{"id":406,"date":"2005-07-29T23:38:59","date_gmt":"2005-07-30T07:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=406"},"modified":"2005-07-29T23:40:07","modified_gmt":"2005-07-30T07:40:07","slug":"vancouver-challenge-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Challenge Gets Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th Annual Vancouver Challenge Mens FP tournament commenced this evening under sunny skies and warm temperatures at South Memorial Park in Vancouver.  The result from tonight&#8217;s opening game in the Red Pool was as follows:  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Vancouver Grey Sox 7 &#8211; New Westminster Van City 0 <\/strong><br \/>\nWP &#8211; Rick Smith LP &#8211; Dean Webster <\/p>\n<p>* Scott Newitt started the Grey Sox offense with a 2 run homerun in the top of the first, and Grey Sox pitcher Rick Smith only gave up 2 hits and recorded 8 strikeouts in notching the win.  A good opening night crowd turned out for the start of what has the makings of a very competitive weekend of top quality Senior Mens FP.  Many of the fans are looking forward to Saturday morning when top ranked ISC teams; Broken Bow Spirit, Calgary Smokers and the Saskatoon Black Sox take the field along with the hosts of the 2006 Canadian Mens FP Nationals, the Prince George Black Bears.  <\/p>\n<p>To recap the red pool consists of the host Vancouver Grey Sox, New Westminster and Broken Bow.  <\/p>\n<p>The blue pool teams are Calgary, Saskatoon and Prince George  <\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s pool play games are as follows: 9:00 am &#8211; Calgary vs. Saskatoon 11:00 am &#8211; Broken Bow vs. New Westminster 11:00 am &#8211; Saskatoon vs Prince George (Diamond 2) 1:00 pm &#8211; Vancouver vs Broken Bow 1:00 pm &#8211; Prince George vs Calgary (Diamond 2)  After completion of the round robin in each respective pool the teams will be seeded, with the top 2 teams receiving a double life in the playoffs and the 3rd seed receiving a single life.  Updates of the pool play games will be provided, along with the playoff matchups that commence at 3:00 pm on Saturday afternoon with the final game of the day slated for a 9:00 pm start on Saturday evening.  Playoff games will continue on Sunday commencing at 9:00 am with the Championship Final game scheduled for 3:00 pm.  The weather forecast remains positive for Saturday with sunny skies and highs of 23 c (which is approx. 75 F) and thus bodes well for the teams and the many fastpitch enthusiasts. <\/p>\n<p>Larry Kancs<br \/>\nPresident Vancouver Grey Sox <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th Annual Vancouver Challenge Mens FP tournament commenced this evening under sunny skies and warm temperatures at South Memorial Park in Vancouver. The result from tonight&#8217;s opening game in the Red Pool was as follows: Vancouver Grey Sox 7 &#8211; New Westminster Van City 0 WP &#8211; Rick Smith LP &#8211; Dean Webster * [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"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=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}