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So Cal’s 2008 Season Kicks Off Today

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

The 2008 men’s fastpitch season gets underway today at Holifield Park in Norwalk as Fernie Ramirez and his Panteras team host the 19th Annual “Ace” Memorial tournament. Among the teams competing in the upper division is Rude Pac, the reigning NAFA A-Major champions from 2007. The Pac, headed up by Rudy Montanez, Jr. has improved its roster for 2008, and is gearing up the NAFA World Series, and perhaps its first foray into the ISC II Tournament of Champions, set for August 10-13, 2008 in Appelton, Wisconsin.

Games start at 8am, and will run late into the evening, with today’s final set due to start at 8:15pm. Sunday’s schedule has three sets of games slated starting at 8:30am, with the uppper and lower division championship games set for 1:15pm. For map and driving directions to Holifield Park, see our earlier post on the tournament.

Click here for the schedule posted at the SCIFL website. The schedule was revised, so be sure to note changes.

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55th Annual Blue & Gray Tournament – Alabama

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Editor’s note: A tournament older than me ? You gotta love that !

Blue & Gray Softball Association
Montgomery, Alabama

Presents The 55th Annual Fast Pitch Invitational Softball Tournament
Date: June 13, 14 & 15, 2008
Place: Lagoon Park Softball Complex
Mail Entries To: Robert E. Gray
2843 Trotters Trail
Wetumpka, Al 36093

PHONE:(334)567-9797H (334)242-6743W

e-mail address = rgray77271@aol.com

Highest Finishing U.S. East Team will be Eligible for ISC II Invite

$150.00 ENTRY FEE FIRST 30 TEAMS WILL BE ACCEPTED

(BASED ON MAXIMUM OF 30 TEAMS)
EACH TEAM GUARANTEED 4 BALL GAMES

ROUND ROBIN FORMAT

ROSTER FORM:

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Norwalk 2008 Panteras Tournament Schedule

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Thursday night update: Due to a team dropping out, won’t be using Artesia Park after all. All games at Holifield Park in Norwalk. Click link below for revised schedule.

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The 19th edition of the Panteras St. Valentines “Ace” memorial tournament will be held the weekend of February 16 & 17 at Holifield Park in Norwalk.

Click for the Norwalk 2008 Panteras Tournament Schedule

Editor’s notes: Nineteen years and running for this tournament, thanks to the efforts of Fernie Ramirez and company. For Fastpitchwest’s coverage of the tournament since 2003, click here. (including some photos from the 2004 tournament)

The SCIFL’s Robert Hernandez will help head things up this year, with good size field of teams for So Cal’s first tournament of the 2008 season. For map and directions, see below. Note that you can click the link at bottom of maps to “View Larger Map”, and also click the “x” and zoom to view the small one.

Holifield Park, Norwalk, CA


View Larger Map

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2008 NAFA World Series Dates

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Dayton, Oregon
NAFA Executive Director Benjie Hedgecock is please to announce the following dates for all NAFA World Series events.

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Panteras Tournament – Schedule Due Up Soon

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

From the SCIFL website:

Norwalk 2008 Panteras Tournament Round-Up

The 19th edition of the Panteras St. Valentines “Ace” memorial tournament will be held the weekend of February 16 & 17 at Holifield Park in Norwalk. As of Saturday, February 9th, the following teams have entered the tournament:
AA/A-Major

A Major

Amigos
Grillos
Long Beach Black Sox
Panteras
Rude-Pac
San Diego Primetime

A

Banana Slugs
Beer Nuts
Caribbeans
Flor de Cana
Mud Dogs
Palm Springs Express

Panteras II
Silverhawks
So Cal Hustlers
So Cal Rebels
Young Bucks

Monday, 2/11 – As of 6:00 PM on Monday night we are still looking for an additional field to accommodate the amount of teams we have in this tournament, which is not a bad thing. We are doing our best to avoid having any teams playing on Friday night. This should be wrapped up by tomorrow evening and the brackets posted later in the night. Thank you in advance for your patience.

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2008 NAFA Masters Dates Confirmed

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Thanks to Dave Birnie for providing this information:

East – Rockford, Illinois
West – Carson City, Nevada

The dates and locations for the 2008 NAFA Masters World Series have been officially announced. This information is supplied courtesy of NAFA Executive Director, Benjie Hedgecock. New for 2008 is the addition of a Women’s 35 and over division.

