Received: 7/27/07 10:25:11 AM From: "Vancouver Grey Sox Fastpitch Softball Club" <vancouverchallenge(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: Experienced Crew of Umpires Assembled for the Vancouver Challenge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver, BC The Vancouver Grey Sox and South Hill Sports, co - hosts of the 6th Annual Vancouver Challenge tournament to be held July 27 - 29 at South Memorial Park in Vancouver, are pleased to announce the group of umpires selected to work our event. Led by Bob Henning, Tournament UIC and Bill Watson, Tournament DUIC, and Michael Track, Tournament DUIC - the on field officials for the tournament come with a wide breadth of open level mens fastpitch experience. We are especially pleased that Ron Brinkman (Appleton, Wisconsin) is joining us for this year's event and will be part of the crew umpiring throughout the weekend. Brinkman served as ISC UIC from 2002 - 2006, and has worked in 19 ISC World Tournaments. He also served as a umpire in the minors for Major League Baseball. We are also pleased to have working this year's event - Ron Gosselin from Vancouver Island, Jack Floyd from Washington State, Terry Richter from Alberta along with local BC umpires Don Martin, John Ribalkin, Tim Lederman and Al Strang. As reported previously, the 2007 Vancouver Challenge Tournament will be held July 27 - 29. Admission is $5.00 per day or $10.00 for a tournament pass - children under 12 are admitted free. All games are to be played at South Memorial Park in Vancouver, located at 5950 Prince Albert Street (41st Avenue East - between Knight and Fraser Streets). This year's field of teams include the Broken Bow Gremlins - Clifton Park, New York (ISC # 1), So Cal Bombers - Yucaipa, CA (ISC #4), Vancouver, BC Grey Sox (ISC #10), Portland, OR Demarini (ISC #12), Richmond, BC Linus Software Stealers (ISC unranked) and the Horse Lake, AB Thunder (ISC unranked). Action kicks off Friday July 27th with a single game at 7:00 pm PDT when the host Vancouver Grey Sox tangle with the Richmond, BC Linus Software Stealers. Action continues starting at 8:30 am on Saturday with the final game of the day set for 6:30 pm local time. The highlight of Saturday's action will be a tribute ceremony set at 4:30 pm for Mike Piechnik and Darren Zack recognizing their numerous accomplishments and achievements in the sport. Sunday action begins at 8:00 am with the championship final game set for 2:00 pm. The full tournament draw can be accessed on our website at www.vancouvergreysox.com Larry Kancs President Vancouver Grey Sox www.vancouvergreysox.com Al's Fastball News *Email: fastball(at)pmihrm.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEWS-1: http://www.AlsFastball.com/ NEWS-2: http://fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball VIA http://www.webbox.com _______________________________________________ Alsfastball mailing list Alsfastball@fastpitchwest.com http://fastpitchwest.com/mailman/listinfo/alsfastball_fastpitchwest.com
