Received: 8/8/07 4:11:11 PM
From: "Gerald Gosse" <geraldcgosse(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: Labatt 2007 Senior Men's Canadian Fastpitch Championships
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Press Release-Grumpy Stump
Coach Jim Dunphy has named 15 players who will form the core
of the Grumpy
Stump team that will represent Softball Newfoundland and Labrador
in the
Labatt 2007 Senior Mens Canadian Fastpitch Championships.
The Championships will be played August 26th to September 2nd
at the Caribou
Memorial Complex in St. Johns.
Roebothan McKay Marshall and Impact Signs, the other two Newfoundland
and
Labrador teams entered in the 12-team competition, were named
earlier.
Overall, the 12 clubs contain many of the best softball players
in the
world.
Dunphy, named Canadas top softball coach for 2006, will have
Jack Ring as
assistant coach.
The Grumpy Stump roster includes:
Jamie Peddle, catcher, is a fine receiver who has represented
Softball
Newfoundland and Labrador in two national senior championships
after playing
for 11 seasons in the St. Johns Senior Mens League. He has
backstopped
three teams to provincial titles and has been a member of four
League
champions.
Steven Rice, outfield/catcher, is basically an outfielder who
can fill in as
a catcher. He has played 15 seasons in the St. Johns Senior
Mens League
and represented Softball Newfoundland and Labrador at two national
senior
championships. He has played for one provincial champion and
two League
champions.
Darren Zack, pitcher, is one of the greatest softball pitchers
ever. The
Ojibwa pitcher, with a towering 64, 270-pound frame, has dominated
the
fastball circuit for almost two decades, leading Canada to two
Pan-American
Games gold medals. In 1995, the same year Softball Newfoundland
and Labrador
hosted the national senior mens tournament, Zacks Toronto Gators
became
kings of the softball world when they won the ISC title as he
fanned 150
batters in ten wins. The 46-year-old is perhaps the most decorated
softball
player ever, having won numerous national, international and
aboriginal
titles. In the twilight of a brilliant career, he currently plays
for Horse
Lake, Alberta.
Sean Cleary, pitcher, is one of the most promising young players
in Canada
both as a pitcher and as a hitter, He pitched Newfoundland and
Labrador to
the 2006 national junior title and is a main cog in the 2007
effort to
repeat. He has played six seasons in the St. Johns Senior Mens
League.
Donny King, pitcher, is a veteran player with 16 seasons in the
St. Johns
Senior Mens League where he was named Comeback Player Of The
Year for
2006. A member of one provincial championship club, he has twice
represented
Softball Newfoundland and Labrador in national senior championships.
Robbie Greene, pitcher, has been playing in the St. Johns Senior
Mens
League for eight years and posted the best pitching record in
2003 and 2006.
He was a member of one provincial championship club and twice
represented
Softball Newfoundland and Labrador in national senior championships.
Sean Cadigan, outfield/pitcher, has one League title to his credit
from nine
seasons in the St. Johns Senior Mens League. The Leagues Comeback
Player
Of The Year for 2005, he has been named a League All-star and
is playing in
his second national senior championships.
Colin Swain, infield, has one League title and one provincial
championship
to his credit from two seasons in the St. Johns Senior Mens
League.
Paul Maher, infield, is playing his first year in the St. Johns
Senior
Mens League and has one provincial championship on his record.
Fergie Griffiths, infield, has been a member of three provincial
championship teams and one of three League championship teams
during his
nine years in the St. Johns Senior Mens League.
Keith Coady, infield, has been selected as a League All-star
twice during
his 12 seasons in the St. Johns Senior Mens League where hes
played for
three championship teams. Representing Softball Newfoundland
and Labrador in
his third national senior championships, hes been a member of
two
provincial champions.
Keith Maynard, infield, won one St. Johns Senior Mens League
championship
in ten seasons and is playing in his fourth national senior championships.
He was a member of one provincial championship club.
Brian Roche, outfield, was the St. Johns Senior Mens Come
Back Player Of
The Year for 2003 and twice selected as a League All-star during
his 11
seasons. A member of a League and a provincial championship team,
he is
playing in his third national senior championship.
Joe Fagan, outfield, has played 25 seasons in the St. Johns
Senior Mens
League and was the first player to perform in 500 League games.
A four time
All-star selection, he has represented Softball Newfoundland
and Labrador in
six national senior championships and has two provincial and
two League
titles to his credit.
Evan Connors, outfield, during his four years in the St. Johns
Senior Mens
League has one League and one provincial championship on his
record as he
plays in his first national senior tournament.
Cheers,
Gerald
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