PITCHING LESSONS AND OPEN PRACTICE TIME BEGIN ON OCTOBER 30TH , 2009 AT 7 PM. PLEASE CONTACT BOB AT 918-0939 VIA PHONE OR TEXT TO CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE. THERE IS LIMITED SLOTS AVAILABLE SO CALL AS SOON AS YOU CAN. SEE YOU AT HASTINGS SCHOOL AT 95 PULBERRY. CHECK THE CALENDAR FOR THE DATES THROUGH TO THE SPRING.

AFTER EIGHT YEARS AS A COMPETIVE PROGRAM, BOB FOWLE HAS MOVED BLUE THUNDER TO A NEW FOCUS. WITH HIS DAUGHTER MOVING  ON TO COLLEGE, BOB CONTINUES TO WORK WITH YOUNG ATHLETES TO TEACH THEM THE GAME OF FAST PITCH SOFTBALL. BLUE THUNDER BEGAN IN THE EARLY NINETIES WITH GREAT SUCCESS AND SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND ASSISTED MANY ORGANIZATIONS TO FORM INCLUDING LIGHTNING, ILLUSION AND MANITOBA THUNDER.

BOB WILL BE RUNNING PITCHING CLINICS AND SKILLS CAMPS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE GAME TO GROW. BOB HAS SPENT MANY HOURS IN THE LAST THIRTY YEARS TEACHING THE SPORT ALL OVER MANITOBA AS A SOFTBALL MANITOBA CLINICIAN. HE IS STILL A SOFTBALL CANADA LEARNING FACILITATOR AND HAS TAUGHT MANY NCCP COACH CLINICS.

WHEN YOU ARE SELECTING AN INSTRUCTOR, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THE BACKGROUND AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSON WHO IS TEACHING YOUR DAUGHTER. BOB WAS A COLLEGE ATHLETE IN TWO SPORTS, FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL. HE WENT ON COACH BOTH SPORTS, FINALLY DECIDING TO ONLY COACH SOFTBALL IN 1984. SINCE THAT TIME BOB HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COACH AND TEACH MANY TERRIFIC ATHLETES DURING VARIOUS STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS. PLAYERS LIKE SANDY NEWSHAM, CARRIE RACH, TRACY BAILY, KELLY SWANSON, ANNA WEBER, KARRI DONALDSON, DWAYNE CLARKSON, KEVIN HAMM, PETER REIMER, ERIN NUIENBERG,HOLLY KITCHEN, CRYSTAL HATHAWAY, KARI GAPKA, CORIINE GAUTRON AND AMANDA GREENBERG. MANY OF THESES PLAYERS WENT ON TO COLLEGE, SOME ON TO OUR NATIONAL TEAM. BOB WENT ON TO COACH AND MENTOR HIS DAUGHTER DURING HER MINOR BALL CAREER LEADING TO HER JUMP TO NCAA DIVISION TWO UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA AT CROOKSTON. ERIN WHO WANTS TO BE A PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER HAS BECOME A VERY GOOD CLINICIAN UNDER BOB'S TUTELAGE.