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Hosted by the Bakersfield Silverhawks
Date: May 22-23, 2010
Where: Bakersfield, CA
Patriots Park Complex
Entry Fee: $400
Format: Round Robin Single Elimination
With a 4 Game Guarantee
Prizes: $500 for Tournament Champion
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JAMAICA NAME 13 FOR ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN MEN’S SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
BY GERALD REID Observer writer
THE Jamaica Amateur Softball Association (JASA) has named 13 players who will represent Jamaica at the inaugural staging of the English-speaking Caribbean Men’s Softball Tournament (CEAST) from October 29 to November 2 in Nassau, Bahamas.
Head coach Uel Gordon, who also plays, says this is the first time they will be holding such a tournament in this region.
Gordon said that the tournament is opened to all the countries in the English-speaking region, but so far only four countries have confirmed their participation.
The countries so far confirmed are Jamaica, Cayman Islands Belize and host the Bahamas.
According to coach, the Spanish-speaking countries in this region have their own tournaments and championships as baseball and softball are their national sports.
Gordon added that the tournament will be a good test for Jamaica as they need a lot of competitions and exposure so that when invited to bigger overseas tournaments they are more experienced and can compete effectively.
He said the Bahamas are one of the strongest softball-playing countries in this region and can field more than one team at invitational tournaments. The last time Jamaican men participated in a tournament was in January of this year at the Fast-Pitch Tournament in Orlando, Florida.
Coach/player Gordon said the men’s team has been in training since January of this year and over the last three months they have stepped up their practice session from Mondays to Thursday and on Saturdays at Up Park Camp.
“We are, however, hoping that countries such as the United States Virgin Island, Turks and Caicos Islands, Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts and others will confirm their participation in order stage a good tournament,” Gordon said.
Belize is not from the English-speaking Caribbean region but usually compete in sports in this region.
Meanwhile, the players selected for the Caribbean Tournament are Troy McCaw, Oneil Donaldson, Anif Gordon, Uel Gordon, Delano Davis, Jason D’Oyle, O’Shea Gordon, Tredeau Francis, Bryan Sutherland, Ameal Douglas from Invaders Club, Martin Redwood and Quaver Stewart from the Mighty Cubs and Neil Henry from the Latinos.
Meanwhile, Jamaica’s women’s last international competition was between July and August of this year where they participated in the Seventh Pan-American Women’s Softball Qualifier for the XIV Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games to be held next year.
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AAU International
January 21-24, 2010 – Orlando, FL
I have now 40 teams that have send me the ” Intent to Participate ” form and 5 teams on the waiting list.
If you are one of the 40 teams but know now that your team will not be able to make it for whatever reason, please send me an e-mail or call me and let me know so I could go to the waiting list and make these teams part of the tournament.
I also would like everyone to know that I will have in March 2010 another International Fastpitch event in Panama City, Panama.
Anybody interested, please send me an e-mail.
Thanks.
Alex Linares
Amateur Athletic Union Of The United States, Inc.
Sports Manager
Panama & Puerto Rico Liaison
International Events
407- 828-5602
407- 934 – 7242 (fax)
alex@aausports.org
www.aausports.org
ASA Men’s 50-Over Fast-Pitch National Championship
Airtronics of Galt, Calif., captured the title in the Men’s Senior 50-and-Over Fast-Pitch National Championship on Sunday at Ken Lindley Field.
Airtronics went 4-0 over three days, averaging more than 10 runs per game. They capped the title on Sunday afternoon with a 14-8 win over Ohio Battery of Ashland, Ohio.
The Prescott Patriots finished fourth. They played Airtronics closer than any team with a 12-9 loss on Saturday afternoon. Prescott lost 2-0 on Sunday morning to Harold’s Supermarkets (Lexington, Mo.).
Michael Rhines Drywall, also of Prescott, finished tied for ninth in the 13-team tournament.
Patriots’ players Wade Max (utility) and Ronnie Rupp (pitcher) made first-team all-American.
Sunday’s Scores
(at Ken Lindley Field)
Losers’ Bracket
Harold’s Supermarkets (Lexington, Mo.) 2, Prescott Patriots 0
Ohio Battery (Ashland, Ohio) 11, Harold’s Supermarkets 10
Winners’ Bracket
Airtronics (Galt, Calif.) 14, Ohio Battery 8 (championship game)
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[Prescott, AZ] – The Airtronics squad out of northern California captured the ASA 50+ National title over the weekend, capping their championship run with a 14-8 win over Ohio Battery.
Ohio Battery, OH, reached the championship game on Sunday, with a wild, come-from-behind, 11-10 win in the semi-finals. Ohio Battery trailed Harolds Supermarket in the bottom of the 7th inning 10-4, rallying for 7 runs to win 11-10, and advance to the championship game in the championship game.
Dennis Brownfield was named the tournament’s Most Valuable player, while pitchers Russ Snow (Airtronics) and Ronnie Rupp (4th place Prescott Patriots) were tabbed for All American pitching honors. Scott Summers of third place Harold’s Supermarkets was the tournament batting champion.
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Update:: For those asking about the facility hosting the new “California Classic” tournament next June, we provide additional information and photos below.
