Carp Shootout details announced

The 3rd Annual Carp Shootout men's fastball tournament will be held August 8-10, 2025 at the Carp Fairgrounds.

This event features payouts for each win, as well as prizes for champions and finalists, with exact amounts to be determined based on number of registrants. Registration is $550, same as last year and each team will get a minimum of three games.

Last year, the event drew eight teams from Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, with the Micksburg Twins taking the title. Micksburg also won the inaugural six-team event in 2023.

For entry information, see the poster below.

Softball Canada Men's U23 team named for WBSC Pan Am event

Softball Canada has announced the 16-man roster who have been selected to represent Canada at the 2025 WBSC U23 Men’s Softball Pan American Championship on May 1-11, 2025, in La Pampa (Santa Rosa), Argentina.   

Tyler Branchaud who plays for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League's Manotick Brewers has been selected.

Here is the announcement online: Softball Canada Announces 2025 U23 Men’s National Team Roster

UPDATE: Competition Intro softball coaching course to be offered in Ottawa

UPDATE: Spots are still available for this training.

For the first time in many years, Softball Ontario will be offering the Competition Introduction softball coaching course in the Ottawa area. Completion or some (or all) of this course is mandatory for coaches in competitive boys and girls softball in Ontario, depending on the age group. 

There are two weekends to the training, followed by completion of a coach's portfolio and on-field evaluation.

The two in-class courses in Ottawa will be offered at Algonquin College on the weekends of March 15-16 and April 26-27. 

For more information or to register, visit the Softball Ontario site: Coach – Softball Ontario.

Napanee league looking for players

from Marcus Rice

The Napanee Men's Fastball League is hoping to return for a third straight year. In the past the league has been made up of two junior teams and two Men's teams. We are hoping to continually expand the league and always looking for more players to join the league. The league is an Intermediate level, so we strongly encourage those with minimum fastball experience to join as well.

The league plays Thursday nights, mostly at the Napanee Fairgrounds with some games in Inverary and North Fred.

If you are interested in joining the league or wish to sponsor the league please reach out to our Facebook account "Napanee Men's Fastball League" or email Marcus Rice at marcusrice@alumni.trentu.ca. 

Coaches named for Team Canada U18, U23

Softball Canada has announced coaches for national teams at the U18 Men's and U23 Men's level.

The U18 Men's team will be led once again by Mark Quinn from P.E.I. who was the head coach for the previous cycle.

For U23 Men's, Bryan Brooks of Napanee has been named an assistant coach. Doug Allin of B.C. was previously named the head coach for this level. Brooks is also the head coach for Team Ontario men's softball, a U20 level team which will be participating at the Canada Summer Games in Newfoundland this August.

New ladies fastpitch softball league starting up in Carp

A new women's softball league is looking to start up this summer in Carp on Wednesdays at the Carp Fairgrounds diamonds. Former university softball players Justine Styles (U of Guelph) and Steph Bouchey (uOttawa) are organizing this intermediate / competitive level league.

See below for information and contacts. There is also a Facebook page: Carp Women's Softball League.

To register, please see this link: https://forms.gle/VZXjbdJzCPWiANMq8

Colton Lecuyer wins Ottawa Sport Award for Softball

This past Wednesday, Colton Lecuyer of Fitzroy Harbour was honoured with the Ottawa Sports Award for softball. 

Colton Lecuyer accepts Ottawa Sports Award from City Councillor Clarke Kelly. Photo credit: Sheri Lecuyer.

The write up on the OSA site for Colton's 2024 success at the National level was as follows:

Softball – Colton Lecuyer: Lecuyer played for Napanee Express U17 men’s fastpitch softball team this season. His team finished second at Canadians and he was named an All-Canadian infielder. In nine games he batted .409, with 9 hits including two triples and a home run, batting in 15 runs, and walked 7 times, with no fielding errors.

In local play, Colton was the Most Valuable Player in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League. Lec also played for West Carleton Electric in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League for some games in 2024.

This is the second year in a row that a teenager from Fitzroy has been the recipient, as Conner Hopper from West Carleton Electric Men's and U20 won for 2023. Lecuyer will be joining Hopper on WC U20 this upcoming season.

The Ottawa Sports Awards have honoured a softball player of the year since 1955, and many players in both the men's and women's game featured on the blog have been past recipients, including Don Cox, Kyle Jamieson, Randy Peck, Bruce Casselman, Kevin Chevrier, Matt Bowman, Joel Langford, Andrew Putnam, Grace Lonergan, Erin Durant, Elissa Sivel, and Joran Graham.

ISC Canada East 2025 Qualifier in Mitchell - June 13-15

The International Softball Congress Canada East Qualifier will once again be held this year in Mitchell, about an hour west of Kitchener, for both Men's and Legends (50+) teams on June 13-15.

For more information and/or to enter contact Blair Setford or Joe Todd.

Cephas Roth, Batmen tournament not being held in 2025

 from Dennis Dosman

Two top-notch men's fastball tournaments are taking the year off with changes to the circuit due to the World Games event in Chengdu, China.

The Cephas Roth Tournament in Tavistock and the Early Bird Toronto Batmen tournament in Mitchell are not being held this season.