The UOVMFL is a competitive Intermediate-level
fastball league, located in eastern Ontario and western Quebec.
Congratulations to the Micksburg Twins for repeating as UOVMFL Champions in 2005 and for winning the first ever “Regional Finals” over Kanata Team Easton.
Team photo from the Pembroke Daily Observer
Playoffs see
results page:
Series D – Regional Final
best of three - UOVMFL Champion Micksburg Twins vs. GOFL Champion Kanata Team
Easton
Micksburg
wins series 2-1
Series C – UOVMFL Final – best of seven series – Campbell’s
Bay vs. Micksburg
Micksburg wins series 4-2
1st Round – best of five series -
Series A – 1st Micksburg vs. 4th Beachburg
Micksburg
wins series 3-0
Series B – 2nd Campbell’s Bay vs. 3rd Shawville
Campbell’s
Bay wins series 3-0
2005
Contacts Information:
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Micksburg
Twins |
Jerry
McIntyre |
(613)
735-0725 |
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Beachburg
NRTCO |
Leo
Regier |
(613)
582-3886 |
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Campbell’s
Bay Royals |
Tim
Ferrigan |
(819)
648-2840 |
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Shawville
Hursty’s Bar Athletics |
Al
Keuhl |
(819)
647-3808 |
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Affiliated
League |
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League
President |
(613)
687-7592 |
Current Standings (Aug 4, 2005) – FINAL scores
and results:
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GP |
W |
L |
T |
Pts |
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Micksburg
Twins |
13 |
9 |
4 |
0 |
18 |
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Campbell’s
Bay Royals |
12 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
15 |
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Shawville Hursty’s Bar Athletics |
11 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
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Beachburg NRTco |
10 |
2 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
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Affiliates: |
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GOFL Teams |
14 |
5 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
Since placing cannot change, playoffs will begin with existing seeding.
League Format:
Each team will play 13 regular season games:
- 3 games against each UOVMFL team
- 1 game against each Greater Ottawa Fastball League (GOFL) team
Playoffs will consist of:
- Semi-finals (1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3) – best of 5 series
- League Finals – best of 7 series
- Regional Championship – best of 3 series vs. Playoff Champion of the GOFL
2005 Game
Results (including playoffs)
2004 Game
Results (including playoffs)
2003 Game Results
(including playoffs)
News. If you have any information you’d like to see added,
just send me an email at fitzroyfastball@yahoo.ca:
·
October 8, 2005: Congratulations
to the Micksburg Twins who won the Regional Final play off series. Team Easton won Game 2 on October 7 in
Micksburg by a score of 4-0, setting up the Game 3 “mini-game” immediately
following, which turned into an eight inning battle. Corey Costello hit a solo walk-off home run to win the final game
by a score of 1-0. See the story for the complete details.
· October
7, 2005:
Jerry McIntyre of Micksburg receives the league
playoff trophy from Ron Laronde in photo from the Pembroke Daily
Observer. The Pontiac Equity has also
provided fastball coverage all year and here is the year-end
wrapup.
· October
5, 2005:
Micksburg won game one of the Regional Finals by a score of 4-0 over
Team Easton in Stittsville. The game
was played under beautiful conditions in front of a decent crowd, which
included several members of the Ottawa U GeeGees Women’s Fastball team. Corey Costello was the winning pitcher
throwing a no hitter, facing only 22 batters.
The only Easton runner, Kevin Chevrier, reached on an error in the
fourth. Costello also drove in two
runs, including a solo HR. Dan Konkle
took the loss, but only allowed five hits.
Full details available here. Game two will be played Friday night October
7th at 8PM in Micksburg. If
the weather cooperates, a large crowd is expected on hand.
· October
3, 2005:
Campbell’s Bay Royals have announced that they will be known as the Pontiac
Royals for the 2006 season, and will be playing home games in various
locations across Pontiac County in west Quebec, including the towns of Bryson,
Chapeau and Quyon. Manager Tim Ferrigan
has issued a team report and a team photo.
· September
30, 2005:
Games one and two of the regional finals are set – Tuesday Oct 4 8PM in
Stittsville and Friday Oct 7 8PM in Micksburg.
· September
30, 2005:
ISC II stats are now available for the ToC in Wisconsin. Team
Easton stats. Notable performances: Kevin “All World Chevy” Chevrier led the
team with a .611 batting average. Shawn
Costello had a .412 batting average with two homers, drew four walks and the
top team slugging percentage of .765.
Corey Costello led the team with seven RBI with two homers and a .333
batting average. Dave Tubman had two
triples and four RBI. The team hit .332
and left 47 runners on base in seven games.