CALIFORNIA CLASSIC MEN’S ISC FASTPITCH TOURNAMENT
Hosted by the California A’s & Bakersfield Silverhawks
Date: June 5th & 6th, 2010
Where: SanDiego/Poway, CA
SportsplexUSA Complex
Entry Fee: $450
Format: Round Robin Single Elimination
With a 4 Game Guarantee
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Sportsplex USA, 12349 Mcivers Ct in Poway, CA 92064.
Sportsplex USA Constructed in 1994, a beautiful 15 acre facility is San Diego’s Premier Sports and Recreational complex. They have three tournament quality softball fields, two indoor soccer arenas, batting cages, children’s playground and a sports pub with draft beer and your favorite ballpark food items.
Sportsplex USA in Poway was built in the 1990’s, and is located about a half hour north east of Petco Stadium, downtown San Diego, CA. (home of the San Diego Padres)
and a half hour east of the Solano Beach Amtrak station.
and a half hour from the San Diego airport (Lindbergh International):
Scores from NAFA 45+ Masters World Series West from last weekend, courtesy of Herb Dower:
Santa Rosa 9, Savala Painting 3
QMax 8, Ladner Masters 1
The Fog 12, Tulsa Grey Sox 2
Qmax 9, Santa Rosa 0
Tulsa Grey Sox 6, Santa Rosa 3
QMax 9, The Fog 0
Ladner Masters 15, Savala Painting 13
The Fog 18. Savala Paining ?
Tulsa Grey Sox 3, Ladner Masters 2
Pool Play Records:
Pool One–The Fog 2-1, Ladner Masters 1-2, Santa Rosa 1-2
Pool Two–QMax 3-0, Tulsa Grey Sox 2-1, Savala Paining 0-3
Single-Elimination Playoffs
Savala Painting 6, Tulsa Grey Sox 2
Santa Rosa 9, Ladner Masters 6 (8)
Semifinals
The Fog def. Savala
Qmax 13, Santa Rosa 1 (4 innings)
Championship
QMax def. The Fog
Herb
Thanks to Herb Dower for the latest edition of “The Dower Report” on the NAFA 45+ World Series:
CARSON CITY, NV — Santa Rosa Fastpitch didn’t stand a chance against the very talented QMax team of Calgary, Alberta, but despite two lopsided losses to the Canadian team, Santa Rosa captured third place in the Over-45 Division in the NAFA Masters West World Series held here Sept. 18-20 at Centennial Sports Complex.
Santa Rosa opened Friday night with a 9-3 win over Savala Painting, which recently finished second in the Over-45 Division of the Amateur Softball Association’s Masters Tournament. Matt Smith pitched the win and Tony Lopez, Tom Dower and Dana Faccini led the way offensively. Lopez collected five straight hits, Dower hit a three-run homer in the first inning and Faccini had two extra base hits.
QMax brought Santa Rosa down to earth Saturday morning as Lanky Johnson pitched a four-hitter in a 9-0 victory. Lopez held the Alberta team at bay for three innings as Santa Rosa trailed only 1-0, but QMax erupted for five runs in the fourth and three in the fifth to put the game away.
Lopez continued his hot hitting with a pair of singles, giving him seven consecutive hits to start the tournament. Dana Faccini added a double and Gary Dower had a single.
Santa Rosa then lost 6-3 to the Tulsa Gray Sox, with Gary Dower taking the loss. Lopez doubled in his first at-bat for his eighth straight hit and Tom Dower and Dana Faccini each had two hits.
In the first game of the playoffs, Santa Rosa took on the No. 4 seeded Ladner Masters of British Columbia and rallied for an eight-inning 9-6 victory behind Matt Smith (2-0).
Santa Rosa led 3-1 after three innings, but Ladner came back to take a 5-3 lead going into the seventh inning.
Gary Dower singled to start the Santa Rosa comeback, Lopez was hit by a pitch, Tom Dower singled across a run to make it 5-4, and Tim Grund tripled to right to drive in two runs to give Santa Rosa a 6-5 lead. Grund was left stranded on third.
In the bottom of the seventh, Kelly Wenstrom singled for Ladner’s, Jim Bruce lined out to left, and Sammy Aldridge walked. Troy Grow followed with an RBI single to tie the game at 6-6, but Aldridge, trying to advance to third, fell down and was eventually tagged out. Keven MacDonald flied out to left to end the inning.
In the eighth, Gary Dower ignited the game-winning rally with a two-out bunt single, Lopez doubled, and Tom Dower launched his second three-run home run of the tournament to give Santa Rosa its 9-6 victory.
QMax made short work of Santa Rosa in Sunday’s second game pounding out 13 hits in the first two innings off Matt Smith, including a three-run homer by Tony Davis. Tony Lopez, Tom Dower, Tim Grund and Rick Kane got hits for Santa Rosa. In two games, the Alberta powerhouse outscored Santa Rosa 22-1, and Santa Rosa did not have to face Alberta’s best, pitching legend Rob Scheller.
Three members of the Santa Rosa team received All-World honors. Lopez, who hit .625 (10 for 16) and scored seven runs; Tom Dower, who hit .533 (8 for 15) and had two home runs and seven RBI; and Grund, who was 5 for 14 (.357). It was the second year in a row that Dower received All-World honors, earning it last year while playing for Fat City, when he also hit two home runs.
