{"id":1651,"date":"2007-05-29T04:42:57","date_gmt":"2007-05-29T12:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2007-05-29T04:44:03","modified_gmt":"2007-05-29T12:44:03","slug":"snapper-shootout-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1651","title":{"rendered":"Snapper Shootout Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Al’s Fastball:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

[Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON] – Final preparations are being put in place for the 4th Annual Mick & Angelo’s Snapper Shootout. The Shootout will run from June 1-3 with all the games being played at Centennial Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Friday’s match-ups will start at 7:15pm with the Niagara Falls Fury taking on GHFL rival, Palermo Athletics. The Elora Brewers will battle the Hamilton Hawks and the Waterdown Hammer will toil with the Napanee Junior Express. Three more games will start at 9:15pm with the Glencoe Astros facing Keatings Fitness, CPI Fastpitch locking horns with South Lebanon TNT and the host, Niagara Snappers taking the field against the 2006 ISC II Champion, Tavistock Merchants.<\/p>\n

Opening Ceremonies will precede the Niagara\/Tavistock game and for the long time ball fans in Niagara and beyond, the 1975 OASA Intermediate “AA” Champions, Caverly Dugouts will be honored. Also of note, Niagara’s own “Razorbax” will take the Beer tent stage Saturday evening starting at 7pm.<\/p>\n

Here is a look at Saturday’s match-ups as well as Sundays playoff schedule:
\n
\nSaturday June 2\/07<\/strong>
\n9:15am
\nHoffman Rise vs Wyevale Tribe – A
\nAshland Merchants vs Elmira Juniors – B
\nKeatings Fitness vs Niagara Falls Fury – C<\/p>\n

11:30am
\nElora Brewers vs South Lebanon TNT – A
\nNapanee Junior Express vs Wyevale Tribe – B
\nNiagara Snappers vs Ashland Merchants – C<\/p>\n

1:45pm
\nPalermo Athletics vs Glencoe Astros – A
\nHamilton Hawks vs CPI Fastpitch – B
\nWaterdown Hammer vs Hoffman Rise – C<\/p>\n

4pm
\nElmira Juniors vs Tavistock Merchants – A
\nGlencoe Astros vs Niagara Falls Fury – B
\nCPI Fastpitch vs Elora Brewers – C<\/p>\n

6:15pm
\nHoffman Rise vs Napanee Junior Express – A
\nAshland Merchants vs Tavistock Merchants – B
\nPalermo Athletics vs Keatings Fitness – C<\/p>\n

8:30pm
\nSouth Lebanon TNT vs Hamilton Hawks – A
\nWyevale Tribe vs Waterdown Hammer – B
\nElmira Juniors vs Niagara Snappers – C<\/p>\n


\nSunday June 3\/07<\/strong>
\n9:30am
\nQF – R1 vs W2 – A
\nQF – R2 vs W1 – B<\/p>\n

11:45am
\nQF – B1 vs S2 – A
\nQF – B2 vs S1 – B<\/p>\n

2pm
\nSF #1
\nSF #2<\/p>\n

4pm
\nFINAL<\/p>\n

DIRECTIONS TO CENTENNIAL PARK:<\/strong>
\nFROM NORTH OF ST. CATHARINES (HAMILTON, TORONTO, KITCHENER)<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Follow the QEW towards Niagara.
\n* Cross over the Garden City Skyway.
\n* Exit the QEW at exit 38B (Highway 55\/Niagara-on-the-Lake),
\nthis exit will
\ncurve to the right.
\n* Go to your second stoplight (there is a Wendy’s and Tim Horton’s
\non the
\nleft)
\n* At that stoplight, make a right hand turn (York Road)
\n* Follow York Road approx. 5 minutes (you will enter the town
\nof St.
\nDavid’s)
\n* When you come to a 4 way stop, make a left hand turn (Four
\nMile Creek
\nRoad)
\n* Follow Four Mile Creek Road approx 7 kilometers (about 5 miles)
\ninto the
\ntown of Virgil
\n* On your right hand side you will see the Centennial Arena and
\nSports Park
\n* NOTE this is before stop lights, if you hit the stop lights
\nyou have gone
\ntoo far
\n* Turn into the driveway and go around the back of the arena
\nwhere there is
\nplenty of parking<\/p>\n

FROM SOUTH OF ST. CATHARINES (PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK)<\/strong><\/p>\n

* If you are crossing from Lewiston Bridge
\n* Stay on Highway 405 until you come to the merge with the QEW
\n* When you merge stay in the right hand lane
\n* Take your first exit (Highway 55\/Niagara-on-the-Lake)which
\nis the LAST
\nEXIT BEFORE the Garden City Skyway
\n* At the lights at the top of the off ramp, make a right hand
\nturn
\n* You will come to another set of lights, make a right hand turn
\n(York Road)
\n* Follow York Road approx. 5 minutes (you will enter the town
\nof St.
\nDavid’s)
\n* When you come to a 4 way stop, make a left hand turn (Four
\nMile Creek
\nRoad)
\n* Follow Four Mile Creek Road approx 7 kilometers (about 5 miles)
\ninto the
\ntown of Virgil
\n* On your right hand side you will see the Centennial Arena and
\nSports Park
\n* NOTE this is before stop lights, if you hit the stop lights
\nyou have gone
\ntoo far
\n* Turn into the driveway and go around the back of the arena
\nwhere there is
\nplenty of parking<\/p>\n

* If you are crossing from Peace Bridge
\n* Stay on the QEW through Fort Erie and Niagara Falls heading
\ninto St.
\nCatharines
\n* Exit at Highway 55\/Niagara-on-the-Lake (last exit before the
\nGarden City
\nSkyway)
\n* At the lights at the top of the off ramp, make a right hand
\nturn
\n* You will come to another set of lights, make a right hand turn
\n(York Road)
\n* Follow York Road approx. 5 minutes (you will enter the town
\nof St.
\nDavid’s)
\n* When you come to a 4 way stop, make a left hand turn (Four
\nMile Creek
\nRoad)
\n* Follow Four Mile Creek Road approx 7 kilometers (about 5 miles)
\ninto the
\ntown of Virgil
\n* On your right hand side you will see the Centennial Arena and
\nSports Park
\n* NOTE this is before stop lights, if you hit the stop lights
\nyou have gone
\ntoo far
\n* Turn into the driveway and go around the back of the arena
\nwhere there is
\nplenty of parking<\/p>\n

The Shootout will have a licensed beer garden in the heart of the Centennial Park complex in addition to a fully stocked concession stand. Come on out and enjoy some great fastball and good times. For additional tournament information, including nightly recaps check back to Al’s or the Niagara Snappers team website: niagarasnappers.com<\/p>\n

Take care,<\/p>\n

Perry Bartley
\nMick & Angelo’s Snapper Shootout
\nmisterpaulo(at)hotmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Al’s Fastball: [Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON] – Final preparations are being put in place for the 4th Annual Mick & Angelo’s Snapper Shootout. The Shootout will run from June 1-3 with all the games being played at Centennial Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Friday’s match-ups will start at 7:15pm with the Niagara Falls Fury taking on GHFL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}