The Quyon COMBAT Flyers moved on to the Greater Ottawa Fastball League final with a 2-0 win over Carp I4C Victory in the third game of the semi-final series on Wednesday night in Quyon. A total of six runs were scored in the three games (Carp 1 Quyon 0; Quyon 3 Carp 0; Quyon 2 Carp 0).

Drew Hathway had a win, throwing a one-hitter and striking out 17. Hathway did not allow an earned run in 21 innings of play in the semi-final series. Neil Cooke took the loss for I4C with a four-hitter.

The only runs of the game came in the sixth inning. Shawn Laframboise walked and Nick Armitage's sacrifice bunt was misplayed. Then with one out, Joe McCleary's fly ball moved the runners to second and third. A ground ball resulted in an error by I4C scoring Laframboise and what proved to be the winning run. The subsequent RBI single by Tim Craig plated Armitage as an insurance run.

Quyon will move on to face the winner of the Kars - Stittsville series in the GOFL best of five final.


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The Stittsville 56ers evened their best-of-three GOFL semi-final series at one game apiece with a 7-0 win in five innings over the Kars Aces at the Grove on Wednesday night.

Darren Featherstone had the win while Brad Porter took the loss.

Game three to determine which team will move on to face the Quyon COMBAT Flyers in the GOFL final series will be determined shortly.

Quyon COMBAT Flyers evened their best-of-three GOFL semi-final series on Thursday night in Carp with a 3-0 win over I4C Victory.

Drew Hathway had the shutout win, throwing a 4-hitter. Frank Cox took the loss, in relief of Neil Cooke.

Carp loaded the bases in the bottom of the second with one out on a Shawn Simzer single, followed by walks by Tony McDonald and Neil Drummond. But two strikeouts got the Flyers out of the inning.

The game was scoreless after five innings, until Quyon plated a run in the sixth. Shawn Laframboise singled, stole second and scored on a Drew Hathway RBI single.

The Flyers added two insurance runs in the seventh. Tim Craig reached on an error and scored on a Steve McCord home run to straight away centrefield

Carp I4C Victory took game one of the GOFL semi-final series by a score of 1-0 against Quyon COMBAT Flyers on the Quebec side Tuesday night.

Frank Cox was the winner, throwing a no-hitter with 17 strikeouts. Drew Hathway was the hard luck loser for the Flyers with a three-hitter.

The game's only run came in the top of the sixth after Victory's Aaron Amo walked. When Amo stole second, he was hit by the throw and the ball bounced into the outfield allowing Amo to scored the game's only run.

Quyon wins 6-1 over WC Electric to move on to semis

A nice crowd was on had to see the Quyon COMBAT Flyers defeat West Carleton Electric 6-1 in GOFL playoffs on Monday night in an error-free ball game in Fitzroy, as the Flyers moved on to the semi-final round with a two games to none sweep. This means that all four top GOFL seeds advance.

Drew Hathway had the win, throwing a three hitter, while Steve Cavanagh took the loss with relief from Jeff Barber.

Quyon took the lead in the top of the second. Nick Armitage doubled with one out and scored on Steve McCord's RBI single.

In the fourth, Matt Greer led off for Quyon with a solo homer. Then Armitage singled and scored on another McCord RBI single to put the Flyers up 3-0.

In the top of the fifth, Cavanagh was removed for Jeff Barber to come in and pitch.

Another run in the sixth made it 4-0 for Quyon. Hathway singled to lead off, moved to second on Armitage's sac bunt and scored on yet another McCord RBI single.

For the first five innings, Hathway had a perfect game going. WC Electric finally got some baserunners in the bottom of the sixth. Jon Daley doubled with one out. Dave Bahm came in to pinch hit and singled to shallow left. Daley attempted to score, but a throw from Tim Craig was on the money for the out at home. Andy Barber then tripled, scoring Jason Armstrong who had re-entered to run for Bahm.

Quyon padded their lead in the seventh. Craig reached on a bunt single with one out, took second on a wild pitch and moved to third on a sac bunt by Troy Cote. After a Matt Greer walk, Craig scored on a Hathway single. Greer then scored on a single by Armitage to cap the scoring at 6-1.

