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NW 2018 Year End Championship Tournament Results
| U10 | Petersburg | August 11-12 | A. Wilmot over Twin Centre |
| B. Elmira over Tavistock | |||
| U12 | Baden | August 18-19 | A. Wilmot 1 over Elmira |
| B. Twin Centre over Tavistock | |||
| U14 | August 18-19 | ||
| U16 | Ohsweken | August 11-12 | A. Six Nations over Palmerston |
| B. Elmira over Ayr | |||
| U19 | Baden | August 11-12 | A. Kitchener-Waterloo over Tavistock |
| PDP over Burgessville |
Wilmont Thunder - NW U10 “A” Gold 2018
Six Nations - NW U16 “A” Gold 2018
NW Champions at 2018 Nationals
Softball Canada U14
Gold: Simcoe
Bronze: Owen Sound/Shallow Lake
Softball Canada U16
Gold: Tavistock
Silver: Innerkip
NW Champions at 2018 Easterns
U14:
Gold - Twin Centre
NWRMSL 2018 Season Starts May 13
The NW season gets underway the week of May 13. There are 41 teams across the 5 divisions. The season will end with divisional NW tournaments on the second or third weekend in August. Schedules for the 5 divisions are now posted on this website. The final Centre Rep meeting for this year will take place at the Wilmot Recreation Complex, 1291 Nafziger Road, Baden on Wednesday, September 12 ( Season Review, New executive set for 2019 ).
NW 2017 Year End Championship Tournament Results
U10 Innerkip August 12-13 A. Baden over Twin Centre
B. KW over New Hamburg
U12 Wellesley August 19-20 A. New Hamburg over Baden
B. PDP1 over Tavistock
U14 Norwich/ August 19-20 A. Shallow Lake over Palmerston
B. Simcoe over Springfield
U16 Baden August 19-20 A. Belmore over KW
B. Twin Centre over PDP
U18 Cambridge August 5-6 A. New Hamburg over Burgessville
B. Tavistock over Cambridge
New Hamburg Heat - NW U18 Tournament Champ 2017 - A Division
NW Champions at 2017 Nationals
Softball Canada U14
Gold: Palmerston
Silver: Shallow Lake
Bronze: Tavistock
Softball Canada U16
Gold: Belmore
Silver: Shallow Lake
Bronze: Tavistock
NW Champions at 2017 Easterns
U14:
Gold - Norwich/Otterville
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NW Awards Garnered at the OASA AGM 2016
for their many successes and contributions to fastball at the OA AGM held in Oakville, November 26, 2016.
Player Awards:
No hitter: Sean Demarest, U10 Provincials, PDP
Ron Taylor Pitching Award (U14 Elims): Chad Brown, Tavistock
Junior Elims MVP: Tyler Randerson, New Hamburg
Bantam Elims MVP: Mac Mulvey, Belmore
Peewee Elims MVP: Mason McKay, Tavistock
Ethel Boyce Memorial Award (Softball Canada MVP Junior): Derek Hyde, Tavistock
Claude Deschamps Memorial Award (S.C. Junior Pitching Award: Tyler Randerson
OASA Scholarship Awards: Tyler Randerson and Derek Hyde, Tavistock
Midget Nationals All star Catcher: Brady Becker, Twin Centre
Midget Nationals All star 3B: Brendan Schneider, Twin Centre
Midget Nationals All star OF: Brendan Dietrich, Twin Centre
Bantam Nationals Pitching Award: Mac Mulvey, Belmore
Bantam Nationals All star Pitcher: James Miller, K-W
Peewee Nationals Top Batter: Chad Brown, Tavistock
Peewee Nationals Top Pitcher: Andrew Van Boekel, Innerkip
Peewee Nationals MVP (Qualifiers): Chad Brown
Peewee Nationals MVP (Championships) Thomas Isert-Bender, Innerkip
Peewee Nationals All star Selections: Carter Roth, Tavistock, Andrew Van Boekel, Ian Glendenning, Connor Brooks, John Burns, Innerkip, Kyle Roth, Tavistock
Association Award:
OASA Merit Award: Twin Centre Softball Association
2016 NW Season: A Season of Triumph
The NW affiliated centres enjoyed numerous successes at the National and Provincial levels in 2016.
National - U18 Silver Twin Centre; U16 Bronze - KW; U14 Gold - Innerkip, U14 Silver - Tavistock
Provincial OASA - U18 B Gold - Tavistock; U16 A Silver - Belmore, B Bronze - Elma;
U14 A Gold - Tavistock, B - Innerkip; B Gold - KW, Silver - Palmerston
U12 A Bronze - New Hamburg, B Silver - Springfield
U10 A Gold PDP, B Gold - KW, Silver - Innerkip
Provincial ORSA U18 Gold - Burgessville; U14 Gold - Norwich/Otterville
Ontario Summer Games Silver - U16 Baden
U12 All Star game a Big Hit in Baden
The NW held its U14 all star game at Beck Park in Baden, August 18. The superbly played game needed an extra inning to allow the one team to claim an 8-7 victory. Earlier this month , Springfield claimed the gold, New Hamburg silver and Innerkip bronze in the league’s season ending tournament hosted in Springfield. Below pictured are the U12 all stars.
Ceth Roth Tournament Hosts NW U14 All Star Game
The NW U14 clubs played an exciting game in Tavistock as part of the men’s premier Fastball tournament. Shown below are Palmerston’s Mason Lobsinger and Jaxon Will with members of the Hill United Chiefs. And below that are all the U14 players that took part in this year’s game. Tavistock once again was an excellent host to the NW classic.
Belmore Sting Win 2016 OASA U16 Eliminations
The Belmore Sting defeated Napanee twice on Sunday, July 3 to win the top seed at the OA Elims and will represent Ontario as Ontario 1 at the Softball Canada Nationals next month in Owen Sound. Sting players, Kyle Durrer and Mac Mulvey also earned the tournament’s best pitcher and MVP awards.The KW Twins finished third and will also compete at the Nationals. Tavistock A’s results also earned them the right to rep our province at the Eastern Championships to be held in Newfoundland the last week in August. Great results for our three NW teams that competed in this tournament!
