| News Bulletins | |
| Get Started Umpire Recruitment Program | |
| The Saskatoon Softball Association in conjunction with Bridge City Umpires is pleased to announce the continuation of our Get Started Umpire Recruitment Program. This program is designed specifically for adults with softball or officiating experience. Last year, GSURP umpires did over 100 SASA games and enjoyed a great reception from the players and fellow officials.
It provides everything you need to get started as a fast pitch softball umpire including: • All start up equipment is free of charge. • A single, short and practical training session with on the diamond training. • Mentorship with experienced umpires. • Stress free learning environment by working the bases. • Game assignments that will match your schedule. When you become an umpire, you will: • Earn extra cash. • Improve/maintain your fitness level. • Meet interesting people. • Learn to make snap decisions. • Become a member of a fantastic team. • Make a major contribution to Canada’s largest Adult Fast Pitch softball league • Serve as role models for all currently enjoying softball. For more information contact Mark Loehndorf – mloehndorf@shaw.ca Paul Soron - soronp@wacl.com | |
| Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association League News -January 2012 | |
| Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association League News
Event: Team Registration Night Date: Thursday, March 15th 2012 Time: 7:30 - 8:30 pm Location: Saskatoon Inn Hotel Room :Saskatoon Room Details - Each team to register for the 2012 Season , providing full contact information for 2 Team representatives, provide payments for Team Performance Bond $450.00 and a $1,000.00 deposit for the League fees SASA League Fees 2012 Season Men’s Division 1 & 2 - $2,600.00 plus $450 .00 Performance Deposit Special Men’s - $ 2,750 .00 plus $450 .00 Performance Deposit Ladies Division 1 - $1,950 .00 plus $450 .00 Performance Deposit Ladies Division 2 & 3 - $1,750 .00 plus $450 .00 Performance Deposit Event: SASA Annual Meeting Date: Monday , April 16th Time:7:30 -9:00 pm Location: Saskatoon Inn Hotel Room: Canadian Room Details: Each team to have 2 representatives attend AGM , all final team payments due -All Teams for all Divisions verified Event: Team Schedules & Ball Pickup Date: Thursday, April 26th Time: 7:30 - 8;30 pm Location: Gordie Howe Park Room: Dressing Room Facility Details: Each team to have a representative pickup lineup cards , score sheets and 20 game balls and Softball Saskatchewan Handbooks Event: SASA Team Diamond setup Date: Saturday, April 28th Time: 10am - noon Location: Ladies teams meet at Kinsmen Park -Men’s teams meet at Bob Van Impe Stadium Put up Home Run Fences etc -All teams to provide 2 representatives Event: League Player Registration Deadline Date: Sunday , April 29th Please email the SASA Electronic Team Registration form to Mark Loehndorf @ mloehndorf@shaw.ca Please ensure the Electronic Registration form is completed fully and sent via email no later the midnight ,Sunday April 29th No teams can play any games until all players are fully registered SASA League Play Starts Wednesday, May 2nd - Ladies 2nd - Vic Loewen Division Wednesday, May 2nd- Ladies 3rd -Lisa Down Division Wednesday, May 2nd- Men’s 2nd -Bob Van Impe Division Thursday, May 3rd - Men’s 1st - Keith McLean & Ken Gunn Divisions Wednesday, May 9th - Ladies 1ST - Bob Stayner Division Wednesday, May 16th-Men’s Special Men’s Division Event: SASA Semi Annual Meeting Date: Monday , September 24th Time:7:30 -9:00 pm Location: Saskatoon Inn Hotel Room: Canadian Room Details: Each team to have 2 representatives attend AGM | |
| Saskatoon Spitfires looking for a Coach 2012 Season | |
| The Saskatoon Spitfires Ladies Softball Team is presently looking for a Coach for the upcoming 2012 Softball Season.The Spitfires played in the SASA Lisa Down Division and have a full compliment of players.
