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Welcome to Mansfield Girls Softball Association! Our mission is to provide a strong and positive environment for the girls to learn the skills needed to succeed in not only softball, but life. From a strong recreational league to an ever growing Select program - we support all levels of skill and competition. So come on out and take a look at what MGSA has to offer...!!!
Thursday, November 19
Toys for Kids Tournaments
Mansfield Toys for Kids Tournaments:
November 20-22 16U
December 4-6 8U and 12U
December 11-13 10U and 14U
This event is hosted to collect toys to help the less fortunate at Christmas time.
All players and coaches are required to bring a toy of a minimum $10 value. We will be collecting the toys at check-in.
We aks that all brackets with the exception of 8U bring teenager appropriate items (8U has been supplied a list for younger kids)
The following is a list of requested items from All Church Home:
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Teenage Gift Items
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| Personal CD players with headphones |
Card games |
| Fast Food Gift Cards ($10 each) |
Board games |
| Wal-Mart/Target Gift Cards |
Movies, DVDs (G or PG rated) |
| Movie Tickets |
CDs |
| Gas Gift Cards |
Backpacks |
| Grocery Store Gift Cards |
Duffle Bags |
| Scented lotions and soaps |
Suit Cases |
| Batteries (AA most needed) |
Small purses and wallets |
| Alarm clock radios |
Hair accessories |
| Fun T-shirts (all sizes for male and female) |
Journals |
| Hand held games |
Picture Frames |
| Jewelry and watches (male and female) |
Age appropriate books |
| Make-up |
Sleeping bags |
| Perfumes and colognes |
Fun Pillows |
| Flip Flops (male and female) |
Sweat Shirts & Sweat Pants |
| Baseball caps |
Plus size clothing |
| Packs of cards |
Plus size underwear for male/female |
List available for download in the handout at the bottome of this article.
In addition we will be collecting hygeine items for the homeless and less fortunate.
| Additional Hygiene Items for the Homeless Shelter |
| Personal Care Items |
Bed and Bath |
| · Baby items: powder, lotion, Pull-ups |
· Bath towels and wash cloths |
| · Deodorant |
· Blankets |
| · Powder |
· Twin sheets, pillows and pillow cases |
| · Disposable Razors |
Medicine |
| · Toothbrushes |
· Antacids |
| · Travel-sized toiletries (soap, shampoo and conditioner) |
· Cold medicine |
| · Underwear - all sizes |
· Band-aids and Neosporin |
| · Socks - all sizes |
· Glucose tablets |
| · Foot powder |
· Lice shampoo and bed spray |
| · Rubbing alcohol |
· Pain relievers (acetaminophen, ibuprofen-tablet form) |
| · Adult diapers |
· Non-alcoholic cold/cough medicines (allergy medicine with antihistamine) |
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· Vitamins |
List available for download in the handout at the bottome of this article.
Toys will be distributed to All Church Home in Fort Worth.
Hygeine items will be distributed to the Presbyterian Night Shelter in Fort Worth.
This is the 6th year we have hosted the events and have increased it from one weekend when we first started to three weekends. The past two years we have collected approximately $10000 in toys per year plus the hygiene items for the Night Shelter.
We will be delivering the toys on 12/14 and teams, players, coaches and parents are welcome. Those in attendance will tour the facility then unload the toys. We will be meeting at McKnight Park at 4:30 on Monday, 12/14 and plan to be at All Church Home in Fort Worth by 5:45PM.
Handout:
Toys For Kids
Wednesday, November 18
Spring 2010 Registration Dates (subject to change)
Are you ready for some Softball??
Tentative sign up dates for MGSA spring league:
1/16/10, 1/23/10, 1/28/10, 1/30/10
League Drafts: Feb 15-19th
2010 Practice starts: Feb. 28th
Spring Coach and Player Clinic: Feb 27th
Clean up Day at the Park: March 6th
Spring season Opening Ceremonies and Opening Day: March 26-27th
Field Status
For field availablity call the Rainout number, 817-473-6877, after 3:30 PM.
Wednesday, March 12
Sharpen Your Score Keeping Skills
We recently held a class to learn how to keep the offical scorebook. For league games the home team is responsible for supplying an official scorekeeper and the visiting team is responsible for keeping the scoreboard.
Click the handout to download the presentation in Power Point Show format.
Handout:
Scorekeeping Basics
Sunday, July 6
Pay Your Team's Tournament Fees Online
Tournament fees for our tournaments are normally due a week prior to the tournament start. This enables us to confirm what teams are entered and schedule games, umpires and workers accordingly. Teams must always enter our ASA tournaments at www.RegisterASA.com (VTD). You may pay your tournament fee online by clicking the link below and going to the payment website: Click here to pay online There is an additonal fee charged by Active.com for handling the transaction. If your team drops from the tournament after online payment the transaction fee will not be refunded. If your team drops the tournament after games have been posted you are not elgible for a fee refund.
MGSA Accepting Sponsors For 2009
Click the headline for more information in regard to being an MGSA sponsor.
Download the handout to complete a sponsorship application.
Handout:
2009 Sponsor Form
Check Out The Tips & Drills Page
Tuesday, April 10
MGSA Site Wants Your Softball Photos!
MGSA would like to place your softball photos on the website! Throughout the season, as you take photos of your girls, we'd like to feature them on the MGSA site. The only way we can do that is if you send them in to our Publicity Director. While we can't guarantee that we can use every submitted photo, we will try to use as many photos as possible on the site, and some photos may be forwarded on to local media outlets.
What we're looking for:
* Opening Ceremonies *
* Game Shots *
* Practice Shots *
* pictures of the girls just having fun as a team *
Please forward all pictures in .jpeg or .bmp format to
melodie.hukill@mgsa.com: arial">If you would like to include any identifying information or caption text, please feel free to do so.
TO SEE PICTURES THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, CLICK ON THE ALBUMS OR MGSA NEWS TABS ON THE MENU BAR!
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