NAFA Masters East World Series

55-Over, 50-Over, 45-Over, 40-over, 35-Over, Womens 35-Over Rockford, Illinois(near Chicago) September 12-14, 2008 Friday evening to Sunday Afternoon 4 Game Guarantee, 3 Round Robin Games that seed all teams into a Single Elimination(If the number of teams is significant in any age class then we will break the Single Elimination Portion into an Upper and Lower Bracket on Sunday) First Game Friday Evening 5 pm and the championship at 3pm on Sunday Entry Fee $415 Ball: the new NAFA 120 stitch white cover white stitch cork center 47 core .375 compression ball

NAFA Masters West World Series

50-Over, 45-Over, 40-over, 35-Over, Womens 35-Over Carson City, Nevada(fly to Reno) September 20-21, 2008 Saturday Morning to Sunday Afternoon 3 Game Guarantee, 2 Round Robin Games that seed all teams into a Single Elimination(If the number of teams is significant in any age class then we will break the Single Elimination Portion into an Upper and Lower Bracket on Sunday) First Game Saturday Morning at 8 am and the championship at 3pm on Sunday Entry Fee $400 Ball: the new NAFA 120 stitch whi te cover white stitch cork center 47 core .375 compression ball.

NAFA Masters Program Committee

Mike Clark, East U.S. Co-Chair
Dave Birnie, East Canada Co-Chair
Jim Williamson, West U.S.
Lanky Johnson, West Canada
Benjie Hedgecock, Executive Director : nafafastpitch@gmail.com
Carley Parish, NAFA UIC
Check out the official NAFA web site : http://www.nafafastpitch.com/
or the Ontario Masters Fastball web site: http://eteamz.active.com/omf/

Stay tuned for further information as it becomes available.

Yours in Sport

Dave Birnie
Canada East Rep. & Co-Chair
NAFA Masters Committee
Web Site Administrator
Ontario Masters Fastball
Web Site : http://eteamz.active.com/omf/
E-mail : dbirnie(at)cogeco(dot)ca
E-mail : ontariomasters(at)hotmail(dot)com

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Orillia’s 11th Annual World Series of Fastball

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

World Series of Fastball – Orillia – July 18, 19, and 20, 2008

From

NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ORILLIA, ON, (February 12, 2008) – The City of Orillia Parks & Recreation Department and the Organizing Committee of the World Series of Fastball are very pleased to announce the signing of a new presenting sponsor of the annual major men’s international fastball tournament. Osprey Media Publishing Inc, a division of Sun Media, is very pleased to become a major part of this annual international event in Orillia. This sponsorship will allow the organizing committee to not only promote this exciting event throughout Central Ontario but it will also allow them to promote both the tournament as well as the game of men’s fastball throughout all corners of Ontario.

Osprey Media is by far the most dominate newspaper publisher in Ontario outside of the province’s largest metropolitan areas. They currently publish 20daily and 34 non-daily newspapers, as well as a number of shopping guides and magazines. Osprey Media’s local relationship and commitment to their communities is at the core of who they are and what they do.

The annual World Series of Fastball is now in its 11th year of operation and it has established itself as one of the top invitational tournaments on the major men’s tournament schedule. The tournament has played host to teams from across North America and as faraway as New
Zealand. The Annual World Series of Fastball features the best men’s fastball players in the world.

The 2008 edition of the annual World Series of Fastball will take place at Kitchener Park, in the city of Orillia, on the weekend of July 18, 19, and 20. The invitations have been sent out to the teams and we will soon be announcing which teams will be competing at the 2008 tournament. Additional information, including additional new sponsors will be released in the coming months. Watch your local Osprey Media newspaper or log onto the tournament website at www.city.orillia.on.ca/worldseries for up-to-date information.

Paul Barnetson
MarketingCoordinator
City ofOrillia, Parks and Recreation Department
(705)325-2050
Fax(705) 329-2176
pbarnetson(at)city.orillia.on.ca
www.city.orillia.on.ca/tournaments

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2008 ISC Qualifiers Out West

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

We’ve posted the complete list of ISC/ISC II Qualifiers, as updated by the ISC, and will continue to do so. In response to some recent inquiries, we post the qualifiers for the Western Region:

US West Region – Chris Santos Vice President jcsantos25@msn.com 303-419-7352

May 23-25, 2008
Joe Santos Memorial Invitational – Pueblo, CO
Format: Round Robin – Single elimination
Entry Fee: $300 payable to Bandit Sports Inc. Deadline May 9, 2008
Berths: 1 ISC World Tournament and 1 ISC II ToC to highest finishing US West teams
Contact: Chris Santos – 303-419-7352 jcsantos25@msn.com
UIC: Benny “Ginger” Rendon gingerrendon@hotmail.com
ISC Reps: Chris Santos and Dick Mason – 303-797-9101 dickmason@qwest.net