Corey Costello had a 0.62 ERA, with 4-1 record and 47 strikeouts in 22.2
innings. Dan Bradley had a 1.35 ERA, a
1-0 record and had 23 strikeouts in 10.1 innings. Dan Konkle struck out 25 batters over 13 innings. As a team, the fielding percentage was .982
with only three errors in seven games.
· September 30, 2005: The league playoff
report and the final
rankings for ISC II teams in Ontario are now available. Micksburg was given “honourable mention”,
and Ottawa Team Easton was ranked fourth in the province.
· September 29, 2005: Micksburg team photo
from the Pembroke
Daily Observer.
· September 28, 2005: Micksburg Twins defeated the
Campbell’s Bay Royals 5-2 last night in Bryson to win the UOVMFL Playoff
Championship. Key hits for Micksburg came
from Kerr Childerhose driving in 2 runs & Brent McIntyre hitting a home
run. Corey Costello was the winning
pitcher, striking out twelve batters, while Len Burger took the loss. Micksburg is now to face the playoff
champions of the Greater Ottawa league, Kanata Team Easton, in a best of three
regional final. Dates to be announced.
· September 23, 2005: Game 6 was rained out
Thursday night. The game will be played
Tuesday in Bryson at 8PM, with Game 7, if necessary, on Friday September 30 in
Micksburg at 8:30PM.
· September 22, 2005: Kanata Team Easton, led by pitcher Dan Konkle, won
the Greater Ottawa league playoff finals for the third year in a row. Team Easton defeated Stittsville 56ers by a
score of 2-1 to win the best of five series in four games.
· September 19, 2005: In Greater Ottawa league finals, Team Easton beat
Stittsville 5-1 in Game 3 to take a 2 games to 1 lead in the best of five
final. Game 4 will be Wednesday in
Stittsville at 7:30PM.
· September 19, 2005: With Friday’s game rained out, Game 5 was played on
Sunday in Micksburg. Corey Costello was
healthy enough to play – and threw a one-hit shutout with fifteen strikeouts,
as Micksburg defeated Campbell’s Bay 3-0 to take a 3 games to 2 lead in the
final series.
· September 15, 2005: For fastball reports on intermediate leagues,
including the GOFL, visit http://www.fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce.
· September 15, 2005: Game three of the GOFL finals was rained out last
night. It has been rescheduled for
Sunday September 18 in Stittsville with a tentative start time of 7:30PM.
· September 14, 2005: With ace starter Corey Costello out for the Twins
with a knee injury, Campbell’s Bay defeated Micksburg 4-3 in Bryson in Game 4
of the Finals to tie the series at two games each. Len Burger had the pitching win and Matt Greer hit two homers for
the Royals. Dwight Mick took the loss
for the Twins. Kevin Humphries had a
home run in the seventh for Micksburg.
Game 5 is Friday night in Micksburg at 8:30PM, with Corey Costello being
a tentative starter.
· September 13, 2005: Some great photographs from the ISC II Tournament of Champions in
Wisconsin are available at www.botpix.com.
· September 12, 2005: An update from the Greater Ottawa
league finals: the series between Stittsville 56ers and Kanata Team Easton is
tied at one game each, their best of five match up. Dan Konkle won game one for Team Easton, final score 6-4. Dan Bradley won game two for Stittsville,
throwing a two hitter, final score 1-0.
Game three will be Wednesday in Stittsville at 9PM.
· September 5, 2005: Fitzroy Harbour
WC Electric came up just short at the twelve-team OASA Men’s Intermediate C
Provincial tournament, returning from Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls with silver
medals. Fitzroy defeated Colborne
Merchants (7-3), Lake Simcoe Lightning (3-1) and Belmore Stingers (2-1) to go
undefeated into the final. Belmore came
back up through the loser’s side and faced Fitzroy Harbour in the final,
defeating the WC Electric in both games 7-1 and 4-1. Belmore pitcher Scott Smith was the MVP of the tournament. Smith was the most valuable pitcher at the
2004 ISC II Tournament of Champions in North Dakota. Blackburn Bombers finished fourth in the tournament, losing to
the third place Lake Simcoe Lightning.
· September 1, 2005: Finalists have been determined for the GOFL
best-of-five series. Stittsville
56ers swept Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 3 games to none. Dan Bradley allowed just one run in 21
innings of work and had all three wins.
Kanata Team Easton also swept Manotick Lomor Printers. Dan Konkle won two games, both by shutouts,
and allowed just one hit in 12 innings.
Bill Gerber had the other win for Kanata. Team Easton were the playoff champions in 2003 and 2004. The
winner of this series is to face the UOVMFL champion in a best-of-three
series. In the RA League, the
Ottawa Valley Raiders repeated as league champions, defeating the Atlantic
Storm two games to one.
