So, congratulations and good luck to:

                                 Sara Schmidt

                                 Lyndsay Hanghofer

Would like to thank Dapper SAP

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Our sponsor for the

Kamloops Midget Fastball Tournament

We would also like to thank the following individuals:

                Jeri and Jesse Gregory

                Jason and Dex Budruck

                Colleen DeVeryac and Katrina Simms

                Wilfred and Jeanine

                Michael Maveety and Jim

                Ryerson and Sage Palmer

                And

 All the coaches, parents and players of our Kamloops teams

Congratulations are offered to the Kamloops R&S Auto body rep B Bantams, who played and represented Kamloops so well!

Congratulations are extended to the Kamloops Rona midget team who kept the Bronze in Kamloops!

Some highlights on their road to success:

MVP awards were presented to Kailey Jolliffe and Mellissa Newell for their outstanding contribution both offensively and defensively to the team.  Both pitched and fielded great games as well as hit triples, doubles and too many singles to keep count!  The third MVP award was presented to Katie Seaward who played an outstanding game on third base and hit a triple, double and many singles.  The final MVP award was given to Kayleigh Hansen who led the team offensively with a triple, four doubles and at least TEN single hits!

All star players such as Ali Jonsson who hit a double, many singles and led the team in base running and Morgan Marcynuik who made a great double play and hit the ball hard deserve recognition.  Our catcher, Kayle Overton who played and hit the ball hard all weekend blew her knee in the final game and Megan Vos, on the bench with a sprained thumb, had to come into the final game for the victory.

Excellent job to all our girls, coaches and parents – Congrats and thank you!

Spectators are always thrilled when they have the opportunity to watch Team Canada in action! Now girls and boys will have the opportunity to be ON the field with some of these amazing athletes. Kids, aged 9 to 14, are invited to take part in The NOW Newspaper/Canadian Open Fastpitch/Team Canada Kids’ Softball Clinic and spend the day with some of our country’s most accomplished and experienced players. The clinic will take place at Softball City on Saturday, July 10 from 8:30 am to 1:15 pm. The clinic fee is $75.00 CAD per child!

Clinic Schedule will go as follows:

All kids who register NO LATER than June 15, 2010 will also receive:

* One complimentary Canadian Open Fastpitch child or teen general admission ticket for one of the opening days of the tournament (Monday, July 5 – Wednesday, July 7). Pick up details for these tickets will be prearranged upon clinic registration.

Don’t miss out! This clinic is $75.00 CAD per child. Space is restricted and will be available on a first come, first served basis and pre-registration is mandatory. Net proceeds from the clinic will help support Team Canada and Canada’s national women’s team. Pre-registration is required by June 15, 2010.

Clinic supervision is provided only from 8:30 am to 1:15 pm. Parents/guardians must pick up their children at 1:15 pm. More details will be provided upon registration.

Register Today by visiting our Canadian Open Fastpitch website at http://www.canadianopenfastpitch.com/kidsclinic10.asp

Girls and boys, aged 4 to 8, are invited to come out and learn the softball basics, as they take part in the Softball BC/Canadian Open Fastpitch Learn to Play Softball Clinic.

At the Softball BC/Canadian Open Fastpitch Learn to Play Clinic, BC’s youngest athletes will experience the joy of softball.  The clinic will take place at Softball City on Sunday, July 4 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The clinic fee is only $50.00 CAD per child!

Clinic Schedule will go as follows:

All children who register NO LATER than June 15, 2010 will also receive:

* One complimentary child admission for the Canadian Open Fastpitch for one of the opening days (Monday, July 5 – Wednesday, July 7). 

Don’t miss out!  Space is restricted and will be available on a first come, first serve basis. Pre-registration is required by June 15, 2010. Clinic supervision is provided only from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Parents/guardians must pick their children up at 1:00 pm. Parents/guardians are also invited to stay and watch for the duration of the clinic.

Register Today by visiting our Canadian Open Fastpitch website at http://www.canadianopenfastpitch.com/ltp10.asp.

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10 states:

a. Exposed jewellery such as wristwatches, bracelets, any type of earrings, neck chains, or any

other item judged dangerous by the umpire, may not be worn during the game

b. Medical alert bracelets or necklaces are not considered jewellery (do not have to be taped).

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mail received, both positive and negative, since the April 14, 2010

announcement about our decision to continue following the jewellery interpretation as set

down by Softball Canada.

Softball BC has been listening to all of your concerns, opinions and suggestions. We fully

understand the ramifications of players that will not remove piercings and are unable to play

because of their personal decisions. For the past few weeks Softball BC President Dennis Bidin

and I have been working tirelessly in an effort to offer some flexibility to our members, while at

the same time satisfying the requirements of our legal team.

Therefore, please consider the following release as our official position on this issue:

The last thing we want is for teams (players/coaches) to create any animosity or hard feelings

Please do not point out jewellery to the umpires.

Please allow the

umpires to umpire and they in turn will allow coaches to coach and players to play.

I would ask for your continued support of your umpires who are simply doing their job and

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2010 Softball BC and Softball Canada playing rules.

I will be preparing and presenting our current Softball BC ‘Position on Jewellery’ interpretation

at the 2011 Softball Canada AGM in hopes that we can have this change accepted and

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2012.

In short, I believe this memo really states: “Let’s Play Ball.”

Wishing you all a rewarding 2010 season!