When the Electric couldn't respond in the bottom of seven, Quyon advanced to the semi-finals.

The GOFL semi-finals will see Quyon face Carp I4C Victory and Kars Aces against Stittsville 56ers. Quyon and Carp will get things going right away with a game on Tuesday night (Aug 24) in Quyon at 7:30. Games in the Kars/Stittsville series are to be determined.

Quyon Combat Flyers
Matt Greer 2R HR RBI BB
Drew Hathway 2-4 R RBI
Nick Armitage 3-3 2R 2B RBI SAC
Steve McCord 3-3 3RBI

Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Jon Daley 1-2 2B
Dave Bahm 1-1

The GOFL regular season in now in the books for 2010. The final standings will be as follows:

1. Kars Aces 16-3-0 32pts
2. Quyon Combat Flyers 14-4-3 31pts
3. Carp I4C Victory 11-7-3 25pts
4. Stittsville 56ers 11-9-1 23pts
5. Barrhaven Broadway Blues 7-12-2 16pts
6. Ottawa Blitz 6-13-2 14pts
7. Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric 6-14-1 13pts
8. North Gower Marlboroughs 2-11-6 10pts

First round matchups are best-of-three and will be as follows.

Kars vs North Gower
Since the final doubleheader of the season will not be played between these two teams in the interest of getting the playoffs started, the Aces and Marlies only faced each other once this season, a 10-3 win for Kars on July 6.
Game 1: North Gower at Kars - Weds Aug 11 in Manotick 9pm
Game 2: Kars at North Gower - Tues Aug 17 in North Gower 8pm
Game 3: TBD

Quyon vs Fitzroy Harbour
The cross-border rivals will face each other in a series affected by the fact that the Flyers will be at the ISC Worlds in Michigan, hence the long break between game 1 and game 2. The season series was lopsided this season, as Quyon defeated WC Electric by scores of 7-0 on May 6, 8-0 on June 18, and 7-3 in the Harbour Days game on July 2.
Game 1: Fitzroy at Quyon - Tues Aug 10 in Quyon 7:30pm
Game 2: Quyon at Fitzroy - Mon Aug 23 in Fitzroy 7:30pm
Game 3: Fitzroy at Quyon - Tues Aug 24 in Quyon 7:30pm (if necessary)

Carp vs. Ottawa
While these two teams were separated by 11 points in the standings, the season series was evenly split. The first game was a 5-5 tie on May 12, Carp won 8-2 on June 10 and the Blitz won 6-4 on July 22.
Game 1: Carp at Blitz - Wed Aug 11 in Manotick 7pm
Game 2: Blitz at Carp - Thur Aug 12 in Carp 8:30pm
Game 3: TBD

Stittsville vs. Barrhaven
The 56ers had the advantage in this series, taking two games and tying another. The doubleheader on June 9 was a sweep by Stittsville with a 9-2 win in the opener and a 2-0 rain shortened victory in the nightcap. On July 7 the teams tied at 8-8.
Game 1: Barrhaven at Stittsville - Wed Aug 11 in Stittsville 8:30pm
Game 2: Stittsville at Barrhaven - Wed Aug 18 in Manotick 8pm
Game 3: TBD

The 3rd Annual Gil Read Memorial Fastball Tournament is now only two weeks away!!! The tournament is being held at the Carp Fairgrounds in West Carleton from July 23rd to the 25th and will showcase some of the best fastball players in Eastern Ontario and Quebec. Here is the link for directions, http://tiny.cc/carpdirections. For those of you not familiar with the Gil Read Memorial Foundation, our objective is to give back to local athletes who are unable to afford their respective sports for various reasons. Please visit our website at www.gilreadmemorial.com .

We are still short about 20 to 25 volunteers and could use your support. If you are interested in selling some tickets, flipping a hamburger or two or even announcing or scorekeeping a game we would love you hear from you! – For players I’ve included in this email, if your significant other or any family member would like to help out, please let us know. The volunteer shift is only 4 hours long (or 2 games if you’re announcing or scorekeeping) and all the proceeds go to the charity.

