The Portland Rose Cup & DeMarini Classic – June 25-26 – East Delta Park Complex
[ Portland, Oregon]-The Portland Rose Cup & DeMarini Classic fields for this years events appear to be full. Sixteen teams will compete in the Rose Cup & 8 will battle it out for the Classic title. Broken Bow returns to defend their 2004 Rose Cup title. Of course, they also are the defending ISC Champions. A big welcome back to this class team! The Boise Clippers return to defend their DeMarini Classic title. Prince George, BC makes their first Rose Cup appearance with Collin McKenzie and Kevin Careless added to their pitching staff. The Vancouver Grey Sox have beefed up their already strong roster with the addition of Evan Potskin (OF), Gerry Kennedy (1B/DH) & Rick Smith (P) to mention a few. The SoCal Bombers look very impressive with the addition of Tony Peeples (P), Todd Garcia (C), Jason Porto (Inf) & Travis Price (P). Team Rainey has added pitcher, Bricklen Anderson. More to come on fastpitchwest.com on the various teams, but it looks like a very strong field. Every year has featured lots of upsets and this year should be no exception. These teams come to play.
The Portland Rose Cup includes the following teams:
The Broken Bow Spirit Amsterdam, New York
Meralomas Vancouver, BC
Team CR DeMarini Portland, Oregon
Angels Fastpitch Vancouver, BC
Page Brake Salt Lake City, Utah
Team Rainey Whittier, California
Prince George Fastpitch Prince George, BC
Castlewood Jesters Pleasant Grove, Utah
Bodle Chiropractic Des Moines, Washington
Vancouver Grey Sox Vancouver, BC
NorCal Mavericks Sacramento, California
Morgan Transfer Olympia, Washington
SoCal Bombers Los Angeles, California
Larry Miller Cheverolet Salt Lake City, Utah
River City Rockers Sacramento, California
The Boise Clippers Boise, Idaho
The Portland DeMarini Classic includes the following teams:
CR/Adidas Portland, Oregon
Cleon’s Auto Tacoma, Washington
The Nighthawks Seattle, Washington
Globe Pacific Grants Pass, Oregon
Interbay Door Seattle, Washington
JRW & Associates Yakima, Washington
Rose City Merchants Portland, Oregon
The Boise Brewers Boise, Idaho
One of the Classic teams will move “up” to the Rose Cup in the event of any cancellations. A few teams have still not paid their entry fees.
Entry fees are $400 (US Dollars) for the Rose Cup & $300.00 for the DeMarini Classic.
Mail entry fee to:
Ron Boley
PMSA
10737 N. Union Ct.
Portland, OR 97217
(503) 823-3112 or go to: www.portlandsoftball.com
Host Hotels:
The Staybridge Suites (800) 238-8000
11936 NE Glenn Widing Drive
Portland, Oregon 97220
The Holiday Inn Express (503) 283-8000 ask for Shelly
2300 N. Hayden Island Drive
Portland, Oregon 97217
The Oxford Suites (800) 548-7848
12226 N. Jantzen Drive
Portland, Oregon 97217
Thrifty Car Rental is offering car/van discounts. (503) 254-2277 and mention the Rose Cup
Hooters at Mall 205 is offering a free Saturday evening Rose Cup Players food platter.
9950 SE Stark St.
Portland, Oregon 97216
Hooter’s representatives(??) will attend Saturday games and distribute food vouchers.
Official Photographer: Maddy Flanagan from www.fastpitchwest.com
Radio/internet broadcasts of six Rose Cup games with Jim Flanagan at: www.ballparkradio.com
Official tournament website: http://www.fastpitchwest.com/rosecup.htm
Tournament Director: Roger Jones (503) 887-3200 or jonesroger9@earthlink.com
Assistant Director: John Fitzgerald jnbfitz@msn.com
PMSA Director: Ron Boley pkronb@ci.portland.or.us
June 25-26th at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon
Travel/Prize Money: Rose Cup – $3,500.00 (between first 4 places) DeMarini Classic – $500.00 (1st Place winner)
An Official Portland Rose Festival Event
Umpire Crew Chief: Dan Duffy
Official Sponsor: DeMarini Sports
Game schedules will be released soon.
Hope to see you there!
Tom Ree
Tournament Advisor
mailto: ree1837@comcast.net