NW U16 Division 2016 All Star Game
The NW U16 All Star game was played Sunday afternoon (June 26) in St Clements as part of the Peter Hallman Men’s Premier Fastpitch Tournament. The 20 all stars from our U16 division put on an excellent show for spectators, families and friends as they banged out 23 runs on 16 hits in an 18-5 slugfest. Leading the way with the powerful offensive display were Darcy Mosburger (PDP) with a single, triple and 3 rbis, his PDP teammate Evan Demerest with 3 singles and two rbis. Other big sticks came from Tavi’s Jack Holdsworth (triple, single), Tavi’s Jaris Marriott (2 singles, triple, 1 rbi) and a James Miller (KW Twins) triple. Belmore’s Mac Mulvey stroked his own triple and an rbi; Baden’s Scott Carey, Mackenzie Campbell (Stratford) and Tony Tikel (Pushlinch) all had their single bat in a run. Seven different pitchers were on display; Mac Mulvey limited the NW hitters to 2 runs on one hit while striking out three in his two innings of work. KW’s James Miller allowed one run on 0 hits with 5 ks in his two innings. Darcy Mosburger also excelled from the pitching plate allowing only one run on one hit while adding 2 strike outs in his 1.1 innings of work. And we must mention Cambridge’s Jarred Steckley who came in to pitch in the final inning and quickly ended the game with two quick outs in the only two batters he faced. Despite the emphasis on offence, sparkling individual plays were also made on defence by KW’s Carter McDonald on a second base shallow right field running catch and Stratford’s Quin Lesouder”s roving catches in left field. The official ISC umpires congratulated the the players on their fine efforts, sportsmanship and positive team spirits. The NW is proud of its U16 players and the skill and sportsmanship they displayed on the field this Sunday afternoon.
NW Teams Do Well at OA Eliminations
In the U12 division NW clubs took 3 of the top 4 spots at the OA Elims hosted in Palmerston. Tavistock went undefeated winning gold. Innerkip took silver and Twin Centre finished fourth. These teams will represent the NW at the Canadians/Eastern Canadians in August. Tavi’s Chad Brown won the tournament pitching award while his teammate, Mason McKay earned the MVP. In the U18 competitions held in Cobourg the Twin Centre Wildcats earned bronze.
NW 2016 Season Starts May 8
Midget and Bantam play begins May 8 to open the 2016 season. 43 teams make up the 5 divisions of play. Schedules are online; scores and standings will be maintained as the games are played. It’s time to play ball!
Cambridge Cougars Claim U16 Championship
Cambridge scored the go ahead run in the bottom of the sixth on a sacrifice fly as they squeaked out a 4-3 victory over Tavistock “A”s to capture the NW U16 Bantam gold. Tavistock had earlier defeated Arthur Twisters who earned the bronze medallions at the two day tournament held in New Dundee, August 15-16.
Sting and Heat Capture U14 NW Gold
The Belmore Sting went undefeated in tournament play as they defeated Elma Avengers 9-2 to take the “A” division gold. Elma had advanced to the final by defeating Innerkip 2 10-4. On the “B” side the New Hamburg Heat edged the Twine Centre Wildcats 4-2 to earn top spot. Twin Centre narrowly edged the host club, Cambridge Cougars 5-4 in the earlier semi final match.
U18 NW Champions Crowned
Tavistock “A”s completed a dramatic comeback in the final inning with a two run walk off homer and 10-9 victory over Twin Centre in the championship game of the “A” division. Not to be out done the “B” division saw all three Sunday games go down to the final inning (including an 8 inning contest) before the Fullarton “A”s squeaked out a 6-5 victory over Sweaburg in the (“if necessary”) championship final. Hickson and Elmira took third spot in their respective divisions.
NW U14 2015 All Star Game
The Visiting All Stars scored two runs in the top of the 7th and then shut down the Home Squad to earn a 9-7 victory in the NW U14 All Star game Saturday afternoon in Tavistock at the Ceth Roth Memorial Tournament. Jaxon Gilbert (Elma) earned the pitching victory throwing two scoreless innings to start the game and then returning to the pitching plate to throw the bottom of the 7th to earn the save. Nicky Elbert (Cambridge) and Justin Kleinsasser (Innerkip) also pitched for the Visitors. For the Home Squad Chad Brown (Tavistock) pitched a scoreless first two innings followed by Derek Erb (Elma), Nathan Brookshaw (Stratford), Thomas Baker (KW), and Dylan Hehn (Twin Centre).
The All Stars turned in numerous sparkling defensive plays. The Visitors turned in a slick 6-5-4 double play to end the second inning. Jordan Borth (Belmore) from the shortstop position made a sliding catch on a pop foul to the side fence behind third base to end the first. Dylan Hehn needed only 4 pitches to record the three Visitor outs in the top of the 6th. On offence Jordan Borth hit a grand slam home run to deep left in the 4th to go along with another 2 singles to lead the 12 hit Visitors’ attack. Also chipping in with a pair of singles for the Visitors were Jeremy Shumacher (KW), Mark Wilker (Innerkip), Jake Voisin (Twin Centre), and Justin Kleinsasser. Jordan Borth led the Visitors with 5 rbi’s while Justin Kleinsasser knocked in two. On the Home side of the ball Kayla Sonntag (Cambridge) was on base from every at bat as she earned 4 base on balls. Chad Brown singled 4 times with an rbi. Derek Erb had 2 singles and a pair of rbi's; Dylan Hehn stroked a pair of singles in support of the Home Squad’s 13 hit effort.
Thanks to the NW coaching staff of Trevor Hehn (Twin Centre), Bob Hiller (New Hamburg), Scott Brookshaw (Stratford) and Sass Sonntag (Cambridge). Our 20 U14 all stars represented our League very well and did a great job entertaining the fans. Thanks to the Tavistock Minor Ball Association and the Tournament organizers for inviting our players to showcase their talents in Tavistock.
NW U14 Teams Medal at Eastern Canadian Championships
Tavistock Athletics earned the bronze and the KW Kolts the silver at the ECSC held in St Croix, N.S. August 21-24/14. Neither of the Ontario squads could overcome the gold medalists; the Colchester Royals from Nova Scotia. The Royals handed the Athletics their only two defeats of the tournament and although KW edged the Royals 5-4 in the undefeated game the Royals came back to win the championship final 6-4 over the KW club.
Kolts win NW Bantam Championship
The KW Kolts defeated the Tavistock A’s 7-3 at Beck Park, Baden Tuesday eve, August 19, to claim the NW Bantam league championship trophy away from the A’s who had won in 2012 and 2013. The Cambridge Cougars surprised the New Hamburg Heat with an exciting 4-3 victory in a lightning shortened Bronze medal matchup.
