2011 Regular Season - First Half

The 6th Annual Golf Tournament was held on Wednesday, October 29th at Bear Trap Dunes Golf Club in Ocean View. It was a well-attended event and both the course and the weather were wonderful.

Thanks to the Golf Tournament Committee for all their hard work in setting this up - Mike Fleetwood, Dick Mullins, Boog Laird, Carmine Calciano and Linda Fleetwood.

Thanks also to all those who worked so hard to obtain sponsors - Mike Fleetwood, Boog Laird, Steve Carey and many others. And also to those volunteers that worked the tournament registration tables and special contests - Terry Thomas, Johnny Allen, Ed West, Bob Miller, Pete Marino, Bucky Wicklein and Leslie Wendorf.

A special thanks to all our sponsors. Please be sure to patronize the businesses that contribute to the success of OTS.

All Out Sports, Dagsboro, DE

Bank of Delmarva, Delaware and Maryland

Del One Federal Credit Union

Ocean View Family Restaurant, Ocean View, DE

Robinsons Furniture, Oxford, PA

Subway, Seaford, DE

Delaware Rural Water Association (Rick Duncan), Milford, DE

B&E Tire and Auto, Dagsboro, DE

More Deals On Wheels (Terry Shifflett), Dagsboro, DE

Lingo Realty, Lewes/Rehoboth Beach, DE

Delmarva LTCI (Joe Gahm), Berlin, MD

Bin 66 Wines And Spirits, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Marine Corps League Det 780, Seaford, DE

Marine Corps League, First State Detachment, Ocean View, DE

Ocean Atlantic Companies, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Boulevard Ford, Georgetown/Lewes, DE

Gulab Tire, Millsboro, DE

The Guide, Seaford, DE

Heritage Shores Golf Club, Bridgeville, DE

Lighthouse Liquors, Fenwick Island, DE

The Rusty Rudder, Dewey Beach, DE

The Starboard Restaurant, Dewey Beach, DE

Operation SEAS The Day, Bethany Beach, DE

Daystar Sills, Commercial Contractor, Wilmington, DE

Que Pasa Restaurant, Dewey Beach, DE

Woody’s, Dewey Beach, DE

Cripple Creek Golf And Country Club, Dagsboro, DE

Bear Trap Dunes Golf And Country Club, Ocean View, DE

Sussex Pines Golf And Country Club, Georgetown, DE

Holly Ridge Farms Equestrian Center LLC, (Mike and Anne Luke), Willards, MD

Ruddo's Golf, Fenwick Island,DE

Fisher's Popcorn, Fenwick Island,DE

Fenwick Island Surf Shop, Fenwick Island, DE

The Bottle And Cork, Dewey Beach, DE

Ocean Resorts Golf Club, Berlin, MD

Shamrock Farms Par 3 Golf Course, Milton, DE

Taylor’s Neighborhood Restaurant, South Gate, Ocean Pines, MD

Holiday Inn, Ocean City, MD

Lowe's, Millsboro, DE

The Home Depot, Lewes, DE

Megee Motors, Georgetown, DE

Harriet K. Mair

Boog and Betty Laird

Bo and Lois Wood

Although there was no winner for the Hole-in-One automobile, others were more fortunate (or talented).

Low Team Score

First Place - Scott Shockley Foursome

Second Place - Nick Venuto Foursome

Third Place - Russ Bowen foursome

Longest Drive

#4 Kodiak - Robert J. Evans

#6 Black Bear - Toby Moore

#6 Grizzly - Scott Shockley

Ladies - Robin Robb

Closest to the pin

# 7 Black Bear - Matt Rados, 1' 3 "

# 4 Kodiak - Joe Franchella, 6'

# 8 Grizzly - George Pearson, 7' 6 "

Putting Contest

First Place - Shane Williams

Second Place - Pat Conner

Third Place - Terry Shifflett

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to all the players for their support.

Registration has begun for the 2015 regular season.

The Registration Letter and Registration Form can be downloaded under Handouts below or by clicking Letter or Form. 

Here's part of the Registration Letter from the Secretary, Dick Mullins:

Fellow Softballer:

We’re ready to start the registration process for our 18th year of Olde Tymers Softball (OTS) and hope you plan to be part of our 2015 season. We welcome recreational players, men and women, who are 55 years of age or over as of December 31, 2015. Skill in fielding, hitting, throwing and running are evaluated to ensure players are capable of protecting themselves while playing games.

