The qualifying tournaments and locations were released and the Eastern Ontario on will be held in Napanee.

Canada East ISC Qualifier – Napanee, ON

June 18-20, 2010
Berths: 2 ISC berths to highest finishing Canada East teams (additional berth may be available)
Format: Double-knockout
Entry Fee & Deadline: $365 CDN, payable to ISC Canada East – May 15, 2010 deadline
Local Contact: Karen Mills - millsk@limestone.on.ca
ISC Contact & Rep: Blair Setford – blairjs@rogers.com
UIC: Steve Bedard – sjbgolf@hotmail.com

Other Qualifiers

June 18-20, 2010
Canada East ISC Qualifier – Innerkip, ON
Berths: 2 ISC berths to highest finishing Canada East teams (additional berth may be available)
Format: Double-knockout
Entry Fee & Deadline: $365 CDN, payable to ISC Canada East – May 15, 2010 deadline
Local Contact: Tim Wright – twri7823@rogers.com
ISC Contact & Rep: Blair Setford – blairjs@rogers.com
UIC: Peter Kluszczynski – kluzzy@sympatico.ca

July 25-27, 2010
Port Huron, MI
Berths: 1 ISC berth to highest finishing Canada East team
Format: 3-game guarantee – Pool winners advance to elimination round
Entry fee: $375 - $400US depending on number of teams
Contact: Kurt Schieman – kurt.schieman@semcoenergy.com
UIC: Ted Germaine – teddyump57@yahoo.com
ISC Rep: Bill Hillhouse – houseofpitching@yahoo.com
Note: Berth for the above tournament is conditional on it being a joint qualifier between US East and Canada East with each region awarding 1 ISC berth to highest finishing team from the respective regions.

2010 Qualifiers for 2011 Berths

July 23-24, 2010
Travel League of Eastern Canada Playoff Tournament
Location: tba
Format: tba
Entry fee: included in league entry fee
Berths: 1 for 2011 ISC World Tournament – league winner (additional berth may be available)
League contact: David Bakker - bakkers@teksavvy.com
ISC Rep: Blair Setford - blairjs@rogers.com
UIC: Peter Kluszczynski - kluzzy@sympatico.ca

July 30 - Aug 1, 2010
OASA Intermediate Eliminations
Location: tba
Format: Modified double knockout
Entry fee and deadline: $465 Cdn, payable to OASA by June 10, 2010
Berth: 1 for 2011 ISC World Tournament
Local Contacts: Brad Thomson - bradthomson41@hotmail.com, 519-954-1269
ISC Contact: Joe Todd – ftode739@rogers.com
UIC: tba

July 17-19, 2010
Northern Ontario ISC Qualifier
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Format: tba
Entry fee and deadline: $365 Cdn, payable to ISC Canada East by June 26, 2010
Berth: 1 for 2011 ISC World Tournament – minimum 8 teams for berth to be awarded
Local Contacts: Roger Legendre - er_legendre@sympatico.ca
ISC Contact: Blair Setford, ISC Canada East VP - blairjs@rogers.com
UIC: Larry Pederson - bluelight24@hotmail.com 705-897-1444

September 10-12, 2010
Eastern Canadians
Location: tba
Berths: 1 2011 ISC WT (tentative)

September 17-19, 2010
2010 Ontario Challenge Cup ISC Qualifier
Location: Mitchell, Ontario
Berths: 1 for 2011 ISC World Tournament – affiliated league teams only
Format: Double-knockout
Entry fee and deadline: $265 CDN – August 31, 2009
Local contact: Kory Dietz - jkdietz@quadro.net
ISC Rep: Joe Todd – ftode739@rogers.com
UIC: Paul Baier - wingman45@wightman.ca