· August 31, 2005: Corey Costello stays hot, striking out 18 and
throwing a one-hitter in an 8-0 victory over Campbell’s Bay in Game 1 of the
league finals.
· August 31, 2005: Some news from other eastern Ontario playoffs: North Leeds Men’s
Fastball League playoff championship has been won by Newboro Rideau
Insurance who defeated the Landsdown Longhorns 2-1-2 in a 6 point series. This was Newboro’s first title since
1999. In the Ottawa RA league,
the Ottawa Valley Raiders are facing the Ottawa Atlantic Storm in the finals
with the best of three tied at one game each.
The deciding game is scheduled to be played tonight, weather
permitting. In the Greater Ottawa Fastball
League, the best of five semi-finals are still being played, with
Stittsville 56ers leading Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric two games to none and
Kanata Team Easton leading Manotick Lomor Printers by the same margin. Game 3 in both series are to be played
tonight, weather permitting.
· August 28, 2005: The schedule for the Finals has been released. See above for the schedule of games,
starting Tuesday August 30 in Micksburg.
· August 26, 2005: Archived Internet radio broadcasts of the ISC II
Tournament of Champions games, including at least four games featuring the Ottawa
Team Easton Thunder, are now available at www.ballparkradio.com. If you are interested in purchasing a CD
with these recordings, contact Jim Flanagan at jim@fastpitchwest.com for more
information.
· August 25, 2005: The three pitchers from the ISC II #3 Ottawa Team
Easton Thunder squad all excelled after their return from the Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. At Stittsville:
Dan Bradley, pitching for Stittsville 56ers, threw a two hit complete
game shutout over the Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric in a 1-0 victory. Bradley had seven strikeouts in the
victory. Fitzroy Harbour pitcher Brad
Porter, a pitcher on the 2004 roster for the Thunder, also threw a two hitter -
the only run was unearned. Stittsville
leads the best-of-five series 2-0. At
Manotick: Dan Konkle, pitching for Kanata Team Easton, threw a one hit
complete game shutout over the Manotick Lomor Printers in a 5-0 victory. Konkle had eighteen strikeouts in the
victory, and did not go to more than two balls on any batter. Kanata leads the series 1-0. At Beachburg: Corey Costello,
pitching for the Micksburg Twins, threw a perfect game, his second of
the season, in a 7-0 victory over Beachburg NRTco. Costello had sixteen strikeouts in the win. In one night combined
totals for Bradley, Konkle and Costello:
21 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 hits, 3 walks, and 41 strikeouts.
· August 25, 2005: Attention readers of Al’s Fastball escribe
site. A message from Al Doran: eScribe is down and maybe out, maybe for good. eScribe went down over a week ago, just as the ISC's were getting
underway. This is not the first time they have crashed and been down for more
than a few hours. In June 2004 they went down and were down for weeks while the
owner bought and set up all new servers.
eScribe is privately owned, my company has nothing to do with it. Al's Fastball is just one of hundreds of
list servers that make use of the services provided by eScribe. This service
has always been free. Last year in June
we learned that the owner, Scott Paterson, was working with a couple of unpaid
volunteers to keep eScribe going. He had to buy expensive computer equipment to
replace the servers that had worn out and died. This week we learned that they major technical problems and the
prognosis is not good. See Scott's note to me today: Al - Dead power supply
and lack of financial support and non-paid volunteers. Going to try to fix it
myself as soon as I have time, but really, with no end-user financial support,
it's most likely done for. –Scott This
does not sound good. Thousands of
fastball fans miss their easy access to recent posts AND to a virtual gold mine
of history on the game, posts from the past several years. We are encouraging Scott to carry on, which
is not easy as he cannot receive email any longer @escribe.com, the system is
totally down. We do write the
occasional very short note to Scott at his work address but I cannot give this
out, his employer frowns upon getting private email at his work place. In the interim, we have been using Jim
Flanagan's TEMP site, as our only site for posting fastball news. That site is:
http://www.fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball.
For now we are not calling it the TEMP site, its our only site at the
moment. We are looking at other options
as the temp site does have some drawbacks, including the fact that the latest
postings are at the bottom of the page and not the top. As well, if someone
sends me a post and then changes their mind, its not that easy to remove the
post in error as eScribe was. Jim
Flanagan has very kindly provided this site and I would most appreciate if you
could tell your friends about it, many fans may not know about it. We have
almost 2,000 fans on our subscriber list but we estimate there are at least
that many who were looking daily at eScribe to get their fastball news. Thanks Al.
· August 25, 2005: League finalist are set as both Micksburg and
Campbell’s Bay swept their first round series in three straight games. In Game 3 of the Micksburg – Beachburg
series, Corey Costello threw his second perfect game of the year, striking out
16. Costello previously threw a perfect
game in a 10-0 victory over Manotick in inter-league play on May 25. Len Burger won all three games for
Campbell’s Bay over Shawville. Watch
the website for the best-of-seven schedule once announced.
