63rd Au Sable Forks tournament
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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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The Shawville and District Recreation Association, led by local fastball player Matt Greer, are coordinating a campaign to raise money for training and certification for youth coaches and leaders. Donations are matched!
For more information, visit La Ruche
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With Harbour Ball finishing up last night on a brisk 3°C evening in Fitzroy, so ends the local men's fastpitch softball season.
Thanks to all the readers who make it worth my while to keep this thing updated regularly. Based on a quick "stats" report that I just ran, this site had approximately 83,500 page views in the last six months alone, and an incredible 1.5 million plus since I launched this blog. I spend a fair bit of time on this site, so it is nice to have validation of it being actually read.
Keep coming back in the off season too; I will post news as I receive it. If you have news to share, send me an email at the address in the header above.
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Micksburg Kool Vent Heat won the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff final series with a 6-2 win over West Carleton Electric U20 on Tuesday night at a game played in Fitzroy Harbour. Micksburg took the best-of-three series two games straight and were Glen playoff champions for the second year in a row.
John Enright earned the win while Ryland Hill took the loss.
Riley Hennessy hit a solo homer and Joe Mick had a three RBI double for Micksburg. Conner Hopper had both RBIs for West Carleton.
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Game two of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League finals scheduled tonight has been postponed until next week.
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West Carleton Electric U20 advanced to the Finals of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League with a 3-0 win over the Sting in the deciding game three of the semi-finals on Monday night.
Ryland Hill threw a two-hit shutout, striking out 10 to earn the win. Kyle Olson threw well in a losing cause for the Sting.
Gabe Brown, Hayden Khan and Cole Ross each had a run batted in for WC.
West Carleton will face Micksburg in the Glen final.
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Veteran umpire George Findley was honoured by ball players, fans and his fellow officials before Game 1 of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League finals on Wednesday night.
George (a level V umpire) officiated at Softball Canada and ISC, and international fastpitch softball championships and was a highly regarded official across Eastern Ontario for over 40 years. He was also actively involved with the Eastern Ontario Umpires Assocation in an administrative capacity and umpired and assigned games for the GOFL for many seasons. George was honoured with a lifetime award by the Ottawa Sports Awards in 2018.
George is now "officially" retired and was recognized pre- and post-game on Wednesday. Below are photos of George with the teams (Micksburg Twins and Quyon Flyers) and with his fellow umpires from EOUA who attended the event.
I interviewed George several years ago and he had some great stories to tell: Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog: GOFL Interview - George Findley (fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com).
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West Carleton beat the Sting 8-2 in a Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff game on Monday night. Their best-of-three semi-final series is now tied at a game apiece.
Ryland Hill had the pitching win, while Kyle Olson took the loss with relief from Darren Featherstone.
Dawson Pennock had a homer for WC, and Colton Lecuyer had a double, triple and an inside the park homer.
Craig Pavia went 2 for 2 for Sting with a single and a double and a RBI. Will Dunk had a single and a triple.
The deciding Game 3 will be played next Monday.
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Once again, a yearly tradition (except for 2020) - blog readers' annual history lesson on the GOFL. The Greater Ottawa Fastball League and its predecessor, the Kemptville Men's Fastball League have been around since 2000.
While Micksburg and Quyon have both been in the Final several times, they have never faced each other for the title as they will this year.
Here are the past winners/finalists, as well as the league teams and franchise histories.
Past winners / finalists
2000 Dolco defeated Macton (3-0, best of five)
2001 Macton defeated D.T.I. (3-1, best of five)
2002 Lomor defeated Macton (3-0, best of five)
2003 Team Easton defeated Macton (1 game final, 8 innings)
2004 Team Easton defeated West Carleton (3-1, best of five)
2005 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1, best of five)
2006 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1, best of five)
2007 Team Easton defeated West Carleton (3-0, best of five)
2008 Stittsville defeated Team Easton (3-1, best of five)
2009 Stittsville defeated Quyon (3-2, best of five)
2010 Kars defeated Quyon (2-0, series shortened to best of three)
2011 Kars defeated Quyon (Final Weekend Showdown tournament format)
2012 Kars defeated Quyon (FWS tournament format)
2013 Micksburg defeated Kars (FWS tournament format)
2014 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg (FWS tournament format)
2015 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg (2-0, best of three)
2016 Micksburg defeated Kars (Final Four format)
2017 Micksburg defeated West Carleton (Final Four format)
2018 Quyon defeated Kars (Final Four format)
2019 Micksburg defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)
2020 No league - COVID
2021 Micksburg defeated Orleans (COVID double knockout bracket)
2022 Micksburg defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)
2023 Orleans defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)
League Composition
2000 - 6 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville D.T.I.
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Dolco Printing
Kemptville Thunder Juniors
Kanata Pirates Juniors
2001 - 5 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville D.T.I.
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Dolco Printing
Kanata Pirates Juniors
2002 - 4 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville Team Easton (formerly D.T.I.)
