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Saturday, November 26
Ontario Masters News
Ontario Masters News
The OASA recently held their AGM and the following motions / proposals all passed and will be in effect for 2006.
Page 60 - By-Law II - Player Eligibility 2:5:1, a), last sentence
Revise to read, "Pitchers must be at least 40 years of age in the year of the event."
Rationale: Age eligibility deadlines should be the same for position players and pitchers.
A pitcher can be 39 years of age as long as he turns 40 sometime in 2006.
Resolution #1
Be it resolved that for the 2006 season, the Masters Series be allowed to submit their roster and all other required information by the registration date (team certificate deadline) electronically if possible and sign in at the Provincial Championship Tournament.
Resolution #2
Be it resolved that for the 2006 season, a Grand Masters Series will be created on a trial basis. All Grand Master Players must be at least 45 years of age in the year of the event. The OASA Grand Masters Championship Tournament will operate on the same date and same location as the OASA Masters Championship Tournament. All other rules related to the Grand Masters Series will follow the OASA guidelines.
It would be nice to see some of the North Bay teams enter the Grand Masters division.
It was confirmed by Bob Abbot that the 2006 OASA Masters and Grand Masters Championship will NOT be held in Port Perry,
Want to know where the tournament will be held ?
Check out the Ontario Masters Fastball web site for the answer http://eteamz.active.com/omf/
Some rumours floating around about a new team forming for 2006 with an elite pitching staff being recruited and some other BIG names as well.
The only stumbling block seems to be finding sponsors.
There are currently 4 Ontario tournaments on the masters circuit and all will be using the OASA age eligibility deadline rules ( see above for age eligibility ) for 2006 except for the World Senior Tournament in North Bay. It would be nice to see all the tournaments using the same rules wherever possible.
The 4 tournaments on the Ontario Masters circuit are ...................
Waterloo May Two-Four Blast - May long weekend
OASA Provincial Championships Masters & Grand Masters - Date not confirmed, probably July as always
Canadian Masters Championship Men & Women - Cobourg , CMFA Executive working on date
World Senior Men's Fastball Tournament - North Bay, Labour Day Weekend
NAFA Masters World Series - Carson City Nevada Sep 22-24 2006
35 & over ( player eligibility will be a player's age anytime during the 2006 calendar year )
40 & over ( player eligibility will be a player's age anytime during the 2006 calendar year )
45 & over ( player eligibility will be a player's age anytime during the 2006 calendar year )
50 & over ( player eligibility will be a player's age anytime during the 2006 calendar year )
It sure would be nice to see some Canadian flavour at the 2006 NAFA Masters World Series tournament, I know its something I have always wanted to do before I retire. I'm always looking for nominations for " Masters of the Game " a monthly feature on the Ontario Masters Fastball web site. I would like to put a survey on the OMF web site and would like to invite you to submit a question to be considered for the survey. If you have any hot rumours, player movements, juicy tidbits etc. please send them to me for the OMF web site, any submissions will remain confidential.
It was a real pleasure to be asked to accept a "perfect game" award at the recent OASA AGM. The perfect game award was presented to Alvinston Indians pitcher Doug Charlton and his catcher Dan Demers. Doug Charlton was the only pitcher at any level to throw a perfect game in 2005. I had the best seat in the house to watch Doug twirl his perfect game and it was real sweet to watch except for the fact that Doug's perfect game came against our team the Waterdown Hammer. Doug is an elite pitcher on the masters scene and is still considered one of the top Intermediate pitchers as he recently helped his Alvinston team to a 3rd place finish at the very tough ISC II Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin. Doug is a workhorse and a warrior and can pitch all weekend long but most important he is a gentleman and one of the good guys in the game. Congratulations Doug and Dan on this great achievement.
Rick May of the Colborne Rutherflo Masters also received an OASA " no-hitter " award at the AGM. Rick's no-hitter award came while pitching for the Lake Simcoe Lighting at the OASA Intermediate " C " Championships in Bobcaygeon. Rick pitched 7 innings winning 4-0 with 10 K's and faced 22 batters with 2 walks.
It was a real shame that Rick wasn't on hand to receive this award because apparently he knew nothing about the award presentation, Sylvia Ryan accepted the award on Rick's behalf. If Rick wasn't notified, then I wonder if Doug Charlton even knew about his award.
Perfect games and no-hitters don't happen everyday and if you are skilled and lucky enough to achieve this great feat you should be on hand to receive your own award, or at least invited to do so by the OASA. In 2002 one of my pitchers with my Stoney Creek Gators team threw a no-hitter against the local Ingersoll team.
The local scorer gave a base hit on a 2 hop routine grounder to my shortstop who bobbled the ball twice and made a late throw to 1st base. I tried to apply for the no-hitter award on behalf of my pitcher but was told the official scoresheet had to be used. Too bad an OASA official scorer wasn't used. Since there was no doubt that Mark Curtis actually threw a no-hitter with 10K's we had our own no-hitter award custom made and framed and we as a team presented it to Mark.
A special note to Dave Reynolds : Congratulations on becoming the new President of the OASA it could not of happened to a nicer guy. Dave recently was a member of the Canadian Masters Fastball Association and before that he was OASA Secretary.
Yours in Sport
Dave Birnie
Web Site Administrator
Ontario Masters Fastball
Web Site : http://eteamz.active.com/omf/
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