· August 24, 2005: The Williamsburg tournament is looking for more teams
to round out their field of ten. There
is a three game guarantee, $325 entry fee.
Top prize is $1000, runner up gets $600. Last year donations
were made to Ottawa Cancer Research Centre and the Diabetes Association for
$1600. Contact Lyle at 535-1852 for
more information.
· August 24, 2005: The Quyon Flyers were winners at the McNab
tournament, defeating the new Antrim Truck Stop team in the finals.
· August 24, 2005: Al’s Fastball site at Escribe is offline at this
time, but there is a temporary site for fastball fans at http://www.fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball. A playoff update is posted there.
· August 21, 2005: Congratulations to two members of Ottawa Team Easton
Thunder who were named to the ISC II Tournament of Champions All-World
Team. Kevin Chevrier was named an “All
World Infielder” and Corey Costello was named “All World Designated Hitter”.
· August 19, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder were defeated in the
semi-finals by #10 Port Elgin Blue Devils by a score of 2-0. Team Easton finishes with a record of 5-2,
tied for third place in the 38-team tournament. Port Elgin will face #32 Elmira Cubs in the finals, in a battle
of Ontario teams. Corey Costello took
the loss, allowing one run on three hits, two walks and ten strikeouts in four
innings of work. Dan Bradley pitched
two innings in relief, allowing a run on a solo home run. Port Elgin winner was Dan Martin, a 19-year
old lefty, with the save going to Rob Fawcett.
For Team Easton, Dave Tubman, Corey Costello, Shawn Costello, Kevin
Chevrier, and Scott Herriott (Stittsville 56ers) had hits. The game had a thrilling finish – down 2-0
in the seventh, with Herriott on second base, Todd Fraser (Shawville Hursty’s
Athletics) came into pinch-hit. Fraser
lifted a long fly ball deep to centre, but it was caught by the centre fielder
from Port Elgin who crashed into the fence and came up with the ball for the
win. UPDATE August 24: Stats are now available for this game: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/101.htm.
· August 19, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton
Thunder (5-1) defeated #21 Hermann Black Gold by a score of 5-1. Team Easton will move on to a semi-final
versus #10 Port Elgin Blue Devils at approximately 12:30PM Eastern time this
afternoon (Aug 19). Check www.ballparkradio.com for the Internet
broadcast on “Channel 1”. All the remaining
semifinalists are from Ontario. Dan
Konkle started the game against Hermann and went four innings, allowing one run
on five hits, striking out nine and walking one. Corey Costello came on in the fifth inning and got the pitching
win (now 4-0), striking out six and walking one. Several Easton players contributed offensively including: Dave
Tubman with a triple, and RBI and scoring a run; Kevin Chevrier with three hits
and scoring an run; Corey Costello with three hits and an RBI; Greg McMillan with
and RBI single; Sam Oliver (Stittsville 56ers) with a hit, a walk and scoring
two runs, Darrell Warren (Kanata Team Easton) with two hits including a triple,
two RBIs and scoring a run. UPDATE
August 24: Stats are now available for this game: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/97.htm.
· August 18, 2005: Rain has suspended play at the Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. Ottawa Team Easton
Thunder will face #21 Hermann, MO at around 9AM Eastern tomorrow, August
19. Visit www.ballparkradio.com for possible
Internet broadcasts.
· August 18, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder (4-1) defeated #24
Memphis, TN Posse (3-3) by a score of 4-2 and will move on to the round of
eight teams. Next game is at 6PM
Eastern vs. either #21 Hermann, Missouri or #18 Kenosha, Wisconsin. This game
should also be broadcast on Ballpark radio, check http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=isc2. Lead off hitter Dave Tubman led Team Easton
with a triple, two RBIs and scoring a run.
Corey Costello and Dan Jessiman (Stittsville 56ers) had the other RBIs
for Team Easton. Corey Costello got the
pitching win, going six innings and striking out 11, walking one, giving up
only four hits and one run. Dan Bradley
came in for one inning of relief to close the game, striking out one and allowing
one run on one hit and one walk. Corey
Costello was clocked on the radar gun at this game, with his fastest pitch
reaching 76 miles per hour, the fastest recorded speed to date at the ISC II
Tournament of Champions in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Details of the victory over Memphis to be posted at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/89.htm.
· August 17, 2005: Despite finishing with a 4-0 record, the Sioux Falls
Sox withdrew from the Tournament of Champions, apparently due to injuries. This means that Ottawa Team Easton Thunder
is now awarded first place in Pool C.
