Activities



This page is dedicated to the Winter Haven Senior Softball Club players and their various activities away from the ballfield.

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Fred Dampier visited the Texas state capitol building while in Austin, Texas in 2002.
Fred Dampier at the Disney MGM theme park next to a 1941 Cadillac in 2003.
Joel Freedman held an appreciation luncheon for Winter Haven Senior Softball Club committee members & coaches in 2004. Pictured on Joel's lanai are Morty Dermer, Bobby Riscoe, Bill Walker, & Ron Thompson.
Rick Lipinski piloting his pontoon boat in the lake ajoining Cypress Gardens Adventure Park during the summer of 2004.
Several Winter Haven Senior Softball Club members drop by the American Legion Post 8 lounge after the game.
Ron Thompson hosted a leisure day outing at his home in 2004. He barbequed for his guests.
Dick Sessink, Chuck Duff, & John Paye lounging around at the Ron Thompson party. Jose Agosto is on his cell phone in the background.
John Paye resting before the barbeque feast.
Jose Agosto relaxes on the lanai at the party.
It's time for a pontoon boat ride on the lakes adjacent to Ron's home. Pictured are Ron Thompson, Fred Dampier, Chuck Duff, Hank Gomez, Dwight Pavkovich, & Gene Morey.
Jack Valliere cruising the lakes on Ron's pontoon boat.
Jack Valliere (Number One) and Chuck Duff approaching a crossover bridge at one of the lakes.
Fred Dampier attended a Houston Astros spring training game in 2004 at Kissimmee and visited with his friends from Galveston, Texas. Pictured are Harold Backe, Astros pitcher Brandon Backe, & Fred.
Jack Valliere and his son Bill Valliere attended a spring training game at the Red Sox camp in Ft. Myers in 2005.
Dick Sessink & his wife Erika Sessink visited Costa Rica in April of 2005. Here they are in one of the country's rain forests at the home of a friend.
While in Costa Rica, Dick Sessink went deep sea fishing & hooked this silver tarpon, which is being held by the guide.
Tony Ciaccio, who retired from Winter Haven Senior Softball after the 2004 season, stands in his back yard at his home in Bourbonnais, Illinois in 2005.
Following the Winter Haven Wonders game against Nalcrest in 2006, several ballplayers met at the apartment of Hank Gomez. Pictured are Chuck Duff, Jack Valliere, & Jose Agosto.
Bob Lewis pictured with his wife Bev Lewis in their winter home at Carefree Country Club in Winter Haven in 2006.
Ted Granoski travelled to his ancestors homeland with his wife Felicia Granoski in 2006.
The VFW is the after game meeting place in Lakeland. Fred Dampier & Sam Harrell are regular guests.
Fred Dampier visited with Brandon Backe at the 2007 Astros spring training complex in Kissimmee.
Jerry Remington is ready to roll in his black leather biker outfit and his new ride in 2007.
George Radlein caught a large mouth bass after playing softball in December of 2007.
Rich Palmer enjoyed the smooth seas when he took a Sun Cruise in the summer of 2008.
Sam Harrell chilling out at Flagler Beach with Penny and Peanut in September of 2008.
Lloyd Hopper stepped outside his home to check the weather one crisp October 2008 morning in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
Sam Harrell vacationed in Key West with his wife Debby and their grandchildren in December of 2008.
Retired WHSSC player David Menges portrayed gunslinger Doc Holliday in a film. David is an actor and vice president of the Tombstone Wild West Productions company in Tombstone, Arizona.
I thought everyone would enjoy this picture I snapped of Mariah Carey after she performed on the Today Show in New York City in 2003.



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