Gil Read Tournament Announcement
CALLING ALL SOFTBALL and FASTPITCH FANS!
from Al Read
The 1st Annual Gil Read Memorial Tournament
Date: July 4th 5th & 6th, 2008
Location: Ottawa - Carlington Park
On Sunday August 26th, 2007, the fastball community lost one of its best coaches for not only the City of Ottawa, but the entire country.
With the help of many ex-players, family and friends we will be hosting the 1st Annual Gil Read Memorial Fastball tournament on July 4th, 5th & 6th to honor a legend. All proceeds of the tournament will go to the Gil Read Memorial Foundation which has been created in his memory. The foundation will help kids who are less fortunate compete in sports across the City of Ottawa.
Tickets are $5 for the day or $10 for the weekend. Kids under 12 are free to attend!
Come out to the ball diamond and have some fun with some of the best fastpitch players in the Ottawa Valley. Games start on Friday night at 7pm and on Saturday and Sunday at 10am.
We’ll see you all at the park!
For those of you unfamiliar with Gil Read:
Gil started with T-ball in the early 1980s in Kanata and worked his way up. He guided his various age group teams to five provincial class A titles and made three national championships. Hi accolades include:
- Team leader for the Canadian women's softball team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Softball Canada's team leader for the 2003 Olympic qualifier (gold) and the 2001 Pan American junior and senior women's championships (silvers).
- Coach of the Ontario men's under-18 team gold medalists at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 Canada Summer Games.
- Coach of the University of Ottawa women's fastball team, which won a provincial silver medal in 2005.
- A dedicated volunteer with Softball Canada, he served on its coaching committee from 1995-2002 as a coaching instructor and master course conductor. He also was involved with the coaching committee and the initiation program.
- He was president of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association in 2001 and 2002. He was a member of the Softball Ontario board of directors from 2002-04, and again in 2006. He remained a director and sat on the OASA advisory council and its athlete/coach ad hoc committee.
from Al Read
The 1st Annual Gil Read Memorial Tournament
Date: July 4th 5th & 6th, 2008
Location: Ottawa - Carlington Park
On Sunday August 26th, 2007, the fastball community lost one of its best coaches for not only the City of Ottawa, but the entire country.
With the help of many ex-players, family and friends we will be hosting the 1st Annual Gil Read Memorial Fastball tournament on July 4th, 5th & 6th to honor a legend. All proceeds of the tournament will go to the Gil Read Memorial Foundation which has been created in his memory. The foundation will help kids who are less fortunate compete in sports across the City of Ottawa.
Tickets are $5 for the day or $10 for the weekend. Kids under 12 are free to attend!
Come out to the ball diamond and have some fun with some of the best fastpitch players in the Ottawa Valley. Games start on Friday night at 7pm and on Saturday and Sunday at 10am.
We’ll see you all at the park!
For those of you unfamiliar with Gil Read:
Gil started with T-ball in the early 1980s in Kanata and worked his way up. He guided his various age group teams to five provincial class A titles and made three national championships. Hi accolades include:
- Team leader for the Canadian women's softball team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- Softball Canada's team leader for the 2003 Olympic qualifier (gold) and the 2001 Pan American junior and senior women's championships (silvers).
- Coach of the Ontario men's under-18 team gold medalists at the 1997, 2001 and 2005 Canada Summer Games.
- Coach of the University of Ottawa women's fastball team, which won a provincial silver medal in 2005.
- A dedicated volunteer with Softball Canada, he served on its coaching committee from 1995-2002 as a coaching instructor and master course conductor. He also was involved with the coaching committee and the initiation program.
- He was president of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association in 2001 and 2002. He was a member of the Softball Ontario board of directors from 2002-04, and again in 2006. He remained a director and sat on the OASA advisory council and its athlete/coach ad hoc committee.
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