Dover, New Hampshire, ASA Slow-pitch Men's softball league.

The Dover Men's Softball League is the oldest organized softball league in the state of New Hampshire. Established in 1940, softball is still being played at Guppy Park and going strong!

The regular season schedule is complete and the games have been updated on the league web page. If you would like a copy of the master schedule click on the hand out and download it.

The Joe Piecush Memorial Tournament was suspended after the first day of play because of rain and wet field conditions. With everyone's hectic tournament schedule the next available time to play is the scheduled week off during the July 4th week break. The tournament will continue with 6 teams already battling in the loser's bracket and with Bud Light and EnviroVantage playing each other in the finals of the winners brackets.

Click on the handout to download the updated bracket with game times.

The pre-season spring meetings have been concluded for the 2009 campaign. The meeting minutes have been posted and we are gearing up for the season to open on May 18th.

Special thanks to Chris Serrechia for letting us meet on the 2nd floor of the Dover Brick House!

Barbour Chiropractic has elected not to enter a team for the upcoming season and many of their players will be absorbed onto other teams. For the years that they did support Dover Softball - we thank them.

Two new teams have entered the league for the 2009 campaign:

(1) EnviroVantage - formally of the Rochester League, coached by Scott Sancousie and John Hardy

(2) Nelson Real Estate - a brand new team, coached by Shane Casimiro.

Welcome guys to the DMSL!

The PATRIOTS didn't make the playoffs this year but thanks to everyone's participation in the Pat's Pool Square we had a successful fundraiser. The DMSL received $1500 that will go towards field improvements and many people enjoyed individual winnings each week; especially Larry Parker and Brian Dubreuil who both won the final week of the season. Special thanks to everyone who participated and we hope we can count on your support again next year.

The 2009 Field Duty Day is scheduled for the weekend of April 18-19th. All teams must complete their assigned duties to be eligible to particpate in the Piecush Memorial Tournament.

Duties Include such items as:

• Drainage trenching
• Fence repairs and vine removal
• Cleaning and painting the score booth
• form and pour concrete pads for bleachers and tractor ramp
• infield leveling and raking
• general site cleaning

If everyone does their part then the season will be off to a great start!

All team fees and dues must be paid before the deadline to be eligible to particpate in the upcoming event.

• Sponsorship Fee - $500. Final Due date is May15th (must be paid by the beginning of the Piecush Tournament to be eligible to play)
• Player Fee - $1350. Final Due date is June 1 (must be paid in order to particpate in games after 6/1)
• Patriot Pool - $500. Final Due date is September 1st (must be paid in order to qualify for post season play)

Chasing money is never fun - please support the league by paying your monies in a timely fashion to avoid penalties.

All teams must submit a roster before the beginning of their first regular season game (week of May 18th). The roster must include:

• Player's Name
• Player's home address
• Player's email address
• Players phone number is optional

These rosters will assist in the score keeping process and make sure all players are credited with games played to help fulfill the "games played" requirement for the playoffs.

Rosters can be updated via email or at the field unitl July 1st without petitioning the league and coaches for approval.

A Downloadable "Player Form" is available for your convienence.