If you, or somebody you know is interested, please contact me by email at aread@lwlaw.com AND Peter Read at pread@rogers.com who will be organizing all the time slots. We’d love to have your support.

For those of you who would simply like to help out by attending the tournament to watch a game or two and enjoy a cold beer and burger, we’ll see you at the park in a couple of weeks.

If you would like more information, Please let me know.

Thanks to everyone for all your help.

Al Read

Carp I4C Victory won both games of their double-header against North Gower on Thursday night in Carp, taking game 1 by a 7-1 score and following that with a 3-0 win in game 2.

The teams were scheduled to play a pair of games beginning at 7:30, but the skies opened up shortly after 7PM and dropped a lot of rain on the field over the next 45 minutes. Luckily the field was very dry and absorbed a lot of the rain that didn't run off, so once the skies cleared and the infield puddles were dealt with, the teams agreed to play two 5-inning games.

North Gower got off to a fast start when lead-off hitter Kevin Shonfield singled, stole second, and was driven in by #3 hitter Stephane Vinette's triple to left field. After that, Carp pitcher Neil Cooke settled in and only allowed one more North Gower player to reach base when Tyler Cox drew a walk in the second inning.

Carp put four runs on the scoreboard in their half of the second inning. Tim Power started off the inning with a solo home run to centre field. Shawn Simzer followed that with a single and was driven in two batters later by a Todd Storms single. Tony MacDonald then hit a double to give Carp runners on second and third with only one out.

North Gower elected to make a pitching change at that point, replacing starter Ryan Chatten with veteran lefty Gord Flannery. Carp DP Dan Konkle greeted Flannery with a single that scored Todd Storms and Neil Drummond, who had been inserted to pinch-run for Tony MacDonald at second. Flannery was able to get out of the inning without any further runs crossing the plate.

In the bottom of the third inning, Carp added two more runs when Tim Power hit a single, stole second, and scored on Brooks Paziuk's single. Carp added a single run in the fourth when Eric Colvin led off the inning with a single, took second on a passed ball, and scored on Aaron Amo's RBI single.

The top of the fourth inning saw Carp newcomer Frank Cox make his GOFL debut. Cox pitched the final two innings of the shortened game, striking out three North Gower batters.


Game number two began shortly before 10PM after a 15 minute break for the umpires to change gear. This game was a coin toss for home team; Carp won the toss so they took to the field and gave Frank Cox the ball. North Gower countered with lefty Shannon Borho. Cox had recently relocated to the Ottawa area from PEI and was interested in getting some regular work in league games. Victory pitchers Neil Cooke and Trevor Wood had maintained contact with Frank over the past couple of seasons ever since attending some of his pitching clinics, and they were more than happy to make room on the Victory roster for him given the recent shoulder injury to Carp pitcher Kyle Olson.

Cox worked two perfect innings, fanning four North Gower batters. Dan Konkle took over in the third and had one of his best outings of the season, allowing just a pair of singles by Eric Sanchez and Anil Hayne and striking out four.

Carp got on the board in the bottom of the first when leadoff hitter Aaron Amo drew a walk from Borho, then stole second and came home when the throw to second bounced into the outfield. They added a second run in the bottom of the second when Brooks Paziuk reached on an error and then scored when a Tony MacDonald single temporarily eluded the outfielder. Carp right fielder Neil Drummond then beat out an infield bunt and stole second, but Borho got out of the jam with a pair of strikeouts to end the inning.

The highlight of the night came in the bottom of the fourth when Neil Drummond hit a liner to centre field that was just a hair away from being a spectacular diving catch by the North Gower centre-fielder. With the ball scooting all the way to the fence, the speedy Drummond rounded the bases for an inside-the-park home run.