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Lomor Printers (formerly Dolco Printing)
2003 - 4 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Lomor Printers
2004 - 5 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
2005 - 4 teams
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
2006 - 6 teams
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
2007 - 8 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
2008 - 9 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
Greely DNTW Eagles
2009 - 9 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
Greely DNTW Eagles
2010 - 8 teams
Kars Aces (formerly Team Easton)
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues (formerly Lomor Printers)
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
North Gower Marlboroughs (formerly Greely Eagles)
2011 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
2012 - 7 team
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
2013 - 8 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Manotick Taylor's Blitz (changed name to Manotick)
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
2014 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory (home diamond moved to Manotick)|
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Kanata Pirates
2015 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
2016 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
2017 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
2018 - 7 teams + 1 affiliated team
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Kemptville Black Sox (affiliate team)
2019 - 9 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Kemptville Black Sox (joined full time)
Orleans Rebels
2020 - no season (COVID)
2021 - 6 teams
Kars Aces
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Manotick Brewers (formerly I4C Victory)
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Orleans Rebels
2022 - 8 teams
GOFL East
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs U23
GOFL West
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Ottawa Valley As
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers (returned to league after one year off)
2023 - 7 teams
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers
2024 - 7 teams + 1 affiliate
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers
Ottawa Los Caballos (affiliate)
Franchise History - Current Teams
Kars Aces
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 24 (2000-24)
Previous Names: D.T.I., Team Easton
Previous Home Diamonds: Kemptville, Stittsville, Kanata, North Gower
Championships: 8 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Finalists: 6 (2001, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)
West Carleton Electric
Home Diamond: Fitzroy Harbour
Years in League: 20 (2004-2024)
Championships: none
Finalists: 3 (2004, 2007, 2017)
Manotick Brewers
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 18 (2006-2024)
Previous name: I4C Victory
Previous Home Diamonds: Carp
Championships: 2 (2014, 2015)
Finalists: none
Micksburg Twins
Home Diamond: Micksburg
Years in League: 11 (2013-2024)
Previous League: Upper Ottawa Valley Men's Fastball League
Championships: 5 (2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Finalists: 2 (2014, 2015)
Orleans Rebels
Home Diamond: Blackburn, Manotick
Years in League: 5 (2019-24)
Previous home diamond: Orleans
Championships: 1 (2023)
Finalists: 1 (2021)
Quyon Flyers
Home Diamond: Shawville, Luskville
Years in League: 16 (2007-2019, 2022-2024)
Previous Names: Quyon Combat Flyers
Previous League: Ottawa R.A. League
Previous Home Diamond: Quyon
Championships: 1 (2018)
Finalists: 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Osgoode Chiefs
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 3 (2022-2024)
Previous Names: Osgoode Chiefs U23
Previous League: Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League
Previous Home Diamond: Osgoode
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Ottawa Los Caballos
Home Diamond: none
Years in League: 1 - affiliate (2024)
Other League: Blackburn Men's Fastball League
Championships: n/a
Franchise History - Defunct Teams
Ottawa Valley As
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 7 (2015-2022)
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Stittsville 56ers
Home Diamond: Stittsville
Years in League: 20 (2000-2019)
Championships: 2 (2008, 2009)
Finalists: 2 (2005, 2006)
Kemptville Black Sox
Home Diamond: Carp, Kemptville
Years in League: 2 (2018 affiliate, 2019 full-time)
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Kanata Pirates
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 1 (2014)
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Manotick Taylor's Blitz
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 8 (2006-2013)
Previous Names: Ottawa Blitz, Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Home Diamonds: Manotick, Kemptville
Years in League: 14 (2000-2013)
Previous Names: Lomor Printers, Dolco Printing
Championships: 2 (2000, 2002)
Finalists: none
North Gower Marlboroughs
Home Diamonds: North Gower, Greely
Years in League: 3 (2008-2010)
Previous Names: Greely DNTW Eagles
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Orleans Gators
Home Diamond: Orleans
Years in League: 3 (2007-2009)
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Macton Muckdogs
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 5 (2000-2004)
Championships: 1 (2001)
Finalists: 3 (2000, 2002, 2003)
Kanata Pirates Juniors
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 2 (2000-2001)
Championships: none
Finalists: none
Kemptville Thunder Juniors
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 1 (2000)
Championships: none
Finalists: none
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The uOttawa Gee-Gees women's softball team is hosting the National Championships from October 11 to 13 in Carp. \
This event is largely funded by the student-athletes and there is a fundraising activity to lower the costs for them. See below for the link to donate - receipts are available from the university.
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The Quyon Flyers evened their best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final series with a 2-1 victory over the Orleans Rebels on Wednesday night in Luskville.
Drew Hathway earned the pitching win, while Andy Barber took the loss.
Orleans scored when Kevin Shonfield was on third and scored on a fielder's choice by Barber.
Later, Dennis McCleary reached on an infield hit and scored on a two run homer by Hathway.
The deciding game three to determine which team faces Micksburg in the GOFL final is to be scheduled.