Team Easton will play #24 Memphis Posse from Tennessee at 10AM Eastern
tomorrow (August 18). This game will be broadcast live on Ballpark Radio. Click on http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=isc2.
· August 17, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder (3-1) defeated
the unranked Dubuque, IA Hammerheads (0-4) by a score of 10-1 at the Tournament
of Champions in Wisconsin, in a five inning mercy rule game. Details of the game: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/69.htm. Easton finished Pool C in second place, and
will play the third place team in Pool F at 10PM Eastern tonight (August 17)
which will be the #11 Ashland (Ohio) Merchants. UPDATE Aug 17: Dan Bradley had the complete game win for
Easton – of the 15 total outs in the game, he struck out 14 Dubuque
hitters. Dubuque had only three base
runners, with two hits and one man reaching on an error. Team Easton had 13
hits, with Scott Herriott (Stittsville 56ers), Kevin Chevrier, Sam Oliver
(Stittsville 56ers), and Corey Morrison (Kanata Team Easton) all going two for
three. Corey Costello had a three run
homer, his second of the tourney.
· August 17, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder lost to #19
Sioux Falls, SD Sox (4-0) by a score of 3-1 at the Tournament of Champions in
Wisconsin. Dan Konkle took the loss for
Team Easton. Winning pitcher was Shane
Bouman (brother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Todd Bouman). Details soon to be posted at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/65.htm. Team Easton (2-1) has one game remaining, at
10AM on August 17 against unranked Dubuque, Iowa (0-3). UPDATE Aug 17:
Sioux Falls pitcher Shane Bouman had a complete game five-hitter. Dan Konkle gave up three runs on five hits
with eight strikeouts in 3.2 innings, leaving the game in the fourth with an
apparent sore ankle. Dan Bradley
(Stittsville 56ers) finished the game, giving up only one hit and striking out
six in 2.1 innings of work. Greg
McMillan (Stittsville 56ers) had the lone RBI for Team Easton.
· August 15, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder defeated #14
St-Paul, MN ABS-Villard 5-4 in eight innings to go 2-0 at the Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. Details soon to
be posted at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/31.htm. Corey Costello started the game pitching and
then was replaced by Dan Konkle (two innings).
Corey Costello (six innings total) re-entered the game in the seventh to
get the pitching victory. Next game is
August 16 at 8PM Eastern vs. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This game will be on “Internet Radio” –
click http://www.ballparkradio.com/isc_II_toc.htm
for more information. UPDATE Aug 16: In the game vs. St-Paul, both Corey
Costello and Shawn Costello (second of the tourney) hit back-to-back solo home
runs in the sixth inning. Corey
Costello also had the game-tying RBI in the top of the seventh to send the game
to extra innings. Kevin Chevrier
(Kanata Team Easton) went four for four with a run scored. Dave Tubman (Kanata Team Easton) went two
for four, including singling in the game winning RBI in the top of the eighth
inning.
· August 15, 2005: Ottawa Team Easton has won their first game 2-0 over
#33 Rice Lake, WI Orangemen at the Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin. Full details available from the ISC II page:
http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/3.htm. Shawn Costello (Beachburg NRTco) hit a two
run homer. Corey Costello (Micksburg
Twins) pitched four innings of no-hit ball, getting the win while striking out
nine. Dan Konkle (Kanata Team Easton) pitched three innings in relief, allowing
three hits, striking out five. Next
game is August 15 at 3PM Eastern vs. St-Paul, MN. Note that the game on Tuesday at 8PM Eastern vs. Sioux Falls, SD
will be broadcast over the Internet. Go
to http://www.fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce
for more information.
· August 14, 2005: For full details of the Fitzroy Harbour tournament,
click here.
· August 7, 2005: Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric win the Fitzroy Harbour
tournament, going undefeated at 4-0, defeating Stittsville 56ers in the final.
· August 6, 2005: Playoffs will begin in the
UOVMFL with 1st place Micksburg facing 4th place
Beachburg and 2nd place Campbell’s Bay facing 3rd place
Shawville. Playoff games are announced
above.
· August 4, 2005: Fitzroy Harbour tournament preview is on
Al’s Fastball.
· August 3, 2005: McNab “Open” Men’s Fastball tournament in support of
McNab Minor Softball is looking for teams for their event August 20-21, at the
diamonds in McNab/Braeside, just west of Arnprior. Contact Harold MacMillan 623-2739 for information.
· July 30, 2005: The Fitzroy Harbour tournament on Aug 5-7 will have
eight teams: Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric, Stittsville 56ers/Team Easton, Ottawa
Valley Raiders, Quyon Flyers, Micksburg Twins, Trent Hills Titans, Glen Cairn
All-Stars and the Fitzroy “Juniors”.
Tournament information is available at this link.
·
July 25, 2005: The schedule has been
announced for the ISC
II Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin.