NW Midget Crowns Awarded in Stratford Year end Tournament
August 16-17 weekend saw the Hickson Tiger and the Jarvis Midgets capture the Midget Tournament trophies for the 2014 season. The Tiger defeated the Fullarton A’s 7-6 in the championship “A” final while the Jarvis Midgets went undefeated in the 8 team “B” winning the championship game over the Caledonia Royals 8-5. Check the Midget News for more game results. Below shown are the “B” Midget Champions for 2014
Twin Centre Wildcats Claim Gold at the Bantam Nationals!
The Wildcats edged the Campbellford Cougars 1-0 in the Championship final at Softball Canada’s Bantam Nationals held in Fredericton, N.B. Dylan Lebold registered 4 wins from the mound and Nathan Robitaille recorded 7 rbis as the ‘Cats went a perfect 5-0 in the play off round.
KW Kolts Repeat as NW U14 League Champions
The Kolts defeated Embro Peewees in the championship final at Cambridge’s Saginaw Park Diamonds Sunday afternoon, August 9, to defend their NW supremacy. Embro had earlier defeated Tavistock Athletics in the Bronze medal game. Both Embro and Tavistock missed several key players due to injury which paved the way for KW’s three straight victories to their gold medal finish. Tournament results are posted on the Peewee News page. Below is the KW Kolts team photo from Sunday’s match.
NW Captures Silver and Bronze at OA Bantam Elims
The KW Kolts took the silver and the Twin Centre Wildcats the bronze at the OA Elims held in Toanche July 11-13. Both centres will compete next month in the Bantam Softball Canadian Nationals in Fredericton, N.B.. Well done again NW!
U14 Players Shine at 2014 All Star Game
The NW All Stars faced off against the South Oxford All Stars in a friendly exhibition at the Tavistock Ceth Roth Men’s Invitational on Saturday, July 12. A 90 min curfew fittingly ended the spirited battle in a 9-9 draw. Excellent sportsmanship, comradarie and fastball skills were displayed by both teams. Strong pitching by Embro’s Brandon Cowan, New Hamburg’s Brandon Rupp and the Heat’s Nick Egali lead the NW defence. Tavi’s Bo Hyde, Cambridge Cougar’s Nathan Elfert were key contributors in the rbi department. KW Kolt players Kelton Law and Dawson Schmidt were two of the biggest NW stars as they lent their skills to the short staffed South Oxford bench. Both leagues are to be commended for the excellent show their players put on for the local fans. Below is a photo of the NW All Star club for 2014 that represented our league in Tavistock. (minus the two Kolt players who were on loan to the S.O. squad)
NW Doubles in Medals at U14 OA Elims
Tavistock Athletics and the KW Kolts played three exciting games on the Sunday to determine the OA Elimination champions played in Owen Sound, July 4-6. Gold KW and Silver Tavi will both represent Ontario at the Eastern Canadians to be held in East Hans, Nova Scotia later this summer. New Hamburg Heat, Cambridge Cougars and Embro Selects also made credible NW showings at the OA tournament. Mitchell McKay, our Tavi catcher, was the tournament’s MVP. Full tournament results are available on the OA website.
Tavistock Athletics Earn Silver at OA Midget Elims
The Tavistock A’s came up the loser’s side Sunday morning to earn silver at the 2014 OASA Midget Elimination Tournament held in Tavistock June 27-29. Tavistock’s Jake Wiffen earned the MVP for the tournament. More info can be found in the Midget news.
NW Centres Capture 4 Minor Boys Gold at Mitchell Fastballfest
Under perfect weather conditions North Waterloo centres claimed four sets of the famous black tee shirts at the 2014 version of the Mitchell Fastballfest. New Hamburg Mites edged Shallow Lake 3-2 in their final, Tavi 2 Squirts doubled up on Twin Centre 4-2 in the Squirt championship game. The K-W Kolts squeaked by the Shallow Lake Sting 3-2 to capture top spot in the U14 grouping while the Twin Centre Wildcats blanked K-W 5-0 in the Bantam final. The midget division saw three former NW players support the Teeswater Otters in their 9-1 win over Port Perry.
Five NW Players Selected to Softball Canada’s Junior Men’s National Team!
Congratulations to five of our NW players who were selected to be part of the Junior Canadian Squad that will compete in the ISF X Junior Men’s World Championships to be held in Whitehorse, YT this July 11-20. Tyler Randerson and Nick Penner are affiliated with the midgets from the New Hamburg Heat. The others are graduated midgets; Jonathon Baker from the K-W Kolts, Tyler Pauli from the Fullarton A’s and Tyson Zehr from the Tavistock Athletics. Matt Wardrop from Owen Sound was an additional selection from our neck of the province to make this elite Canadian team. The North Waterloo Rural Minor Softball League is very proud of these five local individuals. Their roots in the NW has taken them all the way to the national stage.
NW Captures Gold at Eastern Canadians
The Ramseyer Earthworks Bantam Boys, Team Ontario 2, brought home the gold medal from St. Perpetue Quebec, host of this year's U-16 Eastern Canadian Softball Championships. The Athletics went a perfect 5-0 over the 4 days.
Tavistock opened the tournament on Thursday with a convincing 7-0 victory over Nova Scotia 1. Tristan Wilhelm and Jake Wiffen led the attack with 2 hits apiece while Derek Hyde, Justin Wagler, Dylan Brown, Jamieson Hergott and Jake Bauman all reached base safely. Wagler earned the victory striking out 8 in 5 innings of play. The Bantams started their second game against Quebec 2 later that day, but with 2 outs in the top of the first the rain took over postponing the game to Friday morning. The game remained scoreless until the third inning when Tavistock sent 13 batters to the plate taking a commanding 8-0 lead. The Athletics scored 2 more in the 4th, gave up 4 in the 5th but scored another 2 in the 7th to win 11-4. Wilhelm went 4 for 5 at the plate, Jackson Hergott and Jamieson Hergott each added 2 hits and single hits going to Wiffen, Jensen van Boekel, Jeremy Kropf, Bryce Yantzi, Trent Jones and Mike Johnson. Jake Wiffen allowed just 5 hits while striking out 10 on the mound. The last game of round robin play for Tavistock was against New Brunswick. The Athletic's bats made short work of this team scoring 6 in the first, 8 in the second and adding one in the 3rd to finish the preliminary round tops in pool B. Jeremy Kropf earned the win striking out 8 and giving up just one hit and a walk.
