We will be handing them out in the coming weeks to the winning teams.

Thank you for your patience.

Jon
RCMSPL President

Overall the tourney was favourable – a little rainstorm on Friday but the rest of the weekend turned out great. Thank you for keeping the park area clean!

Brandi will be putting together a cost analysis to compare this with previous years costs with a beer tent. We will discuss options at a future date.

Congrats to the winners:

A Division

X beat No Pepper 4-3 in the last inning.

A great game after their round robin game ended in the same result earlier in the day.

B Division

Bases Loaded beat Hartec 10-9.

A good run for Hartec, having to play 3 back-to-back games and extra innings in Semi-Finals.

Looks like the new kids (Bases Loaded) are up for the challenge.

C Division

Bulldogs beat Connors 9-2.

The top 2 teams from the round robin – a suitable match up in the final.

D Division

BOHICA beat CAW 21-7.

Another good final with top teams from either pod.

Your prizes will be forwarded to you when they arrive. I have not received them yet so I don’t know what they are.

The closing tourney schedule is in your book and the tourney will be October 1st and 2nd. The numbers represent your final standing in the division, NOT your team number. All teams are EXPECTED to be present or forfeits will be incurred.

Please also take note of the Year end banquet date – we will provide more info as it becomes available. There will be a limited number of seats available for dinner.

*SAVE THE DATE*

GTCSPL BANQUET & AWARDS
Saturday November 6th, 2010
5:00pm – 1:00am
Best Western Royal Brock Hotel and Conference Centre
# of tickets per team & price TBA

Important!

It has also been noticed and brought to my attention that some teams are still using illegal bats. We use the ASA bat policy and it is clearly stated in your Constitution and on the Website. If it is not on the APPROVED list, then you can not use it. No Ultra’s, Blackouts, Jak’d, T22C6, Synergy 2’s etc., etc.

You are putting players at risk and if someone were to be hurt then they would have no insurance coverage.

If you are not sure if a bat is legal, then ask me and I will help you through the process of checking. Umpires have been asked to be more diligent in checking bats and any bats found illegal will result in immediate ejection of the player for that game plus their next game. These ejections will be reported to the UIC and the Executive and will be monitored. Any further instances will result in ejection from the league permanently.

Bruce

Note: Schedule has been revised again – PLEASE CHECK MASTER SCHEDULE AT THE TOURNEY (tent on the hill)!

Remember folks, the opening tourney is June 4th and 5th. The schedule is in your scorebook (it’s also now posted online). Make sure you are looking at the OPENING tourney schedule in your scorebook! The numbers are based on team numbers.

There is 1 team not competing and those games are noted on the left side as 7-0 forfeits. The opposing team does not have to show for that game. All scores MUST be turned in to the score table located on the hill beside diamond 6.

Sportzone will be set up on Saturday to offer some great deals on all equipment. The concession stand will also be open for hamburgers, hotdogs, snacks and drinks.

All paper roster copies MUST be turned in on or before the tournament to be submitted to NSA. Remember, no roster, no insurance. All online rosters are frozen as of June 3rd until after the tourney. Only players on your roster may play in the tourney.

Some simple rules:

Game ball will be supplied – teams will add second ball.

First game, put out bases.

Last game – put bases away and lock the boxes.

Fines will be imposed as in regular season for not turning out lights or putting away equipment.

Make sure everything is locked – at the men’s tourney, some boxes were left open and damage was done and the league had to pay for damages.

Good luck,
Bruce

Tournament Results

I would like to congratulate the winners:

Division I – Friar Tuck’s

Division II – Sharks

Division III – Lyon Financial

Masters 45 – Rangers

Your prizing was delayed but we will ensure you receive it when it arrives.

Bat Raffle

Combat Virus Morphed

Winning Ticket

The COMbat Virus Morphed generously donated by Mike at SportZone was won by Bob of More Cowbell.

Congratulations, Bob (Statsman – seriously, it was all legit!).

Lineup Cards

These worked about as well as … well let’s just say they didn’t work at all!

Out of all the line-up cards that I received back from the umpires, there were exactly 2 that were filled out somewhat correctly – including proper first AND last names (NOT nicknames) AND with the proper diamond number, time played and team name listed at the top AND where both teams used the same lineup card. I heard nothing but complaints about these all weekend from the players and the umpires. We tried them and they failed miserably!