Games take place at the Dagsboro Church of God fields located on Route 113 in Dagsboro, and are played during the summer on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Games postponed due to rain or inclement weather, and some end of the season tournament games, will be played on Wednesdays.

Important Dates:

OTS general meeting - Monday, March 30th at 6 pm, place to be announced

Pre-season practices start Tuesday, March 31st with 2014 teams

New Player Evaluation Day (10 am) – April 16th (formerly new player game)

Player draft to be held on Monday, April 20th, 10 am at the COG

Practice w/new teams starts – Tuesday, April 21st

Season starts Thursday, April 30th, runs through the first week of September

REGISTRATION PROCESS: Team sizes and numbers of players are limited. The 2015 registration process has changed. All players who are returning from playing in the 2014 regular season are guaranteed a roster spot, as long as they submit their registration form with payment by January 15th, 2015. Any returning players registering after the deadline and all new players will be placed on a wait list and moved to the active roster if needed in the order their registration forms, with payment, are received according to the USPS date stamp.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

October 16, 2014

Meeting was called to determine the number of teams and the number of players per team that will be established for the 2015 season, in order to finalize the 2015 registration letter and form that will be sent out in the near future.

Present: Bo Wood, Harry Gowl, Keith Purdy, Dick Mullins, Tom Wendorf, Paul Litwin, Chris Houlday, Mike Luke, Mike Fleetwood, Don Hillock, Johnny Allen, Grady Meredith, Neil Fleming, and Dave Sroka. Total teams represented were 10, with 2 non-manager Executive Committee members for a total of 12 votes possible.

1. Bo discussed the purpose of the meeting and outlined the 3 options as he saw them. They are:

a. stay with 12 teams, 13 players on a team, total of 156 players

b. go to 13 teams with 12 on a team, total of 156 players, expandable to 13 on a team if we get 169 players

c. establish 2 divisions by age/ability and have them play on different days.

 
Discussion by the Board members took place including the impact on the schedule, the increase in replacement players and the possibility of raising the minimum age to join the league to 60 (those already in the league would be grandfathered).
Motion Grady/second Harry to adopt an option.
Votes for option (1) were Grady, Harry, Johnny, Tom, Mike Fleetwood and Don. For option (2) were Dave, Dick, Keith, Paul, Mike Luke and Bo. No votes were cast for option (3). Further discussion took place in order to break the 6 – 6 tie and come to a consensus.
Option 1 may result in two players being on the bench during games and the managers having to rotate players to get everyone into the game for at least half the innings, taking away from the managers being able to concentrate on the game and enjoy playing.
Option 2 would require managers to make more phone calls to acquire players when they were short. This would also create an unbalanced schedule that would mean every team would play the other teams twice and six teams three times. This may eliminate the naming of a "season" winner. Having 2 “division” winners with a playoff to name a season winner was discussed.
A revote was made on the motion to consider either option 1 or option 2. For option 1 was Bo, Grady, Johnny, Tom and Paul. For option 2 were Dave, Dick, Mike Fleetwood, Mike Luke, Harry, Don and Keith. Option 2 (13 teams with 12 per team) was approved.
 

2. Dick brought up the registration letter and form for the 2015 season. The registration process is changing to include a provision that states that those who registered and played in the 2014 regular season are guaranteed a roster spot on a team in the 2015 season as long as they register and pay prior to January 15th. After that date, all new players and those returning who did not register by that date would be placed in the player draft based on the date stamp from the USPS on their envelope. There were no objections to this.
Harry suggested adding an ending date of the season in the letter. This will be done in the Important Dates section.

3. A brief discussion took place with respect to the need for one additional sponsor and one additional manager team. Don Hillock has already requested to manage in 2015 and been approved to do so.

There will be a Board of Directors meeting in March to discuss the 2015 operating rules. A list will be compiled by the Secretary and distributed to the Board members prior to that meeting so they can be discussed and adopted at this meeting.

Meeting was adjourned.

Richard B. Mullins Secretary, OTS

An awning for the first base side fan bleachers will be constructed beginning Monday, 10/27.

Help is needed for this project.

If you can swing a hammer, saw some wood, dig some holes or even just move materials, hold things in place or follow instructions, WE NEED YOU!

Be at Field 1 at 10:00 Monday morning. Bring a hammer with you, or a posthole digger, or a shovel, or all three.

The more help we have, the quicker it will get done.

See you Monday morning.