A quick note from Man-O-War Cay [pronounced “Key”] in the Bahamas — players have begun arriving for this week’s tournament in the Bahamas. Rhys Casley, Rob Scheller and Doug Sleep were among those players arriving early to enjoy the warm hospitality of the Texaco Pirates team, headed up by Haziel MacDonald. Haziel and some of his teammates were waiting dockside near the Marsh Harbor Airport to bring the players (and Fastpitchwest) to the Man-O-War Cay, about a 15 minute boat ride across the water, and hosted a dinner for the early arrivals. Watch for more reports — and photos — soon.
Archive for the ‘Tournaments’ Category
Players Begin Arriving for Bahamas Tournament
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Lumberkings Win Consolation Bracket at Palm Springs
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Consolation Bracket Championships
Panteras- 3
Young Bucks- 9
WP-Martinez
LP- Pyle
A1 Taylor- 1
River City Rockers- 8
WP- Jordan
LP- Drotzman
Young Bucks- 2
Lumberkings- 3
WP- Strang
LP- Martinez
Championship
River City Rockers- 4
Lumberkings- 5
WP- Egerden
LP- Milligan
Lumberkings Win Consolation Bracket
Partial Results from Bombers Tournament
Monday, May 21st, 2007Sadly the hosts have not provided us with an results as of mid-morning Monday but thanks to one of the teams, we have a few items of information. We can only hope the lines open up from SoCal soon and we will have more details.
Saturday
Pueblo Bandits 3
IAC 2
Billy Hillhouse W
Cody Thompson L
Pueblo Bandits 13
Mexicalli 0
Regan Manley W
Pueblo Bandits 9
Young Bucks 0
Billy Hillhouse W
Bandits get number 1 seed in Pool
Sunday
Pueblo Bandits 1
SoCal Tribe 0
Regan Manley W
Sonny Perkins L
9 Inning game
Vancouver Gray Sox 7
Pueblo Bandits 0
The game with Vancouver Grey Sox was a very good game until the bottom of the 5th when Regan Manley had to come out with heat and dehydration problems and Billy had to leave early Sunday so they scored 5 on our right fielder. Nick Underhill got the win.
If Vancouver and Circle Tap (neither US West teams) played for championship and Pueblo and Bombers tied for 3rd, Pueblo wins the berth since Bombers already secured a berth at Red Rock.
Circle Tap Takes Two of Three on Saturday at Palm Springs
Monday, May 21st, 2007From the Green Bay Gazette, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Fastpitch softball: Circle Tap wins twice
Press-Gazette
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The Circle Tap men’s fastpitch softball team of Denmark opened its season by winning two of three games in the Casa Trejo Bombers Tournament on Saturday.
Matt Bramwell threw a two-hit shutout and struck out 19 in a 6-0 win over the Young Bucks of Santa Barbara, Calif. Kyle Van Abel and Steve Schucker had two RBIs each.
DeMarini Merchants of Portland, Ore., beat Circle Tap 4-1. Van Abel drove in the only run and Colin McKenzie took the loss.
Circle Tap then beat the Lumber Kings of Los Angeles 4-2. McKenzie earned the win, striking out five. Bramwell got the save, striking out six and driving in a run. Kyle Magnusson had three hits and an RBI.
The tournament goes to single elimination today.
Scores from Palm Spring Classic Tournament
Sunday, May 20th, 2007(We have received a number of emails asking if/when we’d be posting scores from the So Cal Bombers Palm Springs Classic. We have not received any scores or reports sorry to say.) We’ll post when we receive them.
Maddy’s 2007 Red Rock Tournament Slideshow
Sunday, May 20th, 2007(If you get a “no photos” message, just click refresh to reload them)
Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.
Click here to see the photo gallery.
Drop us a line to maddy (at) maddysphotos.com and let us know if you like this slideshow better than the earlier one. (I do, as the photos are larger and you can control the speed of the slides). Note that you can control the speed of the slideshow using the little slider at the top. (mouseover the top of the screen to see the controls). You can also mouse-over the bottom of the screen to see minature thumbnails, then click to see any photo.
Want to see this slide show even larger? Click here.
Tale of Two Cities in So Cal
Friday, May 18th, 2007Two Cities, Two Tournaments, Two “Springs”
It will be a busy fastpitch weekend in So Cal, with teams competing in tournaments at two separate locations.
Fourteen ISC and ISC II level teams will be competing in the Palm Springs Classic, hosted by the So Cal Bombers, and includes 3 of the top 10 teams in the world (the Bombers, Vancouver Grey Sox and Circle Tap) and 3 more in the top 25 (Portland, Pueblo CO, and Houston, TX). Click here for the schedule of games and other details.
Meanwhile, just up the road in Santa Fe Springs, CA, NAFA A Major and A ten more teams will be competing in another SCIFL (So Cal Independent Fastpitch Association) League Weekend. Click here for the schedule of games and details.
Twenty-four (24) teams in all ! Who says they don’t play fastpitch in So Cal?