Please contact Callie Tweedie if you are interested Contact 1: Callie Tweedie Phone (H): 382-3823 Phone (C): 229-9434 Email: tweedie_bird89@hotmail.com | |
| International Softball Federation - 2015 World Men's Softball Championship | |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2011 ISF CONCLUDES BUSY XXV CONGRESS Events Awarded, Partnerships Enhanced, Honors Given at Biennial Gathering OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA -- Four busy days of softball business concluded here tonight at the International Softball Federation’s XXV Congress, marking the first time in ten years that the event has taken place in the United States. Delegates from exactly 70 countries were on-hand for meetings covering both on- and off-field activity. The adjournment of the meeting at the Oklahoma City Marriott was preceded by the awarding of the next ISF Congress (2013). In electronic balloting, Cartagena, Colombia, won a close vote over Prague, Czech Republic. The day began with a presentation by International World Games Association President Ron Froelich, who talked about the multi-sport event that softball (women’s fast pitch) was a part of in 2009 (Taiwan) and will again be on the programme of in two years (Cali, Colombia). Mr. Froelich is also a member of the International Olympic Committee’s Programme Commission and made remarks during a forum yesterday on softball’s Olympic reinstatement efforts, as one of the eight sports on the shortlist announced this past July by the IOC for the 2013 vote on the 2020 Games Programme. Following Mr. Froelich’s presentation, the delegates heard from representatives of Special Olympics, with whom the ISF signed a partnership agreement in June. ISF President Don Porter and ISF 1st Vice President Dale McMann then awarded the ISF Medal of Honor – the highest recognition given by the world governing body – to Special Olympics, who was represented by Samantha Powell, a Special Olympics softball athlete from Oklahoma City, in accepting the honor. Other honorees coming out of this session are the latest class elected by the ISF Hall of Fame Commission and approved by the full Congress. They include: PLAYERS: Peta Edebone (Australia), Linda Marie Ford (Bahamas), Paul Maisey (Australia), Robert “Chubb” Tangaroa (New Zealand), Ray Tilley (Canada), Gina Weber (New Zealand) COACHES: Alfred “Ali” Culmer (Bahamas), Bob Harrow (Australia), Ramon Lopez (Venezuela), Hung-Cheng Tseng (Chinese Taipei) ADMINISTRATORS: Juan Manuel Arambula (Mexico), Franco Caverzan (Venezuela), Guller Eriksen (Denmark) MERITORIOUS SERVICE: Russell Moffat (New Zealand) The Congress also gave their support to the continuation of talks with the International Baseball Federation to explore the possibility of a joint Olympic reinstatement bid. In addition to the next Congress, other host cities chosen for future ISF events were Haarlem, Netherlands (2014 Women’s World Championship), Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada) (2014 Jr. Men’s World Championship), and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada) (2015 Men’s World Championship). South Africa, the host of next month’s ISF IX Jr. Women’s World Championship (19-and-under, fast pitch), also gave a presentation today, updating the delegates on the progress of the 16-nation tournament that gets underway in 37 days. The ISF is the world governing body of the sport as recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and SportAccord (formerly the General Association of International Sports Federations). Softball (women's fast pitch) made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. There are 128 affiliated countries in the ISF and millions of participants in the sport worldwide | |
| Saskatoon Zone 6 - UIC Announcement | |
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Greetings to everyone; As some of you already know and if not, Paul Soron has resigned as Zone 6 UIC. There were three candidates interested in this position. After consultation with the Director of Zone 6, Garry Burns, it has been decided that Dallas Doell be appointed the position. I look forward to working with Dallas and moving forward to improving on the development of umpires in Saskatchewan. Yours in Softball UIC Duane Bakken | |
