League Championship Results

Congratulations to the winners & runners-up of the end-of-season League Championship Tournament held June 19-20, 2010.

A big THANK YOU! goes out to Jennifer, Monica, Doug, Sharon and all of the other volunteers who organized and ran the tournament.

Scholarship Awards

Congratulations to Grace McDonell & Leanne Pickard, this year's recipients of the NS Fastpitch Scholarship Awards.

Grace McDonell

Grace's accomplishments include volunteering at the NS Fastpitch opening ceremonies, mentoring and coaching pitching and fielding with another team, volunteering at the North Shore Canada Day Parade since 2005, doing new student tours and fundraising at school, and captaining her Avalanche hockey team for the last five years. Grace graduated from Handsworth Secondary and will be attending the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Arts Honours English program this fall. Her goal is to attend law school after receiving her degree. Grace plays on the 92 Stars and is coached by Shawn Barton.

Leanne Pickard

Leanne's accomplishments include instructing at the NS Fastpitch junior develpment camps in 2009 and 2010, coaching the 2010 Supermites rep development team, attending outdoor school as an elementary school counsellor in 2008 and 2010, and being a youth ministry leader in her church community. Leanne graduated from Saint Thomas Aquinas Secondary and will be attending Simon Fraser University in the Faculty of Science in the fall. Leanne plays on the 91 Stars and is coached by Sue Hokanson.

Visit www.nsfastpitch.ca/registration/scholarships for information on our Scholarship Program.

Rep Coach Applications

Individuals interested in the head coach position for any of the Stars rep teams and the Supermites development team for next season must submit their application by July 31.

Please read the Rep Program Guidelines (www.nsfastpitch.ca/rep/rep-program-guidelines) before submitting your application.  You can submit an application using the Rep Coach Application form at www.nsfastpitch.ca/rep/rep-coach-application.  Your application should include:

• coaching certifications;
• experience relevant to coaching girls softball;
• description of coaching accomplishments;
• coaching philosophy & specific goals for next season;
• the team or division you wish to coach.

Applicants will be notified of the Rep Committee's selections in August.  Successful candidates must assist with Rep Tryout planning in August.

Stars Rep tryouts are tentatively scheduled for September 11-12, 2010. To be eligible to play on a Rep team, athletes must attend these tryouts.

Fall Ball

If you are keen to play softball from September to October, this is for you!

Coquitlam Softball is running a Fall Ball season again this year, and they are welcoming teams from other associations as well as players that may may need a team to play on. Registration information is available on their website at www.coquitlamsoftball.com.

If there is enough interest, NS Fastpitch would consider offering Fall Ball in 2011. Email Roland at marketing@nsfastpitch.ca with your daughter's division and team; if your entire team is interested, include the number of players who would sign up. If we have enough interest, we will approach the Rec Commission to find out whether there are any parks available.

Submit your news and photos by email to marketing@nsfastpitch.ca. Let us know if you have a team website and we'll link to it.