1)                 Family 2 children – Jennifer 20 years old and Jay 19 years old 

2)                 Age 47 years old (48 this summer) 

3)                 Occupation Senior Health and Safety Consultant with Ontario Power Generation 

4)         Education Post Secondary School Diploma – Sir Sanford Fleming CollegeCertificate of Qualification – Construction and MaintenanceHealth and Safety professional 

5)         What positions have you held in Fastball ?   Player / Coach / Executive etc. As a player, coach, general manager, instructor, President of the Canadian Masters Fastball Association, waterboy and beer bringer. 

6)                 How long have you been involved in Fastball ? 40 years or so 

7)         Other sports / interests you’ve been involved in and accomplishments ? love all sports, e.g., football, golf, hockey, etc. 

8)         What are some of your fastball career highlights & accomplishments ? It's important to me to only identify team successes; 55 Tournament Championships won, 24 Tournament Finalists (runner-up,) 21 League Championships won (in 4 different leagues – Peterborough, Cobourg, Oshawa, Dieppe,) 10 League Finalists (runner-up,) 6 International Softball Congress (ISC 1) World Tournaments played in, 3 Canadian Senior Men’s Championship Tournaments played in (2 other times asked but declined because of previous commitments with teams,) 2 Canadian Masters Fastball Championship Gold Medals, 4 Ontario Amateur Softball Association (OASA) Provincial Gold Medals, 1 North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series Championship Gold Medal, 9 Ontario Amateur Softball Association (OASA) Provincial Silver Medals, 1 Amateur Softball Association (ASA) – 3^rd place finish (71 teams entered - 1995,) 3 AAU Men’s International Tournament played in, Had the privilege of playing tournaments in many different states and provinces in North America. 

9)                 Who are some of your favourite teammates / associates and opposing players to play with and against over the years? First of all, there are too many friends, people I respect in the game and acquaintance’s to name them all. I will only mention a few who have been with me, side by side in those many wars we have fought on the diamond, so please don’t feel slighted if I have accidentally not included your name because there is too many to list;  Troy Gilmour, Dave Waldie, John Kemp, Craig Minnife, Bill Fairney, Steve Connelly, Sylvia ‘Sparky’ Ryan, Dave Birnie, Brian McFadden, Mike Crawford, Craig Buttar, Steve Bedard, Rod Foster, Pat ‘Snap’ and Shelley Rutherford, Ted Conway, Sammy Forbes, some previous long standing catchers; John Kemp, Dave ‘Hogger’ Hedger, Butch Harper.  Of course my 2 biggest supporters, Moe and Christina Wells.  Also to all those catchers out there, the only ones who actually feel for you guys are us pitchers. 

10)      Favourite tournament ? Serious tournaments = 1) AAU Tournament 2) ISC Worlds 3) Senior Men’s Canadian Championships 4) OASA Masters 5) Baltimore Jim Bradford Classic 6) Red Rock Tournament 7) San Antonio Glowworm tournament mud puddle tournaments = 1) Grafton 

11)      Plans for 2008 & beyond ? Unsure because of my current desire, and of course, those old nagging injuries at my age. 

12)             Any additional thoughts ? For those players and managers who always wanted to eliminate this old man out of the Masters level for years and even at the ripe old age of 47 years old………well, give it up!   Besides that, I’d like to thank all the towns, village’s and organizations (ISC, OASA, Softball Canada, NAFA, etc) that continue to support this great game of ours and hopefully it continues for a long period of time.