| University of Saskatchewan Ladies Softball - 2011 League Champions | |
| The University of Saskatchewan Ladies Softball Program completed it\'s 4th year in Conference Play
The U of S ladies softball team opened the 1st day of the Alberta Intercollegiate Women’s Fastpitch League playoffs in Regina with wins over Grant MacEwan from Edmonton 8-1 and Sait from Calgary 11-0. The U of S Ladies softball team opened up the 2nd day of the AIWFL Championships with a convincing 8-1 win over the University of Calgary. This win guaranteed them a spot in the Gold medal game at 3:30 on Saturday afternoon. SAIT eventually won their way to the Championship game with the U of S team. The U of S opened with a 9 run 1st inning and went on to convincingly defeat the SAIT Trojans 15 - 0 in 3 innings. The team has won the league championship in 3 of their 1st 4 years. They did not compete for the title in 2009 because it was cancelled due to weather conditions. We had a record of 17-1 in 2009, which was by far the best in the conference. This year, we compiled a perfect record of 16 – 0. These ladies are a very proud group of students representing the University of Saskatchewan with a lot of PRIDE and DEDICATION! Final League Standings: 2011 Season Alberta Intercollegiate Women\'s Fastball Conference University of Saskatchewan 12 – 0 - 0 University of Calgary 8 – 3 – 1 University of Regina 6 – 5 – 1 Sait – 5 – 7 - 0 University of Lethbridge 3 – 9 - 0 Grant MacEwan College 1 – 11- 0 Alberta Intercollegiate Women\'s Fastball Conference Champions 2011-University of Saskatchewan 2010-University of Saskatchewan 2009-No playoffs due to weather 2008-Univesity of Saskatchewan Canadian Intercollegiate Ladies Softball Champions 2010-University of Saskatchewan 2008-University of Saskatchewan Roster - 2011 University of Saskatchewan Ladies Softball Program President - Ron Fisher Head Coach – Brian Shalovelo Assistant Coaches – Terry Block, Kelly Boldt Players – Karmen Coffee Casey Simpson Anne Kelly Stacey Boldt Jackie Bourdon Taylor Fayant Kylie Smalcel Jensen Block Reanne Engele Jesse McNabb Kelsey Hewitt Alara Procyshen Mallory Shalovelo Lauren Bourdon Kayla DeCorby Alyssa Nerbas Jaydon Ulmer Lindsay Hrycuik Vanessa Lawrence Please go to the new Uof S Ladies Softall Program Website for program details and updates Check us out at: www.uofsladiessoftball.ca Ron Fisher - President University of Saskatchewan Ladies Softball Program | |
| SASA Teams - Westerns & Canadian Championships & ISC World Tourney results | |
| The Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association is happy to announce that 10 teams have attended a Western or Canadian Championship and the Saskatoon Sr Diamondbacks attending the ISC World Tourney .
Also congratulations to the Bridge City Umpires Association that also sent members to major events accross Canada. Results -updates Congratulations to the Saskatoon Diamondbacks for finishing in 3rd place at the ISC World Men Softball Tourney International Softball Congress World Softball Tourney Diamondbacks game info Quad Cities Illinois - August 14th -August 20th Sunday, Aug 14th Saskatoon Sr Diamondbacks -5 Stockton California Athletic Club-2 Winning Pitcher-Jeff Farion 2.1 innings 5's in relief of Trevor Ethier 4.1 innings 6k\'s Monday, August 15th Saskatoon Sr Diamondbacks-3 Owen Sound Ontario -1 Winning Pitcher - Dean Holoien 18k's Tuesday, August 16th Saskatoon Sr Diamondbacks -0 vs California A's-3 Losing Pitcher-Jeff Farion 4.2 innings 4 k's , relief pitcher Trevor Ethier pitched 2.2 innings and had 3k's Thursday, August 18th Saskatoon Sr Diamondbacks-2 vs Kitchener Ontario KW Cubs -1 Winning Pitcher - Dean Holoein 7.0 innings 18.0 k's Thursday, August 18th Saskatoon Diamondbacks-6 vs Mascoutah Illinios Pete's Blue-1 Winning Pitcher - Trevor Ethier 5.0 innings 6 k's ,relief pitcher Jeff Farion 2.0 innings 2 k's Friday, August 19th Saskatoon Diamondbacks-6 vs Elkhart IA Albaugh Inc -1 Pitcher - Jeff Farion 7.0 Innings 8 k's Saturday, August 20th Saskatoon Diamondbacks -1 West St Paul Minnesota Angels-0 Pitcher -Dean Holoien 7.0 innings 17 k's Saturday August 20th Saskatoon Diamondbacks-0 New York City NY,Chicago NY Fastpitch -7 Losing Pitcher - Jeff Farion 