Softball Canada, the national sport governing body for Fast Pitch, Slo-Pitch and Orthodox softball is seeking a dynamic individual to manage our Coaching program, to develop/implement initiatives in the school system and assist in the creation and operation of new programming.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Be responsible for the revision/editing of existing Coaching resources and creation of new resources to support volunteer coaches
• Evaluate and review Softball’s National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and complete the transition to the new NCCP
• Work with the Manager – Long Term Player Development on the creation of new coaching related programming and then be responsible for delivery of that programming (Pitching and Curriculum/Practice Guides)
• Investigate new avenues for the delivery of coaching education and identify new revenue streams
• Initiate development of an integrated softball in schools program
• Work closely with Provincial/Territorial partners to support the delivery of the National Coach Certification program (NCCP)
• Liaise with the Coaching Association of Canada and Sport Canada on related issues
• Develop a mentoring program for Master and Regional Pitching Instructors, Regional coaches and identify/assist potential future National Team coaches
• Organize additional professional development opportunities for coaches

The successful candidate will ideally possess:

• A post secondary degree in sport administration or coaching or equivalent area of study
• Knowledge of the Canadian sport system
• Coaching Experience and knowledge of technical aspects of softball
• Fully certified Level 3 in the old NCCP or Competition – Development in the new NCCP (or progressing towards that designation) or equivalent training/experience
• Proven administrative skills managing a variety of projects
• Familiarity with Long-Term Player Development principles and the ability to develop related programming
• Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office 2007)
• Outstanding communication skills (written and verbal) and excellent technical (softball) writing skills
• Bilingualism (English/French) is an asset for this position
• Experience working with volunteers and boards

This position is based in the Softball Canada office in Ottawa. Interested candidates are asked to submit their applications by mail or email, with cover letter and salary expectations by February 1, 2010 to:

Hugh Mitchener
Chief Executive Officer
Softball Canada
Suite 212 - 223 Colonnade Road
Ottawa, Ontario K2E 7K3
hmitchener@softball.ca

Happy New Year fastball friends!

On Saturday January 9th, the February, March and April home games will go on sale to the general public. As a friend of fastball, you have access to these games before the general public at reduced rates for the vast majority of games. If you are looking for a couple tickets, please check out the link www.capitaltickets.ca/sensgroups and enter the promo code SENGRPGOFL.

If you are looking to organize an outing of 10 or more, you can call me directly at 613-591-5404 or by email at allanj@ottawasenators.com

COMBAT SPORTS has finalized it’s TEAM BUY IN’S for 2010 to any fastpitch/slopitch softball teams interested. See below, it’s a minimum of 10 people to get the package. If a couple teams want to combine to hit the minimum, that is allowed too. In the case of an Ottawa area sale, the freight would be waived if the order was picked up from our office on Canotek Rd. Contact Joe McCleary for any questions, jmccleary@combatsportsgroup.com

All sales will be through a retail outlet. Play it Again Sports has 4 locations in Ottawa to serve you, or we can run it through any Combat retailer of your choice.

SOFTBALL TEAM BUY-IN

PACKAGE #1

CHOICE OF 1 BAT:
VIRUS PLAGUE, VIRUS MORPHED, GEAR AFFLICTED or GEAR SUPREMACY
COACHES CHOICE ROLLER BAG
TC BATTING GLOVES

$275 PER PLAYER

PACKAGE #2

CHOICE OF 1 ASA BAT:
GEAR AFFLICTED, VIRUS MORPHED
CHOICE OF 1 USSSA/NSA BAT:
GEAR SUPREMACY, VIRUS PLAGUE
COACHES CHOICE ROLLER BAG
TC BATTING GLOVES

$450 PER PLAYER

TEAM RECEIVES FREE WITH EITHER PACKAGE ABOVE:
TEAM COMBAT T-SHIRT FOR EACH PLAYER
COMBAT HAT FOR EACH PLAYER

check out the www.combatsportsgroup.com website for all the details on the bats.