Bombers Host Palm Springs Classic This Weekend
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007Just a reminder that some of the top teams in the country will be in So Cal this weekend, for the So Cal Bombers’ Palm Springs Classic, including three in the top 10 — the host Bombers, Circle Tap from Wisconsin and the Grey Sox from Vancouver, B.C. , and three more in the top 25, Red Rock Final Four team, Portland DeMarini from Oregon, the Bandits from Pueblo, Colorado and the Aces from Houston, Texas. (ISC World pre-season rankings shown in parentheses below)
Mountain Pool
So Cal Bombers (ISC #7)
Vancouver Grey Sox (ISC #9)
Houston Aces (ISC #23)
River City Rockers (ISC II #41)
Panteras (n/r)
Taylor Farms (ISC #25)
So Cal Tribes (n/r)
Desert Pool
Circle Tap (ISC #8)
Portland Demarini (ISC #15)
Pueblo Bandits (ISC #17)
Lumber Kings (ISC II #9)
Young Bucks (n/r)
I.A.C. (n/r)
Larry Miller Hogs (n/r)
The action gets underway at 8am Saturday, and runs through the championship game on Sunday. Schedule of games and more info at our earlier post.
Maddy’s 2007 Red Rock Photo Slideshow
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Maddy has been experimenting with some new software and has come up with something we hope you enjoy – a “flash” slideshow of her Red Rock Tournament photos, all 203 that were selected for web display.
You’ll note that there are several ways you can view them. Click the word View” in the upper left of the screen to choose whether you want to view the slideshow or as a regular photo gallery. Personally, I like to sit back and watch the slideshow. You can see what each button is for by “mousing over” them. The one in the middle is to play the slide show, the little ones to either side are to go forwards or backwards. Another nice feature is that you can see the number of the photo right next to it, in case you want to tell a friend to look at a particular photo.
You can make the photo larger by clicking the little “TV screen” icon on the lower left to get rid of the thumbnails.
There is also a “slider” at the bottom to fast forward or rewind (and you can resume the slideshow after the jump)
The only thing I don’t like is that the photos seem a bit small, at least by comparison to the galleries we usually do. Not to worry, we’ll post those soon, so you’ll be able to see the full size photos. I should mention that this new slideshow takes up as tremendous amount of hard drive space on the server, so I won’t be able to leave it up too long. So if you want to watch it, watch it this week.
I’ll be interested in feedback from all of you about the slideshow and new software, so if you have time, drop us a line. Send comments to jim (at) fastpitchwest (dot) com. (Let me know how long it takes to load on your computer, and what type of connection you have, e.g. dial-up, cable, T1, etc.)
And if you have a comment about the photos in general, drop Maddy a line, maddy (at) maddysphotos (dot) com, so she knows her hard work is worth the effort and expense.
Click here to view the slideshow
(If the slideshow freezes, just click the little “forward” button to nudge it along, as the software is tempermental at times.)
Western Memorial Weekend Challenge – Tulare, CA – May 26-27-28, 2007
Monday, May 14th, 20072007 MEN’S FAST-PITCH MEMORIAL WEEKEND CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT
On behalf of the Central California Softball Association we would like to officially extend an invitation to you to participate in our 1st Annual Men’s Fast-Pitch Western Memorial Weekend Challenge. This event is offering prize-money to the top three placing, Championship T-shirt 1st place, sponsor awards 1-2 place and Player’s bat drawing + HR prize for every HR hit in or out of the park……..
TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD MAY 26-27-28, 2007 at Prosperity Park in Tulare CA
Lodging Click here
Host Hotel: Microtel Inn & Suites, 559-685-8900, ask for the MFP ASA rate of $75 + tax, one or two beds.
http://www.cvbvisalia.com/lodging1.htm
This event will provide teams an excellent tune up prior to the ASA Nationals events.
Classification: Men’s Fast Pitch Class B & C
Rules: ASA
Entry Fee: $350
Number of games: 3-4 game guarantee.
Prize Money $1900 *based upon 8 or more teams in each classification.
1st Place $1000
2nd Place $500
3rd Place $400
* Note prize money will be adjusted accordingly if fewer then 8 teams participate.
The size of ‘the pot’ will be limited by the number of entries that we receive. The more confirmed entries, the bigger the pot!
The closing date for the tournament is May 20, 2007.
Make check payable to CCASA and mail to Ike Pursell, 5562 E. Kings Canyon Road, Fresno, Ca 93727. Team entry cut-off will stop when we have a total of 32 teams.
Please contact individuals listed below at the e-mail address’s below for further information including entry form(s) & roster requirements. Interested teams are invited to make contact with our organization at: ccmsa@sbcglobal.net or directly with the tournament directors:
Ike Pursell – brikman@aol.com Mobile# 559-999-5144 or B- 550-251-3704
Jeff Coleman – Jcol674496@aol.com Cell# 559-903-8068 or Office: 559-435-3331