Ottawa
Team Easton Thunder are in Pool C and the schedule is as follows: Sunday
Aug 14 at 12 pm vs Rice Lake (Wisconsin) Orangemen; Monday Aug 15 at 2 pm vs
St. Paul (Minnesota) ABS-Villard; Tuesday Aug 16 at 7 pm vs Sioux Falls (South
Dakota) Sox and Wednesday Aug 17 at 9 am vs Dubuque (Iowa) Hammerheads.
· July 25, 2005: Three interlock games were held at the Fitzroy
“Harbour Days” festival on Sunday. The
UOVMFL had the edge, winning two of the games.
Micksburg beat Fitzroy 6-4 and Campbell’s Bay edged Kanata 2-1. In the only GOFL win, Stittsville pounded
Shawville 14-1.
· July 20, 2005: The Fitzroy Harbour tournament on August 5-7 has two
openings remaining. So far six teams
have indicated they will be attending: Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric, Stittsville
56ers, Ottawa Valley Raiders, Quyon Flyers, Micksburg Twins and Trent Hills
Titans. A couple of other teams are
tentative at this time and have not yet confirmed. If any team is interested in this event, contact Adam Brown at
613-623-8867 or fitzroyfastball@yahoo.ca.
· July 19, 2005: Final rankings have been released for the ISC II Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. Ottawa Team
Easton Thunder are ranked #3 in the continent, behind only Tavistock and
Harriston, last year’s finalists which are both also from Ontario. Cobourg Stingers, who finished third at the
Blackburn qualifier, are ranked #30.
Micksburg Twins were not ranked, since they declined the invitation to
Wisconsin and only attending teams are eligible.
· July 18, 2005: Shawville Hursty’s Athletics win the Shawville
tournament, defeating Stouffvile Mennos in a rain-shortened final.
· July 15, 2005: “Bay Bash” was featured in front-page
coverage in this week’s edition of the Pontiac Equity newspaper. Accompanying the article is a picture of
Earl Kearns of the Shawville team fouling off a pitch as umpire Ted Metcalfe
looks on.
· July 14, 2005: The Shawville tournament is this weekend, with six
teams attending: Shawville Hursty’s Athletics, Quyon Flyers, Ottawa Blitz,
Stittsville 56ers, St-Leonard Express, and Stouffville Mennos.
· July 11, 2005: Congratulations to umpire Dan Fisher, of Petawawa, who has been
selected to officiate at the ISC II Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin. Dan
can be seen at umpiring at area tournaments including the Bay Bash this past weekend.
· July 10, 2005: Micksburg Twins go undefeated and win the six-team “Bay Bash”
tournament, defeating Ottawa Team Easton Thunder in the final, 2-1. Micksburg defeated Blackburn once and Ottawa
twice to win the title. Ottawa defeated
Shawville, lost to Micksburg, defeated Blackburn, then lost to Micksburg again
in the final. Shawville Hursty’s Athletics finish fourth with a 2-2 record,
defeating Mansfield, losing to Ottawa, defeating Fitzroy Harbour then losing to
Blackburn.
·
July 6, 2005: The line up for the six-team
“Bay Bash” tournament has been announced. This year’s event, the fifth annual,
is in Mansfield, just north of Fort Colounge.
Participating teams in the double-knockout are Micksburg, Team Easton,
West Carleton Electric, Blackburn, Shawville and a local Mansfield entry.
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July 4, 2005: June League report is now
available.
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June 30, 2005: Blair Setford has released the latest rankings for
Ontario Intermediate Fastball.
Micksburg Twins are now ranked #5 in the province. Team Easton is ranked #3. Note:
Micksburg will no longer be eligible for the ISC II North American rankings
when they are released in July since they will not be attending the Tournament
of Champions in Wisconsin.
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June 27, 2005: Team Easton has accepted the
invitation to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin for the 2005 ISC II Tournament of
Champions. The team will be known as
“Ottawa Team Easton Thunder” for the tournament that takes place August
14-19. Micksburg was also offered a
berth at the tournament but due to several injuries, they turned down the
offer. As the third place team, Cobourg
Stingers were offered a berth to Wisconsin and have accepted.
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June 26, 2005: The ISC II qualifier results
from Blackburn are posted. The Micksburg Twins finished in second
place, losing to the Kanata Team Easton Thunder 3-1 in the final game.
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June 21, 2005: The latest ISC II
rankings have come out and Micksburg Twins show up at #11 in North America
(#7 in Ontario). Kanata Team Easton
Thunder are ranked at #3 in the continent going into the qualifier this
weekend.
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June 20, 2005: “Team Quebec” defeated “Team
Ontario” 4-1 at Ballerama on Saturday.
