Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog

A blog dedicated to news about the Greater Ottawa Fastball League and other happenings in the world of fastball / fastpitch softball in eastern Ontario and western Quebec, with occasional stories featuring Mrs Fitzroy Fastball, Fitzroy Fastball Junior and the Caveman. If you have info to send on, send me an email at fastball[at]fitzroyharbour.com. Follow @fitzroyfastball on Twitter.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League registration

Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League 2026 season registration is now OPEN.

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League has been in operation since 1971. It is one of Ottawa's longest continually running sports leagues. Games this year will be played at the Alexander Grove diamond at the Stittsville Arena.

Link to register: Glen Cairn Men’s Fastball League – Dynes Sports Management


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Sunday, March 15, 2026

Leigh Ann Kyte

Leigh Ann Kyte, 54, of Fitzroy Harbour died this week. 

She was a very close friend of mine and my wife Lisa for decades.

Leigh Ann did a lot of work for minor softball in Fitzroy and West Carleton. She was the one who got me involved in helping out with minor softball back in 2006. She was a big supporter too, attending Harbour Ball and West Carleton Electric games and other softball events as a fan, and helping out at tournaments in Fitzroy and Carp.

She was a great person, and I will really miss her. Her obituary is here: Obituary of Leigh Ann Kyte | Pilon Family Funeral Home | Serving al...

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Blackburn Men’s Fastball League Registration 2026

from Nick Bowman

Registration for the 2026 Blackburn Men’s Fastball League (BMFL) season is open. Fees have been set at $310 for the season.

This year we will be having a 5 team league. Regular season will be 16 games and there's a possibility of having one or two extra exhibition games against an external team as part of this fee structure.

Interested players can pay their registration fees via email money transfer to bmfltreasurer@gmail.com.


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Saturday, March 07, 2026

Carp to host U20 Men's Canadian Championship

Carp will once again be the host for a Softbal Canada Canadian Championship, as the U20 Men's event is coming to the Fairgrounds diamonds August 4 to 9, 2026.

The host team will be West Carleton Electric U20, a team with young players from across the area, including two players from U18 Men's Team Canada, Colton Lecuyer and Bryce Rebertz.

The Carp committee has hosted two previous national level events - the U23 Men's in 2022 and the U20 Men's in 2024.

When the U20s were in Carp two years ago, teams participated from Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario (four teams), Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 





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Monday, March 02, 2026

Canada finishes fourth at WBSC event

The World Baseball Softball Confederation Pan Am Men's Softball event held this past week in Columbia saw Mexico take gold, defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra innings in the final game. Carlos Parra, Mexico's 19 year old pitcher, threw all nine innings allowing only one hit.

The bronze medal game saw Venezuela edge Canada 1-0. Luis Colombo, who threw for Los Caballos at the Carp Shootout in 2024 (and lost 1-0 to the Ottawa Valley Grainers at that event) was the winning pitcher. Connor Brooks of Napanee played for Team Canada

There were 13 teams at the event.

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