Team Ontario 1, from Grand Valley finished first in pool A and was the opponent in the undefeated game with the winner earning a berth in the gold medal game. This was the fifth time these two teams had faced each other this year, with each team winning twice. Wagler drew a walk in the first and scored on Hyde's RBI to open the game. Strong pitching and defence on both sides of the diamond was again the highlight of this game. Grand Valley finally pushed a run across the plate in the 6th inning to tie the game. Seven innings proved nothing so the International tie breaker rule came into effect with a runner starting at second base in the 8th inning. With Wagler standing at second, Wilhelm doubled him in then moved to third on a single by Wiffen. The next two batters were retired before Jamieson Hergott hit a single scoring two to put Tavistock up 4-1. This game was far from over as Grand Valley scored 2 before the Athletics recorded the third out stranding two Team Ontario 1 runners to win 4-3. Wagler struck out 9 during the 8 innings of play.
Team New Foundland & Labrador defeated ON 1 in the semi-final to face Tavistock in the final game of the tournament. As expected a very tight defensive game was in store. With two outs in the fourth inning Brown worked a walk, moved to second on a passed ball then scored on Jamieson Hergott's single. New Foundland's lead-off batter opened with a single in the sixth inning and eventually scored tying the game at 1. With the scored still tied, the home team Tavistock Athletics came to bat in the bottom of the seventh. Jeremy Kropf opened with a walk, moved to second on a passed ball before Mike Johnson singled leaving runners on first and third. The next batter was retired bringing Wilhelm to the plate. With two strikes, Wilhelm hit a single to left bringing home Kropf and the gold medal for Tavistock. Wagler pitched the final game of the tournament striking out 11 earning him the tournament MVP award.
Pictured L - R
Howie Brown (coach), Dave Wiffen (coach), Dylan Brown, Justin Wagler, Tristan Wilhelm, Derek Hyde, Jeremy Kropf, Mike Johnson, Trent Jones, Jackson Hergott, Jensen van Boekel, Jake Wiffen, Jamieson Hergott, Jake Bauman, Bryce Yantzi, Jamie Boyd (coach) Tim Hergott (coach)
New Hamburg Heat Midget is This Year’s Peter Hallman Award Winner
The NW was pleased to present Brett Clifford, a second year New Hamburg Midget with the 2013 Peter Hallman Award for his efforts in fastball, community spirit and good sportsmanship. The award was presented by league president, Bruce Young at the Midget year end tournament held in Jarvis.
Tavistock Athletics Win 2013 NW Bantam Gold
The Athletics went undefeated as they edged Twin Centre Wild Cats 5-3 at Cambridge’s Can-America Parks Sunday afternoon to defend their NW Bantam league trophy. In settling for silver the Wild Cats fell just short on Sunday after earlier victories 3-2 in 8 innings over Shakespeare and 5-4 over bronze medal winners, the Baden Pirates.
Midget Kolts take League Championship in Jarvis
The KW Kolts defeated the Tavistock Athletics 5-3 Sunday afternoon, August 18 to capture the NW midget gold medals. The Kolts went a perfect 4-0 in claiming the league trophy from the 2012 winners, the Athletics. Tavistock defeated New Hamburg 9-3 which sent the Heat to the bronze and the A’s to the silver. Jarvis Twin Diamond Community Park hosted an excellent tournament that saw 20 games played over the weekend under perfect park and weather conditions.
Peewee Kolts Claim NW Year End Gold
The KW Kolts battled the New Hamburg Heat to two tough victories (9-5 and 6-5) Saturday night, August 10 to garner the league gold medal crown. Tavistock Community Ballpark hosted an excellent year end for the Peewee teams. The Tavistock Athletics took the bronze division medals with their dramatic 4-3 8 inning victory over the Cambridge Cougars. The NW Bantam and Midget year end tournaments will be contested next weekend (August 16-18) in Cambridge and Jarvis.
Ontario Wins Gold at Western Canadians
The NW Kitchener Waterloo Bantam Kolts won the Western Canadians Fastball Championships held in Winnipeg, August 2-5 with an exciting 9 inning 7-6 victory over Saskatoon Eagles in the championship game. The Kolt squad, bolstered by three Fullarton A’s players, had edged Saskatoon 5-4 in one extra inning to reach the final. The Kolts went a perfect 8-0 throughout the tournament in helping to make Ontario’s first entry into the Westerns a golden success. The Tavi Athletics will take our NW brand of fastball to the Eastern Canadian Bantam Championships in Ste. Perpetue later in August.
Shakespeare Takes OASA Bantam Gold
Shakespeare Bantams went undefeated as they edged the Douro Diamondbacks 6-5 in the championship final to win the OASA Bantam “B” gold crown August 3,4 weekend in Cobourg. The Tavistock Athletics extended Campbellford Cougars to the second championship game in the “A” series before settling for the silver medallions. Elmira Laser Video, Baden Pirates and Twin Centre Wildcats also competed in Cobourg.
K-W Kolts Win Bantam Elims
The K-W Kolts defeated the Grand Valley Hitmen 5-3 early Sunday evening at Doug Fischer Memorial Park in New Dundee to capture the OASA Bantam Provincial Elimination crown. The Hitmen had eeked out a 6-5 victory in the previous match to hand the Kolts their only loss of the tournament. Earlier Sunday Grand Valley defeated the Tavistock A's 6-3 to relegate the A's to the bronze medal. The Kolts will represent Ontario at the Western Canadian Championships to be held August 2-5 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Hitmen and Tavistock will travel to Ste. Perpetue, Quebec to compete in the Eastern Championships in late August. A great weekend for our NW teams and players!
Worth Bantam Invitational Tournament Results
Congratulations to the NW Bantam clubs who earned births in both division finals in Princeton. Twin Centre finished second on the “B” side with their 4-2 loss to Grand Valley and the KW Kolts went a perfect 5-0 to capture the “A” division with a 9-4 victory over Campbellford.
Innerkip Tim Hortons Invitational Results
Well done to the NW Mites and Squirts. In the Mite Gold Final the Tavistock “As” defeated the KW Kolts 14-3 while the Squirt Championship final saw the KW Kolts fall 4-3 to the Innerkip Jets in 8 innings.