Dan Konkle (Kanata Team Easton) and Mark Wright (Shawville) pitched for Team
Quebec and Corey Costello (Micksburg) and Shawn Costello (Micksburg) pitched
for Team Ontario. Team Quebec had home
runs from Todd Hearty (Shawville) and Randy Peck (Kanata), and Todd Fraser
(Shawville) had an RBI double. Scott
Bell (Micksburg) had the lone RBI for Team Ontario. Line
Score.
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June 16, 2005: “Ballerama” is coming to
Chapeau, QC on Saturday June 18.
The “Ontario All-Stars” will face the “Quebec All-Stars” in a game
featuring players from the Upper Ottawa Valley Men’s Fastball league including
pitchers Corey Costello (Micksburg), Shawn Costello (Beachburg), Len Burger
(Campbell’s Bay) and Mark Wright (Shawville).
For more, see this article in the Pembroke
Daily Observer.
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June 10, 2005: The field is set for the ISC II Qualifier
tournament in Blackburn on June 24-26.
The following ten teams will be attending: Micksburg Twins (UOVMFL), Kanata Team Easton (GOFL), Fitzroy
Harbour WC Electric (GOFL), Manotick Lomor Printers (GOFL), Blackburn Bombers
(Blackburn Men’s Fastball League), Navan Rookies (Blackburn Men’s Fastball
League), Ottawa Valley Raiders (Ottawa RA League), Quyon Flyers (Ottawa RA
League), North Fred Kings (Loughborough Fastball League) and the Cobourg
Stingers. Schedule is posted here.
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June 2, 2005: The June league report is up on Al’s Fastball.
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June 1, 2005: The International Softball
Congress has released the June ISC II rankings. Micksburg Twins are ranked #16, seventh
among Ontario-based teams. Kanata Team
Easton is now ranked #6 in the continent, fourth among Ontario-based teams.
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May 31, 2005: The latest Ontario
Intermediate Rankings
are out. Micksburg Twins retain their
#3 ranking in the province, while Kanata Team Easton of the GOFL is now ranked
#8 in the province. Rankings are
compiled by ISC II Ontario Rep Blair Setford.
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May 26, 2005: Corey Costello of the
Micksburg Twins throws a perfect game 10-0 shutout, with 18 strikeouts,
against Manotick Lomor Printers in interleague play.
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May 16, 2005: The Quyon tournament June
17/18 has been added to the tourney listings.
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May 10, 2005: The Manotick tournament,
held in conjunction with Dickinson Days is still looking for a few teams to
round out the field. Contact Tony
Riches at 286-5284 to enter your team.
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May 9, 2005: Be sure to check out the new
tournaments listed – including Fitzroy Harbour tournament on August 5-7.
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April 28, 2005: The 2005 schedule, including interlock games with the GOFL, is now posted.
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April 26, 2005: The interlock with the
Greater Ottawa Fastball League has been finalized. Each UOVMFL team will play a game against each of the four teams
in the GOFL in addition to the 9 games against UOVMFL opponents. There will also be a series between the two
league playoff champions. See “League Format” above for more information. Once finalized, the schedule will be posted.
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April 25, 2005: The pre-season North American
rankings for ISC II fastball have been released.
Micksburg Twins have been ranked
#21 (ninth amongst Ontario teams).
Kanata Team Easton Thunder are ranked at #5 in the continent (fourth
amongst Ontario teams.) These rankings
are compiled by twelve different individuals from across North America.
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April 22, 2005: The pre-season rankings for
ISC II fastball in Ontario have been released. Micksburg Twins have been ranked at #3 to
start the season. Kanata Team Easton
Thunder of the Greater
Ottawa Fastball League has been ranked #6.
These rankings are created by ISC II Ontario rep Blair Setford.
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March 28, 2005: The UOVMFL league meeting has
been set for Thursday April 21 at 7:30PM, at the Cobden Legion. New teams welcome.
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March 8, 2005: Interested in the latest fastball
rumours? Check out the fastball forum
at this location: www.ghfl.ca/forum. Discussion on the “ISC II Fastball” forum
has included some chatter about local players and teams, (including Micksburg)
and some interesting rumours.
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March 2, 2005: The OASA may be considering a
new format for the Intermediate provincials this season. Instead of the previous method of three
different tournaments (A, B & C) were held, apparently the OASA may go with
single tournament where all Intermediate teams in Ontario would play in one
weekend. The teams would play three games, which would seed them "A",
"B", "C". Each division would then play a single
elimination to decide each provincial champion. Bobcaygeon is the proposed site
and Labour Day Weekend is the proposed time.
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February 28, 2005: “The Deuce” section on Fastpitch West which covers ISC II fastball has
posted an initial
ranking of Intermediate teams across the continent. Micksburg Twins have been slotted in the 7th
overall spot, which is 3rd in Ontario. Kanata Team Easton has come in at 20th spot on the
rankings, which is 7th in Ontario.
