News and Announcements
All league members in attendance at the beginning of the AGM will receive a free beer (courtesy of the league) plus a door prize draw ticket for free 2011 registration. Members are asked to send their agenda item topics to president@gcmfl.com prior to Friday November 12th. There will be limited time for ad-hoc discussions, so please submit your ideas for inclusion in the agenda so that they can be given adequate time.
Agenda items to date include:
- 2010 wrap-up by the President
- Treasurer's report
- Discussion of 2011 fees and proposal for fee increase
- Tournament date and location
- Pitching calibre discussions
- Player / pitcher draft
- Scheduling discussions
- Equipment - jersey style / numbers, caps, bats
- Special 40th anniversary events (the league started in 1971)
- Election of 2011 executive
The banquet portion of the evening will begin shortly after the conclusion of the AGM. Broadway will have the NHL games (the Senators are in Boston) on their televisions and the league will be presenting the 2010 awards at this time. Teams that have at least 4 members present will be given a voucher for free food and/or beer (details are still being negotiated with Broadway). Awards to be handed out are:
Tournament “A” Champs: Taggart’s Welding
Tournament “B” Champs: Broadway Bar & Grill Stittsville
Glen Division Champs: East Side Mario’s
Cairn Division Champs: Taggart’s Welding
Home-runs: Kevin McGuire & Jason Sabourin (3 each)
Gil Read award: Top hitter as voted by pitchers & catchers
Martin Kammer award: Sportsmanship & dedication to the game
Team MVPs: as voted by their team
For the team awards there will be a selection of gift cards from league sponsors and other local establishments. Award winners other than MVPs must be present at the banquet to claim a gift card - any unclaimed cards will be drawn as door prizes for any league member in attendance to win.
Taggart's Welding: 2010 GCMFL Champions
Taggart's Welding defeated East Side Mario's in two games, both by 1-0 scores, to win the 2010 GCMFL championship. Taggart's Welding - playing as Mattamy Homes last year - becomes the first team in over a decade to repeat as league champions.
Both games of the final featured great pitching by Neil Cooke of Taggart's Welding and Billy Gerber of East Side Mario's.
Game #2 went to extra innings, with Billy Gerber throwing a one-hitter through eight. Unfortunately for ESM, a one-hitter was not good enough as Neil Cooke threw a perfect game for Taggart's Welding, who scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the 8th on a bases-loaded walk.
Congratulations to both teams on a well played final.
The GCMFL playoff finals get underway this week, with regular season champs East Side Mario's playing host to #2 ranked Taggart's Welding.
East Side Mario's advanced to the finals by way of an extra innings win over Mattamy Homes in game #3 of their semi-final. Taggart's Welding got past ASAP Print Management in two games in the other semi final.
Game #1 is on Wednesday October 6th at 6:30 PM, with games 2 and 3 scheduled for Tuesday October 12th and Wednesday October 13, also at 6:30 PM. All of the games will be played at the AY Jackson diamond at 150 Abbeyhill Rd in Kanata.
For the golfers in the league, a couple of foursomes are still available in the 7th Annual Tori Carswell Memorial Golf Tournament, held on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at the Canadian Golf and Country Club.
Please visit Tori's Helping Hand for details.
Congratulations to Taggart's Welding who defeated Mattamy Homes by scoring a run in the top of the 7th and holding on for a 5-4 victory to claim the tournament championship.
The "B" trophy went to Broadway Bar & Grill Stittsville who defeated Trend-Arlington 14-1.
All in all it was a great weekend, with good fastball weather, nice facilities, and highly competitive games. Of the 18 round-robin and 6 playoff games played, there were no games ended early due to the "mercy" rule.
A big thanks to:
- The Broadway Bar & Grill in Stittsville for sponsoring our tournament and hosting our pub night on Friday. The tournament trophy is on display at Broadway's and will soon have a plaque added to it for the 2010 winners.
- Combat Sports for donating a Gear Afflicted bat as a door prize for our Friday pub night.
- Our two non-league teams: Blackburn and Trend-Arlington. Having 12 teams made for a much better schedule, and both teams played great ball and were very competitive.
- Geoff Lathem and the Huntley Community Association for the use of their excellent facilities and the grooming of the diamonds each day.
- All of the players and fans who helped keep the park free of litter - that goes a long way toward giving the league a good reputation with the community association and the residents around the ball park.
- The men in blue for working through the Saturday morning rain and the Sunday afternoon heat.
- Jeff Legge for organizing things including looking after the Combat draw on Friday night and making sure the league equipment was taken care of.
Final standings were:
Pool "A"
Mattamy Homes 3-0-0 6 +20 A1
Broadway Bar & Grill 1-1-1 3 -2 B3
D'arcy McGee's 1-2-0 2 -6 B4
Ottawa Home Services 0-2-1 1 -12
Pool "B"
Don Cherry's 2-1-0 4 +5 A3
Trend-Arlington 1-1-1 3 +3 B1 (coin toss winner)
Laurysen Kitchens 1-1-1 3 +3 B2 (coin toss loser)
Air1One 1-2-0 2 -11
Pool "C"
Taggart's Welding 3-0-0 6 +17 A2
East Side Mario's 2-1-0 4 +7 A4
Blackburn 1-2-0 2 -11
ASAP Print Management 0-3-0 0 -13
"B" Playoffs
Trend-Arlington over D'arcy McGee's 5-1
Broadway Bar & Grill over Laurysen Kitchens 6-3
Broadway Bar & Grill over Trend Arlington 14-1
"A" Playoffs
Mattamy Homes over East Side Mario's 2-0
Taggart's Welding over Don Cherry's 3-1
Taggart's Welding over Mattamy Homes 5-4