NW All Star Games 2013
Midget Division
6pm Saturday, June 22 at the Legends of Fastball Tournament, Hallman Yards, Kitchener
• 3 ½ innings before the rains fell. Our midget players were putting on a fine exhibition of skill and sportsmanship.
Bantam Division
7pm Saturday, July 13 at Cephas Roth Memorial Tournament, Queens Park, Tavistock
Peewee Division
7pm Thursday, June 27 at Lincoln Park, Cambridge
Mitchell Fastball Fest Champions
NW teams fared well at the June 1-2 Fastball Fest in Mitchell. KW Midget Kolts earned gold as did the Tavistock Bantams and the Tavistock Mites in their respective divisions. Thirteen NW clubs represented our league in fastball play this weekend.
NW Midget Player Selected to Team Ontario U21 Squad
Congratulations to Johnny Baker of the KW Midget Kolts on his selection to the U21 Ontario team that will participate in the North American Fastball Championships this July in Saskatoon. Johnny was the only midget age player to make this squad. He participated in Team Ontario team camps the past two years and in the selection camp held last weekend in New Dundee made the final cut. The NW is proud of his accomplishments thus far.
Upcoming NW Fastball Activities
Check out our area minor tournaments.
• July 6: Stratford Invitationals Mite, Squirt, <murraypatterson@wightman.ca>
• July 19-21 Mount Forest Minor Ball Fireworks Festival Fastball Tn’t -all divisions
Jim Donald <coachjimdonald@hotmail.com>
• July 20 Peewee Invitational Cambridge Keith Brown <cambridgeminorsoftball@yahoo.ca>
Upcoming 2013 Fastball Season
Plans are underway. Executive meeting was held March 4. Dates have been set for General Centres meetings at Hillside Park Clubhouse, Waterloo for March 27 and April 24. Any new teams or associations looking to join the NW should attend these meetings. NW will endeavour to offer divisions for all five minor boys groups in 2013. Any minor fastball players or local clubs looking for a league to play would be welcomed by the NW. Please contact any member of the NW exec for more info. (see link to executives on web site home page). League play runs from mid May to mid August.
National Team Players and the NW
August 20th, 2012
A number of former NW players (or players from NW centres) are now members of our 2012-2013 National softball rosters. Brandon Horn (Waterloo) and Don Scott (Sebringville) are on the Men’s Senior team. Also in the senior men’s player pool are Ryan French (New Dundee), Adam Hiller and Ben Wideman (Elmira) and Dale Levy (St. Marys). At the junior division Cody Werner (New Hamburg), Michael Legace-Roote (Stratford) and Ty Sebastion (Fullarton) are all recent NW midget graduates and now members of the junior national squad. The NW is proud of these players’ success and wish them luck in international competitions.
Peter Hallman Award Winner 2012
August 5th, 2012
Below shown is Jonathon Baker of the KW Midget Kolts being presented with his year’s award by NW executive members Mike and Tina Hanley. The Hallman award is presented annually to an NW player who displays excellent sportsmanship, fastball skills and community spirit.
NW Declares 2012 Season Champions
August 5th, 2012
Championship Sunday at Packham Fields saw the NW crown its 2012 divisional champions. Tavistock Athletics defeated the Cinderella Baden Pirates to take the Midget Gold. Tavi Bantams edged Shakespeare to earn top spot in the Bantam “A” Division. Fullarton A’s went undefeated in the Bantam “B” with their victory over the New Hamburg Heat in the finals. Twin Centre Wildcats came up the Peewee losing side to defeat Tavistock twice and take the Peewee Gold. Complete bracket results can be found on the divisional standings web page.National Team Players and the NW
A number of former NW players (or players from NW centres) are now members of our 2012-2013 National softball rosters. Brandon Horn (Waterloo) and Don Scott (Sebringville) are on the Men’s Senior team. Also in the senior men’s player pool are Ryan French (New Dundee), Adam Hiller and Ben Wideman (Elmira) and Dale Levy (St. Marys). At the junior division Cody Werner (New Hamburg), Michael Legace-Roote (Stratford) and Ty Sebastion (Fullarton) are all recent NW midget graduates and now members of the junior national squad. The NW is proud of these players’ success and wish them luck in international competitions.
NW Declares 2012 Season Champions
Championship Sunday at Packham Fields saw the NW crown its 2012 divisional champions. Tavistock Athletics defeated the Cinderella Baden Pirates to take the Midget Gold. Tavi Bantams edged Shakespeare to earn top spot in the Bantam “A” Division. Fullarton A’s went undefeated in the Bantam “B” with their victory over the New Hamburg Heat in the finals. Twin Centre Wildcats came up the Peewee losing side to defeat Tavistock twice and take the Peewee Gold. Complete bracket results can be found on the divisional standings web page.
New Hamburg Qualifies for Nationals
Congratulations to the New Hamburg Heat as they have qualified to play in the Softball Canada Midget Nationals to be held in Fredricton, N.B. August 6-12. They will join Napanee, Caledonia and Cobourg as the Ontario reps. The KW Kolts qualified for the Eastern Canadian Midget Championships to be played in Nelson-Miramichi, N.B. Highgate Rock is the other Ontario team travelling to Nelson-Miramichi. Ontario selections were based on the results of the OASA Elims held in New Dundee, July 6-8.
NW Success at OA Bantam Elims
NW teams did not win any medals at the OA Elimination Tournament held in Napanee, June 29-July 1 but several individuals enjoyed personal success. Dylan Taylor, Brendan Hall and Kyle Hunter from Grand Valley plus Travis Ramseyer from Tavistock were picked up to play in the Eastern Canadian Championships in St. Croix, N.S. in August. Tyler Randerson from New Hamburg threw a 2 hitter and a 3 hitter collecting 18 and 12 strike outs in doing so. Dylan Taylor had a pair of 3 hitters; one with 16 ks. Kyle Hunter homered for the Hitmen. Dan Skinner from Fullarton threw a 1 hitter with 11 strike outs and a 3 hitter plus slammed a home run and a grand slam. Evan Lindsay also homered for the A’s. Jacob Wiffin homered and tossed a 3 hitter for Tavistock. Tavistock won 4 games at the tournament, Fullarton 3, New Hamburg and Grand Valley 2 each and K-W a single.
