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Snappers head into ToC as top seed followed by Lumberkings & Tavistock

Friday, July 6th, 2007

July 6, 2007 – The Niagara Snappers will go in the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions as the unanimous top seed with the release of the final ISC II rankings today.

The Snappers will try to become the first top-ranked ISC II team to win the ToC.

Moving up two spots to #2 are the California LumberKings, who played ISC heavyweights Broken Bow Gremlins and SoCal Bombers extremely tough in Portland and will be in Aurora, IL next weekend.

Rounding out the top seven who will head up the seven pools at the ToC are the defending champion Tavistock Merchants, Cutro Professional Inspections, Palermo Athletics, Ottawa Team Easton Thunder and Elora Wellington Brewers.

The top 10 are as follows with the previous period’s ranking in brackets:

1. (1) Niagara, ON Snappers
2. (4) Bakersfield, CA Lumberkings
3. (5) Tavistock, ON Merchants
4. (8) Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
5. (6) Palermo, ON Athletics
6. (9) Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
7. (2) Elora, ON Wellington Brewers
8. (7) Perkasie, PA Rise
9. (12) Port Elgin, ON Blue Devils
10. (10) South Lebanon, PA TNT

To see the full list, including how each committee member ranked the teams, please see the ISC II section of the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com.

The rankings will form the basis for seeding teams in the sixth annual ISC II Tournament of Champions which will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge, Ontario. The ToC will feature 35 teams playing a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.

With the rankings complete, look for the schedule to be released next week.

For more information, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
Email: blairjs(at)rogers.com

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ISC II Roster Reminder

Friday, July 6th, 2007


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ISC II Tournament of Champions
August 14-18, 2007
Budd Park and Riverside Park
Kitchener and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

This is a reminder to all teams entering the ISC II Tournament of Champions that another roster is due July 15. This one is primarily for the Kitchener Committee to use in the printed tournament programs. Rosters are to be completed on your computer, in excel and then sent as an email attachment.

As you update your previously submitted rosters, please make sure positions, uniform numbers and hometowns are included as they want that information in the program.

The final roster will be due August 6 and that will be the official team roster for the two championship tournaments.

Send rosters to:

ISC II Tournament of Champions
hdewild@milwpc.com
tschaaf@kimberly.k12.wi.us
jrwilliamson@foodfacility.com
blairjs@rogers.com
sstj99@yahoo.com
rboyd@guillevin.com
sherrys@sgci.com

If teams fail to submit a roster by July 15, the team won’t be shown in the tournament program or we will use the original roster submitted last May.

Roster forms are available here.

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2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Saturday, June 30th, 2007


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ISC II Tournament of Champions
August 14-18, 2007
Budd Park and Riverside Park
Kitchener and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

The roster of teams for the 2007 ToC is filling up. CPI, TNT and Keating’s are expected to qualify in the next couple of weekends. Click here for the full list of teams in the 2007 ToC and then watch The Deuce for the final rankings and the schedule.

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Lumberkings Top A-1/Taylor Farms in the Battle for California

Saturday, June 23rd, 2007


Lumberkings’ Darren (Strang) Prevails Over A-1/Taylor Farms’ Darren (Zack)

ISC II # 4 ranked California Lumberkings of Bakersfield, CA squared off with in-state ISC II rival, # 25 A-1/Taylor Farms, of Salinas, CA in a 4:30pm pool play game Saturday at the Rose Cup tournament in Portland, OR. The Lumberkings came away with the victory, with pitcher Darren Strang tossing a 2-0 shutout for the win over a Darren Zack-led A-1 Taylor Farms. It was a well pitched game on both sides.

The Lumberkings played in their first ISC II T of C last summer, finishing in the top 12. A-1/Taylor Farms is new to the scene, but is expected to be at the 2007 T of C as well. The Lumberkings qualified at the Red Rock Tournament in St. George, Utah, in May. A-1/Taylor Farms did well in that one, but had ISC World pitcher Doug Sleep on the mound, so were not eligible for ISC II qualification. Sleep is with A-1/Taylor Farms at the Rose Cup tournament as well, and the team raised its profile decidely with the addition of the legendary pitcher, Darren Zack. Neither Sleep nor Zack is eligible to pitch for them at the 2007 T of C.

In single elimination bracket play at the Rose Cup on Sunday, the Lumberkings pulled (another) tough draw, the ISC World # 7 ranked So Cal Bombers. The Lumberkings finished the day 2-1, including a pair of shutouts by Darren Strang. They fell to ISC World # 3 ranked Broken Bow, 4-1, with Mike Egerdeen looking impressive in the loss.

A-1/Taylor Farms was also 2-1, and will face host, # 13 ranked Portland DeMarini.