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February 28, 2005: For 2005, the International
Softball Congress will hold an ISC II qualifying tournament in the eastern part
of Ontario. (Note: a minimum of eight
teams must be committed for the ISC II berth to be effective.) The event will
take place on the weekend of June 24-26, 2005 in Blackburn Hamlet. This qualifier is open to all ISC II teams in Ontario and Quebec. The winner of the ISC II Qualifier will
advance to the ISC II Tournament of Champions, August 14-19, 2005 in Chippewa
Falls, WI. The format will be double
elimination - entry fee will be $325.
Visit http://www.bmfl.ca/ for more information or contacts Tim Keyes (tim.keyes@runaware.com),
1-800-430-3231 (work). The ISC II Qualifier for
Blackburn has been announced on Al’s page.
· October 5,
2004: Blair Setford, ISC
II commissioner, has announced final Ontario rankings
for intermediate fastball. The
Micksburg Twins finish the season ranked 5th in the province. Kemptville Thunder end up at ninth place.
· October 4,
2004: Two other leagues
in eastern Ontario have declared champions.
Kanata Team Easton defeated Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric (an affiliate
team with the UOVMFL) 3 games to 1 in the best-of-five Kemptville area league
final to repeat as champions. Dan
Konkle won three games for Team Easton; Big Bud Hanlon won one game for
Fitzroy. Shawville Hursty’s Bar
catcher Todd Fraser also plays for Team Easton, as do John and Randy Peck. In the Loughborough league
final for the Kingston area, the Kingston Cowboys defeated the Enterprise 401
Automall 4 games to 1 in the best of seven final to repeat as champions.
· September
24, 2004: Thanks to all that visited this website and watch here for
area fastball news over the winter. In
the two seasons that this site has been on the Internet, there have been 4956
hits to date on the home page – a pretty impressive total. If any teams are thinking about joining the
UOVMFL for 2005, contact the “commish” Barclay Bramburger at (613) 687-7592.
· September
23, 2004: The Micksburg Twins
have reclaimed the league playoff title with a 4-1 series victory over
Shawville. Corey Costello had all four
victories for the Twins, and Mark Wright had the sole win for Shawville. This marks the fourth time in five years
that Micksburg has won the league title.
Congratulations to Jerry McIntyre and the Twins on an excellent season.
Visit Al’s
Fastball Archive for lots of fastball news, including information on UOVMFL
teams.
Visit Blair Setford's site
for tournament listings and fastball links.
2005 Tournament listings: (See also tournament listings on www.ghfl.ca)
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May 21-22 |
Kingston, ON Past Winners |
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June 3-5 |
Manotick, ON (Tony Riches
613-286-5284) |
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June 10-12 |
Baltimore, ON |
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June 17-19 |
Innerkip, ON |
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June 17-18 |
Quyon Fastball Tournament
- CANCELLED |
Quyon, QC (Heather
Desabrais 819-458-3281) |
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June 25-27 |
Blackburn Hamlet, ON |
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July 1-3 |
St-Léonard d’Aston
Tournament |
St-Léonard d’Aston, QC (Michel Leclair 819-399-3063) |
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July 8-10 |
Mansfield, QC (Denis
Lamothe 819-648-2027) Past Winners |
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July 15-17 |
Shawville, QC Past Winners |
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Jul 29 – Aug 1 |
Kitchener, ON |
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Jul 29 – Aug 1 |
Quyon Midget Fastball
Tournament |
Quyon, QC |
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Jul 31 – Aug 6 |
Manotick, ON |
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Aug 7 – Aug 14 |
Manotick, ON |
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Aug 5-7 |
Fitzroy Harbour 4th
Annual Tournament |
Fitzroy Harbour, ON (Adam
Brown 613-623-8867) Past Winners |
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Aug 14-19 |
Chippewa Falls, WI, USA |
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Aug 19-21 |
Newboro Tournament |
Newboro, ON (Scott Rice
613-273-2075) |
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Aug 20-21 |
McNab “Open” Tournament |
McNab Township, ON (Harold
MacMillan 623-2739) |
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Aug 26-28 |
ISC II Ontario Cup |
Hillsburgh, ON – for
leagues affiliated with ISC |
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Aug 26-28 |
OASA Intermediate Men’s
A/B Provincials |
Chepstow, ON (John Clancy 519-881-2075) |
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Sep 2 – 5 |
Bobcaygeon & Fenelon Falls,
ON (Richard Junkin 705-738-7102) |
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Sep 9 – 11 |
Williamsburg Fastball
Tournament |
Williamsburg, ON (Lyle
Schell 613-535-1852) |
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