North Gower Marlboroughs
Kevin Shonfield 1-2 R SB
Stephane Vinette 1-2 3B RBI

Carp I4C Victory
Eric Colvin 2-2 R BB
Tim Power 2-2 2R HR RBI SB
Shawn Simzer 1-2 R
Brooks Paziuk 1-2 R RBI
Todd Storms 1-2 R RBI
Tony MacDonald 2-2 2B RBI
Dan Konkle 1-2 2RBI

With the equipment barely dried out from the rain-soaked affair against Kars on Wednesday night, I4C Victory played host to the Ottawa Blitz in the second game on back to back nights. Derick Bulley had the start for the Blitz, and Neil Cooke made his 2010 GOFL debut after losing an arm wrestle with a boat dock prior to the season start. The Blitz opened the scoring in the second taking a two run lead when a Brett Dugan single scored Russ Mitchell who reached on a dropped third strike and Derek Bergeron who walked. The Victory were held off the scoreboard in the first two innings (stranding 5 runners) but scored 3 in the third. Kevin McGuire reached on an error, Al Read singled (one of his 4 hits on the night) and singles by Tim Power Shawn Simzer and Mike Money put Carp up front 3-2. Carp would add another run in the fourth with an Aaron Amo single and stolen base cashed in by an Al Read single. The Victory increased their lead to 5-2 when a Shawn Simzer walk scored on a single by Dan Konkle. A Kevin Mcguire double, Al Read double, Brooks Paziuk walk (the hard way), Tim Power single and Shawn Simzer sac fly stretched the Carp lead to 8-2. Derick Bulley went the distance for the Blitz, while Neil Cooke picked up the win with relief from Kyle Olson.


Neil Cooke: 5IP, 8K, 1H, 2R, 0ER
Kyle Olson: 2IP, 2K, 0H, 0R

Ottawa Blitz
Marcel Mondoux 1-1 2BB SB

Carp I4C Victory
Kevin McGuire 2-4 2R 2B
Al Read 4-4 2R 2B 2RBI
Tim Power 2-4 R 3RBI SB
Shawn Simzer 2-2 R RBI BB SAC
Dan Konkle 1-2 RBI BB

Kars held on to edge carp 5-4 on a wet wednesday night at the Grove. Brad Porter got the win while Dan Konkle took the loss with relief from Kyle Olson. Carp scored 3 runs in the first when Kristian Knapp walked, Brad Pender reacher on error, Chad Milne singled to score Knapp, runners advanced on a passed ball, Cory Morrison grounded out to score pender, then Milne scored on a wild pitch. Carp responded with a single run in the 3rd virtue of back to back double by Konkle and Eric Colvin then cut the lead to 3-2 in 5th when Brooks Paziuk hit an rbi single. The aces restored their 3-run in the bottom of 5th when Brad Pender led off with a single, stole 2nd and 3rd then scored on a wild pitch. Chad Milne followed with an infield single, stole 2nd, and scored on Curtis Summer's rbi single. I4C cut the lead one in the 6th as Eric Colvin singled with the based loaded to cash two runs. Brad Porter retired the side in order in the 7th to secure the win.

Carp I4C Victory
Eric Colvin 2-3 2B 3RBI BB 2SB
Tim Power 2-3 2R 2B SB
Dan Konkle 1-2 R 2B BB

Kars Aces
Brad Pender 2R 2SB
Chad Milne 2-3 2R RBI SB
Cory Alkerton 1-2 BB

Carp travelled to Stittsville for a game against the 56'ers and defeated the home town squad 5-1. In a game that was a lot closer than the score would dictate, Kyle Olson picked up the win with split duties from Dan Konkle and Darren Featherstone threw the complete game for Stittsville. Eric Colvin led off the game with a double, Kevin McGuire walked and Tony MacDonald picked up the RBI in the first inning to give Carp a 1-0 lead. A Kevin McGuire double and Todd Storms Triple scored when Brooks Paziuk singled in the 4th. John Craig hit a no-doubter over the fence in the 4th to narrow the Carp lead to 3-1. Carp would pick up two more off of a couple of Stittsville miscues in the 7th, and Dan Konkle shut the door in the 7th to preserve the win for Carp.

Carp I4C Victory
Eric Colvin 2-4 2R 2B RBI
Kevin McGuire 1-1 R 2B 2BB SB

Stittsville 56ers
John Craig R HR RBI