Expanded Senior Slo-Pitch Association Pictures

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2023 Team Pictures (from Eric Burton mostly / Mike Peterson unless otherwise noted):

Maple Leafs:

Mudhens:

Renpark Security:

Roto-Rooter:

Shebeen's:

The Grille:

Westowne Mazda:

Clare Jones (from the obituary):

Rookie Camp, May 9 (from Eric Burton):

Cathy Conklin [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Daryl Yaworski [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Derek Reid [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Enzo Gianfrancesco
[Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Gary Schultz [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Harold Neily [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Jim DeAngelis [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Joseph Marin
[Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Mike Richardson [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Robert Gullason [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Robin Richardson [Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Samuel Hsu
[Rookie Camp, May 9, click to enlarge]

Tony Lima

Warren Dove

Spring General Meeting, May 15 (from Mike Peterson / Diane De Souza / Lonnie Bewick):

[Spring General Meeting, May 15, click to enlarge]

Anne Colhoun Builder Award Presentation (picture #1: Anne Colhoun, Diane De Souza, Al Rouse; picture #2: Anne Colhoun, Barb Wade; picture #4: Lonnie Bewick, Anne Colhoun)

ESSA Abroad!

Congratulations to Ray Hipolito (organizer & player) and Cheryl Tenn who played in the Philippines International Slo-pitch Tournament representing Canada. They brought home the Championship!!!!

In addition, Ray also spends each winter in the Philippines supporting local communities supplying donations of bats, balls, sweaters, shoes, and other related ball equipment. This allows these groups an opportunity to participate in softball that would otherwise not be available to them.

Richmond Hill Tournament, June 23 (from Gregg Macaulay):

First ESSA Women's Game, June 28 (from Eric Burton):

Terry Jackson, our Board Member responsible for Tournaments, with help from Jane Lemoyne, arranged a game on Wednesday, June 28'th, against a team from Rexdale.
We are hoping this is the start of future opportunities for ESSA women to participate in one-of games and tournaments.

RenPark Security vs Westowne Mazda, July 24 (from Eric Burton)

The Grille vs The Mudhens, July 24 (from Eric Burton)

Irish Shebeen's vs Roto-Rooter, July 24 (from Eric Burton)

Dave Williams - Ontario Masters Track & Field Championships

Congratulations to Dave Williams of the Maple Leafs who participated in the Ontario Masters Track & Field Championships at York University this past weekend.

Quite a haul!!
Silver - 100 m
Gold - 200 m
Silver- 400 m

Well done Dave!!

ESSA @ Ontario 55+ Summer Games (from Eric Burton / Jan Macaulay / Mike Peterson mostly)

Congratulations to all the ESSA members who participated in the Ontario 55+ Summer Games at Brantford, August 9-11, 2023.
Results are available here.

11 people played a round of golf at The Oaks of St. George before the games began:

Others went hiking along the Grand River:

Opening Ceremony

Held at Wayne Gretzky Sports Centre, Brantford:

Slo-pitch

Held at Green Lane Sports Complex, Paris:

Players: Bettina Samson, Bing Young, Cheryl Tenn, Dave Williams, Diane De Souza, Eric Burton, Gregg (Mac) Macaulay, Ian Schell, Jan Macaulay, Mike Peterson, Sandy DiLena, Sherry Botnick, Ted Ward, Tony Peluso, Vince Pileggi.

Our ESSA slo-pitch team played in the Recreational Division and played 8 games over the 2 days. We played: 2 London teams, Shakespeare (Stratford area), Peterborough, and Barrie. Due to some last-minute rule changes by tournament organizers, game lineups had to be totally changed and Mac and Jan did a masterful job of keeping us organized. On the first day we played with the 11" womens Incrediball, a surprise to all teams; the next morning we switched back to the 12" mens Incrediball. Our team made it to the Bronze Medal game and finished 4'th overall.

There is a tremendous amount of work and coordination that goes on before and during a tournament like this. The team and ESSA would like to acknowledge Mac, Mike, Terry and Jan for all the effort put into fielding a team and through their leadership & organization providing us such a memorable experience.

The coaches, Mac & Mike appreciated and would like to thank the team for all their effort and cooperation. It was indeed a great team effort from everyone. An enjoyable few days of slo-pitch and comradery.