June 7 & 8, 2008
Best of the West – Santa Barbara, CA
Format: Round robin on Saturday into single elimination on Sunday.
Entry Fee: $400 – payable to Dave Blackburn
Berths: 1 ISC World Tournament and 1 ISC II ToC to highest finishing US West teams
Contact: Dave Blackburn – 310-266-7803 – daveb@virtvent.com
UIC: Clyde Bennett – 805-895-9007 clydebennett13@yahoo.com
ISC Rep: Dave Blackburn 310-266-7803 daveb@virtvent.com

June 21 & 22, 2008
Portland Demarini Rose Cup – Portland, OR
Format: Round Robin into single elimination – 4 game guarantee
Entry Fee: $400 – deadline May 1, 2008
Berths: 1 ISC World Tournament and 1 ISC II ToC to highest finishing US West teams
Tournament Contacts: Roger Jones 503-887-3200 jonesroger9@earthlink.net , John Fitzgerald jonesroger9@earthlink.net , John Fitzgerald Brjfitzger@cascorp.com or Brian Ree bree10@comcast.net
UIC: Dan Duffy d2pdx@mindspring.com
ISC Rep: Keith Erkenbrack -360-945-2320 – keithe@whidbey.com

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Las Vegas Road Trip with NAFA & SCIFL

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

NAFA and SCIFL present the “Las Vegas Road Trip” Men’s fast pitch tournament the weekend of April 5th and 6th. This will be a NAFA sanctioned event with the participating teams separated in the following divisions:

A
A-Major/AA (depending on amount of teams)
AA/AA-Major (depending on the amount of teams)

The splits in the higher classifications will be based on the amount of teams that enter. It is anticipated that 18 teams can be accommodated for this event and confirmation into the tournament will be based on the entry fee and roster being received. The entry fee for this tournament will be $375 and at the present time we will be using the NAFA 3-game guarantee bracket for all divisions. It is open to all NAFA registered teams. With a minimum of eight (8) teams in a division, the winner will have their 2008 NAFA World Series entry fee paid.

Tournament Directors for the event will be Robert Hernandez and Bob Chapel. UIC will be Clyde Bennett. Statistician will be Jan Tokorcheck. Game and player statistics will be posted on
www.scifastpitch.com . The tournament will be played at Hollywood and Shadow Rock Parks. Game times will be available once the tournament is filled or the Tuesday prior to the event.

Team interested in playing should contact Robert Hernandez at rmh323@roadrunner.com or 714-392-1387. All teams will need to submit a signed roster from their State Director with their entry fee. Checks can be made out to “SCIFL” and forwarded to Robert Hernandez, P.O. Box 1891, Anaheim, CA 92815-1891. Teams will be entered into the event in order of receipt of entry fees.

Travel Info

Hotel rooms have been blocked for your use at the following hotel:

Arizona Charlie’s Boulder
Full service hotel/casino/restaurants/bowling alley
www.arizonacharliesboulder.com
4575 Boulder Hwy, Las Vegas, NV
800-362-4040 ad reference “C-SCIFL” as the group name
Room rates:
Fri/Sat – $64 per night plus taxes
Sun – $39 per night plus taxes

These rates may decrease depending on the amount of rooms taken in the block. It is very important when calling to PLEASE request the rooms reserved under the name “C-SCIFL”. Rooms will be included in the block until March 5, 2008, after that you will have to beg Clay for the lower rate. There is also an RV park at the complex and you can ask for rates when booking. They will transfer you to the RV Park but unfortunately they can only provide a range of rates of $16 – $24 per night due to the unknown size of the rigs.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding this tournament.

Robert Hernandez
NAFA Pacific Coast VP
P.O. Box 1891
Anaheim, CA 92806

rmh323@roadrunner.com
714-392-1387

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Virginia Classic – June 6-8

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Virginia Classic June 6-8 at Hampton Va.
Entry fee $250.00 1st place travel money $1000 2nd place $500.00 [more money possible when # of teams finalized ] Last years tournament won by host team Peninsula Merchants over Pa. Power, tournament MVP Bill Hillhouse will once again be pitching for host team. This is and open tournament. craigsmith50 (at) msn.com

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