Kitchener Awarded 2007 ISC Men’s World Fastball Tournament

[Al Doran]

From: "RAY ALVIANO" <ray.alviano(at)sympatico.ca>
To: "Al Doran" <aldoran(at)pmihrm.com>
Subject: For Immediate Release
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:42:43 -0500



Kitchener Awarded 2007 ISC Men’s World Fastball Tournament

KITCHENER - The International Softball Congress (ISC) has announced that 
both the 2006 and 2007 ISC Men’s World Fastball Tournaments will be held in 
Kitchener, Ontario under the direction of Kitchener Fastball Promotions 
(KFP) and the City of Kitchener.

The 2006 tournament dates are August 11-19, while the 2007 tournament runs 
from August 10-18.

Kitchener, which last hosted an ISC World Fastball Tournament in 2002, was 
selected to host the 2007 championships after Decatur, IL, withdrew as host 
on November 11.

At that time the ISC approached Tom Clancy, representing KFP, and asked if 
Kitchener – they were earlier awarded the 2006 championships – would be 
able to conduct the 2007 event.

The ISC expressed its complete confidence in Kitchener’s quality facilities 
and in the City’s ability to organize and stage top-quality back-to-back 
tournaments.

“The ISC Men’s World Fastball Tournament is a major sports event and we 
look forward to welcoming all participating teams and players back to 
Kitchener, and to staging consecutive world-class tournaments,” said Mayor 
Carl Zehr.

The tournaments will offer local fans the opportunity to see some of the 
best fastball players in the world under extremely competitive conditions. 
The ISC ll Men’s Fastball Tournament of Champions will also give a number 
of local teams the chance to compete in their home province, where there is 
a lot of interest in the sport.

This represents the first time that back-to-back ISC championships have 
been awarded to the same city since the 1960s when Rock Island, Ill., 
hosted the event, and the potential financial spin-offs are expected to be 
considerable.

“We fully support their choice to bring the tournaments back to Kitchener,” 
said Todd Letts, president and CEO of the Greater Kitchener Waterloo 
Chamber of Commerce. “The tournaments will have a great impact on our local 
economy, as well as a positive effect on our community pride.”

“It’s huge,” said Clancy, who noted that the financial impact during the 
2002 tournament, which he chaired, was about $5 million. “It’s probably the 
biggest sports event in Kitchener in the next several years, and we expect 
the impact this time around to be over $7 million each year.”

A total of 84 teams will compete in both 2006 and 2007, compared with the 
64 teams that competed in 2002. Teams will play a round-robin format, which 
means they’ll have a day off to go shopping and see local sights.



In addition to the main tournaments, KFP will also host the Bridge to 
Future skills clinics for young local players of varying skills and ages, 
and a session for Special Olympic athletes.

The 2006 championships, called the Schneider’s ISC Men’s World Fastball 
Tournament, boasts two major sponsors in Kitchener-based Schneider Foods 
and Molson’s Canada along with many supporting sponsors and over 600 
volunteers.

In anticipation of the tournaments, the City of Kitchener is upgrading the 
Peter Hallman Ball Yard, adding permanent seating for an additional 800 
fans to the main diamond. In addition, the fencing behind home plate and 
along the first and third base foul lines will be moved to allow for more 
permanent seating behind home plate and the placement of portable bleachers 
along the lines. In making these adjustments, the two dugouts, which are 
now at ground level, will be dug two feet into the ground to help improve 
the sightlines for spectators.

For online information, visit 
<http://www.kwfastball.com/2006.htm>www.kwfastball.com/2006.htm



For more information:

Tom Clancy
Chairman of Schneiders ISC World Fastball Tournament
Kitchener, Ontario
519-748-0377
<mailto:tclancy at golden.net>tclancy(at)golden.net


Rosemary Pitfield
Director of Corporate Communications
City of Kitchener
519-741-2383
<mailto:rosemary.pittfield at city.kitchener.on.ca>rosemary.pittfield(at)city.kitchener.on.ca


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