Ottawa Home Services

The little town of Elk Lake is in the TSN/Kraft showdown with the winner getting $25000 for community upgrades. Elk Lake wants to upgrade their softball diamond where they host fastpitch and slo-pitch tournaments - they'd like to fix it up and also install lights to allow for night games.

They're up against St. Mary's Ontario who want to install a sprinkler system to water the baseball diamonds in their immaculate baseball complex.

If you're a softball fan - please vote for Elk Lake (several times!) between noon Friday and noon Saturday.

http://kraftcelebrationtour.tsn.ca/vote 

The BMFL will be hosting its annual recreational tournament 16-19 July. The entrance fee is $325 and rosters and fees are due by Monday July 6th. Interested GCMFL teams are welcome to enter.

For further information please contact:

Wayne Hunter (whunter [at] rogers [dot] com)
613-830-3808

Tournament Outline:

As in the past, all teams entering our tournament will be guaranteed a minimum of three games.

Player Eligibility for Teams:

1. All current league players must play on their BMFL team if their BMFL team enters the tournament.
2. Teams may use non-league players, including pitchers; however, they must be pre-approved by the tournament committee.
3. Rosters for non-BMFL teams must be approved by the tournament committee.

The BMFL will be hosting its annual recreational tournament 16-19 July. The entrance fee is $325 and rosters and fees are due by Monday July 6th. Interested GCMFL teams are welcome to enter.

For further information please contact:

Wayne Hunter (whunter [at] rogers [dot] com)
613-830-3808

Tournament Outline:

As in the past, all teams entering our tournament will be guaranteed a minimum of three games.

Player Eligibility for Teams:

1. All current league players must play on their BMFL team if their BMFL team enters the tournament.
2. Teams may use non-league players, including pitchers; however, they must be pre-approved by the tournament committee.
3. Rosters for non-BMFL teams must be approved by the tournament committee.

Congratulations to Medaglia Auto Imports who defeated ASAP Print Management by scoring 3 in the bottom of the 6th and then held on for a 5-4 come-from-behind victory to claim the tournament championship.

The "B" trophy went to Laurysen Kitchens who defeated Mattamy Homes 4-1.

All in all it was a great weekend, with good fastball weather, nice facilities, and highly competitive games. Of the 18 round-robin and 6 playoff games played, only three were decided by a "mercy", and in all three of those cases it was because the losing team's starting pitcher was unavailable.

A big thanks to:

• The Broadway Bar & Grill in Stittsville for sponsoring our tournament and hosting our pub night on Friday. The tournament trophy is on display at Broadway's and will soon have a plaque added to it for the 2009 winners.
• Our three non-league teams: The Insomniacs, the Blackburn Warriors, and Trend-Arlington. Having 12 teams made for a much better schedule, and all three teams played great ball and were very competitive.
• Geoff Lathem and the Huntley Community Association for the use of their excellent facilities and the grooming of the diamonds each day.
• All of the players and fans who helped keep the park free of litter - that goes a long way toward giving the league a good reputation with the community association and the residents around the ball park.
• The men in blue for working through the heat and doing an excellent job despite being shorthanded all weekend.
• Mike Vandenberg for looking after the Combat draw on Friday night and the league equipment all weekend - taking it home each night and making sure it was back at the diamonds before the next morning's games.

Final standings were:

Pool "A"
Ottawa Home Services  2-0-1 5 +12  A3
Air1One               2-1-0 4  +7  A4
Laurysen Kitchens     1-1-1 3  -6  B3
Trend-Arlington       0-3-0 0 -13

Pool "B"
Medaglia Auto Imports 3-0-0 6 +13  A1
Mattamy Homes         2-1-0 4  +6  B1
Insomniacs            1-2-0 2  -7
Cavanagh Construction 0-3-0 0 -12

Pool "C"
ASAP Print Management 3-0-0 6  +5  A2
Local Heroes Kanata   1-1-1 3  +1  B2
East Side Mario's     1-2-0 2  -3  B4
Blackburn Warriors    0-2-1 1  -3

"B" Playoffs
Laurysen Kitchens over Local Heroes 4-1
Mattamy Homes over East Side Mario's 19-4
Laurysen Kitchens over Mattamy Homes 4-1

"A" Playoffs
Medaglia Auto Imports over Air1One 11-1
ASAP Print Management over Ottawa Home Services 3-2
Medaglia Auto Imports over ASAP Print Management 5-4

Congratulations to Medaglia Auto Imports who defeated ASAP Print Management by scoring 3 in the bottom of the 6th and then held on for a 5-4 come-from-behind victory to claim the tournament championship.

The "B" trophy went to Laurysen Kitchens who defeated Mattamy Homes 4-1.

All in all it was a great weekend, with good fastball weather, nice facilities, and highly competitive games. Of the 18 round-robin and 6 playoff games played, only three were decided by a "mercy", and in all three of those cases it was because the losing team's starting pitcher was unavailable.

A big thanks to:

• The Broadway Bar & Grill in Stittsville for sponsoring our tournament and hosting our pub night on Friday. The tournament trophy is on display at Broadway's and will soon have a plaque added to it for the 2009 winners.
• Our three non-league teams: The Insomniacs, the Blackburn Warriors, and Trend-Arlington. Having 12 teams made for a much better schedule, and all three teams played great ball and were very competitive.
• Geoff Lathem and the Huntley Community Association for the use of their excellent facilities and the grooming of the diamonds each day.
• All of the players and fans who helped keep the park free of litter - that goes a long way toward giving the league a good reputation with the community association and the residents around the ball park.
• The men in blue for working through the heat and doing an excellent job despite being shorthanded all weekend.
• Mike Vandenberg for looking after the Combat draw on Friday night and the league equipment all weekend - taking it home each night and making sure it was back at the diamonds before the next morning's games.

Final standings were:

Pool "A"
Ottawa Home Services  2-0-1 5 +12  A3
Air1One               2-1-0 4  +7  A4
Laurysen Kitchens     1-1-1 3  -6  B3
Trend-Arlington       0-3-0 0 -13

Pool "B"
Medaglia Auto Imports 3-0-0 6 +13  A1
Mattamy Homes         2-1-0 4  +6  B1
Insomniacs            1-2-0 2  -7
Cavanagh Construction 0-3-0 0 -12

Pool "C"
ASAP Print Management 3-0-0 6  +5  A2
Local Heroes Kanata   1-1-1 3  +1  B2
East Side Mario's     1-2-0 2  -3  B4
Blackburn Warriors    0-2-1 1  -3

"B" Playoffs
Laurysen Kitchens over Local Heroes 4-1
Mattamy Homes over East Side Mario's 19-4
Laurysen Kitchens over Mattamy Homes 4-1

"A" Playoffs
Medaglia Auto Imports over Air1One 11-1
ASAP Print Management over Ottawa Home Services 3-2
Medaglia Auto Imports over ASAP Print Management 5-4