2.0 5k's Relief Trevor Ethier 2.0 innings 1 k ISC Awards Best Dressed Team - Saskatoon Diamondbacks ISC West 1SC All World 1st All Star Team Infield - Brennan Pokoyoway ISC All World 2nd All Star Team Pitcher-Dean Holoien Fielder - Colin Schaan Western Canadian Masters Softball Championships Leduc Alberta - August 4th -7th Men\'s Category - Saskatoon Allied Denture Masters -Gold Medal Winners Ladies Category - Saskatoon Connextion -Gold Medal Winners Gavin Russell -Umpiring representing Saskatchewan Western Canadian Sr B Softball Championships Stonewall Manitoba - August 11th -14th Men\'s Category - Bruno Merchants finished round robin play with a record of 6-0 on round robin play as of Friday and went on the the Championship final losing 2-1 to the Sooke Loggers, congratulations on the Silver Medal Ladies Cateogry - Saskatoon Tigers finished round robin play with a record of 3-3 and then lost in the Semi Final 5-0 to the Regina Extreme and finished 4th overall Softball Canada U23 (Jr) Men\'s Canadian Championships Napanee Ontario - August 8th - 15th Saskatoon Poly Plus Jr Diamondbacks -record of 6-1 tied for 1st place going into playoff round today.In the 1-2 Playoff game the Diamondmbacks lost 4-0 to the Nova Scotia Murphys and then lost their next playoff game to the Napaness Shoeless Joes Express by a score of 5-1 Paul Soron -Umpiring repersenting Saskatchewan Softball Canada U23(Jr)Ladies Canadian Chmpionships Windsor Ontario - August 10th -14th Saskatoon Outlaws -record of 5-1 on round robon play and advanced to Championship final Saskatoon Prairie Rage -record of 0-6 on round robin play Saskatoon Outlaws won the National Final defeating the Guelph Gators 4-3 to win their 3rd Jr Ladies Canadian Chmpionship in 4 years Softball Canada U19 (Midget) Boys Canadian Championships Fredericton New Brunswick -August 8th -14th Saskatoon Red Sox Selects finished with a record of 4-3 and lost their playoff game to Napanee 4-1 Darrel Bergeron -Umpiring represting Saskatchewan Softball Canada U19 (Midget) Girls Canadian Championships Winnipeg Manitoba - August 14th -21st The Saskatoon Virtus Selects have a record of 5 wins and 2 loss after 4 days of round robin play and are in a 5 way tie for 2nd place .The Virtus were defeated in the playoff round and fininshed the championship in 4th place Dallas Doell - Umpiring representing Saskatchewan | |
| SASA League Playoffs Updates | |
| The Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association Men's Division Playoffs will start on Thursday, August 18th , within the Bob Van Impe Division.The Ladies Division Playoffs are complete and game results are listed below
SASA Men's Division Playoffs Series 1-Bob Van Impe Division-Saskatoon Blue Water Graphics Misfits vs Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats Series 2-Bob Van Impe Division Saskatoon Flaman Kodiaks vs Saskatoon Toon Town Thunder Series 3 -Bob Van Impe Division Championship Winner Series 1 vs Winner Series 2 Series 1-Saskatoon Blue Water Graphics Misfits vs Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats Monday, August 22nd - 6:45 Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats- 7 Saskatoon Blue Water City Graphics Misfits-1 Monday, August 22nd - 8:30 pm Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats-6 Saskatoon Blue Water Graphics Misfits- 0 The Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats win the best of 3 semi-final series and advance to the Bob Van Impe Division Final Series starting on Tuesday, August 23rd at Bob Van Impe Stadium Series 2-Saskatoon Flaman Kodiaks vs Saskatoon Toon Town Thunder Thursday, August 18th -6:45- Saskatoon Flaman Kodiaks -10 vs Saskatoon Toon Town Thunder - 3 Thursday, August 18th -8:45pm- Saskatoon Flaman Kodiaks -15 vs Saskatoon Toon Town Thunder -9 The Saskatoon Kodiaks win the best of 3 semi-final series 2 -0 and advance to the Bob Vna Impe Division Final starting on Tuesday, August 23rd at Bob Van Impe Stadium Series 3 - Winner Series 1 vs Winner Series 2 Game 1 Tuesday,August 23rd - 645 pm -Saskatoon Flaman Kodiaks-1 vs Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats-7 at Bob Van Impe Stadium Game 2 Tuesday, August 23rd -830pm-Saskatoon Flaman Kodiaks-11 vs Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats -12 at Bob Van Impe Stadium Congratualations to the Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats for winning the Bob Van Impe Divisional Title for the 2011 Season SASA 2011 Men's Division winners Keith McLean Special Men's Division-Saskatoon Sr Diamondbacks Ken Gunn 1st Division-Delisle National Leasing Diamond Dogs Bob Van Impe Division -Saskatoon Bridge City Rivercats SASA Ladies Divsion Playoffs Tuesday, August 2nd Series 1 - Glen Reeve#5 - 6:45 pm - Sr Eclipse-9 vs Blitz Selects-3 Series 2 -Glen Reeve#6 - 6:45pm - Midwest Agro Haze-18 vs Watrous Royals-2 Series 3 - Glen Reeve#3 - 6;45 pm - Sluggers-2 vs Grand Aces-9 Wednesday, August 3rd Series 1 - Glen Reeve#5 -6:45 pm - Sr Eclipse-5 vs Blitz Selects-3 Series 2 - Glen Reeve#6- 6:45 pm - Midwest Agro Haze-8 vs Watrous Royals-2 Series 3- Glen Reeve#3 -6;45 pm - Sluggers-10 vs Grand Aces -4 Congratulations to the 2011 Vic Loewen Divsion Champions , the Saskatoon Erical Sr Eclipse -Division awards will be handed out at the SASA AGM Congratulations to the Saskatoon Midwest Agro Haze for advancing to the Lisa Down Division Final Series Thursday, August 4th Series 1 - Glen Reeve#5-6;45 pm - Series Completed Series 2 - Glen Reeve#6-6;45 pm - Series Completed Series 3 - Kinsmen Park North -6;45 pm -Sluggers-2 vs Grand Aces-3 Congratulations to the Saskatoon Grand Aces for advancing to the Lisa Down Division Final Series Monday August 8th Championship Series - Winner Series 2 - Midwest Agro Haze -9 vs Winner Series 3-Saskatoon Grand Aces-7 Glen Reeve Fields #5 6:45 pm The Saskatoon Midwest Agro Haze win the 1st game of the Lisa Down Championship series Tuesday, August 9th Championship Series - Winner Series 3-Saskatoon Grand Aces-9 vs Winner Series 2-Midwest Agro Haze -10 Glen Reeve Fields#5 6;45 pm The Saskatoon Midwest Agro Haze win game 2 of the series to capture the 2011 Lisa Down Division Championship-Division awards will be handed out at the SASA AGM SASA 2011 Ladies Division winners Bob Stayner Division-Saskatoon Outlaws Vic Loewen Division-Saskatoon Sr Erical Eclipse Lisa Down Division-Saskatoon Midwest Agro Haze | |
| ISF World Men's Legacy Fund Announcement - April 29th 2011 | |
| The ISF World Men's Legacy Fund Program is please to announce a partnership with the Saskatoon Bridge City Umpires Association in a new "Umpire Recruitment Program" with the goals of recruiting 20 new Umpires within the next 2 Softball Season.The Funding allocation of $ 3,400.00 assists on the recruitment , education and retention activitites and also provide assistance in the Umpire Apparel .An Umpire Recruitment Committee has been formed with 2 representatives from each of the Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association and Bridge City Umpires Association.
The ISF World Men's Lagacy Fund Program provides support of activities within the Softball Community. Bryan Kosteroski | |
| League-Rainout Hotline | |
| All teams- Please be advised that the SASA Rainout Hotline will be updated daily at 4:30 pm daily, please call 244-9666 and listen to the message of any game cancellations.
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| League Agreements- SASA & SMSL | |
| The Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association in collaboration with Saskatoon Minor Softball Association have implemented a new Operating Rule that will be again implemented for the 2010 Season. The new development was requested by the Saskatoon Minor Softball Midget Selects Program Coordinator in discussion with the Executive of SASA.
The newly developed Operating Rule : All Teams that participate within the Saskatoon Amateur Softball Association will register their Team Roster on the Evening of Frdiay , April 30th 2010 vis Email to Mark Loehndorf.All League Rosters that are submitted for League participatrion will be reviewed upon receipt and if any Midget Aged Players are on the Roster the player in question will be automatically removed from the Roster if they have not received a signed release document from the Saskatoon Minor Softball League.There will be no exceptions if the signed release document is not forwarded along with the Team Roster on April 30th.This is the final date for any excemptions | |