{"id":16064,"date":"2012-03-08T09:04:19","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=16064"},"modified":"2012-03-08T09:05:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T17:05:10","slug":"new-junior-fastball-league-for-south-west-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=16064","title":{"rendered":"New Junior Fastball League for South West Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

From our friend Dennis Dosman:<\/em><\/p>\n

A new junior men’s fastball league is set to operate this summer in south-west Ontario.<\/p>\n

5 certainly and possibly 7 fastball teams in the Stratford area have agreed to form a junior
\nfastpitch league for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

Stratford, St Mary’s, Tavistock and Elmira plus an under 19 club from New Hamburg, are committed
\nto the new loop. Two teams one from Mitchell and one from New Dundee are possible entries into
\nthis league. They will play a 12 – 16 game schedule. An interesting twist to the eligibility rules may
\n allow any team in the South Perth League to use a junior division player as a “call up” eligible player to fill
\nin a roster spot on the men’s squad. This should allow more games for the younger players, and
\nadd to the bench strength of the men’s teams. This will be effectively a U21 league. U23 age
\nplayers will be eligible to play on any of the clubs, similar to the OHL overage rule.<\/p>\n

Murray Patterson of Stratford has worked hard to put this together over the winter and hopes that it
\n will suceed and lead to more young players playing fastpitch softball.<\/p>\n

For more information on this league or if a player would like to play in the league Murray can be reached at
\nmurraypatterson[@]wightman.ca<\/p>\n

Over in Midland Explorer country, the host site of this year’s ISC World Tournament, David Lach is putting
\ntogether two tournaments for U21 teams. July 21st, 22nd the Midland Junior Explorers have a 12 teamer
\nset up which includes 4 U21 teams including the USA U21 National team.<\/p>\n

Dave has two openings left for either men’s or U21 clubs.<\/p>\n

The Midland Junior Explorers are also the host team for the U 21 ISC tournament which will be taking place
\n in conjunction with the ISC WT August 16th to 18th in Midland. David Lach of the Midland Explorers host
\ncommittee has more information at lachdavid[@]gmail.com<\/p>\n

The ISC Canada East is looking for venues in the Oxford, Perth and Waterloo areas to host an Ontario U21
\ntournament tentatively scheduled for the July 21st 22nd weekend. The Ontario U21 will feature a paid berth
\nto Midland this August(16th to 18th) for the ISC U21 Championship and a paid berth to the men’s
\nISC WT in 2013.<\/p>\n

Get in touch with Blair Setford blairjs[@]rogers.com, Joe Todd ftode739[@]rogers.com,
\nor Kyle Smith kyle.smith[@]ballparkradio.com.<\/p>\n

The OASA announced in Al’s Fastball News this week that the Ontario U21 Championship will take place in Owen Sound
\non June 29th 30th July 1st, and the B-C championships in Bracebridge on July 13th, 14th, 15th. The Canadians will
\nalso be in Owen Sound, beginning August 6th. Jamie Simpson will have information on thissimper7[@]hotmail.com<\/p>\n

Ontario juniors are reminded that the submission of rosters to the OASA is May 25th.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Legends of Fastball Classic will have a 4 team junior division again this year. Owen Sound Junior Selects,
\nSouthern Ontario Jays, and Napanee Express along with a 4th Ontario team will be toeing the rubber at Peter Hallman
\nBall Yard in Kitchener June 21st to 24th….<\/p>\n

The Legends of Fastball, one of the premium fastball tournaments in Canada, will also have a 4 team Master’s division
\nand a ten team Men’s division.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to a great summer of fastball<\/p>\n

See you at the ball yard<\/p>\n

Dennis Dosman<\/p>\n

for more information contact Dennis Dosman …519 888 0304 or
\ndennisdosman[@]dosmanprinting.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From our friend Dennis Dosman: A new junior men’s fastball league is set to operate this summer in south-west Ontario. 5 certainly and possibly 7 fastball teams in the Stratford area have agreed to form a junior fastpitch league for the upcoming season. Stratford, St Mary’s, Tavistock and Elmira plus an under 19 club from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,13,27],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"category-leagues","9":"category-youth","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16064"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16066,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16064\/revisions\/16066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}