Grand Valley Wins Inaugeral Cambridge Invitational
The Grand Valley Hitmen behind the strong pitching performance of Kyle Hunter defeated Napanee 6-2 in the championship match of the first Cambridge Invitational tournament held June 23 at Can-Amera Park. In an earlier semi final, GV’s Brendan Hall matched up with New Hamburg’s Tyler Randerson in a 7 inning pitching duel that was decided by a walk off home run to see Grand Valley prevail by a 2-1 score. Napanee Express defeated the KW Kolts in the Consolation Final.
Meanwhile in Princeton, the Twin Centre Wildcats edged Pt. Perry 1-0 in the Championship game of the Worth Peewee Classic and completed a perfect 4 and 0 weekend. The Wildcats have marked themselves as a Peewee powerhouse in Ontario to be reckoned with.
Tavistock Athletics win ORSA Bantam Eliminations
Congratulations to the Tavi squad on their success at the 2012 ORSA Elims. They will represent the OR at the OASA Eliminations in Napanee, June 29 - July 1. Shakespeare and Hickson finished 4th and 6th respectively at the OR tournament. All three teams will be representing the NW at the Ontario Summer Games this August. Again, well done to the NW!
KW Koltw Win Waterloo Sportzone Midget Invitational
KW Midget Kolts won the 17th edition of Hillside Sportzone Midget Invitational with a 12-7, 7 inning victory over the Owen Sound Selects on Sunday, June 10. The Kolts scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th and 6th to break open an evenly matched final and then shut down the Selects in order in the top of the 7th to secure the Championship Honours. The Kolts earlier defeated the Caledonia Royals 1-0 in an excellent semi final match. The Kolts went 4-0 in the rain shortened tournament. New Hamburg Heat and the Paris Midgets also represented the NW at this tournament.
NW Success at the Mitchell Fastballfest 2012
Seventeen NW clubs participated as part of the 94 team event held the June 1-3 rainy weekend in Mitchell and nearby community ball parks. In the midget division New Hamburg, Milverton and Fullarton made it to the final four. Caledonia defeated the Heat in the final. In the Bantam division Grand Valley and New Hamburg made it to the final four. Port Perry defeated Teeswater in the final. In the Peewee division Twin Centre defeated Tavistock in the championship game. Congratulations on the strong showing of all our NW teams in Mitchell.
Invitational Clinics in the NW area
1. Mitchell Minor Fastball Fest May 31 - June 3, 2012
all divisions, girls and boys contact Brad Knight 519-348-9298 bjknight@ezlink.ca
2. Waterloo Hillside Invitational June 9 - 10, 2012
midget boys contact Bruce Young 519-884-6960 bruce_h_young@teksavvy.com
3. Brantford Worth Classic June 23 - 24, 2012
peewee boys contact Gary Lockey 519-448-1852 garylockey@bell.net
4. Cambridge Can-Amera Park Tournaments: Peewee July 31; Bantam June 23 ($300.00 3 game guarantee based on 8 teams) contact Katrina Brown at cambridgeminorsoftball@yahoo.ca or call for more information: 519-267-0151
NW Grads Selected to Team Canada !
Three former NW players have made it to the very top of Canadian Mens Softball as they have been selected to join the Team Canada team roster. Team Canada will next play at the Pan-AM games in Mexico slated for later next month (November). Brandon Horn, (Waterloo Minor Twins NW 1994 - 2003 ) a slick infielder and great stick at the top of the order is fresh off a Senior Men's National Championship with the KW Twins this past August in Owen Sound. Ben Wideman, (Elmira Laser Video NW 1996 - 2005) a speedy outfielder and top leadoff batter recently participated in the Men's Nationals with the Owen Sound Selects. Ryan French, (New Dundee Reds NW 1997- 2001) known for his deceptive change up throws for the Kitchener Cubs in the South Perth League. He will join Team Canada's staff that also includes their ace pitcher, our very own Don Scott from Sebringville.
Congratulations to these three former NW ballplayers. They did a great job playing in our North Waterloo parks and now they have made it to the top of the fastball ladder. It just shows we may have a player (or two!) on our NW rosters that may one day in the future wear the red maple leaf for Team Canada.
2011 Peter Hallman Memorial Award Winner
Greg Hammel of the New Hamburg Heat is shown here with league president, Bruce Young receiving the Peter Hallman Memorial Award for his efforts as a community volunteer, skilled fastball player and good sportsmanship.
NW Wins Gold Twice at the ECSC!
The Tavistock Athletics defeated the Newfoundland Selects 9-8 in extra innings on Sunday to capture Gold at the ECSC Bantam Division held in St John's. Dylan Taylor was named Tournament MVP and Most Valuable Pitcher as his club went 7-1 in the five day tournament. The KW Kolts went 5-1 in round robin play but were defeated by the Selects 6-3 in Elimination play Sunday. In ECSC Peewee action, the KW Kolts came from behind in late innings to edge New Hamburg Heat 2-1 and earn Gold in Fredericton. The Fullarton A's lost to the Nova Scotia Midgets and earned Silver at North River, N. S. tournament action. Andrew Pearn won MVP. The Elmira Laser Video finished fourth at the Midget tournament. Well done to our 6 team NW delegation to the Eastern Canadian Softball Championships this summer!
More NW Success at the OA Provincials
On the August 13-14 weekend NW teams enjoyed some great successes in OA tournament play. The New Hamburg Heat went undefeated winning Gold at the Pewee Provincial "A" in Ponsonby as they defeated KW Kolts (silver medallists) 8-3 in the final. Tyler Randerson earned 3 pitching victories including one pitch from a no hitter in the final. In Provincial "A" Mite play in Pt. Perry the KW Kolts earned bronze medallions on the virtue of three wins on Satuday and 2 one run losses on Sunday. A weekend earlier the KW Kolts won the OA Squirt "A" championship going undefeated in five games in tournament play in Niagara on the Lake. Tavistock Athletics earned the bronze medallions in Niagara.
NW Bantams at the OA Provincials
Tavistock, Fullarton and Kitchener-Waterloo represented the NW at the OA Provincial "A" in Cobourg, August 6-7. KW went 2-2 in tournament play. Both victories came in 9 inning affairs, one a 5-4 win over Fullarton. Tavistock lost their two games in extra innings. Stratford hosted the Provincial "B" series with the Memorials our lone NW rep.