MINIMUM OF 10 PLAYERS REQUIRED TO QUALIFY FOR PACKAGE ADD $15.00 PER PLAYER FOR FREIGHT CHARGES

As you might see, some of the new features and functionality are now working. The following are some of them:

• Improved speed and performance of the sites - lots of code has been optimized and all known bugs have been fixed
• Text Messages via twitter - the site is now setup to use twitter to notify players and viewers of changes to games, schedules, events or other important information. If you have not signed up, it would be a good idea to do so at twitter.com/gofl_ca.
• All the league subsites are working well with lots of viewers checking them all out.
• There is now the ability to register events on the sites which will include tournaments, meetings, practices and other information for viewers and players alike
• Player and Team Profiles now contain an awards and achievements section and I will be updating each of them as I do more research to find out who has won what or been recognized over the past few years. There is already information in for the all-stars over the past few years. If you have any information that could be added, please forward it to me.

Enjoy the site!

Congratulations to the players voted to the 2009 All-Star teams for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League, as elected by the team representatives.

First Team:

Pitcher: Dan Bradley (Stittsville 56ers)
Catcher: Joe McCleary (Quyon Combat Flyers)
1st Base: Anil Hayne (Greely DNTW Eagles)
2nd Base: Joel Langford (Orleans Gators) (unanimous)
3rd Base: Nick Armitage (Quyon Combat Flyers)
Shortstop: Scott Herriot (Stittsville 56ers)
Designated Player: Will Mood (Ottawa Blitz)
Outfielder: Dan Jessiman (Stittsville 56ers) (unanimous)
Outfielder: Don Cox (Manotick Lomor Printers)
Outfielder: Darren Featherstone (Stittsville 56ers)

Second Team:

Pitcher: Drew Hathway (Quyon Combat Flyers)
Catcher: Dave Tubman (Ottawa Team Easton)
1st Base: Derick Bulley (Ottawa Blitz); Scott Jessiman, (Stittsville 56ers) (tie)
2nd Base: Andrew Bruce (Ottawa Blitz)
3rd Base: Kyle Gourgon (Ottawa Team Easton); John Craig (Stittsville 56ers) (tie)
Shortstop: Kevin McGuire (Carp I4C Victory)
Designated Player: Kyle Jamieson (Stittsville 56ers)
Outfielder: Calvin Medynski (Manotick Lomor Printers)
Outfielder: Cory Morrison (Ottawa Team Easton)
Outfielder: Ryan Bond (Stittsville 56ers)

In an effort to provide flexibility, stability and additional functionality for those teams that desire it, a league sub-site has been created for each of the teams in the league. Currently some teams already maintain their own websites, and this is not designed to replace those. Initially these sub-sites will be enabled or turn on for any of the teams that do not have their own websites. Information from the league site will flow easily into these new sites, while team reps and administrators will be able to post articles and events to their own sites.
These new sub-sites will have the ability to allow for the posting and displaying of the team sponsors and team related links. The sites will also contain articles that are specific to each of the teams.

The Sites available now are:

• Carp I4C Victory (carp.gofl.ca)
• Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric (fitzroyfastball.gofl.ca)
• Greely DNTW Eagles (greely.gofl.ca)
• Manotick Lomor Printers (manotick.gofl.ca)
• Orleans Gators (orleans.gofl.ca)
• Ottawa Team Easton (easton.gofl.ca)
• Quyon Combat Flyers (quyon.gofl.ca)
• Stittsville 56ers (stittsville.gofl.ca)

These teams currently have their own sites:

• Ottawa Blitz (www.ottawablitz.ca)

These sites are just the fist step in many on implementing the new features for the league website. Although the sub-sites do not have historical information about the teams, I am going to work to get it in there. There may be some small bugs or glitches, but I will get them all worked out. Sponsors and team links will also be added.

I will be working on the team logos, so if you have any images of your teams, please forward them to me. The same goes for your sponsors images.

Each sub-site also has it's own counters and tracking system associated with it in order to provide details of the sites viewer and usage statistics.

