1)         Family ? Three Fabulous Daughters : Amanda 28,  Rachel 26,  Melanie 16.One Darling Granddaughter  Abby 2. 

2)         Age ?    54 

3)         Occupation ?  Owner : Golden Triangle Glass Limited. 

4)         Education ?  Southwood  Secondary .  Cambridge.  Mohawk College. Hamilton 

5)         What positions have you held in Fastball ?   Player / Coach / Executive etc. 

6)        How long have you been involved in Fastball ?  Since the age of 5. 

7)         Other sports / interests you’ve been involved in and accomplishments ? Junior Hockey Brantford.  Downhill skiing,  Squash. 

8)         What are some of your fastball career highlights & accomplishments ? The highlight of my fastball career has to be the Gold Medal in Australia in 2003 @ 50 years of age.A close 2^nd  Ontario Gold with Palermo in 2005.  Back to back South Perth Titles 2005 & 2006. Bridgeport Braves.  KW Pride in 2003. Intermediate B Gold 2007 with the old boys from Cobourg.  Masters Provincial Silver Medalist  1997, 2000, 2005, 2007.  Canadian Masters Bronze 2005.  Masters Provincial Bronze 2006  Jack Cook Award 2005.  The World Masters Gold in North Bay, 2006 with the Cold Springs Cats. 1^st. Team Allstar  Canadian Masters 2005 

9)                 Who are some of your favourite teammates / associates and opposing   players to play with and against over the years ? Favourite teammates  Al Staats, Paul Clements, Marty Myska, Terry Gallamore from the Cambridge Gore era.  Doug Levy, Paul Hornberg, Don Rae , Sparky Soehner, Johnny Moore, from the 1991 Intermediate AA Ontario Champs,  2005 Palermo Athletics ,  Waterloo Classics, and actually all the guys I’ve played with and against in Masters.  Being a ball ***, Ive been very fortunate to play with a lot of different teams over the last 10 years. They have all been great! Thank You Boys.  

10)      Favourite tournament ? Mitchell ,  Grafton ,  North Bay,  Brussels , Monkton . 

11)       Plans for 2008 & beyond ? Try to get in shape in the off season.  Taking over the reins of the Waterloo Classics in the KFL.   Looking forward to putting a team together for The World Masters in Sydney  Australia in 2009 Play in the South Perth hopefully with the Braves. 

12)      Any additional thoughts ? In 1997 I was about to retire when I got a call from The Gumper.  They needed a catcher to go play in some Masters tourney in Cobourg. I caught 6 games that weekend , won a silver medal & had the time of my life !  Every Masters tournament since has been the same. Win or lose, you play good caliber fastball, against some great ballplayers, who are there because they love the game.  Over the years they’ve all become good friends. Cold Springs , Cobourg,  Alvinston, Mitchell, etc.  It doesn’t matter, They are all great people first, ballplayers second.  I am truly blessed to have been around these guys for so long. Have fun every time you go to the ball park !   Every at bat.! Every routine play! They are numbered now. Slammin Sammy    (slammin the truck door after going 0 for 4) J