NW Final Tournament Sunday Results
The champions were declared in the three senior divisions today. Well done to the Tavistock and Fullarton Minor Ball Associations. They each had three clubs medal this weekend. Kuddos go out to the 31 teams, the Blue Crew, the host Packham Fields, the fans and the weatherman for a great weekend of fastball NW style. Tournament results plus medal winners for all divisions can be seen by clicking on a specific division from the right side bar on our website home page.
Saturday Results
35 games were played today under near perfect weather conditions. The teams did a great job and provided the fans with some excellent fastball. Braiden Bertens of the Fullarton A's pitched a 7 inning complete game no hitter in a 4-0 win over KW Kolts in Bantam play. The Fullarton Midgets scored three runs in the bottom of the 7th to edge Tavistock Athletics 6-5 in an early Midget game of the undefeateds. Shakespeare remains undefeated in the Peewee "A"s as does Tavistock 2 in the Bantam Division. The KW Twins won the Squirt Division later tonight with Tavistock capturing the Silver and New Hamburg 2 the Bronze. Greg Hammel of the New Hamburg Heat was awarded the Peter Hallman League Player Award for top sporstmanship, fastball play and volunteer spirit in a pregame ceremony and then pitched his club to a 7-3 victory over Elmira Laser Video to remain undefeated in Midget play.
Action resumes tomorrow with 5 games at 9 am.
Friday Night Results
Ten games opened tournament play Friday night under perfect field and weather conditions at Packham Fields. The two feature games proved to come from the Peewee and Midget Divisions. The New Hamburg Heat scored a tieing run in the Bottom of the seventh to send their Peewee opener with the Brantford Heat into extra innings. Pitchers Tyler Randerson and Andrew Lockey of the Brantford squad battled through three extra innings before the Brantford Heat prevailed with a 6-3 victory. The Fullarton A's scored a single run in the bottom of the first in the Midget opener and then hung on for a 1-0 win over the Embro Midgets. In the seventh the Embro squad had a runner thrown out at the plate on a relay from right to second to home for the second out of the inning.
Action continues Saturday at 9 am with all 4 divisions continuing their play downs.
NW Tournament Weekend
31 teams will compete in the 4 divisions this weekend (July 29-31) to determine the 2011 NW league champions. Games begin Friday evening and continue all day Saturday before wrapping up late Sunday afternoon. All games will be played at Packham Fields 5 diamond complex in Stratford. (Packham Road is on 7 West out of Stratford past the Boston Pizza). The Peter Hallman player award will also be presented at this time. This award goes to the NW player who illustrates a strong combination of fastball skills, good sportsmanship and community volunteer spirit. Fastball players from ages 7 to 19 will all be in action on Saturday. It's a great variety of ball to watch!
NW Top Provincial Pitchers!
The NWRMSL has some of the finest windmill pitchers in the province. At the recent OASA Provincial Elimination Tournaments both the Peewee and Bantam top pitching awards went to NW hurlers. Hard throwing right hander, Tyler Randerson of the New Hamburg Heat received the OA Ron Taylor Peewee Pitching Award as he led his staff with four tournament victories, striking out 49 batters and allowing only five walks in 36 innings pitched. KW Kolt Bantam stalwart, Johnny Baker was creditied with three victories with 26 innings of work while striking out 32 batters and allowing no walks in earning the Gil Read Bantam Award. Andrew Pearn of the Fullarton A's won two games at the OA Midget Elims and has been picked up by the Oshawa Double B Pops to compete in the Midget Nationals in New Brunswick in August. Greg Hammel of the New Hamburg Heat will be assisting the pitching staff of the Stratford Memorials as they compete in Fredericton at the Midget Nationals in August. Visiting our local NW parks you can spot a number of Mite and Squirt pitchers that look to be developing into frontline hurlers in the near future as well. Credit must go out to the dedicated pitchers, their coaches and our league who all help to foster their growth and rise to stardom.
Keep an eye out for some great pitching battles coming to our NW Championship weekend in Stratford, July 29-31 when all 31 NW minor teams will compete in double knock out tournaments to declare 2011 Divisional Champions.
NW at the OASA Elims
Congrats to the recent success of NW teams at the OASA Eimination Tournaments. The Fullarton A's and the Elmira Laser Video have earned the right to represent Ontario at the Eastern Canadian Championships to be held in North River, N.S. August 25-28. Meanwhile Tavistock Athletics won the OASA Bantam Elims and along with the KW Kolts will rep our province in St. John's, NL at the Bantam Easterns. In the Peewee Division the KW Kolts defeated the New Hamburg Heat 8-4 in the final at their Elims in Toanche. Both the Heat and the Kolts will represent Ontario in Trenton, Nova Scotia at the Peewee ECSC.
Stratford Invitational June 11
Congratulations to the KW Bantam Kolts on their winning the Bantam Division in Stratford thanks to victories over Tavistock, Pickering and Port Perry. Fullarton A's and the Tavistock Athletics also had strong showings in the four game round robin tournament. The KW Peewee Kolts were the top finishers in the Peewee Divisional play at the tournament.
NW League All Star Games about to Begin
Fastball fans are invited out to watch our league's all star games in the upcoming month. As well as a fun filled, competitive game some divisions also hold individual golden glove skills' challenges.
Squirt Division Wilson Park, Kitchener Tuesday, June 21
Peewee Division Fullarton Community Park Monday, July 11
Bantam Division Queens Park, Tavistock Saturday, July 16
Midget Division PERC Fields, Milverton Thursday, July 7
Mitchell Fastballfest a Huge Success
Congratulations to Brad Knight, Andy Bader, Ted Crawford and the Mitchell Tournament Committee for the great weekend they held June 3,4,5 at Keterson Park and surrounding communities. When the two Mitchell 5 -Pitch teams are included the tournament saw an even 100 girls and boys minor clubs participating. The NW had 22 minor teams at the tournament. In the Squirt division the KW Kolts defeated the Tavistock Athletics in the championship match. The Baden Pirates edged the KW Kolts 3-2 in extra innings to win the Peewee Division while the KW Bantam Kolts defeatd the Pickering Heat 9-7 to win the black tees.
Cambridge Minor Ball Softball Summer Tournaments
The Cambridge Minor Softbll Association will be hosting two Invitational Minor Tournaments in July. First up will be the Midgets, July 9-10 followed by the Peewee Division July 23,24.