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2007 ToC Umpires announced

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Umpires selected for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Joel Balberman – Brantford, ON
Steve Bedard – Port Hope, ON
Roger Cheyne – Forest Lake, MN
Michael D’Abreu – Brampton, ON
Jordan Hearn – Hagersville, ON
Adam Hook – Barrie, ON
Garry Kipfer – Angus, ON
Chris Lamer – Belleville, ON
Billy Norton – Sault Ste Marie, MI
Lloyd Poirier – Lower Sackville, NS
Trevor Topping – Kitchener, ON
Tim Whitelaw – Kitchener, ON

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U.S. Citizens with Pending Passport Applications Allowed Temporary Travel Flexibility

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007


From the U.S. State Department
Travel Accomodation Announced June 8, 2007
The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security announced Friday, June 8th that U.S. citizens traveling to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or countries in the Caribbean region, who have applied for, but not yet received passports, can re-enter the United States by air. This accommodation does not mean that Americans are exempt from meeting the entry requirements of Canada, Mexico, Bermuda or countries in the Caribbean region. Entry requirements for those countries remain in effect. Americans traveling to those countries must verify the specific entry requirements for that country before departure.
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Waterloo Region the place to be for fastball

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

From the KW Record

CHRISTINE RIVET
KITCHENER (Jun 13, 2007)

In case you haven’t already heard, Waterloo Region is the centre of the fastball universe.

This, from promoter Duncan Matheson who — along with his volunteer army of fastball foot soldiers — will bring the men’s world club team championships to Kitchener for the second straight year.

“You got so many people around here that are fastball nuts. They put so much into the game because they love the game,” Matheson said at yesterday’s news conference which kicked off a season that will conclude with the International Softball Congress world tournament in Kitchener from Aug. 10-18.

For Halifax native Mark Smith, the head coach of the Canadian senior men’s fastball team, this area’s fastball talent, proximity to Toronto’s airport, world-class facilities and hospitality are hard to beat.

“All fastball roads lead you here,” said Smith, in town with the national team this week for a test series against the three-time defending world champs from New Zealand.

The Kiwis warmed up for that series last night in Tavistock, handing the Kitchener Hallman Twins a 13-3 defeat in the opening game of a doubleheader.

This summer, the ISC worlds, the granddaddy of senior men’s club team tournaments, will be held at Kitchener’s Peter Hallman Ball Yard for the third time in six years.

The ISCs also include an intermediate men’s competition (the Tournament of Champions) to be played in Kitchener and Cambridge, a youth tournament and a skills clinic.

Waterloo Region and area boasts a season piled high with premier fastball events, organizers said, including the recently-completed Legends of Fastball Classic in Woodstock.

New Zealand national team infielder Jarrad Martin knows first-hand how much this sport matters to local fans.

While wearing the uniform of the two-time ISC champion County Materials of Marathon, Wis., last summer, he felt the wrath of local spectators at the Hallman Ball Yards.

“Last year, we (County) weren’t on the best side of the fans at a lot of times. We had to deal with the adversity and the hostile crowds. But the sport has a great following here,” said Martin, 34, an electrician from New Plymouth, New Zealand

Named the 2006 ISCs most valuable player, Martin will make a return trip to Kitchener in August, for the 2007 ISC worlds, as a member of the Broken Bow Gremlins of Albany, N.Y.

Smith, who has repeatedly brought Team Canada to Kitchener for training camps, will also guide Nova Scotia’s under-19 girls squad to Kitchener-Waterloo next month to train.

ISC world tourney organizers said that more than 50,000 fans are expected to watch the nine-day tournaments in Kitchener and Cambridge. About $7 million will be injected into the local economy, they said.

Some 600 volunteers will devote 14,000 hours to hosting the ISC worlds and Tournament of Champions.

“It’s fastball fever. People are going crazy about the game,” said Matheson, the 2007 ISC tourney’s chair.

At last year’s ISC worlds, 47,000 fans attended. The tourney netted a profit of $82,000, shared with seven local non-profit groups.

crivet@therecord.com

FASTBALL FRENZY

Area fastball events scheduled this season include:

June 14-16 — Test series, New Zealand vs. Canada; Orillia’s Tudhope Park (Thursday), Sebringville’s Community Park (Friday) and Kitchener’s Peter Hallman Ball Yard (Saturday, 6 and 8 p.m.).

June 28 to July 1 — World Fastball Invitational, Monkton, Ont., featuring the world’s seven top-ranked club teams.

Aug. 10-18 — ISC World Tournament, Kitchener’s Peter Hallman Ball Yard.

Aug. 14-18 — ISC II Tournament of Champions, Kitchener’s Budd Park and Cambridge’s Riverside Park.