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info from Elvin Gómez
Los Caballos won the Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff double elimination playoff bracket, going undefeated by beating Goodfellows 5-1 on Tuesday night. This was the third straight year as champions for Los Caballos in the BMFL.
Will Lowe had the pitching win, throwing a four hitter. Shannon Borho took the loss.
Los Caballos got off to a 3-0 lead in the first. Luis Anguas lead off with a triple and Felipe Morales singled to score Anguas. Wilmer Lovera then doubled to score Morales, followed by an RBI single from Elvin Gómez.
There were no other runs scored until the sixth inning when the defending champs took a 5-0 lead. Fredyan Carpio tripled. A Gómez single scored Carpio, followed by an RBI double by Lowe.
In the seventh inning, Goodfellows scored the only run of the game on an RBI by Cam Martin.
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Game two of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best of three semi-final series between Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers has been set for Wednesday September 18 at 8:30 p.m in Manotick. The Twins won game one.
Game two of the Quyon Flyers vs Orleans Rebels series will be Wednesday September 18 at 8 p.m. in Luskville, QC. The Rebels won the first game.
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From Nick Bowman
And then there were three. The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs are down to three teams.
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The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women's softball team has games this weekend in Carp as follows:
Friday, September 13th
7pm and 9pm v. York
Carp Fairgrounds
Saturday, September 14th
2pm and 4pm v. Queen’s
Carp Fairgrounds
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An article that appeared a couple of weeks ago in the Eganville Leader about West Carleton Electric at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp, courtesy of Terry Fleurie / Eganville Leader.
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from Paul Griffith
On a nice night in Micksburg in front of a good crowd the Twins welcomed Manotick Brewers into town for game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals. The twins started Joran Graham and Manotick countered with Carley Shane.
In the top half of the first, Joran sat down the side with 3 strikeouts, Micksburg got on the board early in the game in the bottom half of 1 when Graham drew a one out walk and then Jared Steege hit 2-run line shot over the right center fence to give the home team the 2-0 lead. In the top of second Manotick was able to get two base runners with two out as Trevor Beaulieu got hit by a pitch and then Becker drew a walk. Graham was able to strike out the next batter stranding the two runners.
In the bottom of the second the Twins added to their lead as John Enright lead the inning off with a homerun to centerfield to make it 3-0 Twins. Shane was then able to limit the damage with two strikeouts and left a runner on second.
In the third inning Micksburg was able to give Graham some insurance runs as Steege led the inning off with a walk and Joe Mick hit a double down the right field line scoring Steege from first, the next batter Scott Conroy then singled to left field and Mick was able to score to make it 5-0 Twins. After a fielder's choice and a walk batter with one out Paul Griffith then singled to right scoring Quinton Rook from second to make it 6-0 after 3 innings. Graham continued his dominance on the mound striking out another 2 batters of his 13 k in the game to get through 3 innings. In the bottom of the 4thGraham led off with a walk and was replaced by a pinch runner, Steege then hit a single to put runners on the corners. Mick was able to hit a sac fly scoring 1 to make it 7-0 for the home team. Shane was able to pitch around a couple walks stranding the bases loaded. In the top of the fifth inning Graham was able to retire the first two hitters with strike outs and then a nice diving catch by left fielder Nolan Rook to end the game 7-0 and give the Micksburg Twins a 1-0 series lead.
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From Nick Bowman
The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs are down to four teams.
Goodfellows eliminated the Braves with an 8-0 win. Derek Martin hit a two-run home run and Tyler Alexander hit a grand slam for Goodfellows. Shannon Borho picked up the win, throwing a 3-hitter.
The Bandits eliminated the Rogues with a 12-8 barn burner. Seb Rodrigue picked up the win in relief and Miguel Brisson hit a home run for the Bandits.
Next games are set for Thursday. Los Caballos take on the Blue Jays in the undefeated game at 7:00 pm and Goodfellows face the Bandits in an elimination game at 9:00 pm.
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The Carp Men's Fastball League playoffs finished up on Tuesday night and Team Red were crowned champions, going undefeated in the playoffs.
The league had planned to wrap things up on Saturday, but the rainy weather pushed things to Tuesday.
Team Red won 8-0 over Team Blue on the early games Tuesday night and Team Black defeated Team Grey 7-2 to set up the final game between two teams with two wins in the playoffs.
The Championship game late on Tuesday saw Team Red prevail 6-4 over Team Black.
The Carp league has four teams and plays Tuesday nights at the Fairgrounds diamonds.
Team Red - Champions
Back L to R: Chris Ewbank,Jason Kemp, Dave "Diesel " Sullivan , Bryan Armstrong, Ryan Foley, Alex Gupta, Steve Henderson,Ray Armstrong
Front L to R: Bryce Clouthier, Tanner Clouthier, Jonny "Vegas" Daley , Mitch Fisher ,Cam McGarry
Missing Austin Murphy
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from Nick Bowman
Blackburn Men's Fastball League Playoff Update 1
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