Its obvious from the URL statistics provided by Mike in the previous article that he has designed and maintained probably one of the best fastball sites anywhere. I believe I speak for all viewers in saying:
"Thanks alot Mike, your efforts are truly appreciated".

The latest version of the GOFL.ca website has completed it's first season in tracking the stats, team and player information for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League. The site was a great success with visitors from all over the globe checking in to see what is going on with our league. An overwhelming number of people have seen the site since it has been up.

• 97,647 page loads
• 47,090 visitors
• 506 average page loads / day
• 244 average visitors / day

A big thanks to all the team reps who kept the stats and information up to date, which is 100% up to date for the Regular Season. A special thanks to the primary contributors of the site:

• Adam Brown
• Gary Hargrove
• Cory Morrison
• Kenny Fleck
• Eric Rosenquist

and to our Cell/Text Bloggers who kept us informed when they were not even near a computer:

• Joel Langford
• Matt Alkerton
• Lukas Kamps
• Shawn Williams
• Trevor Wood

Over the season, some improvements have been made to the website, which included:

• Player Text Bloggin
• Article comments from viewers
• Various Polls & Surverys
• Player Profile Tracking
• Testing of Team Sub-Site (carp.gofl.ca)
• Addition of Video and Photo Support

Over the next few months, some additional improvements and functionality will be added to the site, such as:

• Speed and Performance Improvements
• Generic bug fixes for glitches
• Sub Sites for all the teams in the GOFL league
• Notification Signup - to allow players to receive emails and text for game cancellations, schedule changes,game results and game reminders
• GOFL.ca twitter account to tweet results
• Uploading of images to player profiles
• Ability for teams/league to add events to the schedule such as meetings, due dates, practices and tournaments
• Daily Player Profile to promote the various players of the league
• Improvements to the Text Blogging Feature
• Historical Articles and information about the league and it's players

Player and Viewer Comments are very important! If there are any other features or improvements that you as a player or viewer think would be an asset to the site and the league, then please post your comments and I will review them.

The playoffs are over and the Stittsville 56ers have won the championship over the Quyon Combat Flyers. It is now time to review how the regular season went.



After 20 regular season games for most, the final standings were:

1. Stittsville 56ers 17-1-2 (36 pts)
2. Ottawa Team Easton 14-4-1 (29 pts)
3. Quyon Combat Flyers 11-7-2 (24 pts)
4. Manotick Lomor Printers 10-7-3 (23 pts)
5. Carp I4C Victory 9-7-4 (22 pts)
6. Ottawa Blitz 8-11-1 (17 pts)
7. Orleans Gators 7-12-1 (15 pts)
8. Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric 5-14-1 (11 pts)
9. Greely DNTW Eagles 0-18-1 (1 pt)

While the league seen some of the veterans take some time away from the game , most of the top performers of the league were guys that have been around for a bit:

Batting Average: Kyle Jamieson (Stittsville) .538
Innings Played: Kevin McGuire (Carp) 134
At Bats: Steve Johnson (Fitzroy) 62
Plate Appearances: Kevin McGuire (Carp) 69
Runs: John Craig (Stittsville) 19
Hits: Jon Daley (Fitzroy) 23
Doubles: Kevin McGuire (Carp) 8
Triples: Will Mood (Blitz) 4
Home Runs: Matt Greer (Quyon) 7
RBI: Nick Armitage (Quyon) 19
Walks: Dan Jessiman (Stittsville) 15
Stolen Bases: Tim Power (Carp) 9
On Base Percentage: Kyle Jamieson (Stittsville) .647
Slugging Percentage: Kyle Jamieson (Stittsville) 1.692

Pitching Wins: Dan Bradley (Stittsville), Brad Porter (Easton) 11
Pitching Innings: Brad Porter (Easton) 111
ERA: Dan Bradley (Stittsville) 1.43

Most Viewed Profile on GOFL.ca : Dan Konkle (Carp) 347