For more information please contact Katrina Brown, Registration/Events Co-ordinator, Cambridge Minor Softball Inc, 519-267-0151.
NW Centre Rep News
- Opening Schedule week of May 8 (No Opening Day Tn'ts for 2011)
- NW Coaches meeting Tuesday, May 3 Sebringville Community Centre 7pm
- NW Leage Final Tournament Championship Weekend Packham Fields, Stratford July 29-31
Yours in fastball,
Bruce Young
president@nwrmsl.ca
519-884-6960
NWRMSL Players Receive QUEST for GOLD Awards!
Two players from the Kitchener-Waterloo 2010 Midget Twins have been selected by the OASA to participate in Ontario's Quest for Gold program in the field of men's fastball. Corey Way and Brendan Roach will receive funding and training through this program which helps prepare Ontario athletes for national and international competitions in their sport. Corey and Brendan were picked up by the Walkerton Wild and helped them to win the Midget Canadian National Championship this past summer. Both players completed their minor fastball careers in 2010. Both plan to continue playing locally with Kitchener Mens Fastball clubs this upcoming summer as well as now being members of the 15 player Ontario Quest for Gold 2011 effort. Congratulations go out to Corey and Brendan!
NWRMSL Year in Review - 2010
In 2010 the NW fielded 38 minor teams. Division championships were won by Kitchener-Waterloo (Midget), Elmira (Bantam), Tavistock (Peewee) and Wellesley (Squirt). North Waterloo teams also proved successful at the OASA and ORSA championships as well as the Eastern Canadians and the Ontario Summer games. And of course our Stratford Memorials earned Silver at the Midge Nationals.
Moving to 2011 we hope for another competitive summer of fastball in our region. It is hoped that the Perth and NW communities can continue to work together to provide these fastball opportunities. Efforts will be made to get the NW Mite division back into the fold. A review of yearend tournament sites and policy/formats need be undertaken. As well a study of league fees/tournament fees will be reviewed.
I trust our softball people will enjoy a prosperous and enjoyable offseason. I look forward to working with you again come the spring.
Yours in fastball,
Bruce
NWRMSL president
NW at the Eastern Canadian Championships
August 26-29 St. Leonard-d'Aston, QC hosted the Peewee/Bantam Eastern Canadian Softball Championships. Our KW Bantam Kolts won 4 of 6 games to capture the bronze medallions behind East Hans, N'S. and Ontario 1, the Napanee Express. Chepstow Lang Farms captured the Peewee Gold much to the thanks of their pick up ace pitcher, Tyler Randerson of the NW New Hamburg Heat. Tyler threw a perfect game in the tn't, was named the tournament's top pitcher and was the MVP of the championship game. Ontario 2 from Pt. Perry finished with the silver. Congrats to our NW reps at the ECSC!
Tavistock A's Win Multiple Titles
The Tavistock A's Bantams won Gold at the Ontario Summer Games held recently in Sudbury as they went undefeated throughout the tournament . Lead by hard throwing Travis Gerber's 15 KO performance, the A's toppled Embro 10-3 in the semi-final and then followed up with a 20-9 verdict over Glencoe in the final to claim the title. Upon return home to Tavi and less than 24 hours later the Bantams completed their OR playoff run with a doubleheader win over Ennismore by scores of 10-3 and 10-2 to capture Gold and the ORSA Bantam playoff title.
Not to be outdone, Tavi Peewees proved to be talented ORSA competitors as well. The ORSA finals came down to a battle between the two Tavi Peewee clubs. Tavi 2 came out victorious to capture the ORSA Peewee Gold. Earlier this month Tavi 2 had already captured the NW Gold tournament title.
The NW is proud of its members' accomplishments in tournament and provincial play. Congratulations go out to the Tavistock Minor Softball Association and the success of its NW participants.
NW Winners at the OASA Provincials
Congratulations go out to our OASA teams who have also realized success at recent OASA tournaments.Wellesley Wins Squirt Gold
- OASA Mite "A" Provincial silver - KW Kolts
- OASA Bantam "B" Provincial silver - Milverton
- OASA Peewee "B" Proincial bronze - KW Kolts
Wellesley Wins NW Year end Squirt Gold
Wellesley Wildcats shut out the Brantford Heat behind the hardthrowing Dylan Lebold to capture the NWRMSL Squirt Gold Saturday in Brantford. New Hamburg Heat, playing their third game in a row, fell 15-6 to Brantford and thus earned the NW bronze medallions. Thanks to the Brantford Softball Association for organizing and hosting this year end event. This is sthe last of the four NW year end tournaments for 2010.
Sebringville Sting Capture Midget "B" OASA Gold
Sebringville Sting defeated McNab Selects 12-10 in Colborne on Sunday to capture the OASA "C" championship and gold medallions. Congratulations go out to Coach Ken Wolfe and his young men from the NW for winning this crown.
NW Tournaments Wrap Up August 9
The Peewee and Midget Divisions completed their seasons and Year end tournaments this past weekend. Thanks to Millbank and Rockwood for hosting and welcoming the competing teams.
In Rockwood, the KW Twins held on in the final innings to squeeze out an 11-10 victory over the Fullarton A's to capture the "A" flight series. Meanwhile, Sebringville Sting came back with two wins over the Baden Pirates to win the "B" title. Dylan Cleary of the Elmira Laser Video received the Peter Hallman Sportsmanship Award at a special ceremony before Elmira's first game on Friday evening. Congratulations to Dylan. And congratulations to those midget teams that competed and made their Rockwood weekend a success.
In Millbank, two up and coming lefties, Tyler Randerson from New Hamburg and Jared Yantzi from Tavistock 2 did royal battle in the "A" division final. After two close games (5-3 and 3-2) Tavi 2 came out as the "A" gold medallion winners. In a closely contested "B" final, the Fullarton A's edged the Elmira Laser Video 8-6.
This upcoming weekend the Squirt Division Year end will take place in Brantford.
In other local fastball action this weekend congratulations go out to:
- New Hamburg Heat Bantams - silver at the OASA "A" Provincial
- Stratford Memorial Bantams - bronze at the OASA "A" Provincial
- KW Kolts Squirts - silver at the OASA "B" Provincial
and the greatest silver of all
- Stratford Memorial Midgets - silver at the Softball Canada Nationals!
