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June 23 - 26 2011 Peter Hallman Ball Yard, Kitchener, Ontario |
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Congratulations to the new zealand black sox 2011 legends of fastball classic champions
NEW ZEALAND BLACK SOX TOUR DETAILS HERE LEGENDS BRINGS INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR TO KITCHENER The 8th annual Legends of Fastball Classic is proud to announce its 2011 lineup will be a true international test of skills. One of the premier club tournaments in the game, Legends will feature not only some of the best North American teams but this year will include the touring New Zealand Black Sox. Throw in the reigning ISC World Champion Jarvis Travelers, the much anticipated and re-built Chicago – New York squad, perennial fastball battlers the Midland Explorers and the Owen Sound Verge Selects and the dust will surely be flying around the base paths at Peter Hallman Ball Yard. The local teams will have their hands full with former ISC II champions Port Elgin Blue Devils and Kitchener Cubs in the mix and the always tough Elmira Erb Expos gaining strength there will surely be upsets throughout the weekend. The final team in the 10 team, 2 division, round-robin senior side of the Legends Classic will feature the Quyon COMBAT Flyers, from Quyon, Quebec. The host committee is proud to have the Flyers make their first trip down Hwy 401 to take part in this year's event. The junior side of the tournament will expand this year to feature 6 local junior teams, who will be using Legends to tune up for the Ontario championships a couple weeks later in their schedule. The lineup this year will include the New Dundee Dodgers, Southern Ontario Jays, Waterloo Cardinals, Linwood Junior Chiefs, Tavistock Juniors and the Owen Sound Volkswagen Select Juniors. These 6 teams will each battle through a 5 game round-robin schedule with the top 2 teams advancing to a winners game on Sunday. With the expanded junior division and two National teams participating, the event will start this year on Thursday night June 23, with games on 3 separate diamonds. The juniors start at 6:00 p.m. while the senior side starts with 2 games at both 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Games will continue again with a similar schedule on Friday, then get right into it Saturday at 8:00 a.m. on all 3 diamonds. The playoffs will run through Sunday afternoon June 26. The 2011 class of inductees includes one of the games truly ubiquitous faces in the park for the past 4 decades, the late Lorne Daer. “Gump”, as he was commonly known, was a knuckle ball , change-up specialist who baffled batters as a member of the Waterloo Chymr’s. Woodstock Twins, Bengals and Tornadoes and later in his career helped get masters softball off the ground with his clubs out of the New Hamburg and Baden area. His ever present toothpick and his penchant for fun did not take away from his commitment to ferocity on the mound nor his value as a teammate to so many players across southern Ontario. If pitching is the benchmark of great teams then no pitcher is more deserving of being recognized as a Legend than the great Chubb Tangaroa, the first international player to be honoured at the Legends Classic. Chubb, another of the great New Zealand pitching fraternity plied his trade stateside beginning in 1981. His résumé includes toeing the rubber for the legendary Long Beach Night Hawks, Lancaster Chameleons, Denton Texas Kings, Guanella Brothers, Decatur Pride and Broken Bow Travelers. He is a 3 – time ASA National Champion and winner of a three peat in ISF World Championship competition. He will be attending Legends as the current pitching coach with the New Zealand Black Sox. Pitching may have dominated the game over the years, but that did not deter one of the games great “warriors” from making both defense and offence a highlight real of his career. Adam Smith is without a doubt one of the greatest second basemen of his or any generation of the game. “ Addie” was a fearless competitor who excelled in every facet of the game. Slick fielding, power hitting, high average and before leg injuries made his movement a constant pain, one of the fastest players in the game. He was a 5 times ISC All-World player with 3 different teams, two times ISC Champion with Toronto Gators and a member of Canada’s National Team for over a decade. He was part of Canada’s last ISF World Championship in 1992. The Legends ceremony to honour these truly deserving fastball icons will take place at 1:30 p.m., Saturday June 25th between games on the main diamond at Peter Hallman Ball Yard. For information on the 2011 Legends of Fastball Classic contact Dennis Dosman at dennisdosman@dosmanprinting.com or Larry Lynch at llynch9@rogers.com |
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Tickets will be available at the gate on all 4 days.
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Reservations: 519.895.2272 or conestoga@stayrcc.com open 24/7 |
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