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ISC II Tournament of Champions – Aug 14-18, 2007

Monday, June 11th, 2007


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ISC II Tournament of Champions
August 14-18, 2007
Budd Park and Riverside Park
Kitchener and Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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Promo Video for 2007 ISC WT & ISC II ToC

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Courtesy Al’s Fastball

Thought we should share this little promo video produced by the Kitchener ISC Host Committee. The promo was produced to be played on the jumbotron at our local Ranger’s Junior Hockey games this past winter. Gives a good sense of the action that you can expect to see this August in Kitchener at the ISC World Fastball Tournament. Have a look and pass the link around. Looking forward to seeing everybody at the Ballyard in August.

—
Duncan Matheson
Tournament Chair
2007 ISC World Fastball Tournament

I got a sneak peak at this a couple of weeks back. The producers have done a great job putting this together. I hope everyone that runs a website will provide a link to it to help promote the game.

Cheers,

Blair

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PA Power qualifies for 2007 ToC

Monday, May 28th, 2007

ISC II #27 Harrisburg, PA PA Power became the 10th team to qualify for the 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions as the highest finishing ISC II team at the Erie, PA tournament this past weekend.

While PA Power dropped a 2-0 decision to ISC II #6 Oswego, NY CPI, in the finals, the boys from New York had added a couple of non-roster players for the tourney and were not attempting to qualify.

PA Power finished the tournament with a 4-2 record, including a pair of wins over ISC II #17 Waterdown, ON Hammer and a big 5-1 win over ISC #13 Midland, MI Explorers.

PA Power 8 WP – David Stokes
Hamilton Hawks 0 LP – Duane Singer – 6 innings – mercy rule.

Rain delay – all further scores are five inning games.

PA Power 3 WP – Stokes
Waterdown Hammer 0 LP – Tim Neill

CPI 7 WP – Shaun Winship
PA Power 3 LP – Merlin High

PA Power 5 WP – Stokes in relief of Ryan Rutt
Waterdown Hammer 4 LP – Neill

PA Power 5 WP – Fogel – Save – Stokes
Midland 1 LP – Mike Joseph

CPI 2 WP – Winship
PA Power 0 LP – Stokes

Click here for a complete list of teams that have qualified for the 2007 ToC.

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California Lumberkings Qualify for 2007 ISC II Tournament of Champions

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

The California Lumberkings will be back at the ISC II Tournament of Champions for the second straight year, having won the ISC II berth from the Red Rock Tournament this past weekend in St. George, Utah. The Lumberkings were the top finishing ISC II team in the tournament, including a win over the Consolation Bracket champions, Castlewood II, from Utah, and took ISC World #15 ranked Portland De Marini to extra innings, before dropping a tough one run game.

The Lumberkings were the first team from California to compete in the ISC II Tournament of Champions, and did well, qualifying for the playoff round, and winning their first playoff game, before falling in extra innings to a then-unbeaten Kitchener team.

The Lumberkings have improved their roster for 2007, adding pitcher Mike Egerdeen, who pitched well in last year’s ISC II for JRW of Yakima Washington, surrendering but one earned run in the tournament, as well as young Anthony Martinez, who pitched his 23-and-under team to the National title last summer. Hard throwing right hander Darren Strang, from British Columbia will be back with the Lumberkings for his second season.

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Defending Champs, Tavistock Merchants Atop ISC II Preseason Rankings

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Tavistock, ON Merchants claim #1 spot in 2007 ISC II Preseason Rankings

The defending ISC II Champions Tavistock, ON Merchants will start the year atop the ISC II Rankings. The Merchants were ranked either first or second by eight of the 10 ranking committee members.

The addition of ISC II strikeout king Corey Costello was enough to vault the Niagara, ON Snappers into the number two spot while last year’s finalist, Palermo, ON Athletics came in at number three.

Elmira, ON Cubs, the 2005 ISC II Champion, and Perkasie, PA Rise, a semi-finalist last year, round out the top five.

More than 40 teams from across North America received at least one vote from the panel.

The preseason top 10 is:

1. Tavistock, ON Merchants
2. Niagara, ON Snappers
3. Palermo, ON Athletics
4. Elmira, ON Cubs
5. Perkasie, PA Rise
6. Oswego, NY Cutro Professional Inspections
7. Wilkes-Barre, PA Keating’s Fitness
8. Ottawa, ON Team Easton Thunder
9. Bakersfield, CA LumberKings
10. Elora, ON Wellington Brewers

To see the full list, including how each committee member ranked the teams, please see the ISC II section of the ISC website at www.iscfastpitch.com.

The rankings will form the basis for seeding teams in the sixth annual ISC II Tournament of Champions which will be played August 14-18 at Budd Park in Kitchener and Kinsmen Park in Cambridge, Ontario. The tournament will feature 35 teams from across North America playing a four-game round robin schedule in seven pools of five teams each. The top three teams from each pool along with three wildcards will advance to a single elimination playoff bracket.

For more information, please contact:

Blair Setford
ISC II Commissioner
Email: blairjs(at)rogers.com

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