The Executive has made a decision and we will NOT be using the line-up cards anymore. We all have score books and you are required to keep score in the books for every game this year. Only the games that are in the score book will be allowed to be used for playoff eligibility.

IF there is an eligibility question for a player at playoff time, ALL books for that division will be collected by the Executive and playoff eligibility will be determined at that time. We will disallow any games where the line up has been obviously altered after the game to account for a player to qualify them for the playoffs.

If you have any questions regarding this rule change, please see me.

Good luck to everyone this season.

Thanks,

Jon
President – RCMSPL

Thank you EVERYONE for helping make the tourney a success!

And the winner is …

A Division

With so many teams so close together in the Final Standings on the season, it comes as no surprise that there were some very tight battles in the preliminary rounds of this division. While X and Deep Cold both remained unbeaten in the early rounds to earn themselves a bye into the Semis, the battle for the Quarter Finals was fierce – there were 3 teams on the one side tied with 2-2 records but only room for 2 to move on.

Jose’s Noodle Factory and Boston Pizza Meat Lovers each survived their Quarter Final match-ups but were unable to overcome the 2 unbeaten teams in their respective Semi-Finals. Deep Cold advanced to face X in the Finals, but proved unable to upset the Season Champs.

Congratulations go out to X on a great finish to what was a great season!

B Division

In a division of 12 teams, it’s not surprising for a team to escape the preliminary rounds with their records intact. For 3 teams to go undefeated IS somewhat of a surprise.

Balls & Dolls and Shoeless Joe’s each translated their positions at the top of the Final Standings into early success in the tournament, earning byes into the Semi Finals. Scared Hitless did battle from the middle of the pack and managed an undefeated preliminary round, then continued their run through the Quarter Finals with a win in a tight game against Bulldogs. They met their match when they came up against Shoeless Joe’s, losing 7-4 in their Semi Finals.

Hackers came from behind in their Quarter Finals match to upset Gremlins (can you call it an upset when teams are so close in the standings?), but they proved unable to match the strength of Balls & Dolls when they met them in the Semis.

This set up a Shoeless Joe’s vs. Balls & Dolls Final, the top 2 teams in the Regular Season battling it out for the title. Balls & Dolls took command of this game and went on to win with a resounding 25-6 victory.

Congratulations to Balls & Dolls on your success this year!

C Division

I’m not sure which was more of a shocker in C Division – that Shockers made it through undefeated in the preliminary round, or that WGIL earned top spot on their side of the pool! Each team earned a bye into the Semi Finals after the schedule was adjusted to account for CAW 1917 not fielding a team.

The Quarter Finals saw division champ Bases Loaded upset by Connors Construction, while Those Guys didn’t show up (literally) against The Roasters. The Shockers continued their tournament run in the Semis with a 16-13 victory over The Roasters, but WGIL’s run came to an end when Connors Construction over-matched them 13-5 on their side.

In the Finals, Connors Construction proved too much for the Shockers team as they went on to a 22-11 victory and the Tournament title.

Congratulations go out to Connors Construction on winning the C Division tournament title!

Banquet Deadline

I hope teams had a chance at the Closing Tournament to discuss and make their plans for the upcoming BALL BANQUET. Final numbers need to be in by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9th (no exceptions).

When:

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Where:

Best Western Royal Brock Hotel & Conference Center

(formerly the Ramada ~ on the corner of Gordon and Stone across from the Delta)

716 Gordon St, Guelph

(519) 836-1240

Cocktails start at 5:00 pm
Dinner starts at 6:00 pm
Prizes and Dance to follow

• Each Team will be allotted 6 complimentary tickets – additional tickets are $30 each.
• All tickets will be given out at the door.
• If you request a ticket and do not use it you will still be charged for the ticket!
• Bedrooms can be reserved if you would like under the GTCSPL block for $96.99 each (breakfast included).

Contact Brandi for more details or to order your tickets! Let’s finish this season off with a party to remember!

If you DID NOT hand in your keys on the weekend …

They need to be handed in so they can be returned to the City by the end of this week! (They can be brought in to Gryph’s Sports Lounge at the University).