Davis                   Truro, Nova Scotia

10.Lindsay Edwards       Wanganui, New Zealand

11.Tim Whitelaw            Kitchener, Ontario

12.Mark Rieber               Mankato, Minnesota

13.Peter Kluszcynski      Brampton, Ontario

14.Ron Adkins                Modesto, California



Last evening, to christen the newly much renovated ball park, two 
exhibition games were held.



This enabled the many volunteers to work with the new equipment and to give 
the local fans and the early visitors (like Bruce Simpson of Alliston, 
Ontatrio) a preview of the park.



It also gave the two teams visiting from Europe a chance to see what the 
park is all about and to shake off the travel bugs.





In the first game, the home town did it up right, having the IS Knights 
play against the Ballerup Vandals of Denmark. In an impressive opening 
ceremony, the teams lined up on their respective 1st and 3rd baselines, and 
one at a time, members from each team came to home plate to exchange pins. 
Very impressive and well done!



I only have the score for the first game:



IS Knights:  3

Denmark:     0





In the second exhibition game of the evening, Fargo ND Bergstrom Black 
Knights played the visiting Screenhouse Storks from The Hague, Netherlands.



Netherlands: 4

Black Knights: 4



Netherlands: 0.0.2.2.0.0.0.x.4.5.3

Black Knights: 0.0.0.0.1.0.3.x.4.4.2



Chad Klassen: 2.2 IP, 4H, 2R, 0ER, 2BB, 7K

Brian Rahman: 1 IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 2K

Darcy Byrne: 3.1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K



C: Brad Bibby



Jeff Ellsworth, HR in 5th inning.

2 run triple in the 7th, scoring Ron Sklebar and Steve Scott



(that is all I have from this game)



We will have complete details, game by game once the tournament starts today.



Stay tuned.



Next up, the ISC II.



Note, a new link has been added to the ISC II page for their Web Cast 
schedule.  See: 
<http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2004world/isc2/main.htm>http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2004world/isc2/main.htm



  http://www.iscfastpitch.com





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