Team Easton Earns Berth to 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions

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9am
Team Quebec 12
Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 0
Fitzroy Harbour eliminated
WP: Guillaume Boucher
LP: Bud Hanlon

11am
Quyon COMBAT Flyers 3
Team Quebec 1
Team Quebec eliminated
WP: Joran Graham
LP: Guillaume Boucher

1pm
Quyon COMBAT Flyers 2
Roebuck Rampage 1
Roebuck eliminated
WP: Matt Greer Save: Drew Hathway
LP: Jeff Barber

3pm (final game – in progress)
Ottawa Team Easton 5
Quyon COMBAT Flyers 3
WP: Dan Bradley
LP: Drew Hathway

Congratulations to Team Easton on earning a berth to the ToC. Thanks to Al Read and his host committee for all the hard work in hosting this event. It was an honour to be a part of the Gil Read Memorial Tournament. Thanks to Adam Brown for the scores and info.

Following last year’s ISC/Special Olympics exhibition game, the decision was made to continue that event in 2009. While the exact time and date has yet to be determined, the ISC will be hosting a similar game in Quad Cities.

Any and all ISC and ISC II players are welcome to participate, and I’m also looking for any items – in the form of hats, t-shirts, or jerseys, that we can give as gifts to the players from the Special Olympics team. The feedback I received from the Fox Cities group was that each player was extremely appreciative of their ISC Souvenirs and wore them with pride.

If you’d like to be part of the event in 2009, please drop me an email.. I realize that your teams’ availability may not be determined until the day of the game, but my goal is to get one representative from each team to participate.

Thanks,

Kyle Beane
kbeane8@yahoo.com
ISC Player Rep
Midland Explorers

Even tho’ the 2009 ISC World Tournament has been shortened by a day, the dates for the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions have NOT changed.

The ToC will still run from Tuesday August 18 to Saturday August 22 at the Campbell Complex in Rock Island, IL.

If you have any questions, please contact ISC II VP Jim Williamson or ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford.

While most of us are getting ready for Christmas, the planning for next season never stops at the ISC.

We are pleased to announce that the 2009 ISC II Tournament of Champions will be expanded to 40 teams and will be played at the Campbell Sports Complex in Rock Island, Illinois, part of the Quad Cities on the Iowa-Illinois border.

The ToC will start on Tuesday August 18 with the Championship Game scheduled for Saturday August 22. All teams will be guaranteed a minimum of four games.

In the very near future, we will be announcing the list of qualifiers in each region. You will need to play in a qualifier in order to be eligible to compete in the ToC.

If you have any questions about competing in ISC II or qualifying for the ToC, please don’t hesitate to contact ISC II VP Jim Williamsonm, ISC II Commissioner Blair Setford, or your regional ISC VP. You can also contact an ISC Regional Commissioner in your area.

Editor’s notes: The article below appeared in the Quad City newspaper last Thursday, but requires a correction and clarification.

A move of the ISC II Tournament of Champions to nearby Rock Island is not a done deal. If the proposal is made to move the ISC II to that complex, the tournament host, the Quad Cities Sports Commission would have to approve it, and then the revised contract would have to be reviewed and voted on by the ISC Executive Committee.

Additionally, the article states that Midland, Michigan will host the ISC World Tournament in 2010. While they are in discussions with the ISC to host the 2010 tournament, the decision as to who will host in 2010 remains to be made.

From the Quad-City Times, September 18, 2008

ISC tournament might play games at Campbell Complex
By Doug Green | Thursday, September 18, 2008 Quad-City Times

There could be one change when the International Softball Congress, or ISC Men’s World Fastball Tournament comes to the Quad-Cities in 2009.

The event, which is expected to generate $11 million in revenue, is scheduled to be played at Green Valley Complex in Moline.

But a proposal under consideration is that the ISC II Men’s Fastball Tournament of Champions — a separate tournament governed by the same body as the World Tournament — would be held at the Campbell Complex in Rock Island. Tournament officials want the split between the two complexes for safety reasons and press box room.

Read the rest of this story at our brother blog The Morning Brief.

Click here for photos of the Campbell Sports Complex in Rock Island, Il.