Athlete Pool Includes 15 Members of Canada's 2019 Bronze Medal Team at Prague From Softball Canada: Ottawa, Ont. – Softball Canada is pleased to announce the list of fifty-two (52) athletes who have been named to the 2022 Men’s National Team Athlete Pool. The list was put together by the coaching staff consisting of head coach John Stuart (Merritt, B.C.), … [Read more...]
2021 Youth Award Winners at OASA (Canada)
Cap tip, Hamilton Pirates (@HamiltonPirates) OASA Leadership OASA Softball@OASASoftball· OASA 2021 Elected Executive: Matt Allen - Guelph Mike Crawford - Bracebridge Mike Mulvey - Wingham Mary Myers - Stouffville Scott Thompson - Napanee Brad Thomson - New Hamburg26 OASA Softball@OASASoftball OASA 2021 Executive President: Dave Northern - Pickering Executive … [Read more...]
Whirlwind Season for Joran Graham
Cap Tip Shawn Williams, @ShawnPuggerWill By Martin Cleary, OttawaSportsPages, @MartinCleary For a three-week period beginning in mid August, Graham was picked up by two teams – the Horsholm Von Holmback Hurricanes of Denmark for the European Super Cup fastball tournament and the Bear Creek Express of Melbourne, ON., for the International Softball Congress world … [Read more...]
Kaleigh Rafter Named Head Coach of Canadian Women’s National Team Program
From Softball Canada: Ottawa, Ont. – Softball Canada is pleased to announce that Kaleigh Rafter (Guelph, Ont.) has been named Head Coach of the Women’s National Team program. Rafter recently retired from her playing career after winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games and will now turn her attention to coaching the National Team. She will be looking … [Read more...]
Micksburg Twins Win Second Consecutive GOFL Title
Scott Conroy and Joran Graham Lead the Way From Jamie Bramburger - Special to the Pembroke Observer and News The Micksburg Twins are again the champions of the Greater Ottawa Men’s Fastball League. First baseman Scott Conroy walloped a three-run homer in the fifth inning and Joran Graham allowed only two hits and struck out 11 batters as the Twins blanked the Orleans … [Read more...]
2022 U23 Men’s Pan-American Roster – Canada
OK, Tim Lyon. Your turn. Editor's notes: I see Jordan Pomeroy among the names on this roster. We recently noted the impressive season the youngster from Placentia, Newfoundland had in the St. John's Senior Men's League, playing for Kelly’s Pub Molson Bulldogs (KPMB). Due to the youth of these players, (and well, covid closing things down for the past couple … [Read more...]
Two Micksburg Twins’ players capture gold medals at European Super Cup
Editor's Note: Cap tip Fitzroy Fastball @Fitzroyfastball Nice article in the Pembroke Observer by Jamie Bramburger, about a couple of of Canada's rising young stars, Joran Graham and catcher Joseph Mick. I first saw Graham during the ISC WT and more notably, while watching the 2021 Euro Cup from Prague, Czech Republic. Graham had an outstanding tournament both … [Read more...]